Play! by Sephora Review – August 2017 – Box #205

This was my first month receiving the Play box. I have also been subscribed to Ipsy for years and it’s never gone wrong.

I received foundation and concealer, both were for very dark complexions. I checked my profile to make sure it wasn’t my error and sure enough, “fair” was marked. So I have no use for my samples this month. I was very disappointed. When I called to make them aware of the mistake, the only thing they could offer me was to reimburse me for that month.

Not looking good, Sephora.

Does anyone know how to find out which box you will get? Is it the last 3 number of your item # in the order confirmation??

Thanks:)

This is the first month since I cancelled and I looking at the boxes in the variations I’m very satisfied with that decision. FYI the July box is available through the website as a 500 point option for VIBs.

This August box was very disappointing I was not excited about any of the products. I don’t really wear mascara, the anti aging mist is something I didn’t really need, glam glow moisturizer might be ok, and don’t even get me started on this perfume saint/sinner! I don’t know who is picking out these perfume samples but this stuff smells horrible! It smells like something my grandmother would wear. The perfume sample that was sent in last month’s box smelled the same way. Although I didn’t like the products, I do like the bag but other than that this box was a total waste.

I was very happy with this box as I had never tried the Lancer or a beauty blender. Lancer was a huge hit for me. The beauty blender was meh, but I’ve used airbrush makeup for the past 4 years and nothing I’ve tried has ever come close no matter what tool or foundation I use.

D&G light blue has been a favorite perfume of mine for about 10 years now, have the full size, so was slightly sad I didn’t get to try something new, but at least I can actually use the sample. It was weird seeing a perfume that’s been around forever in a box!

As long as Sephora keeps introducing me to products that other boxes don’t have, I will stick with it.

I switched from ipsy to Sephora play this month and I am a bit disappointed in my Sephora box that came today. I definitely felt like I got an exciting present every month with my ipsy box vs today feeling like I just “bought a box of samples.”

I got the wee baby beauty blender and immediately used it (so it didn’t go in my photo slide on instagram – oops!!)

I used it to sort of bounce blend my eyeshadow, but just at the outer corners – it worked beautifully!

Disappointed in my August Play box, no. 197. I don’t think Sephora went by my profile at all. Received the dry shampoo, and my hair is dry and curly. I can go long in between washings because I have very little oil. I never use dry shampoo, and I’ve received two of them in Play boxes. Also, while the Kopari mini melt is nice, it is just coconut oil which you can purchase very inexpensively and it behaves the exact same way and has the same uses. The Too Faced products are great products, but I think this mascara melt off is just one more step that I don’t need to add to my routine. I already use a cleansing oil in my 2 step cleansing process, so I don’t think I’ll be purchasing this product.

This was my box, and I love it. LP is my favorite dry shampoo and I can never get enough dry shampoos in sub boxes! The little BB is so cute, I am excited to try it around my eyes as my regular sized one is too big for fine details in that area.

I have 155. Apparently it’s one of the last ones to ship out 🙁

I got box 189, which has the Saint AND Sinner perfumes in it (!!) but the Sinner bottle was totally smashed to smithereens and there were tiny pieces of glass everywhere. I took everything else out but had to throw the bag itself away. I emailed customer service and have had pretty good luck with them so far so hopefully they can do something to fix it.

Liz,
(Sorry if this posts twice) This is one of my most favorite reviews you’ve ever done. I absolutely LOVED it. It made me smile.😊

The scrub is amazing! The BB is ridiculously small, I can’t even hold onto it. This box number seem to be for Olive profiles skin tones and matches perfectly but I’m not impressed with the product, I just like full coverage. I liked the mascara but the L’Oréal Voluminous primer is waaayyy better. An de I’m tired of dry shampoo but this is one of the best I’ve used.

how many variations are there?! still haven’t seen mine. whyyyyyyy

If the foundation is too dark, since it is in stick form and so think, it can also be used for cream contour or bronzer.

This is my box and I love it. The foundation is a near-perfect match for my skin. The beauty blender will be great for eyeshadows. The Living Proof is my fave dry shampoo. And I can’t wait to try the Lancer product.

I resubscribed hoping to get this month’s box and that adorable tiny beauty blender.
Looks like sisley is the next box to add to my addiction.

I’m getting the hourglass vanish foundation stick in box #130. I love this foundation and was really excited about getting a travel size to keep in my purse. I’ll be super disappointed if they give me that color though! BEIGE (medium,warm undertone) will be WAY too dark for me since the NUDE (light medium, neutral undertone) color is good when I’m tan but I normally use SHELL (light, neutral undertone). I have light selected in my profile….please don’t mess this up Sephora! Pretty please 😇

I really hope that hourglass foundation is a different shade in box 130. Otherwise it’ll join the alterna on the swap site. I’ve had a problem with my foundation settling in the pores on my nose and I’m hoping the mini beauty blender will help me be able to use less foundation in that area while still providing enough coverage.

Still don’t get why they can’t open this up to Canadians when we have so many Sephora’s here=(

When I discovered that microbeads were (a) a thing, (b) utterly horrible for the environment, and (c) in my favorite scrub (Laura Mercier face polish), I set about finding a new facial scrub. I went through a LOT of products, never being satisfied with any of them.

Until I found that Lancer polish. It’s super effective and gentle and the scrub aspect is smooth enough that you don’t have to worry about microtears like you do with a lot of the others (especially nut shell scrubs and things like that.) Love!!