Beauty Boxes (monthly subscription) DISCUSS HERE

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PLEASE BE AWARE that people receive boxes at different times. If you wish to discuss a box within 7 days of it arriving, you must either put SPOILER in square brackets [ ] at the start of your post, followed by /SPOILER in square brackets [ ] at the end or use white text when describing the products in any way.

This includes any information which may help to identify a product ie using words such as large tube, cleansing, pleasant smell, moisturising, liquid etc etc

This thread is dedicated to the discussion of ALL available monthly subscription beauty boxes currently available and continues from this thread HERE

Huge thanks to Rose80 for the suggestion and for the following links (click on the name of the box to go straight to the website)

Glossybox (GB) Ј10 + Ј2.95 p&p
Shesaid Box (SSB) Ј9 + Ј2.95 p&p 25% off with code SSBLOVE25

Joliebox (JB) Ј10 + Ј2.95 p&p

Latest in Beauty (LIB)

Amarya Ј10 + Ј2.50 p&p (only 100% natural, chemical and synthetic free products

Feel Unique (coming soon)

Lux BoxЈ10 + Ј2.95 p&p 25% off first box, use code 25promo

SkintroductionsЈ9-Ј14 (depending on skintype) + Ј2.00 p&p

Amitee Pamper Secrets Ј10 + Ј2.95 p&p - The products in the Pamper Secrets beauty box are carefully selected to suit the needs of any and all ladies of African, West Indian, Asian or Mediterranean decent. This month's brands shown on site so up to buyer to check if halal or not - NOT automatically halal
WILL NEED REFERRAL FROM EXISTING SUBSCRIBER

My Beauty Bundle Ј15 per month inc p&p - aimed at pregnant ladies and new mums BUT the beauty products are suitable for anyone

Betrousse similar to Latest In Beauty - not a monthly sub

Beautylishious beauty bag Ј12 per month via Paypal - this is a private enterprise so please take care when giving out personal info

ALWAYS check for cashback and discount codes before ordering. Many will be posted in the thread but some will escape us so, as always, Google is your friend.

Facebook links - check for codes/offers or ask customer service questions quickly

Glossybox

Amarya Beauty Boxes

Jolie Box

She Said Box

Latest In Beauty

Amitee

Lux Box

My Beauty Bundle

Beautylishious beauty bag

Skintroductions

Facebook Beauty Box Swaps group thanks to mayling03 for details of this Facebook page where unwanted items from boxes can be exchanged

Please PM me with any new boxes or any details that need to be added Together we will be even more outstandingly beautiful

Best answers:

