GlossyBox - June 2012

[hrseangel]

I weighed the pros and cons....and chickened out and canceled before my box even got here/and before I was billed for July. There is something not right having your June box show up in July.....and from the spoilers, and reading what others have gotten I (personally/for me) do see why I would keep a $21 box when I could have 2 other subscriptions. I signed up for a few others last week. I hope Glossybox gets better for everyone and dosent have anymore billing problems.

Some of the samples look really nice, but they also dont look that different from BB, LB, and SS.

Wernt they supposed to be BETTER for $21/month??

Maybe will resubscribe in a few months.

 

[yousoldtheworld]

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

I weighed the pros and cons....and chickened out and canceled before my box even got here/and before I was billed for July. There is something not right having your June box show up in July.....and from the spoilers, and reading what others have gotten I (personally/for me) do see why I would keep a $21 box when I could have 2 other subscriptions. I signed up for a few others last week. I hope Glossybox gets better for everyone and dosent have anymore billing problems.

Some of the samples look really nice, but they also dont look that different from BB, LB, and SS.

Wernt they supposed to be BETTER for $21/month??

Maybe will resubscribe in a few months.

This is my first month, but all 3 boxes so far have had mostly larger and better samples than BB, LB, and SS. And this is coming from someone who has subbed to and enjoyed all 3 and was VERY skeptical about spending $21 on GB.

Worth is subjective, of course, but for me it is currently well worth the cost and worth canceling both BB and LB for.

 

[MKCurio]

I don't see the big deal with getting charged for your next month before this months box arrives.  I do agree that they send the boxes out way too late in the month but you know its a subscription so you know you are going to be charged every month regardless of when your current months box arrives. 

 

[yousoldtheworld]

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

I don't see the big deal with getting charged for your next month before this months box arrives.  I do agree that they send the boxes out way too late in the month but you know its a subscription so you know you are going to be charged every month regardless of when your current months box arrives. 

I understand the mild annoyance, but to me it's not a huge deal and definitely not a deal breaker. Maybe they should start calling it things like "Box 2" instead of "June box" and then there would be less stressing. /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />

 

[yanelib27]

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

I don't see the big deal with getting charged for your next month before this months box arrives.  I do agree that they send the boxes out way too late in the month but you know its a subscription so you know you are going to be charged every month regardless of when your current months box arrives. 

It is understandable if you keep in mind that most of us are used to being charged on the 1 st of the month for a box that will ship the first week of the month or charges you a few days before the box ships. GlossyBox is the only box I know of that charges you 3+ weeks before your box even ships. But if there are others out there, please correct me. 

 

[eluveitie]

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

I weighed the pros and cons....and chickened out and canceled before my box even got here/and before I was billed for July. There is something not right having your June box show up in July.....and from the spoilers, and reading what others have gotten I (personally/for me) do see why I would keep a $21 box when I could have 2 other subscriptions. I signed up for a few others last week. I hope Glossybox gets better for everyone and dosent have anymore billing problems.

Some of the samples look really nice, but they also dont look that different from BB, LB, and SS.

Wernt they supposed to be BETTER for $21/month??

Maybe will resubscribe in a few months.

I don't subscribe to SS , and I JUST subbed to LB so I haven't gotten a box form them yet. However, I have been subbed to Birchbox since about March/April. I've been one of the lucky ones to receive the Stila eyeliner, and the Skinny Eyeko eyeliner and I think there was another big item I received. I also sub to BA. If I HAD to only pick one sub a month to receive it would be Glossybox. I think the sample sizes are so much bigger compared to BB and BA.  I will never worry that I'm not getting my money's worth with Glossybox.

my box breakdown :

mascara 20$ full size

wella professionals moisturing hair treatment .84 oz -1.99$  (full size is 5.07 oz for 12$)

Shea Terra Organics body butter 1 oz - 2$  (full size is 9 oz for 18$)

First Aid Beauty Smooth Shave Cream 2 oz - $4.85  (full size is 6.8 oz for 16.50$)

Kinerase Restructuring Firming Cream .24oz - 13.86$ (full size is 1.7 oz for 98$)

Perfume Organics not sure how much but we'll just say .02 fl oz  3.17$ (full size is .41 fl oz for 65$)

box total cost 43.88$

I got more than double my money's worth, and ONE item alone pretty much paid for my box.

