Birchbox February 2014 (SPOILERS)

[KNT101184]

Quote: Originally Posted by jbird1175 /img/forum/go_quote.gif
  Can I ask why are you getting a replacement? Was your first box damaged? I ask b/c this is the box that I received - which is completely different than the box showing on my account. I'm just wondering if you had the same issue or did you get a replacement due to another reason?

I'm still waiting on a replacement January box.  I emailed them because the box I got didn't match the box shown online.  So they sent me the box that showed online and then updated the box it showed so I could review both boxes and get double points.  

ETA: So typically if you email them - they'll send you the right box or give you 100pts if they are out of stock.

 

[quene8106]

Quote: Originally Posted by dousedingin /img/forum/go_quote.gif


This is the first time I've read you like a hair product! Don't let birchbox know they might send you more lol
they can send me anything hair related but hair accessories and hairspray. i don't mind the shampoos, conditioners, and anything made by beauty protector.  

 

[MissRoe]

Quote: Originally Posted by AshJs3 /img/forum/go_quote.gif



Ha! Me too. Shampoo, Amika Hair Mask, catwalk root pump, BP spray. Where do I use the oil?!
oh, I love the Amika Hair mask. I alternate the amika with the Davines...

 

[MissRoe]

Quote: Originally Posted by kawaiimeows /img/forum/go_quote.gif
  This also. I've replaced conditioner with BP spray completely, I've found my hair feels a lot better that way.
I will try this..My hair is just feels so dry...Thanks for the tip!

 

[jbird1175]

Quote: Originally Posted by KNT101184 /img/forum/go_quote.gif
 
I'm still waiting on a replacement January box.  I emailed them because the box I got didn't match the box shown online.  So they sent me the box that showed online and then updated the box it showed so I could review both boxes and get double points.  

ETA: So typically if you email them - they'll send you the right box or give you 100pts if they are out of stock.
Thank you for the explanation! This is what happened to me. I got a different box than what my account shows online. I am hoping they send me the box that is shown online as well, mostly b/c I set up a trade with someone based on the box I *thought* they were sending me.

 

[trustlust]

So.. my Birchbox app pops up today and tells me that my box will ship by Monday, February 10. lol. this tells me nothing. I'm just going to expect to receive March's box. BB is already hurting my head. lol.

 

[kawaiimeows]

Quote: Originally Posted by trustlust /img/forum/go_quote.gif
  So.. my Birchbox app pops up today and tells me that my box will ship by Monday, February 10. lol. this tells me nothing. I'm just going to expect to receive March's box. BB is already hurting my head. lol.
since you signed up on the 13th, you're probably getting a box this month, it will probably just be later in the month. The holiday weekend has probably just delayed shipping.

 

[Babs]

Can I ask why are you getting a replacement? Was your first box damaged? I ask b/c this is the box that I received - which is completely different than the box showing on my account. I'm just wondering if you had the same issue or did you get a replacement due to another reason?

Can I ask why are you getting a replacement? Was your first box damaged? I ask b/c this is the box that I received - which is completely different than the box showing on my account. I'm just wondering if you had the same issue or did you get a replacement due to another reason?

My box came covered in shards of glass from the oil banging on the nail polish. I tried to rescue some of the other content but glass was caked in the crevices to be worth the trouble.

 

[trustlust]

Quote: Originally Posted by kawaiimeows /img/forum/go_quote.gif
  since you signed up on the 13th, you're probably getting a box this month, it will probably just be later in the month. The holiday weekend has probably just delayed shipping.

Quote: Originally Posted by kawaiimeows /img/forum/go_quote.gif
  since you signed up on the 13th, you're probably getting a box this month, it will probably just be later in the month. The holiday weekend has probably just delayed shipping.
I guess I'm just being paranoid because I was actually wait listed, then they sent that e-mail saying if I activated my membership then, I wouldn't have to wait. So, I signed up. They took the money out of my account the next day and put my subscription as "active". Then, a few days after that, I got my e-mail that I was off the wait-list and could activate my membership now. lol. 

 

[kotoko]

So, I totally got the Big Easy peelie to work for me! It covered my entire face, I just kept swiping and dabbing my finger into it.

I'm no foundation expert, and I can't be checking myself out in a mirror all day, but it felt really nice on my skin and didn't melt off (of course, it is winter). Not too shabby! I might consider it if I didn't have so much base stuff in my stash.

 

[yousoldtheworld]

Quote: Originally Posted by usofjessamerica /img/forum/go_quote.gif
  Quote: Originally Posted by LadyK /img/forum/go_quote.gif
  So do you just rub in a small amount and comb through?
i poured a bit out, rubbed it between my hands, and then applied to my ends then combed through. Seriously, come touch my hair. Its nice. ...I know where my points are going to next!

