Birchbox October 2012

[AngeBrooklyn]

Got my box!!!  I had opted in for the Goop box and it weighed 0.4610.

 

I am thrilled to get this box.  I'm leaving for vac on Thursday and so glad it came before I left cuz I couldn't STAND the suspense.  
About 2 mths ago, I finally broke down and bought the BeautyBlender--LOVE.  And then went to the NY BB Sample Stop and snagged another.  This makes it 3.  So glad to have these as they aren't cheap, but worth it.
 
The Chantecaille gloss is a sample size, but I'm one of those people who NEVER gets through a full size anything of lipsticks, glosses and nail polish.  So that's fine with me.  Pretty pretty color.
 
I'm a skin care junkie so very happy with the oil and serum too. 
 
Somewhat annoyed that I only received 4 items + a "lifestyle" Luna bar, but overall happy with this box.   No foil packets, HA HA. 

Edited to add comment: I never received a shipping notice BTW

 

[108Jessica]

Originally Posted by AngeBrooklyn /img/forum/go_quote.gif

Got my box!!!  I had opted in for the Goop box and it weighed 0.4610.


 

I am thrilled to get this box.  I'm leaving for vac on Thursday and so glad it came before I left cuz I couldn't STAND the suspense.  
About 2 mths ago, I finally broke down and bought the BeautyBlender--LOVE.  And then went to the NY BB Sample Stop and snagged another.  This makes it 3.  So glad to have these as they aren't cheap, but worth it.
 
The Chantecaille gloss is a sample size, but I'm one of those people who NEVER gets through a full size anything of lipsticks, glosses and nail polish.  So that's fine with me.  Pretty pretty color.
 
I'm a skin care junkie so very happy with the oil and serum too. 
 
Somewhat annoyed that I only received 4 items + a "lifestyle" Luna bar, but overall happy with this box.   No foil packets, HA HA. 

Edited to add comment: I never received a shipping notice BTW

What type of oil is that?  

 

[diana16]

Originally Posted by AngeBrooklyn /img/forum/go_quote.gif

Got my box!!!  I had opted in for the Goop box and it weighed 0.4610.


 

I am thrilled to get this box.  I'm leaving for vac on Thursday and so glad it came before I left cuz I couldn't STAND the suspense.  
About 2 mths ago, I finally broke down and bought the BeautyBlender--LOVE.  And then went to the NY BB Sample Stop and snagged another.  This makes it 3.  So glad to have these as they aren't cheap, but worth it.
 
The Chantecaille gloss is a sample size, but I'm one of those people who NEVER gets through a full size anything of lipsticks, glosses and nail polish.  So that's fine with me.  Pretty pretty color.
 
I'm a skin care junkie so very happy with the oil and serum too. 
 
Somewhat annoyed that I only received 4 items + a "lifestyle" Luna bar, but overall happy with this box.   No foil packets, HA HA. 

Edited to add comment: I never received a shipping notice BTW


I wish I had opted in /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" /> I want to try the beauty blender! Can't wait to see what is in my box, cant believe you already got yours!

 

[AngeBrooklyn]

Originally Posted by 108Jessica /img/forum/go_quote.gif

What type of oil is that?  

It's the Marie Veronique Organics Anti-Aging Oil +.  

 

[kawaiimeows]

one thing i'll give to birchbox so far, all of the samples in that one goop box we've seen so far are good sized samples.

the reason i've been disappointed in my boxes lately is because the sample sizes weren't anything impressive.

 

[kaity123]

my dream goop birchbox would include the beauty blender, the neo whimsical essie nail polish and the embryolisse lait creme concentrate. i doubt i'll get all these, but i want to sign up for a second goop box and hopefully i'll get all of them!

 

[Moonittude]

I am in the minority, I guess, in that I hope my Goop box is different than those. I don't want a Beauty Blender. I'm guessing I could trade it though. And I've already made my feelings clear on the Luna Bar. The rest of the items look pretty good, though. I wonder if I am going to have serious box envy when I see the transformation boxes? lol

 

[iluvteffy]

Shipping updated for me with delivery expected on the 11th with a weight of .5752, I opted-in for the Goop Box! I'm in NJ so I expect to get my box before the 11th, I always get it earlier than the projected delivery date.

I must say I'm not impressed by the pictures of the Goop boxes through...and I hope I don't get a Luna Bar.

