What new subs have you learned about ? Inquiring minds want to know!

[AMaas]

Anyone tried True Beauty box?

http://www.lovetruenatural.com/beautybox/

About True Beauty Box

True Beauty Box is part of LoveTrueNatural.com and the Lavera / True Natural group of websites, featuring premium natural and organic beauty brands like Lavera, Benecos, True Natural and more! We've been specializing in Organic Skin Care and Cosmetics since 1999 and are committed to safe, eco-friendly and cruelty free beauty products!​

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I searched MUT and found a thread from early 2012 about it, but couldn't find anything lately to see if anyone has subscribed.  I love that they carry Benecos brand - I got one of their eyeshadows from Wantable back in February, and it's gorgeous.    

They are under @lovetruenatural on Instagram. 
 

 

[naturalactions]

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

Sorry for the late reply - I forgot to check out this thread! Yeah, I got a shipping notice 5/13... they also posted pictures just before they shipping out on instagram. Did you ever get your box?

Just FYI, if you like them or are interested, but don't want to spend the money yet, they are giving me a July box to giveaway on my blog. (I have one Bride Box giveaway now on my blog, which is pretty much the entire May box except for the chocolate and including some nail polish) 

No worries. Actually Bride Box private messaged me when they read my post and were able to help locate my box. Now that is what I call exceptional customer service! 

 

[EmGee]

Lightbox Club or Lightbox Beauty Club?

Saw this on a Facebook as last night and they seem kind of scammy,but not too sure.

Their ad said "get free makeup when you join" but then it also says pay $12 per month and chose 2 items....

And they seem to have mostly the cheaper brands like LA Colors, LA Splash, and clain to have Cover Girl and Rimmel and L'oreal- but I do not see any listed there yet.

Maybe this is a ok club or maybe not. I asked where they shipped from and no one on their Facebook even bothered to reply to my post.

http://www.lightboxclub.com/default.asp

So, is this "light in the wallet" club or what exactly??

 

[KayEss]

Just found the Sasquatch SoapScription. It looks like it's geared towards men and kind of spendy, plus they only send bar soap, but if you're a bar soap addict it might be worth a shot. http://unbouncepages.com/sasquatch-soap-scriptions/

 

[AmandaMaven]

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

Just found the Sasquatch SoapScription. It looks like it's geared towards men and kind of spendy, plus they only send bar soap, but if you're a bar soap addict it might be worth a shot. http://unbouncepages.com/sasquatch-soap-scriptions/

It sounds like a lot of soap - I wish they provided descriptions on the scent. I know some of them are pretty basic like the Cool Fresh Aloe, but I have no clue what Bay Rum smells like... If they sent out some other bath products with the soap, might be worth it.

 

[JenniferV]

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


It sounds like a lot of soap - I wish they provided descriptions on the scent. I know some of them are pretty basic like the Cool Fresh Aloe, but I have no clue what Bay Rum smells like... If they sent out some other bath products with the soap, might be worth it.

We got a soap from them in my husband's Bespoke Post box.  We got "Gold Moss".  I can't even describe the smell.  It's good and not mossy, but I can't place it!

 

[alichelsealyn]

I found one called Boxycharm! not sure if this one has been posted already.. I did a search on this site and absolutely no results came up (unless I'm just dumb and missed it/didn't search properly).

I found a few reviews on youtube/instagram, looks pretty good so far! The packaging is gorgeous and although I'm not subbed to ANY beauty boxes, from what I've seen they have possibly the best packaging so far. Even the box is gorgeous! looks better than glossybox. I have a hunch they may be the same company? The site looks weirdly similar to glossybox.com and they even have the exact same monthly costs. $21 per month or $60 for 3 months, those are the 2 options. 

Packaging and products picture in the spoiler!

Packaging and products! I believe this is their first box.

 

[meaganola]

Nevermind!  Wrong thread!

 

[SonyaB]

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


Glad to do so! I really found the box so much fun when I did the review (and I truthfully loved the stuff even though I'm a "grownup" lol) Your daughter is a great age for this box, please let me know how she likes it. /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />

We just got our box, and I don't know.  We are not real happy with it.  Here is what came in her box.  She didn't even receive a tote bag like what is shown in your box and what they have on their Facebook page.  Disappointment I suppose is what we feel right now.  I have put in a email to Kristy with iBbeautiful to be sure this is what we were supposed to receive.  If it is, my review is not going to be good.  This just seems like a bunch of dollar store items.  No explanation of the products or why they chose them and we got a card with free shipping off my next 30 dollar order at Naturallife.com.  Which I doubt will get used. 

I suppose I should of listed what we got opps:

Good Will Leather Wrap Bracelet from Natural Life

The Original The String Doll Gang Twinkle in Pink

Two Pixi Stix lip balm in Grape and Cherry

A Note Book

A yellow high lighter

And Wen by Chaz  Dean Sweet Almond Mint Straightening Smoothing Gloss.  1oz.  Not sure if this is suitable for my tween. 

