So Susan Subscription Box Review + Coupon – January 2018
So Susan Lip Love is a monthly subscription service that sends 4 full-size beauty items in a makeup bag. All products are 100% Cruelty-Free, Vegan and Paraben-Free!
This box was sent to us at no cost for review. (Check out the review process post to learn more about how we review boxes.)
The Subscription Box: So Susan Lip Love
The Cost: $20.95 a month + free shipping
COUPON: Use code LIPLOVE1 to get a free bag when you purchase a 6-month subscription!
The Products: Four full sized beauty items (plus a cute canvas bag). 100% Cruelty-Free, Vegan and Paraben-Free.
Ships to: Worldwide
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Each box comes with a card detailing the month’s products and prices.
Now, on to the items!
Jelly Pong Pong Cosmetics Original Sheen Intense Eye Shadow Palette in Last Friyay – Retail Value $35
Usually, So Susan’s full-size palettes are on the small side compared to other makeup brands, but not this time!
The shades live up to the Intense name – the pigment and shimmer on these are fantastic.
Since this is a 100% shimmer palette, you’ll probably need to mix it with mattes from another palette. (Or be far more daring than I am when it comes to eye looks!)
(Swatched in lower photo.)
So Susan Cosmetics Muse Highlighting Drops in Platinum – Retail Value $35
This is a highly pigmented and shimmery liquid highlighter that blends out beautifully. (You could also mix a drop of this in with your liquid foundation if you want more of a glowy finish.)
But, I don’t know why So Susan has sent a liquid highlighter for 3 months in a row now – we can only glow so much every day! 🙂
My only issue with this is the applicator. The formula is too thick for a dropper. This really should have been in a squeezable tube.
Here it is swatched beneath the eye shadow palette:
That is one shimmery arm!
Jelly Pong Pong Cosmetics Jelly Puff – Retail Value $8.99
This is pretty much identical to the MakeupDrop silicone applicator – and for less than half the price!
Typically, I use a beauty blender or a stippling brush to apply liquid foundation. This silicone applicator gets the same flawless application look of the beauty blender, but it has additional benefits:
- No foundation absorbing into it! With a Beauty Blender or brush, I’m always losing some foundation to the tool itself, but this silicone isn’t porous, so all makeup goes on your skin!
- Super easy cleanup! Just soap, water, and towel it off and it’s good to go! No waiting for beauty blenders/brushes to dry!
Trifle Cosmetics Sugar Bunny Heavenly Lip Scrub in Watermelon – Retail Value $17.95
So Susan sends out lip scrubs pretty often, but they smell so good I can’t complain! This sugar scrub smells exactly like watermellon gummies! The oils are very moisturizing, too.
And each So Susan Lip Love comes with a new makeup bag:
Limited Edition Makeup Bag – Value $12
As usual, I prefer the non-text side of the bag!
The bag is made of a spill-proof vinyl material with a fabric lining.
Verdict: This month’s So Susan Lip Love bag has a value of about $108.95! I think that value is fantastic for a $21 ingredient-conscious makeup subscription box.
If you are looking for a vegan, ingredient-conscious makeup subscription, I can’t recommend this one enough. The value is great, the formulas are great, and the bonus bag is always super cute!
To Wrap Up:
Can you still get this box if you sign up today? Yes! Sign up this month to receive this box as your first box.
Coupon – Use code LIPLOVE1 to get a free bag when you purchase a 6-month subscription!
Value Breakdown: At $20.95 for this box, here’s what you are paying approximately per item:
- Eyeshadow Palette: $6.73
- Liquid Highlighter:$6.73
- Silicone Makeup Applicator: $1.73
- Lip Scrub: $3.45
- Makeup Bag: $2.31
What do you think of this month’s So Susan Lip Love subscription?
Written by Liz Cadman
Thank you Liz for taking puctures of the back no the box! I like to see where the product was made.
Awesome review as usual. And Happy belated 5th anniversary.
Omg, great review Liz. I love those eye shadow colors. I just used my Tarte mermaid Palette today and I was so disappointed by the fall out during the day. I had raccoon eyes today. So I’m excited to try these colors. I have the last year color two pan eye shadow jelly Pong Pong and there is never any fall out. And it’s a lot cheaper than what I paid for my Mermaid Palette. I also love the Highlighter Drops. I have the other two colors and this one looks so stunning.
How many swipes are those swatches? I got this bag today (for some reason the padded envelope was shipped inside a cardboard box? Which was funny) and switched the eye shadows on my own arm. I was impressed with how they looked with one swipe, but they were much less intense than the photo.
Also, I’m pretty sure the highlighter is in a dropper because it’s meant to be a dupe of the CoverFX custom enhancement drops, which are in the same style bottle. You need so little that you can just use the dropper as an applicator, though. I can’t wait to wear it and feel like a glamorous robot.
Oh those highlighters are no dupes. Their the real deal. you’ll love it. Liplove is in its own category with their own vegan make-up formulas. And their excellent.
@Liz how are the shadows and their staying power? Is there a lot of fallout?
This box has tempted me many times but I think this is the most tempted I’ve been!!
I really enjoy the majority of the products I get from this bag. I actually subbed because I fell in love with a So Susan product from a different bag to the point where I wore it non-stop until I finished it and then repurchased (Hangover cheek and lip tint, although I didn’t like it for my lips). And I have sooooo much makeup that I almost never finish anything unless it’s stellar. I’ve been really happy each month, usually really liking 3 out of 4 items.
For me, this month has 2 items I don’t want (the silicone sponge and ANOTHER lip scrub), a rarity, but that palette makes up for it!
Wow those shimmers in the eyeshadows are actually really beautiful. Jelly Pong Pong, you surprise me.
Love the review. I often find the SoSusan items unwearable. I would love to see a tutorial or finished full face using these products.
Great idea!
Looks like a great bag!! Love the colors on the palette.