Although didn't someone mention that this product is very similar in smell (and results??) to another, cheaper product? Can someone enlighten me?

They said it is very much liek the Suave oil /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />

 

[yousoldtheworld]

Quote: Originally Posted by Heather Hicks /img/forum/go_quote.gif
  Quote: Originally Posted by yousoldtheworld /img/forum/go_quote.gif
  I'm a little tempted, but my stash tells me I don't need these things, even at such a cheap price. I don't mind drugstore products sometimes, and when they did the CEW boxes, the mass market was a million times better than the high end box! If the hair oil (which I have way too much of) was replaced with something else, I'd probably jump at this!
I think we are pretty close to thinking alike on this one. My first thought was that I liked it. But when I looked at everything one by one, all I wanted was the Biore masks and the Nivea. But since those 2 are like $12 in retail, I'll just buy them in the store, where I can be sure I'll get the Berry color I want most anyway. The hair oil was a bit of a turn off, but to me, the mascara was worse. With the center tube so big and the 2 wands so short, I don't even see how anyone would be able to use it without smudging it all over. Plus, of course I just don't want another mascara anyway. Yippee! I think I'll tell my husband I *saved* $18 today when he gets home, lol!

Mmhmm, it's much easier to talk myself out of it when I look at the individual items and see how much I could get the "must haves" for...for me, it is also the Nivea and the Biore!

 

[Spazkatt]

I was underwhelmed by my box it's #42 I believe, I have put up the OPI, Truffle Serum and Agave oil up for trade already. I had a slight freak out that my eyeko liner was left out,but it turns out it was hiding UNDER the tissue paper! The tea looks fancy schmancy, I hope it's good.

 

[lovepink]

Not really sure why my mail was delivered at 6:25pm PST but I am glad it finally got here!  Box 53.  Was kind of hoping I would open it and it would be different but no luck.

 

[gypsiemagic]

Hmm, getting box 1 as a replacement. I probably should have sent feedback on the useable products while they were up. Oh well. 

Hopefully they separate the opi and the hair oil, seems risky to send replacements with the exact same product combo that got them into the mess.

I will always take more Harneys tea, I got a giant sample pack from the Fine Foods Show in SF and love every flavor I have tried.

 

[Miss17February]

This month's box was a total dud for me. I was also missing the OPI polish. :| They did give me 100 points as compensation so I can't complain to that!

 

[goldendarter]

Quote: Originally Posted by Babs /img/forum/go_quote.gif
  Replacement box content updated. I'm getting box1 instead of another 51.
Ditto! I am actually more excited about this one than I was with my original (51)! I will use everything except for the perfume. Just hoping they manage to pack the BP oil correctly this time...

 

[LindaD]

Quote: Originally Posted by yousoldtheworld /img/forum/go_quote.gif
  Quote: Originally Posted by usofjessamerica /img/forum/go_quote.gif
  Quote: Originally Posted by LadyK /img/forum/go_quote.gif
  So do you just rub in a small amount and comb through?
i poured a bit out, rubbed it between my hands, and then applied to my ends then combed through. Seriously, come touch my hair. Its nice. ...I know where my points are going to next!

Although didn't someone mention that this product is very similar in smell (and results??) to another, cheaper product? Can someone enlighten me?

They said it is very much liek the Suave oil /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />


Someone said it was similar to the Suave Moroccan Argan Styling Oil.

 

[MissJexie]

Quote: Originally Posted by LindaD /img/forum/go_quote.gif
 
Someone said it was similar to the Suave Moroccan Argan Styling Oil.
 Has anyone actually tried the Suave Moroccan Argan Styling Oil? My fiance uses the shampoo/conditioner from that line from time to time and it smells amazing and seems to make his hair really soft. Wondering if the oil works well or if I should shell out the BB points on the BP oil!

 

[gemstone]

Quote: Originally Posted by MissJexie /img/forum/go_quote.gif
  Quote: Originally Posted by LindaD /img/forum/go_quote.gif
 
Someone said it was similar to the Suave Moroccan Argan Styling Oil.
 Has anyone actually tried the Suave Moroccan Argan Styling Oil? My fiance uses the shampoo/conditioner from that line from time to time and it smells amazing and seems to make his hair really soft. Wondering if the oil works well or if I should shell out the BB points on the BP oil!

I got it in the allure spring box last year and I used it a couple of times and I don't remember hating it?  BUT I have a full size of the orofluido hair elixer I am trying to get through so I haven't really touched it.  I did really love the smell a lot, and the fact that it's a pump, unlike most hair oils where you have to just pour it into your hand.  Other ladies here got that box though and might have had more experience with it.  I think my walgreens sells it for under $6 though, so if you end up hating it it's not a total loss.