Memebox: Korean Beauty Box Service

[Nicole Lobascio]

So no more monthly Global boxes or Luckyboxes, etc. for $23?  Did I miss the official announcement or something?  I'm so confused :/ What happened to those $23 mystery boxes that contained like $90-$200 worth of goodies... and remember all the value sets where shipping charges were combined to a single $7.99 charge with a free upgrade to express shipping?  Now that Memebox has embarked on its newest marketing ploy (designed to harness the power of its beauty bloggers by promising to refund the full price of a box to anyone who posts a "compelling review," it seems like the usual price point of $23 just isn't going to cut it anymore...? 

 

[biancardi]

So no more monthly Global boxes or Luckyboxes, etc. for $23?  Did I miss the official announcement or something?  I'm so confused :/ What happened to those $23 mystery boxes that contained like $90-$200 worth of goodies... and remember all the value sets where shipping charges were combined to a single $7.99 charge with a free upgrade to express shipping?  Now that Memebox has embarked on its newest marketing ploy (designed to harness the power of its beauty bloggers by promising to refund the full price of a box to anyone who posts a "compelling review," it seems like the usual price point of $23 just isn't going to cut it anymore...? 

they stopped with the shipping like that once global was discontinued.  They no longer do global boxes, it is all USA memebox and the boxes are very low value and kinda boring...

those fun days of 23.00 boxes with 150 worth of products are long gone.  They started going downhill in late fall/early winter of 2014.   Such is life.

The refund of the full price of a box was a one time thing.   This is before they stopped shipping globally (2/10/15) and they had to unload their global boxes as they were not coming to the USA.    They announced this in late January of this year.

They are not doing that for the USA boxes.

 

[Geek2]

I finally tried the pastel purple Pony polish and I really like it. I wasn't sure how it was going to perform but seemed to be quick drying and easy to apply. My nails looked great after and I'm not the best at applying nail polish. I wish I had got the pastel set before it sold out because they are more expensive individually. I didn't expect this good of performance at this price range.

 

[tealiy]

@@Reija The pastel set is back in stock /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />

 

[Krystyn Lowe]

I really love seeing Mizon in the shop now but roseroseshop has free shipping and better prices on Mizon.  In case anyone was tempted! /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />

 

[LoveSkinCare]

I really love seeing Mizon in the shop now but roseroseshop has free shipping and better prices on Mizon.  In case anyone was tempted! /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />

Thanks for that!  It is nice to see Mizon in the shop but if its cheaper else where, it makes more sense to get the best price.  How long does it take to get the order from roseroseshop?  I have never ordered from them.

Well at least they are adding more brands, but I would like to see the interesting not known to me brands.  I think that is what they need to do if they want to set themselves apart from everyone else by giving us things we can't find elsewhere.

I really like the Pisteo C Serum so I wish they would stock that!  I have bought a few off of Ebay but I need more, LOL

 

[Saffyra]

Thanks for that!  It is nice to see Mizon in the shop but if its cheaper else where, it makes more sense to get the best price.  How long does it take to get the order from roseroseshop?  I have never ordered from them.

Well at least they are adding more brands, but I would like to see the interesting not known to me brands.  I think that is what they need to do if they want to set themselves apart from everyone else by giving us things we can't find elsewhere.

I really like the Pisteo C Serum so I wish they would stock that!  I have bought a few off of Ebay but I need more, LOL

I think it depends on what you order.  I ordered a bunch of Mizon (with free shipping -actually $2.97 or something so not technically free but basically) and it shipped the next day.  I got it within two weeks.

Then I ordered more and it took a week and a half to ship but did arrive two weeks after that.

 

[Krystyn Lowe]

I think it depends on what you order. I ordered a bunch of Mizon (with free shipping -actually $2.97 or something so not technically free but basically) and it shipped the next day. I got it within two weeks.

Then I ordered more and it took a week and a half to ship but did arrive two weeks after that.

I think RRS charges 2.50 or something for tracking right? They are usually pretty quick, I don't think ice ever waited more than 2-3 weeks from order to doorstep.

 

[MissJexie]

Is anyone else actually shocked at the insanely high Memebox prices for the Mizon products??? Yikes.

The fact that you can get them from RRS for so cheap with free shipping is one thing, but the markup...holy moly.

Snail Recovery Gel Cream is $17 through Memebox (regular $19)...and $4.34 through RRS.

The Blemish After cream is $20 through Memebox (regular $23) and $5.26 through RRS.

Like...I understand US-based stores having higher prices, but....wow. They're charging 4 times the price RRS is.

