BoxyCharm Subscription Box Review – January 2018

Be prepared to be on the wait list for a few months. Unless you are lucky enough to get in when they have a no wait list special every once in a blue moon. Sephora bag is..ok. birchbox has higher end sample sizes,ipsy is hit n miss and glossybox much like boxycharm is 21 a month,no wait list and has what I would call..more grown up products but has half full size and half deluxe samples. I would say sign up for boxycharm and while you wait subscribe to ipsy,play or birchbox while you wait. Glossybox is stepping their game up big time so I would definitely check them out too.

Personally i just stopped the sephora play box, i had it for about a year. Its great but recently decided not to do as they have stopped doing perfume samples w each box. Plus lots of red lipsticks all the time! Lol i love birchbox bc it has a fun part each month where you can pick a sample that you want in your box or a currated box where you know every sample in it. I look forward to this each month. Boxycharm looks awesome plus is all full sized products but i got frustrated bc of the waitlist. It was taking too long so i am trying lola beauty box instead now. Super excited for my first one!

Eileen,
It depends if you prefer samples. To me I prefer Boxycharm because you get full sized items and the value is always much higher than the cost. Birchbox seems to offer the better deals/coupons plus I like the points. I just got a year sub for $90. I like Sephora too. There is also Allure, Ipsy, and Macy’s. I have all of them. I also have Glossybox and I mostly like the boxes, but Customer Service is what keeps me from renewing.

Your best bet may be to look for the promotional codes, sign up for a month test it out and cancel before you are charged full price the next month. Or you can do what I do and sub to all of them. 🙂

Order of favorites;
1 Boxycharm
2 Birchbox
3 Ipsy
4 Sephora
5 Allure
6 Macy’s
7 Glossybox (would be much higher if better customer service)
8 Walmart (only $5, why not)

They put a line through the bar codes so you can’t try to return it to Sephora or Ulta. The Tarte palette we got a while back and a few other things I’ve gotten had either a line through the bar code or a sticker covering it.

That’s a great idea, Sarah! I’ve given a lot of my products to co-workers and friends. I gave my entire December box to my friend because she needed a stocking stuffer for her daughter.

One of mine was all crumbled that I received last month and I loved that color . I was so disappointed

My box in December 2017 came damaged. I simply replied to them and I had to send them pictures of the item damaged. They replaced it promptly and I am very happy.

When I first began my subscription about 2 1/2 years ago, I remember that I contacted them because something in my box had broken. I also remember back then, you could contact them via phone. At any rate, I remember their customer service was fantastic. It is a bummer to get a box and stuff is everywhere. I think Boxycharm does a great job with their packaging, you can tell that they do care. It’s not crappy like Birchbox’s packaging ; I had so many boxes that were damaged. They just throw your stuff in a box with no cushion.

mine was broken too…. no response yet.

I am also willing to sell my January box!

I’d be willing to sell my box. I just got it yesterday.

I don’t think it has anything to do with the subscription. I think it’s just luck of the draw honestly. I will go a few months getting the “good” boxes, then get a few that I would have preferred the other variation, then be back to getting “good” boxes. I just donate the items that don’t work out for me or swap them or give them to family or friends, because the value is way over what i pay even if I don’t care for 2 out of the 5 items.

Hi! I got a plumper in a pink shade I’m not excited about. I’m interested in trading!

Were you wait listed when you purchased? If so, how long? I just purchased but am waitlisted.

I would. Leave a good way to contact you here.

are you wanting to pay the same price?

I am willing to sell mine!

I don’t want to sell my whole box but would sell the face palette and Girlaktic lippie in Posh…

No the website is correct 4-5 full size products meaning at least 4 will be full size and 1 might be a deluxe travel size. One month we got 6 products though!

I would. Leave a good way to contact you here.

There is one person I saw wanting to sell it. I offered to buy it, but if you’d like it, and can find the comment, reply to her because I ended up getting a box. 🙂

I didn’t want to sell my whole box but I have the Pur Bronze & Brighten Palette and a Girlactik Liquid Lipstick in Posh up for grabs. I’m still on the waitlist for swaps but would happily contact you if you leave contact info here.

I don’t want to sell my whole box but would sell the face palette and Girlaktic lippie in Posh…

I got the lip plumper if you want to trade! Posted on the swaps page.

If I get the plumper, I will trade with you. I can’t get enough neutral matte lippies. Thanks!

I am a redhead and I use CoverGirl Professional brow & eye makers in Honey Brown. I start light and push harder for more color. It’s a two pack

Thanks! I agree, I have a hard time finding a good eyebrow pencil or filler to match as a ginger. Recently I purchased the Clinique brush on styling mousse in shade 2, and it’s the best match I’ve found. It’s very similar to the benefit gimme brow

Contact customer service. As far as I know, they’re pretty good about replacing items that broke during shipping.

Just keep clicking! It took a lot of clicks for me too!

Is it cold? You probably have to click it many times to get it started.

I would email their customer service so that you can get a replacement. Maybe you got a defective one. Or you can try sending a tweet to the company. When we got the Real her liquid lipstick, mine literally like glued my lips together and I tweeted that I really wanted to love it, but I got a bad one and they replied to it saying to email them and they would replace it and they let me pick whatever color I wanted. Maybe grande lips will do the same thing?

I received Demure and swatched on my arm it looks less brown in person.

I got posh too. I put it up for donation though.

I received the girlactik matte lip in Posh too! I love it, i usually can’t stand matte liquid lipsticks because they’re so drying. But this formula lasts and isn’t dry at all!!! It also dries down completely but you don’t have the tackiness or the super dry lips that most matte lipsticks leave you with. I dont know hoe they do it!! Love boxycharm!!