Essence Beauty Box Subscription Box Review + Coupon- Jul 2016

I absolutely loved this color of nail polish! I have for real a 100+ bottles of nail polish and not a single light blue color! The wipes felt nice & cool but the smell was terrible. I would never buy those because of the smell. The lip product was great and I didn’t notice a bad taste. The leave in conditioner left my hair very heavy and greasy. I like the eye liner color but yes it does wipe right off with the smudges. The shave gel works great and I really like the smell of it. A little goes a long way here so be careful when squeezing it out of the tube.

I received the Pur-lisse brightening serum. I’m actually glad for this review and the comments as it reminded me to get this product and the witch hazel wipes out to use them! Shave gel is great and the True Leave-in is a good size sample. It’s not thick enough for my 3b/3c hair to provide enough moisture and hold.

I’m hoping Essence will do a lifestyle box, like Popsugar. They do such a great job with the beauty boxes!

Has anyone else had issues with their customer service? I signed up for the $1 promo code for my first box on July 10th. Unfortunately July’s box was sold out already, which was fine with me, so August was going to be my first month. I took a screenshot of my order summary and received my confirmation email. A few days ago I received an email saying that they had an issue with my method of payment, which was PayPal, and I know the issue was not on my part because there have been no other problems with other withdrawals. But anyway that’s okay with me, I messaged them back that I would give my credit card. They just sent me an email back saying that I will be charged full price because you had to sign up by the end of July, which I did and I even have proof. To me, that just makes me so uncomfortable when a company acts in this manner. It feels almost dishonest. So I am done with them. They lost what would have probably been a long term subscriber because I have been with all my other boxes 2+years.

I got the Ouidad conditioner and the eye serum. I’m excited to use the conditioner, I just hope that 2oz is enough. The eye serum will be given away. I don’t want to treat a problem I don’t have… I didn’t mind the liner. It looked dark, i.e. black, on me. But a bright eye liner would’ve been more useful imo. Otherwise I really liked the box. I ended up buying a longer subscription.

I love the smell of the leave-in conditioner. I received the same color nail polish and really liked it once I did a test on one of my nails. The brush is wonderful! I received the Purlisse eye serum. Hate to hear that the eyeliner is a bust. I use witch hazel as a toner as well…not a makeup remover or cleanser so I’m happy to have the wipes. I was satisfied with the July box even though I haven’t tried the eye pencil yet!

I have used those wipes before, but when I see “witch hazel,” I tend to think of toner since toners often contain witch hazel. (So that is how I used the wipes. I think that was a good use for them, and I think they’d be good for travel instead of carting around a bottle of liquid and cotton pads or something.) But then, I am never satisfied with the cleansing provided by wipes, I always use a regular cleanser so perhaps I am biased.

Interesting, I loved my essence box this month! The witch hazel wipes are great for days when I just feel extra grimy & muggy (I live in the southeast, so in the summer that’s fairly often). I received the paint pot in Pool Party, which is a really bright cheery royal blue, and the ouidad conditioner, and the purlisse eye serum. I’ve been liking the shave gel, too, and am thinking about buying the full size – I’m just concerned I’ll go through it really quickly because of the packaging & consistency.