I know! I said I was unsubscribing after last month, but I guess I forgot and well, here we are, and I’m kicking myself. The box design by Antonio Soares is pretty, but the contents? They clearly spent more time on the design. There’s a repeat product from another box, January 2016, that I received as a bonus box, and the C-Vit looks like it leaked since the bottle is under 1/4th full. This box just feels small overall – the items are physically small, but it feels like something is missing, even though it’s not.
- Vince Camuto Capri – 3.4 oz / $85 – (Product is .25 oz, value of $6.25 by volume) The base of florals completely ruins this for me – I think it’s the violet that does it since the other notes are musk, peach blossom and vanilla, but all I get is a super stinky floral. I tend to like essential oil perfumes better, so it’s not surprising that I don’t like this, but it was so bad that I actually had to go wash it off.
- Sensyses Cleaner – 6.8 oz / $19.90 – (Product is .5 oz, value of $1.46 by volume) A trial size make-up remover. Yay? I’ll use it, but it’s nothing exciting, and I can get better makeup removers for a FAR better price.
- C-Vit Liposomal Serum – 1 oz / $52 – (Product is .1 oz, value of $5.20 by volume) The back of the packaging actually says, “Not for Sale, Free Sample,” so I’m having a hard time justifying the $5.20 value when this is something usually given out for free. Not to mention, the bottle arrived less than 1/4th full, so I’m not even getting my full free sample.
- MeMeMe Lip Glide 1 stick / $12.50 (Full size product) The color I received is, “Playful Peach,” and it doesn’t work at all for my skin tone – it’s way too coral/yellow and those shades don’t look good on me at all. I gave the last one away, so this one is going to someone else I guess.
- Korres Twist Eyeshadow – 1.4 g / $18 – (Full size product) I’m going by the price on the product card because it doesn’t seem to exist as a single item anymore online, not even on the Korres website, so this is likely discontinued. There were some multi packs on HSN and Korres, but that doesn’t count if I can’t purchase one single stick. I HATE it when subscription boxes do this – if I like it, there’s no way I can purchase another color, and it feels like cheating. They’re taking dead stock from a manufacturer to pad their box value when there’s basically no value left since the product is discontinued. Anyway, the color I received is apparently, “Metallic Black,” though it doesn’t say that anywhere on the packaging. They were probably originally packaged in a box of some sort, with some kind of seal, but that didn’t make it into the Glossybox. A little more Googling tells me these sticks were a limited edition in Spring/Summer of 2014. I do love Korres products though, and while the color is too dark to be an eyeshadow, it’ll work great as an eyeliner.
- Model Launcher Eyebrow Pencil – 1 stick / $12 – (Full size product) I received the color, “Taupe,” which matches my eyebrows pretty well. There’s a stick end with an eyebrow pencil and a spoolie end to shape up your eyebrows. I found the pencil to be a really firm formula – it takes a good bit of pressure to get even the faintest line to show up. I like the idea, but the formula isn’t great.
Overall, the value comes to $55.41. However, taking out the one free product and discounting the Korres product by half (no one in their right mind would pay for a product that’s two years old), it drops to $41.21. I do like the Korres eyeshadow even though it’s two years old and will use that and everything except the perfume and Lip Glide, so my personal value is $36.66, still more than I paid for the box which costs $21 per month. However, the shady practice of putting in discontinued items and repeat items is really distasteful, and it looks like I missed the cancellation window for the next box, so I’m in for one more, then that’s it.
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