 

[biancardi]

@MissJexie  I know....they are just ignoring feedback that customers gave them via the phone.  I told them with popular brands, their mark up was too high and people didn't mind waiting 2-3 weeks for their products, because they could get them so much cheaper elsewhere.

so much for that hour long convo!

 

[LoveSkinCare]

@Saffyra @Krystyn Lowe thanks for the info on the RRS ordering.  I will definitely start ordering from there as the prices are very good.

 

[LoveSkinCare]

@MissJexie  I know....they are just ignoring feedback that customers gave them via the phone.  I told them with popular brands, their mark up was too high and people didn't mind waiting 2-3 weeks for their products, because they could get them so much cheaper elsewhere.

so much for that hour long convo!

They are definitely ignoring the feedback.  I specifically mentioned the popular brands are things we can buy most anywhere at a cheaper price.  I also stressed that skincare was what I wanted to see with brands we can't find elsewhere, yet they keep releasing boxes of makeup (2 today) and it is the same products over and over again.  I have only placed one order this month.  There just isn't anything that excites me.  I like the Mizon but its cheaper elsewhere, so I bought the Mizon bag today from Beauteque instead.

I wonder if the unknown brands are an issue to stock due to labeling of the products.  Most of the brands they are stocking are ones that also have English on the packaging.  If they are bringing product over by sea container, there is more scrutiny with FDA labeling requirements.  When they shipped direct to us from Korea, it was less noticeable since they went direct to each customer.  Just a thought.  trying to find some sense to the madness, LOL

 

[Saffyra]

Fanserviced said that once they moved to the US they had to price their products at what the cosmetic company says they have to.

So Clio has a US presence and they set ALL the prices for the US no matter who is selling it.  So you can only get Clio at those prices set by Clio.

However, I don't know if Mizon has a US presence (my guess is no) so you'd think they'd realize we aren't idiots and we can just wait a bit longer for product and pay a third of the price even with shipping! 

 

[biancardi]

they just announced that they are offering secret key (which was one of my suggestions - haha), so it cannot be the ingredient listing, as SK is one of the WORST offenders out there - they rarely have the ingredients in english

 

[biancardi]

They are definitely ignoring the feedback.  I specifically mentioned the popular brands are things we can buy most anywhere at a cheaper price.  I also stressed that skincare was what I wanted to see with brands we can't find elsewhere, yet they keep releasing boxes of makeup (2 today) and it is the same products over and over again.  I have only placed one order this month.  There just isn't anything that excites me.  I like the Mizon but its cheaper elsewhere, so I bought the Mizon bag today from Beauteque instead.

I wonder if the unknown brands are an issue to stock due to labeling of the products.  Most of the brands they are stocking are ones that also have English on the packaging.  If they are bringing product over by sea container, there is more scrutiny with FDA labeling requirements.  When they shipped direct to us from Korea, it was less noticeable since they went direct to each customer.  Just a thought.  trying to find some sense to the madness, LOL

yep. If it was NEW pony stuff, that would be different - but it isn't!

 

[LoveSkinCare]

yep. If it was NEW pony stuff, that would be different - but it isn't!

Exactly, it's the same stuff over and over. How many box variations are we going to get with a Pony pallette. If they would have released a Mizon box or a Secret Key box I would have bought both.

 

[tealiy]

yep. If it was NEW pony stuff, that would be different - but it isn't!

http://www.memebox.com/extra/eventPony_shine3#smsTop

Third Pony collection - palettes and lipsticks. The packaging looks nice, but the shades....  :blabla:

 

[biancardi]

http://www.memebox.com/extra/eventPony_shine3#smsTop

Third Pony collection - palettes and lipsticks. The packaging looks nice, but the shades....  :blabla:

they look sooooo similar to the other palettes!  I like #2, but I have so many in those shades.   the other 2 are too golden/peachy for me.

Can't they come out with other colors?  If they don't want to do brights (which is fine by me..) neutrals are more than golden-peach-rose-brown colors.   There are lots of neutrals to pick from...

 

[MissJexie]

http://www.memebox.com/extra/eventPony_shine3#smsTop

Third Pony collection - palettes and lipsticks. The packaging looks nice, but the shades....  :blabla:

Thank you for sharing this!

I seriously cannot believe that they're doing more brown and rose tone neutral palettes....there are no words.

I have Soothing Sista, Bad Girl, and both Pony Palettes now and I have to say that I'm set for life on neutral shades considering I already had around 8 neutral palettes in my collection.

The smaller collections they've been quietly coming out with all have neutral toned shadow trios too...They must realize that people are only going to buy so many of these and then lose interest?

They need to research long-standing, successful makeup companies, see how they formulate their palettes color-wise, and learn from them!

 

[biancardi]

hmmm...new memebox - a mystery easter box.

i am weak and i will purchase it.