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I'm usually not one to complain, but really Birchbox with the Smashbox "Palette" sample? REALLY? That's something I might find in a magazine, not something I would consider a sample. A sample would have been at least one small pan of one of the colors and THEN MAYBE that card, but just a card with maybe a finger swipe worth of each color? How am I supposed to sample that when all of the product ends up on the applicator? Not that I was expecting to receive the actual palette, but this? Blah.
Also, what's with the packaging? I've already received one box with a shattered glass container, now in this box I got the glass vial of hair oil, and a glass bottle of nail polish. Just picking the box up I heard clinking, and I thought for sure something would be broken, but thankfully it wasn't. But seriously, the hair oil vial is thin, like champagne glass thin. I'm thinking a lot of people are in for an oily glassy surprise when they open their boxes, especially since the nail polish is thick hard glass, and there is nothing keeping the two from colliding.
Overall, I'm feeling pretty meh about the whole thing, though I did enjoy the mascara.
This is my box:
I got this box too. No, I'm not happy with the card sample, exactly, but on the other hand it is so nice to have all shades of the palette to try out for a change. Like when Ipsy sent out the Revealed samples last month, they sent 4 colors out of a large palette. So if you didn't like those colors, too bad. I doubt I'll buy the palette. I stick with Urban Decay for both my neutrals and my colors most of the time. I also don't think I've ever bought anything from Smashbox.
I'm more frustrated with the mascara, but oh well. I'll either give it a go just for fun when I try out my shadows, or I'll toss it in my trade box. The Coola is exciting. I'm going to try that out soon, assuming the snow ever goes away, lol. The oil is just ok. I actually think I'd be more excited about it if I wasn't getting 3 samples in 3 different boxes, but that's hardly BB's fault.
As for the Ruby Wing, I was really hoping for the glitter because I have the Kitten Heels already from a prior box and I purchased 2 full size bottles from BB before trying RW simply because I didn't expect to see them show up again in later boxes. (Didn't know they were linked to Color Club). Anyway, I had a leaky bottle with the lid half on and half off. So, I did email them about it. I'm hoping they'll do something, because the product was actually damaged in shipment, just not as much as those who got the hair oil with a broken bottle.
Sorry you weren't happy with the box yourself though. Everyone has different tastes. I too got a punishment box on one account--mascara, shampoo, conditioner, perfume, and breath crystals. So I guess in comparison, this box wasn't so bad in my mind, lol. At least your oil didn't break. That's a plus.
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