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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.
Liz is the founder of My Subscription Addiction. She's been hooked on subscription boxes since 2011 thanks to Birchbox, and she now subscribes to over 100 boxes. Her favorites include POPSUGAR Must Have, FabFitFun, and any box that features natural beauty products!
Liz is the founder of My Subscription Addiction. She's been hooked on subscription boxes since 2011 thanks to Birchbox, and she now subscribes to over 100 boxes. Her favorites include POPSUGAR Must Have, FabFitFun, and any box that features natural beauty products!
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It’s hard for me to believe that sub boxes are STILL putting that Photo Finish primer in! I hate that stuff and I’m super sick of getting 5-6 of them per year. GRRRR
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TIFFANY HARBOUR
I subd 2 months back and still nothing but i have been charged for both months what gives?
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jennifer
I feel like I’m the only one that wasnt severely disappointed this month. I got box 693 and I’m pretty happy with it. I love the kvd eyeliner and getting one more just means I have a back up. I’ve gotten the perfume before and I love it, so another plus for me to get something I know I’ll use. I’m always excited to try out a new mask, and they are usually a good sized jar, and a mini becca highlighter sounds great to me! Was I a little disappointed with hairspray and is the porefessional mini ridiculously small, yes,but I’ll still use them. When I look at my box each month, if I can find at least 3 things that I like or can use then it was worth it.
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Carrie
I too recieved box 693 and am thrilled. The KVD liner is my go to, love the mask, and the Benefits face primer is another hit with me…use it every day. I would have loved to have gotten the Mineral Veil primer because its my fav…but Benefit is a good 2nd. Perfumes I could go without due to migraines but this box was a hit. I was close to cancelling.
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Jill
It takes seriously so long for Sephora packages to be delivered. They are held on to for DAYS and DAYS. I don’t know if the post offices see Sephora packages and they just aren’t important or something but it’s seriously so annoying how long it takes to get ANYTHING from Sephora. My local post office has had my Sephora play box for DAYS. And that is consistent. It happens every month with every Sephora package. It has seriously made me reconsider buying anything from Sephora because the 2 or 3 day shipping is completely bull and I’ll get a package from another company with not 2-3 day shipping faster than I will get a Sephora package. I know I just sound whiney but months after months after the same issue and missing samples it’s just like.. why stay loyal to this company? And if it is the post offices fault, same thing. Why stay loyal to a company whose mail gets pushed to the bottom of the barrel?
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Yarngirl
I have had the same problem for months! I get a shipping notification then the box sits for about 10 days with no movement. The spoilers tell me some people are getting theirs sooner, I get mine too late to even join the conversation.
This month was the exception, maybe because I had just canceled a few days prior?
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Ann
I am getting the contents of 693 but I cannot find that number anywhere on my order. It’s not the order number or item number. I never know which box I’m getting until late in the month when all has been spoiled. How do I find which box I’m getting in the future?
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Carrie
693 was not my number either…but that is what I got and am happy.
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tammy g.
it’s under recent orders, view details, you will see play by Sephora, and it is the last 3 numbers on the end of item #….
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Ann
I know but my last 3 numbers do not ever match any box spoiled. This month my item number ends in 591 and there are no boxes with that number spoiled.
Christina
In my box I got 2 of everything- i emailed customer service to let them know but havent heard back yet. I hope no one got an empty box
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Jean
I’ll take your duplicates! LOL I had to update my credit card info – which I did – but there was a glitch with the website and the updates didn’t ‘take’, so I missed out on the May box because they couldn’t charge my card. But – they still sent me an email telling me “look what’s in your May box!” So sad 🙁
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Maria
Me too. I had to update my info and they said it was too late for the May box. I was so happy this time because I knew my May box was a disappointment. I still got the May box. Bummer.
Melanie
I can never access the box number in my Sephora account. Two of the last three months they have sent me an email telling me what products I’ll be receiving in my box. This time it showed me the contents for box 693. I wasn’t loving it, but was excited about the Becca product. Today I received my box 719 in the mail. Every time they send me an email showing me what’s in my box it’s never the box the email says. Anyone else have this issue?
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Cindy
I keep getting dupes or variations that seem the exact opposite of what I’d get based on my profile. I’m a VIB Rouge and this box does more than underwhelm: lately it rarely even includes the types of prestige brands, best sellers, or new products that I’d expect it to. Lots of boring, old hat items and waaaaaay too many Sephora brand items.
I think this might be my last box and I’ve subscribed since 2016. Looking at Ipsy instead.
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tammy g.
my 1st box of s. play, box #776, it’s ok, but the perfume was horrible on me, smells like, a mans perfume, did not get any makeup, or powder….not so good for 1st time….
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mike_ward111
I too am super disappointed with all the repeats. Received box 727. Seems to be nothing new to me.
