Glossybox USA! - April & May discussion

[BuffaloBeautyQT]

I just signed up, too!  If people were having problems with the website before, they may want to try again now.  I was able to sign up, complete the beauty profile (such as it was), and got four different confirmation e-mails all right away.

So my subs are 2 Birchbox accounts, MyGlam, Sample Society, the quarterly Test Tube and now GlossyBox.  I have all you gals to thank for clueing me in to all these different services! 

 

[nelliebelle1197]

Just an FYI re: drugstore brands and other countries:

I am in New Zealand for approximately 1-2 months a year. I was very surprised that some of what we consider drugstore over here (Revlon, for example) is higher-end department store over there. Basic $8 Maybelliene foundations are NZ$38, or about US$25! So depending on the market, that "drugstore" brand might be high end!

 

[princess2010]

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


I watched a few videos and was only moderately impressed - there were quite a few drugstore items and items that I wouldn't use - so I think I might wait until they have a themed box to sign up. /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />

 I'd never heard of some brands from overseas but the products looked amazing. The ones I watched had Burberry, Clarins, Rodrigo Narciso, Yves St. Laurent, and then there were others with Sheer Cover, Stila, Dermologica, Ahava, KMS California, Murad, Mirenesse. The only drug store brands I saw were Nivea and Carmex.

Thanks to the PP for the info on drugstore brands. That's so crazy! Maybelline for $25 US dollars is insane! I think I remember one tutorial saying the Carmex lip product was $12.95 in Australia.

 

[ladygrey]

I saw one (Canada) that had Aveeno in it. Drugstore or no, all of the boxes I've seen have looked really good!

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

I didn't see any boxes with drugstore brands. I'd never heard of a lot of the brands from overseas but the products looked amazing. The ones I watched had Burberry, Clarins, Rodrigo Narciso,

Thanks to the PP for the info on drugstore brands. That's so crazy! Maybelline for $25 US dollars is insane!

 

[Lotus Luxe]

Wow I can't people that the amount of people who signed up are already in the thousands! Thats already like $20k+ for GlossyBox! I really don't think that the quality of their boxes will get worse. Most subs that are $15+ are almost always worth it. I'm sure the people at GB know they have a reputation to live up to.

For all the girls worried about the brand list, a lot of sub programs update their brand list as they go so that it doesn't give away from the element of surprise.

I decided to get the 6-month sub so that I get my payment out of the way and don't have to think about it. 6 months from now when I have to resubscribe, I'm sure I will have money again. I feel like when you see the money going down in your account every month its a lot scarier than if you just pay it once and get it over with.... just trying to justify my spending hhahaha. For some reason when I think of 115 for 6 boxes it sounds better to me than $21/month.... you know you go out and spend 100 bucks in a minute when you go shopping for food/clothes/etc....okay I don't even make sense anymore......I need help 

 

[princess2010]

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

I saw one (Canada) that had Aveeno in it. Drugstore or no, all of the boxes I've seen have looked really good!

That makes sense I didn't watch any from Canada. I'm still flipping out that Maybelline is $25 in NZ!!

 

[MsMelly]

I just registered and ordered my first Glossybox. However, the registration went through, but no order was listed when I went to my account. No confirmation email for the order either (one month box). Anyone else having problems? I don't want to order again in case it did go through.

 

[sayznichole]

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

I just registered and ordered my first Glossybox. However, the registration went through, but no order was listed when I went to my account. No confirmation email for the order either (one month box). Anyone else having problems? I don't want to order again in case it did go through.

 The exact same thing happened to me .... i have no orders, i can't do a beauty profile and i never got confirmation Email... but my card was already charged. I did it from my phone... did you ?? Maybe that has something to do with it ?

 

[sayznichole]

Same thing happened to me ... i ordered it off of my phone tho ?? Maybe that has something to do with it? I login and there is no orders , i can't make a beauty profile and i never got any confirmation emails. Did you order it off of your phone ?

 

[tauwillow]

I placed an order for 6 month subscription and the same thing happened to me! My order is number 1439! I am going to call them tomorrow!

Maybe its happening for the larger subscriptions. I got an email back and they said they were sending my concern to the settlement department, and that they would let me know the status in the morning. I'll keep holding my breath!

 

[sayznichole]

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

I just registered and ordered my first Glossybox. However, the registration went through, but no order was listed when I went to my account. No confirmation email for the order either (one month box). Anyone else having problems? I don't want to order again in case it did go through.

Same thing happened to me .... i ordered from my phone tho did you ?? If so maybe that's why ??  I have no ordered on my account and i can't acess my beauty profile... and no confirmation email  /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />

 

[bluemustang]

Well, I wasn't going to subscribe but gave in. LOL it's that first box and hoping it's awesome that gets me.. I am planning to cancel after the first box because of cost.

 

[yoru]

Will be out of the states for a while, won't be able to receive one /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" /> Looking forward to the review on the first box from you ladies!

 

[viccckyhoang]

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

Sorry, didn't see this before I answered her too lol 

 
DON'T BE SORRY! we're all helping each other out.. right? 

 

[snllama]

I'm not going to subscribe. I've been disappointed by too many subscription services lately and realize I need to cut back and save my money. $21 is way too much for me.

 

[amandapg]

I just signed up and everything went ok! I got a few confirmation emails like everyone, I guess that's normal? I was having trouble completing the beauty profile, but I switched web browsers and that solved the problem! If anyone else is running into that, google chrome is what ended up working for me.

 

[sleepykat]

I impulsively (although I do not regret it) subscribed for a month of Glossybox today during my 10-min break from work. Tonight I sadly cancelled Sample Society to make room for Glossybox. We'll see how it goes. I may end up switching between the two whenever they are open; I don't know. I would love to do a longer time period, but can't shell out the bucks all at once right now.

 

[tofnl]

I signed up to and got my confirmation but I havent been able to fill out my beauty profile so I will call them tomorrow and see if there is a way I can fix that!

Also I was lucky enough to win one of the first boxes and I just wanted to say something about shipping, they use USPS, I live in Southern California and I got an email saying my box was sent on the 26th of April and it got here on May 5th.

I think its just something to take into consideration because it seems like the boxes stop transit on Sunday because there was a long time where it seemed my box didnt move but all in all it wasnt a long time I was just overly impatient /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" /> But the box did mail out on a Thursday so I guess we will see.

Hopefully this was helpful, sort of...

 

[Sept Mbabe]

I subscribed.  I tried to do the 6 months and it went through but I didn't get a confirm email and when I went to look at my account, nothing showed.  So, I went back and signed up for monthly cuz I didn't want to be told some excuse and be waitlisted.  It went through and is showing I'm signed up for monthly.  I think there is a glitch on the 6 month subs.

 

[winkiepup]

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

 I'd never heard of some brands from overseas but the products looked amazing. The ones I watched had Burberry, Clarins, Rodrigo Narciso, Yves St. Laurent, and then there were others with Sheer Cover, Stila, Dermologica, Ahava, KMS California, Murad, Mirenesse. The only drug store brands I saw were Nivea and Carmex.

Thanks to the PP for the info on drugstore brands. That's so crazy! Maybelline for $25 US dollars is insane! I think I remember one tutorial saying the Carmex lip product was $12.95 in Australia.

Oh wow...but it seemed like Burberry/Clarins/YSL/etc. were limited in quantity and there were a lot more brands I didn't know than ones I did. Maybe just a regional thing? Hmm, I'm interested again. /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" /> Does one Glossybox branch manage all the different countries and delegate the work, or are there different branches that are independently responsible for the boxes? I'm just wondering if the US one will be as good as the UK/Canada ones (which I heard were good).