I'm hoping that the glosses are different! I have a lip product addiction, so I can see myself keeping both even if they *are* dupes, so it would be nice to get two different shades. I was *so* convinced that I was getting box 8/9 that I was more than a little surprised when that account came up with 40. I'm kind of annoyed that I am receiving that fragrance because I can't wear it, but I know it will be easy to rehome (note: NO NOT PM ME ON THIS RIGHT NOW! I have a specific recipient in mind, but I am holding off on contacting her until I actually receive my box just in case someone goes wrong). I kind of feel like the fact that it's a six-item box makes up for the fact that I can't use one of the items. Moving on... I'm a bit amused that both boxes are getting Miss Jessie. I'm glad to see conditioner for regular hair in my primary box (it's heading into extreme dry skin and hair season for me, and speaking of dry skin, yay, microdermabrasion!), but it just strikes me as funny that *both* of them are getting this brand. The Pillow Soft Curls one will go in the stash for my sister-in-law. And I hope that the Coastal Scents palette isn't that gold quad that ipsy sent out a few months ago. I still have that one untouched unless I throw it out -- again, untouched -- in one of my cleaning binges.
So overall, I'm happy. Not a knock-it-out-of-the-park for either account, but in looking over the items sent out this month, they're all fairly lackluster for me anyway, so these are probably as good as they were going to get. I've definitely received far worse boxes (I'm *still* annoyed about February 2012. Eyeliner stickers, hair oil when my hair was too short to be able to use it, powdered mouthwash, and two skin treatments I couldn't use. The eyeliner stickers were just absolutely egregious to me at the time because I had received the bra tape in December's box and IT RIPPED MY FLESH -- *and* it felt like it literally hit a nerve because I could feel this freaky electrical zing every time my clothing brushed over that spot. To this day, I'm skittish about putting adhesives on my skin. Those eyeliner stickers *terrify* me.).