I like the products I received too and will use everything in this box, except for the perfume I'm still not sure if I like it lol

 

[meaganola]

Originally Posted by yanelib27 /img/forum/go_quote.gif

It is understandable if you keep in mind that most of us are used to being charged on the 1 st of the month for a box that will ship the first week of the month or charges you a few days before the box ships. GlossyBox is the only box I know of that charges you 3+ weeks before your box even ships. But if there are others out there, please correct me. 

Eco-Emi charges the month before on whatever day of the month you subscribe (the billing goes through PayPal, not a credit card, so the process is a little different), so you could go almost two months before getting your first box, and Blissmobox charged me for the June box on the 4th (it may be due to when I signed up, kind of like Eco-Emi except with credit cards instead of Paypal, or that may be when they run all of the credit card payments) but has yet to ship.  

 

[MyriadVoices]

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

I got a different variation on the

Ofra Ice Eyeshadow
I got

a color called Goldilocks
oooo, jealous! I got "Go Black" --- I have deep-set eyes and never wear very dark colors on my eyes as dark colors make them look even deeper. Maybe I can trade with someone or figure out how to use it as liner.

 

[yousoldtheworld]

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

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

I got a different variation on the

Ofra Ice Eyeshadow
I got

a color called Goldilocks
oooo, jealous! I got "Go Black" --- I have deep-set eyes and never wear very dark colors on my eyes as dark colors make them look even deeper. Maybe I can trade with someone or figure out how to use it as liner.

That's the color I got, too, and I was a little bummed. I'm just more into lights and brights. But someone suggested using it as an eyeshadow base, so I might try that.

 

[yanelib27]

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

Quote: Originally Posted by yanelib27 /img/forum/go_quote.gif

It is understandable if you keep in mind that most of us are used to being charged on the 1 st of the month for a box that will ship the first week of the month or charges you a few days before the box ships. GlossyBox is the only box I know of that charges you 3+ weeks before your box even ships. But if there are others out there, please correct me. 
Eco-Emi charges the month before on whatever day of the month you subscribe (the billing goes through PayPal, not a credit card, so the process is a little different), so you could go almost two months before getting your first box, and Blissmobox charged me for the June box on the 4th (it may be due to when I signed up, kind of like Eco-Emi except with credit cards instead of Paypal, or that may be when they run all of the credit card payments) but has yet to ship.  

Thanks for your input. Both are boxes I have no experience with, so thats good to know. 

 

[eluveitie]

Originally Posted by yanelib27 /img/forum/go_quote.gif

It is understandable if you keep in mind that most of us are used to being charged on the 1 st of the month for a box that will ship the first week of the month or charges you a few days before the box ships. GlossyBox is the only box I know of that charges you 3+ weeks before your box even ships. But if there are others out there, please correct me. 

 I'm starting to think the reason they do this is because unlike most subs where there is a waitlist and you don't know how long you'll be on it before new subs open, Glossybox has a waitlist to an extent but they open up new subs every month. I think they charge early in the month to see how many boxes they need for their current subs before they can figure out how many new subs they can open up. Since they just ship out all the boxes pretty much all at once within the time span of a couple of days, they wait to ship the current subbers boxes with the new subs boxes.

I understand that this isn't the normal practice with most sub services, but it's Glossybox's policy. They ship out the last week of the month and charge at the beginning of the month. I don't understand what the big deal is, you're still paying for the box and receiving what you paid for. If the problem is that if someone was thinking of canceling Glossybox, but were going to leave it up to whether or not they liked the box they were about to receive, they pretty much have to resign themselves to the fact that you either cancel before you received your last box or just face the fact that you're going to be receiving one last box.