 

[PeridotCricket]

I have a theory on the maybe-you-will-maybe-you-won't nature of these limited curated boxes:  The partnering companies want a certain number of various boxes to go to certain demographics as outlined in our profiles.  Let's say they have a thousand boxes for 30-to-40-year-olds concerned with sun protection who make $50k a year.  If two thousand people with that profile say they want a box, only half of them will get it -- but if only five hundred say they do, then there will be five hundred people who did *not* opt in who will also get it.  This is purely speculation on my part, though.  

 

(And I have tracking numbers on two accounts that indicate that the package went to the MI facility on the 4th.  I opted in on one account and didn't respond on the other with an older age listed.  If my theory is accurate and this first wave is Goop, I'm thinking that not as many people in the older group responded, so they have more Goop boxes than people explicitly requesting them, so they're just going out willy-nilly.  I also think that they might be sending out more of the Goop boxes out to older subscribers because we're at least theoretically more likely to plunk down $80 for an eye serum, and that seems like the sort of thing that will be in these boxes.  Again, speculation here because they only showed, like, four Goop box items in the spoiler video, and I don't recall seeing an eye serum on there, although I *did* watch it at about 1:30 in the morning while still being bummed that the copy of _Poltergeist_ used for last night's midnight movie glitched out at and skipped over the face-ripping scene AND ONLY THE FACE-RIPPING SCENE, so I might be forgetting an item or two in the video, and there will probably be more like twenty different items in there that weren't covered in the video.)

 

Oh!  I keep forgetting to ask:  Has anyone received email about Birchbox Affiliates with a hasoffers.com link?  I've been receiving so much spam/scammy stuff lately that I'm not sure it's legit, so I wanted to check before I signed up.

My age on my Birchbox account is 25. I shaved off 8 years after I got Arquiste L'Etrog perfyme. I was 33 at the time . I just had my birthday, so now I'm 34.

 

[MissLindaJean]

The food items are lifestyle extras, I thought and not a regularly counted item..?

 

[MissLindaJean]

Got my box!!!  I had opted in for the Goop box and it weighed 0.4610.

Spoiler: Warning: Spoiler!

 

I am thrilled to get this box.  I'm leaving for vac on Thursday and so glad it came before I left cuz I couldn't STAND the suspense.   About 2 mths ago, I finally broke down and bought the BeautyBlender--LOVE.  And then went to the NY BB Sample Stop and snagged another.  This makes it 3.  So glad to have these as they aren't cheap, but worth it.   The Chantecaille gloss is a sample size, but I'm one of those people who NEVER gets through a full size anything of lipsticks, glosses and nail polish.  So that's fine with me.  Pretty pretty color.   I'm a skin care junkie so very happy with the oil and serum too.    Somewhat annoyed that I only received 4 items + a "lifestyle" Luna bar, but overall happy with this box.   No foil packets, HA HA. 

Spoiler: Warning: Spoiler!

Edited to add comment: I never received a shipping notice BTW I wonder at your receiving so "few" items as opposed to what we saw last month is because of the value of your BB? It's easily $20 with just the one pink! item .. nice box, BTW /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />

 

[iluvteffy]

Originally Posted by MissLindaJean /img/forum/go_quote.gif
The food items are lifestyle extras, I thought and not a regularly counted item..?

My thoughts as well. I think they are becoming too dependent on the food items to beef up the box and add value. No bueno.

 

[beautybeth]

I never got an email about a "goop" box opt-in. Is that normal? I don't care, I just wonder if only certain people got the email?

 

[BettieCrocker]

Hopefully if I get that box I'll be able to trade its contents for something I'll actually use.

 

[Hellaine]

After seeing that goop box I'm REALLY hoping they decide to opt me OUT of the goop box after I opted in.  Food bars and anti-aging serum?  /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" /> /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />  Why is that even goop anyway, aren't the bars and blender stuff that has already been on normal Birchbox's..?

 

[Yingtaobang]

Oh my gosh....I wanna slap myself for opting in lol I hope I don't get this one /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />

 

[iluvteffy]

Originally Posted by Yingtaobang /img/forum/go_quote.gif
Oh my gosh....I wanna slap myself for opting in lol I hope I don't get this one

 Ditto, that box is so underwhelming.

 

[Meshybelle]

 

 

[njachym13]

So, will all the Goop Birchboxes be the same? Because all of the ones posted so far have been the same, but then again, in the regular boxes that I got, most of the ones I saw weren't the same as mine, so I don't know... :/

 

[mellee]

Don't we have spoilers showing the different boxes this month?  (Speaking of "spoiled", can you tell I have been? 

)