Sample Society Subscription Box Review – November 2014

I received an email link to buy the July box. I am thinking about it.

I’m giving them one more month to hopefully make up for the lack of products and boxes recently with their December box, maybe the SS Santa will be generous! Considering signing up with Blush and canceling SS 🙁

2 FYIs: 1. SS is selling a throwback box online for a short time. They have A, B, C, and D. Not sure what the difference is yet; I’m assuming it is a different color Butter London nail polish.
2. The SS coupon code for November makes you buy an item from the BOX!!! I called customer service immediately to complain! This is just terrible!

I am seriously thinking of canceling after this. What a turn for the WORST!

I am disgusted wih this box. It felt so lackluster and the samples are small. And I am so sick of this body wash. I meant to cancel last month and forgot but I wont forget this. Of course I missed the good revamp boxes and resubbed on the basis of those but I have only received the same mediocre type stuff with my boxes. This was a total waste of $15.

the only things i liked in this box were the body wash and the hair serum. i have enough mascaras to last a lifetime and i’m so sick of getting them in sub boxes. the perfume this month was so horrible and that bb cream is definitely not for me. definitely going to cancel after this.

Dissapointed is a understatement in this months box. I felt like it was just thrown together. I was not impressed with last months either. I will give it one more month! If Decembers box is another Walmart special, I will no longer subscribe. With the “Allure” name to back up these products I expected more high end samples. These last couple of months samples have really sucked.

My sister read the comments to me this morning while I was driving us back from the conference. They made for interesting reading from the perfume being used as kitty litter deodorizer to wet mascara that you can’t wear if you want to blink. It sounds like the little beauty mag that explains the products was the best part of the box. It’s hard to believe the copy was approved to print. It must be interesting reading.

For $15 I absolutely love this box. The samples are small but this is a “sample box” and I’m thankful to try brands I may not be able to any other way.

I have to agree with everyone, very disappointed in this box. The MD Creme has barely enough in it for one use…what’s even the point? How is one use a ‘deluxe’ sample? Two mascaras in a row is pretty boring as well. I’ve been subscribing since the revamp, but even taking into account the few good boxes we’ve had, the overall value and variety is just not doing it for me anymore.

I hope they improve, this looks really disappointing. I didn’t sign up but kept looking for a good spoiler these last few months. I was debating highly last month when I saw the spoilers and always wanted to try Bobby Brown. This month they had Lorac and that’s a brand I have been wanting to try also. They seem to have such great brands but the samples have seemed so small and items I am iffy on as far as body wash and bb cream.

I want good skin care and makeup! There are sometimes but I didn’t need body wash, bb cream, etc or perfume. =( Hope they improve!

If only there was this actual kind of truth in advertising! I mean they can’t all be the best mascara/cream/lipgloss/powders and potions, really, can they? I kind of love the sound of these descriptions. It would save us all a lot of time and $. Too bad these subs are pre paid, or we could just read the insert, say “right then, this is total crap so I’ll just chuck it then, on to the next”! (I have to admit, Liz’s reviews are a Godsend though, as well as the input I get on this site from my fellow sub-addicts)!

I cancelled my sub after getting this box. It’s horrible. But, you watch, next month will probably kick ass and I will regret canceling LOL

I cancelled as soon as I opened this. 🙁

And really, the booklet this month… WHAT were they thinking?!

I cracked up reading the information booklet.
Thick and syrupy-just what I wanna put in my hair!
very wet even after it’s been on your lashes for hours-that sounds lovely!
Slippery greasy gel-exactly what I look for in a face product! (and now I have greasy grimy gopher guts running through my head)

I’m still laughing. What on earth were they thinking??

Cancelled my sub once I saw the contents of this box. I’ve been trying for months to swap for the Malin + Goetz Bergamot Body Wash so I’m happy to finally get that, but not worth it when the other items are so mediocre. Another mascara, some BB cream, and a mass market perfume sample? Too bad because I didn’t hate last month’s box as much as some folks did — I actually used all the items. I’m going to swap for the 1 item I might want from future boxes. Signed up for Frenchbox. More expensive but seems to have a better value and more inspired curation!

I was really disappointed in this box, after seeing Liz’s review. When I got home, I didn’t even want to open it. But, I gave it a try. The value sucks, the editors( unpaid interns?)who tested and wrote the booket, clearly despise almost every product in it. It’s quite funny, if we all didn’t shell out $15 bucks for crappy samples. This box is almost on par with Sephora’s samples, which is fine, but random and too small to get a feel for the products. And not worth a real retail value. I will say the perfume(I hate perfume samples), is great as a gym shoe deordizer. I am going to spray it next near the cat box and see if that works too. And yes, I am being completely serious(try it!). One more month of cat box deodorizer, and Sample Society, gets the axe.

Another disappointing box for me. I’ll give them one more try hopefully it gets better or I’ll have to cancel. I expected better from this subscription….. I’m better off with 2 Birchbox subs!

This month was not a winning box for me. Fingers crossed December is much better.

I couldnt cancel fast enough. Such a disappointing box for me.

I wasn’t impressed on opening the box, either. Everything was so small. This was only my second box. I’m going to keep the sub for another month since I was so impressed with past boxes, but if the next one disappoints, I’ll cancel.

Last month’s was terribly disappointing (those hair ties do not hold my thin, straight hair) . . . plus the drug store shampoo?

I canceled this month because the sneak peaks were all very cheap/skimpy. I’m glad because this box certainly has a low value compared to past boxes. =(. I may resub next month if they have a good sneak peak . . . otherwise I’m receiving my first Glossybox and Boxycharm this month.

I’ve purchased every box since the revamp and have to say that this box is the worst by far. July, August and September were great! October was disappointing due to the $1 L’Oreal shampoo and conditioner and yet another perfume sample. Now we get a box of samples that I’m pretty sure I could get from Nordstrom (the greatest department store ever!) for free. I love Malin + Goetz, but the sample was pretty small. I would not consider any of the samples in this month’s box “deluxe” except for the mascara. And this is the 3rd mascara they’ve sent since the relaunch 5 months ago. And the 4th perfume sample. And the second Alterna product. Out of all of the hair product lines, they couldn’t find another luxury hair oil sample? And they made a point of saying in the mini mag that they wouldn’t recommend the product for people with fine hair. And wouldn’t recommend the BB cream for people who like coverage. And wouldn’t recommend the mascara if you like to blink.

Strike 2, Sample Society.

I’m one and done with Sample Society. Not impressed, but I do like the Lorac mascara.

I think the revamp seemed to be to include more beauty products instead of totally focusing on skincare products.

I have cancelled Sample Society twice in the past and then regretted it and missed it and resubbed, haha. I always think I am bored with it until I realize that the product I have been using the most all month was from there.

Not even the mini mag editors were fond of November’s items, but they gave them to us anyway. The July, August, September products were amazing and a great value at $15 (imo). Everything before and after leaves me thinking, “Seriously, wtf is this? I can walk through the cosmetic section of Macy’s and score all this crap plus more for free.” I just canceled and signed up for Boxycharm.