 

[princess2010]

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


 I'm starting to think the reason they do this is because unlike most subs where there is a waitlist and you don't know how long you'll be on it before new subs open, Glossybox has a waitlist to an extent but they open up new subs every month. I think they charge early in the month to see how many boxes they need for their current subs before they can figure out how many new subs they can open up. Since they just ship out all the boxes pretty much all at once within the time span of a couple of days, they wait to ship the current subbers boxes with the new subs boxes.

I understand that this isn't the normal practice with most sub services, but it's Glossybox's policy. They ship out the last week of the month and charge at the beginning of the month. I don't understand what the big deal is, you're still paying for the box and receiving what you paid for. If the problem is that if someone was thinking of canceling Glossybox, but were going to leave it up to whether or not they liked the box they were about to receive, they pretty much have to resign themselves to the fact that you either cancel before you received your last box or just face the fact that you're going to be receiving one last box.

That makes sense. My issue with shipping is not when Glossybox sends it,  but how long Newgistics takes to get it to my house. Same with Mail Innovations that BB uses. They take extra long to get where they need to go for some reason. If I mailed a package from Florida it would get to NY in probably 4-5 days where with these shipping companies it will take 7-10 days. It's ridiculous.

ETA: My GB shipped on the 26th and isn't expected to be delivered until the 9-10th. That's 13 days! I get packages from Korea in less time than that. Wonder why they are so slow...

 

[whigrose]

Originally Posted by Emr410 /img/forum/go_quote.gif
On my phone so I don't know how to put a pic

Spoiler

Beauty addicts show off mascara full size

First aid beauty smooth shave cream

Kinerase restructure firming cream

Shea Terra organically vanilla body cream

Wella professionals moisturizing treatment for fine/normal hair

Vial perfume organic

Thanks for posting. I just got my power back after it being out for 2 days. (No offense--but that was even better than getting my Glossybox, lol!) Anyway, overall this sounds pretty good to me. I like hearing that they included a couple organic items (I hope it is ok to say that, even not in a spoiler, since I'm not being specific). Now the first item on the list--you can keep it! Unless it is fiber based, I probably won't even use it.

 

[yousoldtheworld]

Originally Posted by princess2010 /img/forum/go_quote.gif

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


 I'm starting to think the reason they do this is because unlike most subs where there is a waitlist and you don't know how long you'll be on it before new subs open, Glossybox has a waitlist to an extent but they open up new subs every month. I think they charge early in the month to see how many boxes they need for their current subs before they can figure out how many new subs they can open up. Since they just ship out all the boxes pretty much all at once within the time span of a couple of days, they wait to ship the current subbers boxes with the new subs boxes.

I understand that this isn't the normal practice with most sub services, but it's Glossybox's policy. They ship out the last week of the month and charge at the beginning of the month. I don't understand what the big deal is, you're still paying for the box and receiving what you paid for. If the problem is that if someone was thinking of canceling Glossybox, but were going to leave it up to whether or not they liked the box they were about to receive, they pretty much have to resign themselves to the fact that you either cancel before you received your last box or just face the fact that you're going to be receiving one last box.
That makes sense. My issue with shipping is not when Glossybox sends it,  but how long Newgistics takes to get it to my house. Same with Mail Innovations that BB uses. They take extra long to get where they need to go for some reason. If I mailed a package from Florida it would get to NY in probably 4-5 days where with these shipping companies it will take 7-10 days. It's ridiculous.

ETA: My GB shipped on the 26th and isn't expected to be delivered until the 9-10th. That's 13 days! I get packages from Korea in less time than that. Wonder why they are so slow...

I think the reason that UPS MI, Fedex Smartpost, and these other cheap shipping options are so much slower is because they ARE so cheap...as such, the items get lowest priority. They sit at hubs longer and go longer routes.

