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We have more spoilers for the May Play! By Sephora box! First, exclusive info just for MSA readers from Sephora:
PLAY! by SEPHORA is celebrating it’s 2-year anniversary and you’re invited to the party! Subscribe by May 8th to receive the May box—it comes with a special edition PLAY! PASS that’s worth 50 Beauty Insider points and can be redeemed online or in store for the FIRST. TIME. EVER. Subscribe now before spots are gone!
To recap: You will be able to redeem your 50 point Play! Pass online for the first time ever.
And in case you missed it, here is the first spoiler. Your box will have one of the following products:
To find out which box you’re receiving at the beginning of each month, follow these instructions:
If you log in through a browser, not the app, and go to my account > account details > online orders and open the play! Order Details (it was dated 11/1 for me), you can see the “item number” next to the image.
What do you think of the spoilers? Reminder, if you want to get the May Play by Sephora box, make sure to sign up by the 8th!
PLAY! by Sephora is a monthly beauty and makeup subscription box. Each month, Sephora sends you a mix of six samples (including cosmetics, haircare, skincare, fragrances, and other beauty products) personalized to match your preferences and a PLAY! BOOK of tips and tricks.
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However said we’d be getting one of the 3 products (KVD, Becca or Benefit) LIED!!! This is my first month and I am SO disappointed! could these samples truly get any smaller? And considering how much air you squeeze out of most of them to even get to your product, why don’t they call it what it is-one time use only. One tiny mascara and that’s the only makeup at all? Ugh.
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ff
I’ve received #701, well, really not like this box. I have subscribed from Feb 2018, and box quality seems going down for just a few months. I’m thinking of canceling it. Even though $10 is not a big amount of money, but it’s still money. I feel I’m getting a few small samples and rarely can use them. I’d rather save the $10 from each month and buy a full size Tom Ford product.
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Angie
Boo getting 701. I’m a Rouge and don’t feel listened-to or appreciated. So sick of black eyeliner- I’m too pale to pull it off- what about brown?? Also- my skin tone is light and last month I got a medium MUFE HD sample- that I can’t use…ended up giving it to my sis who has a bit darker skin. Sick of the drybar dry shampoo, have enough Black Opium already, and meh to the Porefessional.
Sad to say I’m cancelling Sephora Play. It’s just not giving me anything amazing… 🙁
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Daisy Kathryn McKinlay
I should be receiving #693 — meh, but I’m always a little meh about my boxes. After all, they’re just $10 worth of random samples. However, can I assume I’m not alone in receiving repeat items? I’ll be getting the Kat Von D liner AGAIN (same shade), and this isn’t the first, second, or third time I’ve received duplicate items. I canceled my Birchbox subscription a couple years ago because I found the brand quality and sample selection to be on the downswing, but at least I never received dupes. I try not to complain about the items and whether or not they seemingly fit my beauty profile, because it’s only $10/mo., but trend in duplicates is making me question if the box is really worth it…
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Sherry
I wanted box 693, but getting 701 which is the least interesting box to me. Anyone want to trade that has 693?
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b
735 is my box. Sorry to be negative, but 735 is one of the worst boxes I’ll be receiving, IMHO. I’ve been a subscriber since the inception of Play! by Sephora 2 years ago (?), and I think I’m giving it only one more month, before I cancel. I truly don’t understand how I keep getting the items I get each month. Rarely is there anything I can or want to use. I’m actually “okay” with getting items I wouldn’t normally use if they are new & upcoming or classic/iconic because I can pass them on to a friend or co-worker, but most of the items I get are things I would be embarrassed to pass on to someone else. I understand Play is only $10 a month, but if I throw out 99% of the items, there’s no point in subscribing at any cost.
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Lola
I am getting 693 but would love to swap for 768 full box. Will list when recieved.
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misfitmorgan
So i still have not gotten my April bag…..This is suppose to be my first bag. I also dont see a charge for it…i see a paypal authorization for play but nothing else. Is this normal? The site shows the items I am suppose to be getting but no shipping info at all or that i have any orders.
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Paulette
I went in To see what my number was , I took a fast look online on Monday it was 776. So today I looked at the boxes on MSA, But couldn’t remember my box number. So I went back and it was number 776. But underneath it it said out of stock. Has anybody ever seen that or any other 776 servers out there? And I don’t understand either why some boxes have none of the spoilers while somehow three. I don’t think any of these are right. I would love to get like Some different items. I would love to get a Buxom lip pencil or newest products . They could’ve called it Sephora’s newest products this month.
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Mav
How do you find out what number you are?
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Marie
I’ve never had a box not be in one of the early spoilers and the one box with NONE of the 3 sneak peaks has me worried.
My box is #733 – anyone else with that? I swear if I get another Porefessional I am cancelling.
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Donna
How do you find out which one you are getting?
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Nikkim
Sephora, I hope you’re listening, if not they need to read through some comments on sephora play articles here on MSA. They could make this box so much more successful if they would put in a little effort. I unsubscribed about 2 months ago and keep checking if a return is worth it and it’s not for me personally yet. But will keep watching spoilers
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Paulette
Hi Kikkim,
I agree , I like the Sephora play box, I feel like they just put lots of the same samples but switch them up and throw in some new ones. I think everybody should have a new product in their box. Because the spoilers we really have seen them already , I don’t mind getting a KVD , I really want to try new items. They should have a team that works on the box. Exactly like you said they could have great success .