Didn’t match my profile This month either. I have thick, curly hair and got the thickening spray. I hit repeats of porefessional and kvd liner. Got the mud mask when I have dry skin. At least the highlighter is good for travel. Sephora is about to be cancelled with this worthless mess.
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Rain
I’m getting multiple repeats in my box most months now, and I’ve never changed my profile settings. There is NO reason I should be getting this many repeats. If the spoilers for June’s box don’t have anything exciting and new in them, I’m unsubbing. I’ve been subscribed since May of 2016.
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Jraewebb
I’m feel the same way. I’ve been subbed to them since the beginning and I keep getting repeats and more repeats. Never get the samples I actually want to try or haven’t tried. They don’t match your profile at all, and they never give any full size items. If they don’t pull something fantastic for June I’m definitely canceling and ordering another ipsy bag. I would rather get 2 ipsy’s a month than this…..
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Virginia Dailey
I think EVERYONE got #701! Did ANYONE actually get a different box?
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Jayden
I think I got box 663 and I’m honestly so dissapointed. I’m not going to be able to use any of these products. I already have like several kat Von d eyeliners, I don’t like the porefessional primer, I don’t like champagne pop on my skin, I don’t love mud masks because I have dry skin, and I don’t really need thickness to my hair. It sucks cause there were a bunch of products I would have loved to receive!
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Kay
I have a question for those subscribed to this box…does Sephora do a good job of matching your profile? Or does your collaboration seem more random? I’m on the fence with this box.
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Julia
I don’t feel good about recommending it, if that’s what you are asking. The spoilers look good, but there are several boxes that aren’t receiving any of them, and several that get 2 or 3 of the spoilers. It doesn’t seem right to promise a product to all subscribers, and not deliver to everyone. This is only my second month with them, and I’m going to give them another month before I make a decision to cancel. I think if they would have used my profile I would be much happier, but so far I’m just not getting what I was hoping for.
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Toni
They haven’t matched me in almost two years
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Audra K
Definitely not. I have dry skin and have received skincare for oily skin…and the foundation they have sent in the past has been way too dark for my skin tone. I canceled last month.
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Toni
750 would have been a better bag for me mine sucked. I have curly thickkkkkk hair . I don’t need or want hair products to make my hair thicker!!!!!! Plus I’m so tired of getting that eyeliner every time I turn around, I’m sure we’ll get in Allure’s box too for June I think. Plus the highlighter came broken, I’ve never had to deal with this problem at least before now.This will probably be my last box I hate to do it but darn they have so many products and we just keep getting the same things to sample
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Cindy
I received box 701, the worst box out of them all.
I received the worst last month too.
I have only been subscribed for two months and by me getting the worst of products I cancelled my Subscrition.
I guess they send my State the crappy stuff.
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Marci Chauvin
Me too!!$
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Barbara
I also got box 701….there are always better boxes that I would love to get…but I always get the one I least want to get…so today I cancelled…..I’ll stick with Allure….at least we all get the same box.
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DeeBeeTee
I also received box #701, which I am really disappointed in. I recently resubbed, but thinking of cancelling again. I see all the potentially great items and feel I get stuck with the worse. I would have preferred 768 or 727.
Aarjullor
Not always, Allure does have some variants now.
Maria
The 50 Play points that you can redeem this month is a promo code. Jerks. Thought I’d buy something for less than $10 and use the code code (I pay to the annual Flash shipping so figured I’d spend only a few bucks) but now there is a $20 minimum to redeem the card.
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Kele
Thank you for the heads up! Then I’m definitely not resubscribing. I canceled a few months ago and have been thinking of joining again for my birthday month but all the samples like what I have received from play in the past. I missed the extra points but not if I have to spend a minimum amount in order to get the additional points. Nope. I’ll be looking elsewhere for a new box to join.
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Michelle Bross
Jeez that sucks
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Megan
I got box 727 and was pretty disappointed. I tried to like the products, but meh. I got 3 repeated products and the Caudalie Vinosource Moisturizing Sorbet smelled overpowering. I’ve had Sephora for over 2 years but I just joined allure and might have to cut ties.
I don’t use 2/3 of the product they send me and I always wish I had the boxes with the really good items 🙁
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Jacki
701 is still my last pick so of course I got it! I should really stop looking at these spoilers but I’m addicted
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Danielle
I hear you — part of me thinks I’d enjoy my box a lot more if I didn’t know what everyone else was getting.
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Pink5
So agree.
Makes me glad there aren’t any Play! dates in my area.
Pink5
Agree. Although this month it’s kind of comforting because none of the boxes were that great, in my opinion.
Though I would have preferred the Laura Mercier finishing powder to the Hourglass primer I got. Now I’ve got three of them and I almost never use primer.
Sub addict
Okay… Quick question. If I signed up today, would I get May’s box or June’s?
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Danielle
June
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