 

[becarr50]

Originally Posted by princess2010 /img/forum/go_quote.gif


That makes sense. My issue with shipping is not when Glossybox sends it,  but how long Newgistics takes to get it to my house. Same with Mail Innovations that BB uses. They take extra long to get where they need to go for some reason. If I mailed a package from Florida it would get to NY in probably 4-5 days where with these shipping companies it will take 7-10 days. It's ridiculous.

ETA: My GB shipped on the 26th and isn't expected to be delivered until the 9-10th. That's 13 days! I get packages from Korea in less time than that. Wonder why they are so slow...

I agree. I think for $21 that the shipping should be much quicker. My glossybox is on the same time table as yours. 13 days is a long time to wait. SS ships in 2 days for $15, and while I'm not still subscribed to them, I loved their shipping time.

I guess my issue with the charge date is that we haven't seen a consistent date for the charge. I know that this past month was the first month that they charged us, but I would rather see a "we are going to charge on the 1st or 5th or 8th" than a "we will charge at the beginning of the month. Sometime." While I'm not concerned about overdraft fees, it still just seems the polite way to do it. Especially with all the CC issues last month and many people having to watch their accounts for fraudulent charges. My other issue with it is that if you are considering cancelling then you pretty much have to cancel before you even get your box. That's the issue I'm having right now, as I want to wait and see my box variation before I make a decision about GB for next month.

I love the sample sizes, but for me (IMO) I have more fun with Birchbox. I know most people get frustrated by the box variations and the huge value differences between boxes, but I actually like that they are so many variations of the box. It's fun to see what everyone else gets and reviews product wise, even if I don't get it in my own box. I also like guessing for 2 weeks what's going to be in my box, etc. Glossybox just doesn't give me the same thrill. I believe that there is great value in the box (same with SS), but I guess that's not what I really look for in a sub. I just love the anticipation and the introduction to a lot of different products that I've never tried before, even if I don't receive them in my box. If I felt differently, then I would have cancelled Birchbox a long time ago, especially since GB has such great sample sizes and products.

 

[mishtastic]

I have to say, I'm not that happy with my Glossybox. Although I love the packaging, I feel like the products in there are barely more than what I would get from Birchbox/MyGlam and those services are only $10. For the price, I even think Sample Society does a better job -- and you pretty much get $15 towards you're next purchase. What do you girls think?

 

[viccckyhoang]

i emailed them about switching to one year.. they basically said do it yourself. >.< I have to cancel and resubscribe.. I'm planning to do it later tonight and I won't be going for their one year but only a 6 month subscription to see how things go! /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />

 

[Linabunnie]

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

I have to say, I'm not that happy with my Glossybox. Although I love the packaging, I feel like the products in there are barely more than what I would get from Birchbox/MyGlam and those services are only $10. For the price, I even think Sample Society does a better job -- and you pretty much get $15 towards you're next purchase. What do you girls think?

I think its more worth it to get 2 subs with double the amount of products for cheaper then a darn GB. I agree & $23.05 (CA tax) is just too much in my opinion. I cancelled a few days ago, I may consider coming back in a few months or not...

 

[hrseangel]

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

I have to say, I'm not that happy with my Glossybox. Although I love the packaging, I feel like the products in there are barely more than what I would get from Birchbox/MyGlam and those services are only $10. For the price, I even think Sample Society does a better job -- and you pretty much get $15 towards you're next purchase. What do you girls think?

From what I have seen (photos, spoilers, and videos on YT) I have to agree with this. Great packaging does not equal out to almost twice the cost, and twice the shipping time. Not saying that the samples are not GREAT just not $21 great for ME. I would rather have 2 BB, LB, or MG subs for the same cost.

 

[Mandy Kane]

argee. it was pretty easy to hit that cancel button knowing that i could get beauty army and my glam for the same price (okay 1 buck more) and i haven't tried either of those services yet. As far as the value of the box- dont get me wrong- it's not about the bottom line, i love these boxes because i know NOTHING about beauty products- but it's nice to know how much it's worth and if this box costs 21 and it's worth 43ish- well.. my last BB was worth about the same and I paid 1/2 as much.