Indie Beauty Expo Best in Show 2017 Limited Edition Box – Available Now!

For those of you who got your box, I held off buying at two different points. When this thread started, I had the concern that too many products would be fragranced for me (there are a very small number of natural, fruit-based fragrances I can handle). I can handle the fragrances in Origins ginseng day or night creams, Belief’s cream moisturizer, etc – but not most Caudalie products. If you have your box, can you tell me how many (roughly) products are perfume-y? Luna – I did look at the ingredient lists, but I’ve learned that fragrance or the many terms they use for fragrance doesn’t real tell me how powerful the scent is and how scent-laden the product is.

Then a couple of days ago I was just about to purchase it, and I thought it almost all looked like skincare, with one tool (the brush holder) and one lip product. There was a foundation but I don’t wear primer or foundation. Then today I reread this thread and saw Dianac’s comment that she’d like it more if it had more skincare, so maybe I was inaccurate in thinking it seemed to be mostly skincare. I know I can see the products, but I think that having it in person might give a better sense. Those of you who ordered it or have it, does this seem to mostly skincare as opposed to makeup?

I made it through two rounds of resisting buying this. I want to buy it because of the excitement of new products that are new and Indie, and it’s such a great value. But I don’t if most of these are things I’ll use. I don’t know if I want help being talked into buying this or being talked out of buying it. Is there a special 12 step program for people who don’t know if they’re coming to refrain or indulge?

The fear of missing out is real.
I hope those you who got this box are loving it.

The NAP box is the Net-A-Porter box. 🙂

Hey guys! We actually noticed your questions and updated our website to be a bit more clear on the sample vs. full sized products. The collection has 19 full sized items and 5 deluxe sized items (which you can get more than one use out of). Total retail value is a bit over $600 and they are incredible brands. Not only has our team tested them, but so have our panel of 14 expert evaluators that includes beauty editors, buyers and industry professionals. We hope you enjoy this collection and our brands can’t wait to hear even more feedback on their products!

I may be wrong but it looks to me like the sizes are given if you click the link and scroll down.

I don’t think I’ll be much help either… haha… only because I have no idea how quickly last year’s Best Of box sold out since I didn’t really follow it after purchasing it the day it launched. ha! But, Christine is definitely correct with that the Dallas box took a while to sell out. I remember it launched sometime in the Summer when I was on my no-buy, and I was still able to pick it up in September (it was actually my 1st purchase after my no-buy ended. haha!).

It definitely going to be unusual. My husband is out of town and I d not have babysitter so I had to bring my kids with me. Hopefully they will let me buy tickets for them there or since they are small they let them free. If they don’t let them, at least I get my bag. On positive note, I can use carpool lane with kids to get to LA faster 🙂

Jennifer, this will be my first one. I am going thanks to Luna’s advice. I will definitely share the experience.

Thanks for getting Luna’s opinion. I still could not decide so went ahead and purchased both. Now I need to save my $$$ for February deals per Karen G.

Hmmm, for me that’s a tough call, and I fear I won’t be any help (haha), but here goes… I really enjoy the brand discovery aspect of IBE’s box, and I think I would get far more use out of this box, because there will definitely be a few full-sized items in it (the Beneath Your Mask body scrub & Colleen Rothschild eye cream was in a prior box, and both were full-sized). Also, if I find that I really enjoyed a product it won’t be quite the hit to the wallet if I decide to purchase the full-size.

However, I really like the luxe aspect of NAP’s box. These are products that I would *never* try unless it was in one of these types of boxes. Their’s is a great way for me to indulge in some luxe (and some ridiculuxe) skincare.

While NAP’s box has a value of almost $400, I do remember that last year’s IBE box had a value of over $600, and I would guess this would be about the same. In prior MSA posts an IBE rep always commented, so hopefully one will comment with the value of this year’s box. 🙂

To sum up… if I absolutely had to choose only one, I would choose IBE’s box because I feel these products are harder to come by in these types of boxes, and I feel like I could get the NAP products in one of the higher end GWPs from SpaceNK, Barney’s, Cult Beauty, etc.