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Wow, I think I see the death of boxycharm on the horizon. How can they not even customizes shades?? Boxycharm Luxe, is 50 bucks, that is twice the cost of Ipsy+. and Ipsy customizes. What a sham.
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Joy
Ipsy does not customize as well as you might think. I specifically said no blue eye shadow and i only get blue. So frustrating. Every box I’ve gotten from ipsy has something on my quiz i dont want. Since i love my ipsy i font complain hslf as much as boxy.
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Ashley
I have been watching unboxings on YT for the past two days and out of the fifty or so I watched, not a single person has gotten the Becca Blaze lip color. I was so hoping to get that one
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Emmi
I actually did get that one actually! I was super surprised about that cuz usually I get the Ofra lol. I got it in the shade Souffle.
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Justjamey
Just got an email from boxy saying they had a glitch and sent “a small few” cover fx pallettes that aren’t in their shade and they cant replace them, so they are just giving 4500 points. Not sure what’s going on. Boxy has been bad for a while now and not too thrilling. I’d rather eyeshadow pallettes and am so sick of ofra or odd brand lipsticks that are junk that I cant even give away , so I throw them away
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MzBev
By the number of comments I’ve read, who got the wrong palette, “small few” isn’t accurate. They had promised the to follow profiles just for that ONE item – and failed. Its amazing how many are giving them a pass on this. I mean how many times can they lie or screw up before these people start holding them accountable? It’s just insane to me.
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Jen
They need to just admit that they either didn’t really use the profiles or they ordered more dark ones than light ones. Either way I’m a little surprised by how many people are shocked by this. Boxycharm has shown over and over how incompetent they are.
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Irene
Well I got my BoxyLuxe today and I’m very disappointed they didn’t go off my profile so I got the light color fx I’m black I got medium brows I use darker but could work with it and the taupe Becca lipstick that looks horrible on my skin tone and of course the only morphe pallet I didn’t want time to cancel Bu I did get an email from Joe regarding a system glitch but my items can’t be replaced I get 4500 charms
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Joy
Im african American and a boxyluxe subscriber. Reading your review, I’m positive when my box comes it will be too light a complexion.. i had such hope for you boxy. I was so excited for this pallet. Oh well. Attention IPSY: don’t let me down either.
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Debe
I’d be happy to trade anything with. I’m as pale as a sheet of paper and got dark everything.
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Vicky H
I got a shipping notification today only to find I got my box today. The bad thing is that I got the wrong cover fx palette even though I did my quiz.
On the good side, I got the nail polish variant. I also got the brunch babe palette which is beautiful… I am kind of sad to give it away. Maybe we will get another palette worth giving away before the next birthday I attend or I can just give them a color pop one. I got red lipstick but I honestly wear it a lot because it looks good with my skin tone (white with rosy undertone) and distracts from problem areas. I have different formulas but my bullet lipstick needs replaced. I am happy about the bag, face mask, and moisturizer too.
I don’t care for brow products and lashes. I also am indifferent to the brush set.
Final score = 7.50 out of 10
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Joy L. Jones
I am getting a light complexion pallet and lipstick. My complexion is dark. I did get the email stating the accident in wrong complexion. I am willing to swap but I don’t want any used product. Let’s swap. Please don’t bother if you have swarched or used the pallet in any way. DM Instagram joyjones1815.
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Emmi
I DM’ed you on Insta. If anyone wants to trade Morphe Palletes (I got Day Slayer and would like to trade for any other one) DM me on Instagram: itsem_ma_kuh
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Isabelle
I got the dark CoverFX palette even though I filled out the quiz and said I had light skin!! If anyone has the light CoverFX palette, I’d love to trade!! I’ll even throw in the OfraXNikkie highlighter (got it in Allure) and sheet masks for free!!
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La'Shaundra
Isabelle. I will trade you!
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Joy
Hello la’shandra
I am dark skin and will be getting the light when my package is delivered. They told me in advanced my color was wrong in the box. My box gets delivered march 14. If you havent swapped yet i will have a light complexion pallet untouched. Is yours untouched? Thanks. DM Instagram @joyjones1815
Lisa peterson
I just received my Boxy lux today , I am rather disappointed, I had my PD quiz already done and they didn’t even look at it, I have a very fair skin and they sent me a dark color Love the cover FX palette. I am so mad I just emailed them hopefully they’ll reply. And then the Becca lipstick I received is red, I have so many red lipsticks I have no idea what to do with Them LOL. I just needed to vent like I said I emailed them hopefully they can fix this and not ignore me
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Anna
They sent people that received the wrong palette an email saying you’ll get 4500 charms for it since they can’t replace it.