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Nycgirl13
Well! This box was the final straw for me. Sephora play, its been a pleasure but cancelled!
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Jada
They are forver giving that primer 😂😂. So glad i left this sub box. I was just checking to see if i was missing anything , and nope!
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Kristie
Ugh, I’m so sick of that primer. If they don’t mix my samples up for June I may just cancel. 😣
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Melissa Smith
I’m getting box 701. This is only my second box so no problem with repeats yet. I only use travel mascaras (because I seem to get a lot with GWPs and boxes) and I’m also excited for the dry shampoo. My teen wants to eye liner so win for me.
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Hilary
Hello! I have box 735 and I am looking for 768 if anyone wants to trade! I am hilarys54 on the forum!
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Cordeelia Clarke
Is your box the last 3 digits of the item #? Because mine is #743 yet I don’t see it anywhere? 🙁
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joannec
743 for me too but no spoilers yet😕
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Sharon
Yes, it’s the last three digits of the item number.
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justmissjamey
Mine says #744
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Iggy'sRock
All repeats.. no FOMO.
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Angela
719. Porefessional breaks up my makeup and I’m allergic to bare minerals.
Great.
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JessicaG
Not happy 🙁 I kept saying to myself, please no more eyeliner or mascara and voila! I get both! Oh, and I don’t need a thickening cream with my hair either. Bummed.
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Kay
It’s probably because those need to be replaced most often.
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Maria
I got 719. I would have killed for that KVD.
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Renee Dishman
I’m box 750 anyone know what’s in that one yet?
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Lee Ann
If you email customer service they will send you an email what’s in there.
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Nicole B
All I really wanted was the Devacurl, and of course I didn’t receive it. I already have everything in my box (#693) except for the Bumble & Bumble and the Sephora mud mask. Darn it I really, REALLY wanted that Devacurl hair stuff. ☹️
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Rebecca Royle
I got #701, and also already have all but 2 products 🙁
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Maria
I just sent a strongly worded message to their customer service about that. My profile says curly hair. You’d think I’d get a product with curl in its name. I’m getting 719, which is craptastic for me.
I’m a Cruelty-Free vegan who gives away the non CF items. My friends are sick of me trying to pawn off the porefessional on them.
Normally I’ll justify spending the money on the box if there’s one item that I’ll use. Not this time.
I know this sounds whiny because it’s just $10, but I’m on a tight budget. My regular subs are this for me and Pet Treater for my cat. Right now I’m jealous of the cat.
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Christina
Sephora seems to only use the same four brands lately, which aren’t cruelty free. I finally cancelled because I got tired of not being able to use 2/3 of the box. Allure is a little pricier but I can usually use almost everything in there and the samples have been way better size wise.
Danielle
I don’t know if you shop at dermstore, but they have a little devacurl trial set that includes that cream – and if you look into their rewards program (easy & they build up fast) you could probably pick it up for next to nothing.
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Nicole B
Thank you, I’m going to look into that 😊
Julia
I still don’t understand why box 768 gets none of the spoilers, and box 693 gets all 3. It just seems really wrong to do that to subscribers.
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Lola
I’m willing to trade you box for box when it arrives. I will post it them. I’m under Lola on the swap board.
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Maine
I absolutely agree!
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Maggie
I was thinking the same thing! This bothers me so much
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Rhenn
I’m with you!
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Dana
I signed up for Play last week. Will it take a while before I can see which box number I’m getting in my account?
The instructions for finding your box number above don’t match up with what I see in my browser. (It says to go to Account > Account Details > Online Orders, but I see Account and then have options for Recent Orders and also Subscriptions, none of which show a box number.)
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justmissjamey
Mine says #744the box number is the last 3 digits of your order number. It’s been a little wonky the past couple months. Also, you can’t use the Sephor a app, you have to use just a browser to get the last 3 correct.
I never know what I’m getting until it shows up. Like right now mine is saying #744 and I’m not seeing a #744 so I’m not quite sure how to figure it out.
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Julia
My item number finally showed up on the browser tonight. I’m getting 719. Not great, but at least I’m not getting a black eyeliner. I was really hoping for the Becca highlighter.
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JessicaG
Go to recent orders, then when the info for the box pops up, click on details. The item number should be there. Hope this helps!
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Dana
Thank you, but unfortunately, the Play purchase doesn’t show up in my Recent Orders section at all. Only purchases of actual products show up there. I have to go to Subscriptions to see the Play info, and there is no box number on that page.
Julia
It doesn’t work for me either. I think it finally popped up when it shipped last month. So I still don’t know what I’m getting this month.
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Jen
ick. o good. a third tarteist mascara …… Too many repeats.
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Sara
🙁 So SAD! All I wanted this month was the Becca highlighter & I’m going to end up with possibly nothing useable in 735.
If anyone wants to swap the Becca highlighter for the Sephora Mask, the KVD Tattoo liner, and/or the Bumble & Bumble Hair Thickener, please hit me up. :+1:
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Sherry
I also only signed up because of the Becca highlighter
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Anieke
Same!!! I only signed up again because of Becca!
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