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We have a new exclusive spoiler for the July Play! By Sephora box just for MSA readers! Sephora sent me a box early so I could share the spoilers with you! (Also, we have confirmed with Sephora, you have until July 10th to sign up for a Play! by Sephora subscription and get the July box as your first box. They added text in red on this page to help with any confusion.)
Here is my unboxing video of one of the boxes this month. (FYI - Sephora is not sharing box # info this month. I do not know which # the box I'm unboxing corresponds with. Sorry!)
I love tarte and I love their blush, so this is a stellar subscription box item for me! The formula is ingredient conscious and goes on so smoothly. It has a matte finish, and you can easily build color. (Plus there’s no fallout with this powder, and it stays put once it’s applied!)
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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To be honest I’m a little relieved they are not revealing spoilers anymore. I found myself getting upset before the Box would arrive because I wasn’t getting what another box was. This way it’s a bit of a surprise and I have something to look forward to.. but everyone’s different. I already have an idea of what’s coming way beforehand with Boxycharm & Allure so this is like my one little surprise!
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L Gropen
I am really tired of receiving that Tarte product – I believe that this is my fifth or sixth! I didn’t really like it the first time…. Move on!
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tammy g.
I still don’t have a shipping date yet….what’s up Sephora play?
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tammy g.
has anyone gotten their Sephora play box for july 2018 yet? and what is inside…
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missann
I got an email today saying my box has shipped. What’s weird is under my order it says shipped and under that it says “out of stock”.
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Jamie
Mine has said out if stock for over a week. It’s been a weird month for sub boxes all the way around.
Cady
Just got my shipping notification. #152 will update when I receive.
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Lori
I’m getting thos box also!
Donna
No box, but my shipping notification came today!
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Jamie
Mine too
Jamie
Nope. I doubt they’ve even started shipping yet.
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Angie
Every single time u get a box Liz from Sephora play for a long time now I get the same exact box! And as I am excited about the tarte blush I am not exactly thrilled about all the others. I just got trust face oil from my Sephora kit I purchased and I haven’t even used it yet lol but overall I love that Sephora is doing no chemical brands . So most likely I bet this is going to be my box ☹️ Love the video tho 💋
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Stormcloude
OMG, they’d better NOT send me two face oils. How horrible.
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Jamie
So on my Sephora account where it says my box number is 160, that’s meaningless now?
Thanks Sephora. Boooo!
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danon
I have #160 too. It is just about to ship…but…we don’t know what’s in it! LOL. So tell me what you get if yours arrives first! 🙂
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Jamie
Will do!
tammy g.
you know Sephora play, we are all adults here, we are not five and its Christmas, just tell everyone what is in the boxes, show all the numbers to everyone, so we can see what we are getting…..we pay for these, and we want to know what is in are boxes……thank you
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Brandi
Yes! Exactly!!
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Abby
Crossing my fingers for the Fresh Sugar Balm and the Drunk Elephant Moisturizer 🤞🏻🤞🏻
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Jamie
I really hope sephora knows me better at this point than to have sent this box to me.
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Tanya Dyer
Would love to get my hands on that drink elephant ekk
So are y’all saying they won’t be giving us our box # spoilers? If so that sucks 😵
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Leslie
I was thinking the exact opposite of some of the commenters here. My thoughts were that people were cancelling because they weren’t liking what they were going to get in the PLAY boxes monthly……knowing full spoilers ahead of time and not liking/wanting some of the items.
By not giving out complete box contents, SephoraPLAY may be feeling that they have a better chance of keeping subscribers (and possibly getting new ones) now that the spoilers aren’t being entie given away for the whole box.
I’m now seeing people resubscribing who had previously ended their subs with this box.
Just a thought.
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Jamie
I’ve never gotten a spoiler before they charged me.
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B
Exactly. Spoilers don’t make subscribers leave, boxes that are allegedly personalized but continuously fall short do.
Mimi Rivera
Exactly
cindy
Thought the exact same thing!
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Teresa
Love this video! Thank you! I really hope I get the exact same box!! I want want want the lip balm and the skin care products!!
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Liz Cadman
It’s a great box! Hope you get it! 🙂
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Claire
Thanks for the unboxing, Liz. For anyone who loves skincare this is the month to subscribe to Sephora Play.
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Claire
I had cancelled my sub., but just resubbed after this post. Oh Subscription Addiction stop tempting me! I thought I had this thing under control!
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Christine
Ooh, I like the concept of a green theme box this month.
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Amber M
3 face products with oil in them?! I really hope this isn’t my box. That’s overkill
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Jen
I suspect (or at least hope) that box is for those who have dry skin. I have combo oily/dehydrated, and that would be a nightmare box for me. I use face oils in the winter sometimes, but JM products break me out horribly, as does that Tarte cleanser. The other skincare products would be great for me, though, as would the Fresh lippie. And I like the blush.
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Annie
I better not get all these oils, my face is dry but I can’t do it, it just sits there and I don’t like how it feels, honestly lol I really want the drunk elephant moisturizer! I already have the Farmacy one and I don’t care for the tarte cleanser.
Lola
It’s two face oils and one hair oil mask.
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MargeW
Oh Lord. I hope I don’t get the hair oil. They keep sending me hair masks and conditioners and wave spray when I have oily, super short hair. I do love face oils though.
Amber M
Oh true! It’s still a lot of oil for one box lol
Tina
I personally do not like that they have chosen to stop sharing box number info and will be canceling if this is ongoing. I don’t care for surprises or I wouldn’t haunt this site every day looking..lol
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Lethe
Yep. It’s irritating. I’d really like to know their rationale. It’s not as if they’re doing something super special this month to warrant an extra level of secrecy.
I prefer Ipsy’s model of making box contents available for everyone, to spoil themselves, if they so wish. 😀 Why does Sephora care? They already got our money. It’s not as if someone can cancel their order if they don’t like what they’re getting.
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MargeW
I prefer Ipsy. Not a lot of high dollar, high end stuff, but they try to give you things you like. And I like trying new brands.
ColleenT.
Seriously, no one needs 2 face oils in the summer.
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Lena Meow
I politely disagree. With all the air conditioning, chlorine in the pool, and being out in the sun, my combo/oily skin needs a lot of extra moisture though not as much as in the winter. That said, I’d be upset if this was my box because I dont like JM products, and already have a great oil for nighttime.
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Cady
I do! My skin is so dry that even in this 112 southern Cali heat I don’t get oil production ! Of course I’ll probably get anything but the oil 🙄
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Claire
Agreed, there is never enough oil in the world for my skin!
Abby
From the headline I thought this was going to be the unboxing video from Sephora with all the products. Still a great box, just wondering if all variations will have products this good.
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Leah
That would be a dream box for me!! Other than the blush which I already have (from the birthday gift last year) I’d be pumped about all of the products.
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Lethe
I, too, got that blush for my bday and love it. It is a gorgeous, somehow subtle yet brightening, tone on my super pale skin. I am traveling every week for work and was gutted when my little blush shattered and crumbled, as I was trying to depot it to put in my travel palette. A couple days later I saw it would be included in this months sub! (^_^) Psyched.
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Emily
I’m so glad you pointed that out. I signed up July 2 because of the blush, hadn’t been charged, so canceled when I realized I already had this and never wear it. Yay, $10 saved. Thank you!
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Unique
Right! I rcvd the Tarte blush as a bday gift as well so I’ll be swapping mine. That could be a curation for ppl w/ dry skin though?
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