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Debe
I got the wrong everything and got no email
Vicky H
I never received an email saying I’ll get 4500 points. Do I have to email them? I’ve had my quiz done for a while and even went in and double checked it to be sure! I also am super white and there is no way I can pull any of it off…even the highlight!!! I will have to see if one of my Indian friends can pull it off but it’s super dark so it might not work even for them. For those that got the right color, it’s super pigmented.
Emmi
They sent me the dark cover fx palette too!! I’m a medium olive tone and it’s still too dark for me so I can’t imagine someone with fair skin trying to use it! I’m disappointed in this month’s boxyluxe. I hate the morphe palette I got (it was day slayer, the only one I was hoping NOT to get!) If anyone wants to trade me please comment your email address! I got my email from Ipsy today confirming I am getting the Glam Bag Plus (thanks ladies for your suggestions to email them!). So I will be ending my boxycharm.
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Jessica
@Liz or @MSA team: Boxycharm is now communicating on their Instagram that they are not customizing the CoverFX palette based on our beauty profiles. Is this what was communicated to you? I’ve been a long-time Boxy loyalist, but this is a terrible move on their part.
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Debe
I’ve cancelled as a result of this!
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Anna
They’re reolies on Instagram about the palette:
Hey love! We are working on customizing our Boxys a little closer to our Charmer’s own unique style! Please know that this is still a work in progress therefore, we cannot confirm that you will receive your exact shade or styles of your choosing! Although it still a diamond in the rough, we are working hard at it and use general Beauty Quiz data to segment our boxes and work on making the process perfect. However, we can assure you that each Boxy is around the same price range and equally as awesome! We encourage our Charmers to take the Beauty Quiz as soon as they can, to better ensure which variation will be sent out to them. We hope this helps clarify the matter, and should you have any further questions or concerns feel free to email us at [email protected] 🌹
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Emmi
I just got an Email from Boxycharm saying how “a small percentage” of us didn’t get the right cover fx palette based on our beauty quiz and that it was a data error. Now they’re saying they’re depositing 4500 charms in my account within 72 hours to make up for it because they don’t have enough palettes to send out the right ones. That was the 1 thing I wanted in this box! I do like the It cream and the wander lust peel off mask but I’m super sad that I now have a useless palette. I’ll wait around for better products in the charm room and hope I can snag them quick enough cuz the products in there now don’t appeal to me. 😔
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Lisa peterson
I am fuming, I received the dark cover FX and I’m pale white. I am disappointed I pay good money for Boxy Lux
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Madi
I don’t know if I’ve ever been as excited for a lip color as I am for this one. I love the Ofra formula, I hope it stays the same with the metallic.
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Courtney
I hate the MK brand… So cheap & very highly overpriced. I received my spoiler last night & got the lip color in Monaco as well so hoping I get the eye shadow imstead of the mascara! According to the spoilers above!… 🤔
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Audra K
I wish that Ofra Lipstick wasn’t metallic. Otherwise, it would have been perfect.
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MzBev
I have tapped a bit of HD powder over metallic lipstick, it takes the metallic part away and leaves you with a pretty color. I figured it out on accident, lol, but it works if you like the shade and just not the shine to it.
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Tat
I think the metallic item is eyeshadow.
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Audra K
The shade “Monaco” is a metallic lip.
Ms Peaches
We just received a mascara last month and ofra is so overrated . Boxycharm users it as a box filler.
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Susan
I got mine last night and I always get version 1. Mine says Ofra in Monaco and all other items shown except for the mystery. Doesn’t show if it’s going to be the mascara or liquid eyeshadow.
I find it odd that on the second version shown it states Ofra Lipstick in Monaco, which I’m getting, but the color is a pretty pink yet on the first version shown it states Ofra Lipstick shade may vary and the color shown is a darker purple pink color. The Monaco color on their website looks just like the color shown on the top version not the second… I’d be very happy to receive the light pink color. I can’t do anything with the darker.
Maybe my vision is off…
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Susan
I got mine last night and I always get version 1. Mine says Ofra in Monaco and all other items shown except for the mystery. Doesn’t show if it’s going to be the mascara or liquid eyeshadow.
I find it odd that on the second version shown it states Ofra Lipstick in Monaco, which I’m getting, but the color is a pretty pink yet on the first version shown it states Ofra Lipstick shade may vary and the color shown is a darker purple pink color. The Monaco color on their website looks just like the color shown on the top version not the second… I’d be very happy to receive the light pink color. I can’t do anything with the darker.