 

 

[gejag]

I just got an email that Crave Box is now out of business...

 

[kawaiisofoxy]

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

I just got an email that Crave Box is now out of business...

I heard!  So not cool!  We're chatting about it over here if you want to join in...

https://www.makeuptalk.com/t/135609/cravebox-has-gone-out-of-business#post_2087043

 

[smiletorismile]

I found a cool indie body goods box called Ophelia's Apothecary. It's only $15 a month and from blogger reviews looks like some good stuff. I just subbed and I'm so excited to get it!

 

[unicorn]

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

I found one called Boxycharm! not sure if this one has been posted already.. I did a search on this site and absolutely no results came up (unless I'm just dumb and missed it/didn't search properly).

I found a few reviews on youtube/instagram, looks pretty good so far! The packaging is gorgeous and although I'm not subbed to ANY beauty boxes, from what I've seen they have possibly the best packaging so far. Even the box is gorgeous! looks better than glossybox. I have a hunch they may be the same company? The site looks weirdly similar to glossybox.com and they even have the exact same monthly costs. $21 per month or $60 for 3 months, those are the 2 options. 

Packaging and products picture in the spoiler!

Packaging and products! I believe this is their first box.



I've been keeping an eye on this. The glossybox similarities have me wary... at one point they had literally copied every single bit of code from the old glossybox website verbatim. I also find the price a bit off-putting - $21 when the box seems to be nothing but drugstore brands - essence of beauty brushes from cvs, rimmel, maybelline, sally hansen, etc.

Seems a bit sketchy when they've been sharing pictures of nars, illamasqua, dior, lancome, etc. on their facebook all month. Idk, i'm sure the value is there but when it comes to drugstore brands, id rather just wait for a coupon or sale so I can pick my own colors and products and return something if it doesnt work for me.

 

[lolley]

I found a cool indie body goods box called Ophelia's Apothecary. It's only $15 a month and from blogger reviews looks like some good stuff. I just subbed and I'm so excited to get it!

I've also subbed to to this box after confirming that the products are gluten free. I agree, the reviews look very good /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" /> They also offer monthly soap, cream, lipbalm... subs. After I try the lipbalm I'll sub to get a lipbalm sent every month. I like the smaller subs as they have a personal touch.

 

[nicepenguins]

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

I found a cool indie body goods box called Ophelia's Apothecary. It's only $15 a month and from blogger reviews looks like some good stuff. I just subbed and I'm so excited to get it!

That looks really pretty from their site--will look into it more! fyi, their url is http://oaandp.com and I think the upper left item on their main page  is the sub box.

 

[AtomicBunny]

Yes, I agree Ophelia's apothecary looks interesting! Looking forward to reviews!

 

[EmGee]

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


It sounds like a lot of soap - I wish they provided descriptions on the scent. I know some of them are pretty basic like the Cool Fresh Aloe, but I have no clue what Bay Rum smells like... If they sent out some other bath products with the soap, might be worth it.

I hate when stuff like that is so vague.

I wish they at least had the ingredients listed.

And if they are not able to write descriptions, they should just send me a bunch of soaps in return for a couple paragraphs (maybe,lol).

I'm actually prety good at writing descriptive reports- but taking a break from that at the moment....

Another peeve of mine is when people write a perfume review and just put down "it smells really nice, I like it".

Now back to the soaps, I have no idea what "cool fresh aloe" smells like- is cool supposed to smell like mint?, like "ocean" or "fresh" those things all smell different to people.

or does "cool" smell like "winter"? and what does winter really smell like???

 

[page5]

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

We just got our box, and I don't know.  We are not real happy with it.  Here is what came in her box.  She didn't even receive a tote bag like what is shown in your box and what they have on their Facebook page.  Disappointment I suppose is what we feel right now.  I have put in a email to Kristy with iBbeautiful to be sure this is what we were supposed to receive.  If it is, my review is not going to be good.  This just seems like a bunch of dollar store items.  No explanation of the products or why they chose them and we got a card with free shipping off my next 30 dollar order at Naturallife.com.  Which I doubt will get used. 

I suppose I should of listed what we got opps:

Good Will Leather Wrap Bracelet from Natural Life

The Original The String Doll Gang Twinkle in Pink

Two Pixi Stix lip balm in Grape and Cherry

A Note Book

A yellow high lighter

And Wen by Chaz  Dean Sweet Almond Mint Straightening Smoothing Gloss.  1oz.  Not sure if this is suitable for my tween. 

