POPSUGAR Must Have Box April 2016 Review + $5 Coupon

I didn’t think very much of the cookbook when I got the spoiler but since I got my hands on it- I’m in love! I’ve made two recipes last week and they were amazing and so many more I can’t wait to try. Love my Popsugar!!

I LOVE this box. Love the cookbook – colorful, fun, full of personality and wonderful sounding recipes. I adore the Farmacy face balm. Love the hand lotion – pretty packaging and I like the fragrance. Adore the tea towel – so cute and useful. Giving the S/P shakers and the chocolate espresso beans as a gift. Very happy with this sub as usual. PS does such a good job!

So funny the comments here! You can really see how different all our tastes are and how any box could be a hit or miss! Thank goodness for the swap board! I loved everything in this box! Now I’m actively looking for more night balm and the hand cream!

This has actually been my least favorite Popsugar box (I’ve subbed since 6/15). Everything for me Is just sort of “eh I guess I can use/gift this”. Nothing I’m thrilled to have. My mom called me to ask if my salt and pepper shakers were chipped too lol.

I’m furious. My APRIL box isn’t due to show up to me until MAY 2nd. WTH?!?! Totally unacceptable. Two years & MANY LE boxes with these people. How did I get shoved to the end of the list? Sigh.

If anyone wants an extra face balm, I’d be willing to trade mine for the hand lotion and tea towel. I’d also consider trading for the hand lotion and some other small item.

I loved this box. With the exception of the flower gift card I love everything about this box. Fresh, new and useful items. Great job Pop Sugar!

Mine arrived today, a day early to my surprise! For once tracking went smoothly and I actually got the shipment email. Even though I was bummed when I saw the spoilers, the unboxing for me was pleasant and I really enjoy the items. Now I’m having a little bit of regret cancelling a couple days ago! Oh well. Hopefully they release a spoiler soon that will get me back in.

I just received my box and am pretty thrilled with it as usual. No surprises as I can’t resist looking at spoilers!
The teatowel looks yellow on the screen and the included card, but mine’s decidedly orange. Anyone else get an orange teatowel?

I was so excited because I got a SIGNED copy of the cookbook in my box! Woo hoo! Love it!

Okay so I got my box just now & it was empty. Completely & totally empty. Marked with a whole bunch of red stamps that say “received without contents” & “received unsealed”. I cannot begin to express how dissapointed & bummed out I am. I was looking forward to this box this whole month 🙁 the box itself was ripped open on the side & held together with 2 pieces of tape (empty) so it’s obvious that during transit it broke open somehow. Maybe it fell off the conveyor belt or something idk. Anyway I reached out to Pop Sugar via email (no contact number apparently) & took a few pictures of the box asking them to replace it. I haven’t heard good things about their customer service but I really hope they are able to replace it. This is such a dissapointment 🙁 Hope everyone enjoys their boxes though.

Finally got tracking info….it has indeed shipped out, but won’t be delivered until the 28th!!!! Ugh! (Oh well…)

I checked my PS account this morning, and finally saw a tracking#. According to FedEx, the label was created since 4/14, but it still hasn’t been shipped yet. I’m so sad… hope it’ll at least go out today, since they did promise it’ll ship by the 20th.

Love love love the face balm!! I never notice a change from using a product only one time, but I did with this! Hooray! Also love the towel and shakers. I wanted to love the lotion, but it was a bit too strongly scented for me.

Did anyone here receive one of the signed copies of the book?

Loved this box, particularly compared to last month. My only “Why!?” is the salt/pepper shaker set. First, everyone I know uses pepper grinders (and sometimes salt grinders) so even as a gift item it’s a little useless. Second, they have artificial “wear” that is supposed to give them character but makes them seem chintzy.

The cookbook looks good enough to give a whirl although the flower coupon code is a bit useless unless you were already planning on spending at least $20. (The lowest priced bouquet for my zip code was $30 + S&H.) I haven’t decided if I’ll give it a try yet. This isn’t nearly as useful as last month’s coupon code for a free box from Lola.

The hand cream, tea towel, balm, and chocolate covered espresso beans are fabulous and make the box.

For me, this box is why I subscribe to Pop Sugar. I think it’s perfect. There is something cute for the home, something beauty related, something yummy to snack on and then usually some “bonus” item that I maybe probably wouldn’t have purchased otherwise. In this case for me, the cookbook. So happy to have it now as part of the box!

I’m not a big fan of this box. I don’t use oils on my face because they break me out, so I can’t use the firming balm. I have more hand creams from sub boxes than I know what to do with, and I don’t like Chrissy Teigen.

The only thing I’ll use is the salt & pepper shakers set. February was great and last month was pretty good, so I hope May is better for me.

Opened my April box today and discovered that I was sent TWO pepper shakers, instead of a salt and pepper shaker. Totally lame!!

mine is still processing…..

I never look at this until after I get it, so I’m always so much later on the comments. I LOVE this box!! Meh about the book, but even if I don’t really care for the author I can enjoy the recipes and be just fine about it. Because it’s so pretty I’m tempted to gift out the lotion. Those salt and pepper shakers are just so cute. I’m happy to have them and the tea towel looks like stuff I grew up with.
This box was much better than last month’s with the watch and the weird necklace.

Ok so I must’ve gotten a fluke for hand cream because mine smells exactly like a heavy man’s cologne??? Was looking forward to that item too! Oh well. The rest of the box is ok but I’m not a kitchen type person. It’s ok I’m sure next month will be back to “normal”? ?

I’ll use everything except the flower gift card and the espresso beans, love the theme this month, excited about the Farmacy item, and the rest is just the right amount of Spring whimsical combined for me.

As usual I love this box. I think it’s fantastic to get another Farmacy product. The Popsugar mini came with the Lip Bloom which is AWESOME. I cannot wait to try the other Farmacy product. I’m not a big fan of getting books – said the Reading Teacher. LOL, but everything else is awesome.

I guess since I sort of like 4 out of 7 items this box could be considered a win for me. But I feel disappointed. The towel, shakers and flower gc are already up for swap. The cream is beautifully packaged and the tool is great, but the scent is pretty strong. I am excited to try the night balm. Hubby likes the espresso beans. Hoping to find some good recipes in the book.