Anyone else notice this???
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Rae
I’m getting the OFRA in Monaco. I really hope I don’t get the liquid eyeshadow because I literally got the copper shimmery eye pencil last month….. which I don’t use.
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Susan
Same here… If anyone wants to swap the Ofra Lipstick in Monaco for pretty much anything else let me know. Another color I can’t use….
Is the first version shown on top version 1 or 2? I always get 1 and am hoping the mascara is in it. I have no use for another liquid eyeshadow I can’t use.
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Vicky H
Are people getting their boxes early this month? I’ve heard some folks are!
Did you all get your normal shipping notification???
I may need to let my mom know since I ship stuff there to avoid porch bandits.
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Susan
I got my spoilers last night and it didn’t show the final item. I typically don’t get a shipping notification until a week or so later. It would be great if it did ship early!!!
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Kellie
I honestly feel like every single box I subscribe to is including mascara 🙄. I actually don’t mind the Ofra and the rest of the box, although it does feel like they put most of their energy to Boxyluxe and not the regular box.
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Denise
Who would pay 29 dollars for a Manna Kadar mascara ? MK has some serious delusions of grandeur 🙄
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TheOtherJulia
For $30 it better clean my bathroom and bring me breakfast in bed.
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Stef
Right!?!?! I started loudly cackling when I saw 30$ sugg retail…. I am hoping I dont get that variation cause I want no part of that MK mascara. I am getting the ofra in Monaco, so hopefully that’s the box I’m getting & not the other one. Fingers crossed.
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Jen
Manna Kaddar’s skin care/bath products are even more ridiculously inflated. For 29.00 I can buy Diorshow mascara!
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Courtney
I hate the MK brand… So cheap & very highly overpriced. I received my spoiler last night & got the lip color in Monaco as well so hoping I get the eye shadow imstead of the mascara! According to the spoilers above!… 🤔
Redhed36
This curation is very appealing to me. I think it’s the color scheme. The pinks and rose gold colors are drawing me in even though I don’t need any of the items.
I am waiting for people to complain a about the Manna Kadar item.
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Jessica Harrison
I know they said they’d be going by our profiles this month but a lot of my friends were very light skinned has received the dark palette which is ridiculous and I emailed them back saying well we want you to try new products we can try new products if it doesn’t even match our skin tone
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Michelle
I think it’s total BS! They’ve been telling people to fill out their profile for the last month and a half, making a big deal about the fact that it would be used spe ifically for this palette, and to just blantantly NOT use the profile is such a letdown. Josef himself made how many statements saying the profile was going to be used…REALLY SHADY! IpsyPlus is already blowing them away product wise and they do better with personalization, I am more excited about my IpsyPlus than I am for my luxe this month and the luxe is $25 more, so that speaks volumes!
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Bella01
I’m so glad I cancelled. I’m so over them. I feel sorry for everyone who spent their hard earned money on a box that was misleading. Shame on you Boxy Charm.
Jen
Use it as eyeshadow or bronzer.
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Kim
People shouldn’t have to. They said they were customizing based on the profiles. If they weren’t going to do that they shouldn’t have said they would. It’s false advertising
Anna
I would be irritated if I was told to fill out a profile to get the correct shade and it made no impact. You can always repurpose it but they told subscribers they’d be personalized this time.
Valérie
I got my Luxe today, and the coverfx palette and those brushes are really nice. The highlight shades and the blush are really pretty, even though I’m not really into contour. The peel off mask also peeled off really well vs some of the other ones I’ve used and is such a pretty rose gold color. I think those three items alone are pretty worth it!
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Melissa
I think the key to Boxy is taking a break from it – I took off 6 full months and picked up last month’s FOMO and will get this month…so a few months a year is good for me and I don’t get as burned out on makeup 🙂
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Jenn
I’m not mad, but I’ve been with BoxyCharm for three years, and this is the first time I feel genuinely disappointed. It’s not even the products, but I just feel like they might have over hyped their boxy luxe for this quarter, and put so much effort into that, that their regular sub suffered, like maybe these last two products were just kind of like, a rush to complete this months box and get it out, and that’s disappointing. The palette does look kind of cool, and I do like this brand of brushes. It just feels like the same stuff, over and over. I would
Have been less disappointed had this box
Included, say, the it cosmetics cream. Another Ofra Lippie and yet another mascara aren’t exactly giving me FOMO to sick around for another month.
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