 

We received a similar box but went with the $30 box with the tee. I have to agree that the items are not quality and I don't know how they can value the box at $50-75 as stated on the website. My daughter received a pink see-through t-shirt with a heart and "love me" on it (label had been snipped out), the coupon for free shipping at the naturallife website with the expiration date of March 30, 2013 crossed out and June written in below it, two fun dip lip balms, a pink highlighter, a note pad, a scary-looking fairy keychain, and the wrap bracelet. I did a little looking for pricing and if I am generous and give the t-shirt a $20 value, the bracelet I found for $11 on the naturallife website, the keychain $3, the rest of the items are around $1 each, giving us a grand total of $38. IDK, just seemed low quality especially with the t-shirt label removed (makes me think it is really low quality), the coupon expiration date scratched out, and the dollar store quality note pad and highlighter. The bracelet is cute but it has been wrapped around the packaging so long that it has deep kinks in it and won't lie right on her wrist. I'm going to try ironing it to get the kinks out. For reference, we paid May 11 for the box and received it June 1. We received an order confirmation but did not receive a shipping notice, the box just showed up. I guess I expect more attention to detail for a $30 box.

I'm also emailing the owner about the contents. I wanted to love this box for my tween but it was kind of disappointing considering the price.

 

[page5]

Cindy, one of the owners of ibbeauiful, responded quickly to my email. If some of this info had been included with the box it would have gone a long way. I still don't understand why the t-shirt tag was removed (there are tiny holes/pieces of thread where the tag was). Below is the email answering some of my questions:

1.  The tee shirt construction is a fabric called "burn-out", it is one of the most popular knitting effects at the moment and is more expensive than just a plain cotton jersey knit.  Also, the screen print is embellished with rhinestuds as opposed to a one color screen.  All told the value of the shirt is $29 at retail.   2.  We ended up launching the company 60 days later than our original launch date (due to initial website issues) so the date on the Natural Life coupon expired but they were nice enough to extend the date for us.  We could have had the coupons re-printed but didn't like the idea of sacrificing more trees when we could simply just change the month. 3.  The 'odd fairy keychain' is actually really cool.  It retails for $15 (I also have a gift store in Chappaqua, NY and sell them all day long for $15, the company sells them on their own website for $10).  They are made by a company called Kamibashi.  Each doll is made from one continuous piece of string and has a "special power" which is detailed on it's tag.  This husband and wife team go to villages in Thailand to help them figure out businesses to sustain themselves.  Here is a little blurb about it…….   Kamibashi has been designing all of our own String Doll Gang characters since 2006. We maintain Fair Trade practices while working with two groups of string doll artists, each of which is based in rural, farming villages in the North of Thailand. While some of the workers are full-time and make the dolls at the house of the team manager, others are paid per piece and work from their own homes, allowing them the flexibility to work as much or as little as their daily lives will allow.
 
4. In regards to the bracelet, the heat most likely affected the leather in shipping.  We have been having 90 degree days here.  I would not iron it, I would just play with it and bend it back and forth to make it more flexible.  If the kinks don't come out, please let me know and I will send you a different bracelet. I also sell these in my store for $22.  However, if you found them on the Natural Life website at $11, they must have been in the sale category as they are starting to clear out some of their inventory for their new Fall merchandise.
 
5.  So, in terms of pricing, the box was within the price range we listed on the site, with the teen boxes coming in at a higher price point due to a hair serum that was not in the tween boxes.
 
6.  As far as shipping, you are right, we do not provide tracking information because that would greatly increase our shipping price on the box and we are trying to keep that as low as possible for our subscribers.  We made a decision to ship these first boxes this way and if it proves a problem we would then address that problem.  So far this first month there has not been any issues with people not getting their boxes.  To addresses your last concern…..all subscriptions are taken between the 16th of the month thru the 15th of the following month.  Boxes are then shipped out at the end of that month.  For example, all subscriptions taken from April 16th - May 15th received the May box which was just shipped out.  (The box you just received).  Currently we are open for subscriptions to the June box until June 15th and then that box (considered the June box) will ship out the last week of June.  I know it's a little confusing, but basically you are billed each month around the time that you initially signed up and your box will be shipped out at the end of that month.
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Anyway, thought I would share for those who are interested.

 

[unicorn]

Originally Posted by page5 /img/forum/go_quote.gif As far as shipping, you are right, we do not provide tracking information because that would greatly increase our shipping price on the box and we are trying to keep that as low as possible for our subscribers.

I'm sorry, but thats an outright lie.. eesh! That or she REALLY needs to get her shipping in order.

Last I checked, anyone can purchase tracking (bulk shipping customers included) for 20 cents using USPS's online app. All the other major carriers include it by default with any package these days. If you're shipping more than 200 packages, you qualify for the bulk discount where packages go out first class for 90 cents each - tracking is FREE and included for every single parcel. There is literally no excuse for not including tracking on domestic packages these days, and when you're shipping large volumes its really saving you money to be able to track it to avoid lost package claims.