Yep, I've cancelled also, but I canceled my Birchbox as well because after subbing, unsubbing and re-subbing to numerous beauty subscriptions the past two years, I've come to realize the whole beauty subscription box just isn't for me. There's too many cons with these boxes.
1) To me, if you know what kinds of products work for you, especially in skincare and haircare or you know what makeup brands you love the most, then the subscription box isn't for you because the accumulation of samples that you get from these monthly and quarterly boxes get to be too much and can get in the way. Especially if you're trying to stick to your haircare or skincare routine. You know that every month you receive that skincare sample and decide to try it, it screws up the routine you had going with the products you already buy and use every day that DO work for your skin. Same with hair. It can mess up your skin. And then if you have certain makeup brands or products you use, you start to feel as if you don't need to buy anything at the moment with all of the makeup samples and then that keeps you away from buying what you really want. I am this kind of person, where I already did my experimentation in my 20's and now that I'm in my 30's, I know what works for my skin and hair and what makeup brands to use that I swear by.
2) Also, I've noticed in some of these subs that the brands they sample are from companies I have never, ever seen, read or heard about in any fashion, women's or beauty magazine ever. You never see the product in the department stores or at Sephora or Ulta. They seem to only be sold through their website or through or e-tailer, that may or may not be questionable. You have to ask in this day and age, WHY IS THAT? If I was starting my own beauty brand and it was middle to high-end, I'd surely want it to be sold at a major department store or Sephora.
3) Now, as for the brands that are reputable, some of these products I've seen are products that the brand had for a few years and are fixing to get rid of in their line to make way for something else or just get rid of altogether. Now, not every brand has been like that, but I have seen this happen with some of the samples and again, it makes you wonder if this is some old stash that the brand had in their warehouse and sold it to the subscription box company for a good price and then this is what we get in these boxes. I'm just wondering because I have looked up some of these products and they are either last year's nail polish collection or either the product or color has disappeared from the brand's line. I'm just saying.
4) Some of these subs don't have profiles for you to fill out so when you get a makeup or skincare/haircare that doesn't work with you, you can feel gipped, especially when you paid for the sample. Now, if it was a free sample, then it would be no big deal because it is FREE. But when you pay for it, you want it to work obviously.
I have subscribed in the past to Ipsy, Birchbox, Sample Society, Beauty Army, Juven, Wantable-makeup, and both New Beauty Test Tube/QVC-Test Tube.
Now I don't mind getting samples when I have bought something from a department store or Sephora, but those samples are obviously going to be good and also come from a reputable company that you know you'll be able to find the product if you want to buy a full-size later on.
But this has all made me not want to do the subscription box anymore. The money spent on these boxes, I feel, can be put towards products that you know will work for you or at least will fit your coloring.
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