Memebox: Korean Beauty Box Service

[GirlyGirlie]

I guess I kinda think of it in terms of how much could I get for 30 bucks on another site and it's generally not much when I add in shipping to Canada. So for me Memebox is good value. Especially since I couldn't even buy one good skin care cream here for $30 I bet! It's such a personal thing, the feeling that you've gotten your money's worth.

Also, I'm confused by the hate for the Skinfood products since I thought people really liked those? I haven't tried any yet so maybe that's why the box doesn't look too bad to me! (About the repeats, the description did say it would be repeats or would include some repeats I think? Is the whole box repeats or was there a new item or two in there?)

Wait- what? /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />

Has someone said they hate Skinfood products? I've loved everything they've made which I've bought except their salmon undereye concealer.. It actually contains part of the salmon fish and it really stinks, in my opinion. Otherwise, I like the formulations of Skinfood's many products. 

I agree with you that Memebox has sold us many boxes with products we could not ever buy even one item for $30-$39 USD ( shipping included). Unless a person is buying huge bulk quantities of something from a K- beauty site that gives massive wholesale discounts, none of us have the buying power that Memebox has.  Even accounting for the Meme- inflation of a lot of the prices.

One caveat-Of course, there are several dud boxes which barely broke even retail price to the price of the whole Memebox but this is a new development and hopefully was due to temporary poor curation while Memebox China was the company's focus. 

 

[GirlyGirlie]

YAY, my Tea Tree box left LA today, too. I can't believe it. . /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />

I think most of CA is clear right now.. We are having very yucky weather in TX presently, though.

Also, Gwen emailed me today to say that they will be shipping out a long missing box on Jan. 5th, which is nice. Apparently they are off work from NY  until then. 

 

[juless231]

@@GirlyGirlie In the Facebook group thread showing spoilers for the #4 box, people seem really unhappy with getting the Skinfood products which seemed strange! All I usually hear is rave reviews for that brand. I'm actually hoping I get a few things from them soon.

 

[LisaLeah]

Happy New Year everyone!

Here's to a 2015 filled with an abundance of amazing age-defying skincare miracles,

so we can all look as young as we did in 2005!

 

[blinded]

I didn't love the skinfood box and I wouldn't have been happy with BD #4, but that's not because I hate skinfood, it's because I know those particular products would not work for my skin. No fault of skinfood or memebox. I could see being unhappy to get that many repeats from one specific box, but that's not really shocking either. The main reason I skipped BD #3 (the one that mentioned favourite brands without being specific) was because I assumed it would have some of these skinfood items. 

ETA: Am I the only one who finds the name Skinfood a tad creepy? Especially when I type it as many times as I did in that paragraph? Skinfood, skinfood, skinfood.....

 

[Luxx22]

Happy New Years Ladies & Gents!!

 

[ilynx]

I didn't get the box, but I don't really like it when memebox brings in brands that are widely available - étude house, tonymoly, skinfood, holika2, and the like. If I can get it for a reasonable price on Amazon, I would rather buy there, as a student who gets gift cards online. I love when memebox brings in more exclusive brands - plus, the items they feature tend to be more expensive.

 

[blinded]

Link to spoiler for Boxing Day #1 in spoilers thread.

 

[bubu]

I have global #18 and lucky box #12 waiting for me at the post office. I'll be picking them up tomorrow.

After that, I only have global #19 and lucky boxes #13-14 to look forward to.

I wonder what I'll do to fill the Meme void? 

I've been using Theobroma products from Memeshop - so far I'm loving the mask and shower gel. The cacao mask isn't as sweet or dessert-like as the Wonderuci mask (cacao box) but it feels like a detoxifying/deep cleansing mask. The scent is more acidic - it reminds me of raw cacao. 

If Memeshop had more consistent shipping fees, or better free shipping deals, I would definitely spend more money there. 

 

[GirlyGirlie]

I didn't get the box, but I don't really like it when memebox brings in brands that are widely available - étude house, tonymoly, skinfood, holika2, and the like. If I can get it for a reasonable price on Amazon, I would rather buy there, as a student who gets gift cards online. I love when memebox brings in more exclusive brands - plus, the items they feature tend to be more expensive.

That's a very intriguing preference. I'd never really thought about the "unknown brands" vs. the widely available brands before now.

You have a very good point there. /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />

I did really like the Skinfood box at the time I ordered 2 of them because I only had the rice wash off mask and wanted to try more of their products but didn't know which ones to buy.

Memebox has helped me sometimes by doing the choosing for me. And sometimes, they get it all wrong.. that's the intrigue of "mystery boxes" for me. /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />

 

[GirlyGirlie]

Am I the only one wondering where the New Year's boxes are? LOL.

 

[bubu]

What are people's thoughts on Finco products? I'm considering the value set...

 

[ilynx]

That's a very intriguing preference. I'd never really thought about the "unknown brands" vs. the widely available brands before now.

You have a very good point there. /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />

I did really like the Skinfood box at the time I ordered 2 of them because I only had the rice wash off mask and wanted to try more of their products but didn't know which ones to buy.

Memebox has helped me sometimes by doing the choosing for me. And sometimes, they get it all wrong.. that's the intrigue of "mystery boxes" for me. /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />

I have the strawberry black sugar wash off and I love that thing! I've been wanting to try out the rice one, too. Sometimes I just spend too much time researching products (like hours on end..), so it can get really overwhelming when there's so much to choose from, so memebox is really nice for that.

 

[Krystyn Lowe]

I have the strawberry black sugar wash off and I love that thing! I've been wanting to try out the rice one, too. Sometimes I just spend too much time researching products (like hours on end..), so it can get really overwhelming when there's so much to choose from, so memebox is really nice for that.

LOVE the Strawberry Black Sugar mask! I recently got the Banana Yogurt skinfood mask and it smells soooo good and is super soothing.
Maybe people's displeasure with the recent #4 box with all the repeats is that it was basically the Skinfood box minus a couple products, they could've mixed it up a bit and separated those products into other boxes. That and those products are found pretty cheap elsewhere, the values of boxes, in general, used to be MUCH better. I'd rather get a $100.00+ value box with some great lesser known products than a $30-$50 value box of stuff I can easily find. Just my take on it which means very little, lol! And I don't care anyway, I didn't order any of them. Not super keen on their current warehouse clear outs. Hoping for some fantastic NEW products in the new year. Happy New Year ladies! (And dudes if any are on here)

 

[Alidolly]

Happy New Year everyone!

Assume the next boxes will come out on Monday now (if there are any NEW boxes rather than more warehouse clearouts dressed up as New Year Sale boxes lol).

Still got lots of boxes in transit (about 7 of them) anyway so will wait for a box I really want now..

 

[Lorna ljblog]

Might pop new year 1234 out from today as warehouse box clearance. Till Monday . I'd rather have global 19 so I can treat the niece for her birthday

 

[LoveSkinCare]

Happy New Year everyone! Hope everyone had a fun time ringing in the New Year!

 

[Jane George]

Happy new year all... Hope you had a great one... I might do a rerun of mine when I am better

 

[[email protected]]

Happy New Year everyone!

 

[bluefintuna]

My Tea Tree box moved too and has already left LA! I'm so surprised that it actually moved. Also it moved just in time because I was going to file a Paypal dispute today.