• In response to the Carmine - Glossybox merger Shesaid beauty have released discount codes for signing up-
  DISCOUNTS!
  10% off She Said Beauty 3 Month Subscriptions by using code SSB03
  20% off She Said Beauty Box 6 Month Subscriptions by using code SSB06
  25% on She Said Beauty Box 12 Month subscriptions by using code SSB12
  I'm assuming these are ontop of the discounts you already get for signing up shown on the website.
  I have been told by a couple of people who got their first box that they were not overly happy with the first box last month, but you can check on the website to see what was in it to give you an idea.
• Oh I am really fed up about the carmine/gb merger! i ordered the march carmine for half price and was reaally looking forward to getting it after the good reviews. I had loved the feelunique ones too before they finished. Seems like glossybox has the monopoly on this market :-(
• I agree dippydooda I was gutted I'm not getting my half price box. I think there's alot of angry people! I could have had the Feb box when I signed up but thought I would wait till March so it would be a surprise. They will definitely lose custom overall, even just from the people who would have bought both, like I probably would have.
  The feelunique page does imply they are going to do something else though?
• I wanted to lose one box (subbed to three) but I wouldn't have stopped Carmine, I probably would have dropped Glossybox
  I'm slightly annoyed at these discount codes floating around and I can't use any as an existing subscriber. Has anyone found a way to make them work? Technically I could cancel She Said and rejoin with a different email as I still haven't had my first box from them yet.
• I'm pretty sure they would work gentleorange if you did a new account with new email etc, I do that sort of thing alot. I always clear cookies etc too though that may be totally unneccessary! It tends to be just the email they file you under so would not realise you were not a 'new' member. Plus you're quite within your rights anyway I reckon!
• I can't quite work Glossybox out - how many products do you actually get?
  I really don't like the fact that people get different items. To my mind, Glossybox know how many subscribers they have for that month, so they should be able to negotiate with the PR companies providing the products to get enough for everyone.
  Reading the FB page, some people are lucky and get good items whilst others are left with carp.
  I see those press-on nails made it into a Glossybox. I got sent some by Boots beauty panel and they are awful. Theie PR company seems to be dishing them out like sweeties in the vain hope that someone somewhere might like them enough to buy more!
• Glossybox is 5 items purplebutterfly.
  I think it's been worth the money on the ones I've had, I know it's a bit sad but I sometimes work out what the stuff should have cost me, the Harrods one was Ј41 of stuff. I would give them a go to see if you like, did you get the discount code?
  it's GLOSSYWELCOME1 - for free P&P on first box (before April 1st)
  I hate those stick on nails too, so useless!
• lol im so glad there is somwhere i can vent on this! GUTTED! carmine was the best of the lot, with 6 gd things...im surprised too bcoz i watch a lot of utube blogs and carmine is much better spoken of
• I had an email with the code. It might be worth seeing if the merger improves the boxes. The March Harrods Glossy boxes had positive reviews. The contents varied slightly, but seemed good. Perhaps tailored to individual profiles?
  I will be giving Glossybox a go, after seeing the recent reviews, despite initial reservations, esp with p&p free.
• Just ordered. Not sure about the beauty profile I set up as wasn't sure what products to choose. Would have liked to pick Make-up, Skincare, Fragrance, and Spa product, but was only able to choose 3 options. I went for Make-up, Skincare, and All products in the end.
  Judging by what's been sent out previously, the fragrances sent out are usually samples, so may probably amend All products, to Spa in that case.
  What have others put, and has anyone ever reeived a full-sized fragrance?
• londonlydia - I know, it is a shame about Carmine, I hadn't even tried it yet - this month was going to be my first one but from all the great reviews I was excited to give it a go.
  Absinthe - I agree Glossybox is worth a go. My boxes so far have been worth it, I also really love the actual boxes they come in and use them for storage! I can't remember what I put for the profile, but I know I selected fragrance and probably not make up as I don't use it enough, you might be right about the fragrances actually, although I have only had one, a small sample, but I think they have sent out larger 30ml sized ones in the past.
• Glossybox can be really good, I liked my Harrods box.
  It's the discrepancy in value that gets people cross with Glossybox, their February boxes had a difference in value of Ј20! And if you were one of the ones, like me, who got a Ј1.99 bottle of soap while others got a Ј20 make-up product it was quite galling, as we all pay the same amount every month. But I suppose it's about time I stopped complaining about that!
  Hopefully GB start to use those beauty profiles at long last, and figure out a way to be more fair.
• Carmine upset a massive amount of people by the way they handled this 'merger'. Only compounded by the fact that a very large part of their customer base was actually people who did NOT want to be subbed to Glossybox. GB has a nasty habit of overhyping their monthly boxes, especially the high value item, and then in the end only a fraction of people receive that item anyway while everyone else receives rubbish. I felt appalled for the people who received the Harrods box with two moisturisers in after all the hoopla, I do receive several for beauty blogging so was lucky enough to get the 'good' box. That isn't always the case.
  For your links at the top OP another box launching soon is called Amitee or Pamper Secrets. The target audience is women of colour. I don't think I can post links quite yet though
  Happy to keep you girls informed on a monthly basis, I've certainly always got something to say
• Thanks so much marchen - I've added Amitee to the list. I hope you will become a regular contributor to the thread - if you get them free and they are rubbish, you can warn us all not to waste our pennies!
  Just trying to find out if the boxes are Halal as I noticed that their blog features Hafsa from Muslimah Beauty (www.muslimahbeauty.com) and they specifically state they are geared to "the ethnic market". I have sent them a tweet and will update the OP when I get a reply.
• The only box I got was GB and I have subbed to She Says. It is sad because every month I tell myself I will sub to Carmine...
• Just subscribed to the Amitee box as although I'm not mixed/mixed (IYSWIM?) race, I do have a lot of asian blood in my background and I find it so blooming hard to get colours that suit my olive (slightly yellow - ugh), tans easily with huge shadows under eyes skin - AND I now have developed the butterfly of menopause- how deelightful!!!
  Really ticked off with Carmine as if I was given the choice, I would have just kept them and the FU box. Typicak that it's the best ones that have gone. Apparently JolieBox is pants this month from reading some blogs (Lavender yardley bodywash anyone?) and it's gone down to 3/4 products from 5-6 - poo!!(I'm not counting a cruddy plastic mirror as a product!)
  So far Amarya is top of my leaderboard just for the John Masters lipCalm - it's lush!
• Joliebox was absolutely terrible this month. A boring Yardley bodywash, plus two items that had been in Glossybox in either Jan or Feb.
  And you're right, we only got four products instead of five. Instead they sent a little circle mirror.
  Please do tell me about Amitee! Keeping them on my radar in case they are worth chasing up.