So Susan Subscription Box Review + Coupon – April 2018

Darn it! I LOVED last months and didn’t cancel in time and I really don’t like getting 3 lip products in one bag. Green shadow is pretty but I don’t like loose formulas so I won’t be using that one either. Waste of money for me.

I have answers from So Susan about where their products are made.
First of all, ” Formulated” means ” where this was first developed in a lab.” It is a bit of a snob term if the product was ” formulated in a Swiss lab” or ” From French chemists”. That’s all it means- ” Where the product was first developed from a group of ingredients.

Next, they split hairs. I knew they did. They say
1) All skincare item are FORMULATED and MADE in Europe, with packaging and packaging printing made in Italy. ( How much skincare you getting in those bags? )

2) Regarding the color cosmetics, which is what I had questions about, they give two different answers in two sentences:
Copied:
“For makeup or color-based items, our products are FORMULATED in the EU and our packaging is made in China”.

” For products whereby we have to manufacture in large qtys, the bulks are FORMULATED in the EU & are then FILLED in China as this enables us to meet very strict delivery deadlines.”

Notice that they do not say where the cosmetic items made in small batch lots is MADE ( Manufactured).
I believe it all is ” formulated” ( the colors mixed to the desirable hues and consistencies) in Europe, and China MAKES all the color cosmetic orders, because I know some of these brands were made in China when I dropped the bag for that reason.
As far as I know, So Susan doesn’t have many instances of “small batch color cosmetics”, or doesn’t have in their bags, so that leaves ” formulated in the EU and filled ( MADE) in China”.

Not my circus any longer, but someone might actually care about the pretty obvious ” confusion” on the color product containers.

Lancome’ may have formulated eye serum 30 years ago in Paris, but if it’s now made in the USA they are honest enough to say ” Made in the USA”.

I’ve been looking at the reviews for So Susan for a while. I was put off by all the liquid highlighters they were including a while back (I can’t do highlighters, and can’t even use the liquid ones for eye shadow – they’re always too smeary and too bright), but I like the colors of these lip products so much that they might finally get me to join.

I am sooooooooo sick of nude lip products – they make me look dead or sickly, and my other sub bags send them constantly (and none of my friends want them either, so I can’t even gift them). These reds and pinks are so much closer to what looks good on me.

I subbed to this bag until I realized that 4/5 products every month, sometimes all, are made in PRC ( China) for the So Susan brands.

If they would eliminate the phrases on the bags, I’d like to subscribe to this one.

Is it me or does Berry Burst look more brownish than berry colored?

I like the bag itself (although I wish it didn’t say anything,) and the bon-bon bling looks really nice (I pretty much like any shade of green shadow.) However I’m not crazy about the lip items; the berry blast is probably the only one I would wear. The shades are so different it is doubtful the same person could wear all three successfully.

It would be neat if a bags, especially at a price points above $15, had variations for skin-tone, so you could sign up with your season (Autumn, Spring, etc.) and not get colors that completely clash with your skin. Or any variation that wasn’t random (e.g. select dry, oily, or combination skin; select gloss or matte; etc.)

Really bold colors, might only work for a few people.

A whole bag of things I won’t wear and it’s my last bag. Not impressed.