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Allure Beauty Swag Box September 2018 – Available Now!
The September Beauty Swag Box is available now! The cost is $49.99 + $9.99 shipping.
Allure Beauty Thrills has been rebranded to Beauty Swag with several Conde Nast magazines! The first box will be with Allure, second July box with Brides and third box with Glamour in September.
Each month, you'll get 6+ Allure-approved makeup and skincare picks delivered to your door ($100+ value for only $25). 6 or more products (at least 3 FULL-SIZE) valued at $100+ with only expert-approved products, hand-selected by Allure editors. Enjoy a new member gift valued at $15+ free shippin... read more.
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Liz is the founder of My Subscription Addiction. She's been hooked on subscription boxes since 2011 thanks to Birchbox, and she now subscribes to over 100 boxes. Her favorites include POPSUGAR Must Have, FabFitFun, and any box that features natural beauty products!
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My review of the mystery box. I got the August 2017 box which I already have. It was not great for me because I won’t use the hair products–8 of them! I’ve already sold them so that reduced the price of the box. I like the deodorant and the cleansing cloths but that’s about all. I love the Sheamoisture lip crayon but it’s the same color I already have. Wonder if I could exchange it at a drug store for a different color? If I had known what was in this box I would not have bought it but for $39 it’s OK. Just wish I had gotten a box with Wen!
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Phoebe
My review on the Swag box. It’s not bad for me. There are only 5 products I won’t use so I sold them already. Love the 2 Wen but of course don’t want the Wen comb. Also a big fan of the Zoya nail polish–what a pretty color! Don’t really like all the face masks but better than some stuff they can send. Anxious to try the mouthwash, waterless lip color, and Juice eye shadow stick. For the price I think this box is fine. Of course nothing like they used to be.
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Farrah
Ugh. Last time I’ll be buying. I got this box, which is fine. I’m annoyed with the Wen products. My hair fell out a few years ago because of Wen products, so I’ll toss them. At least I knew what was going to be in it.
What I’m really mad about is my “mystery box”. It was the October 2017 box and it has FIVE freaking Wen products in it!!! It’s missing the Hand Gloves and has old lipstick in it without any type of seal. Ewwwww!!!!!
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Heather Ann Brown
LOL now im Hella scarred of wen i dont want to be bald no way 😱😱😱😱😫😫😫😲
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blondie1021
I got the October box as well and mine was also missing the hand gloves. Weird.
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Phoebe
All of the gloves were missing when the box was originally sold. People could contact Allure to get a substitute item then. But not sure if they will do that now.
Phoebe
I wish I had gotten October 2017 instead of August 2017! I love Wen. My box had 8 non-Wen hair products in it that I just sold. I already have the August box and it was not one of my favorites.
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Phoebe
I received the Swag box yesterday. Very happy with it. Only 5 products I can’t use and I was able to sell them on a local Facebook yard sale price. I received the mystery box today. It’s the August 2017 box. I haven’t had a chance to look through it yet. I already have it but can’t remember. I will give more information about the mystery box when I have a chance to go through it. But for $39 it’s a bargain!
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Kelli
Are they selling a mystery box if you purchase this box?
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Phoebe
Yes, it’s still available. $35.99 for the mystery box with free shipping.
Phoebe
Should say a local Facebook yard sale group.
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Fernanda Campos Mehta
Cancelling mine – I already got these products 3 times in a row – Wen hair products – got those every month… simply done.
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Phoebe
My Swag box and mystery box have shipped! So excited. Can’t wait to get them.
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Jen Burt
Did you have to pay $10 shipping for the mystery box as well? Or just pay for the box?
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Phoebe
Sorry I just saw your question. No, the mystery box was free shipping. So I paid about $39 for the mystery box.
Taren
Why aren’t they listening to the feedback they’ve been getting the past 2+ years? If you read the comments each season, we’ve all been having the same complaints for so long now and yet the company refuses to budge or change or compensate, nothing. It’s comically shocking at this point! As if they “Anti-Care” about keeping their customers happy!
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Anna
I prefer to keep my hair besides I don’t think I’d make a cute bald girl.
I would totally use the comb and the invisibobbles and the Skin Co stuff but that’s about all.
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Lisa
New branding same old tricks!
3 WEN products, no thank you!!
My wallet is safe.
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Phoebe
I ordered it. Not thrilled with the repeats (Wen Comb, now I have 3! that I won’t use and Invisibobble). But the box costs less than the 2 Wen products that I would buy anyway. And I love Zoya, the only brand nail polish I use. There are only 5 products I don’t want so that’s better than the last box. I also ordered the Mystery Box for $35. If anybody knows what’s in the mystery box, please let me know. I hope they mail this box as fast as the last one. I got it in 7 days! We are moving next month so hope I get it soon.
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Lizet Armenta
I ordered a mystery box last yr and was sent a past month’s box.
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Linda
Last year when I ordered the December box there was an option for a mystery box. It was the May box. Thankfully I hadn’t gotten that one earlier. So it will probably one of the boxes from earlier this year.
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Jayne
Has Wen been bought out by a subsidiary of Allure’s parent company? It’s been in the past few boxes. Seems like they are really pushing it.
I was a dedicated buyer of these boxes in the past but this one just doesn’t do it for me. It’s not even product overload this time, but the fact that there’s nothing that wows me.
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Julie
Wen has had a hard time after the hair loss law suit thing. They lost a ton of customers so guessing allure can get their products really cheap right now.
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Missy
Me neither nothing at all! Good thing it’s not still called beauty thrills cause there’s absolutely nothing thrilling about any of these products doesn’t even seem like a good value either! I don’t even think it’s swag! Maybe cheap unwanted swag!
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Liz Petrus
Wow! What a bunch of overpriced drug store items! And their customer service is HORRIBLE!!!! I have contacted them 17 times in the last two years about a set of brushes that were missing from my box. They promised all 17 times to send them and never did. I cancelled and REFUSE to ever sub again. Idc how good the box is. I’ll never give them another one if my hard earned dollars. Disgusting! They should be ashamed.
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Danielle
That’s crazy! I was missing a really cheap product (forgot what it was) in my Fall 2017 Beauty Thrills box and I called them and they gave me the option to pick one out of tons of high end beauty products and I went with a full size Clarins moisturizer. I received it within two weeks.
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wordsone
UGH …. I bought all 3 boxes in April.
These Products – in other scents or colors-
have been in the 2 previous boxes:
CHAPSTICK® Total Hydration
INVISIBOBBLE SLIM – The Elegant Hair Ring in Crystal Clear
NUBIAN HERITAGE 24-Hour Deodorant
WEN BY CHAZ DEAN Bamboo Green Tea Cleansing Conditioner
WEN BY CHAZ DEAN Fall Ginger Pumpkin Cleansing Conditioner
WEN BY CHAZ DEAN Saw-Cut Shower Comb
And many of the other look like they are samples and not full sized.
What a waste of money – product look like they are from a DOLLAR STORE jumble bin.
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Missy
I was thinking dollar store as well and why does it seem like the feminine wipes are the most exciting item!?!? 😂🤣
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TK
No thank you. Looks like drugstore products. I ordered the Beauty Report even though I already have more stuff than I can use. I made “beauty boxes” for Christmas gifts last year and they were a huge hit so all my extras will be gifted again.
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Christy
I agree with what everyone has said so far and I’ll raise you this: many of these brands are available at Target.
Hard pass, not jealous.
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Lawna Young
I just ordered the Beauty Report box yesterday. It seemed like a much better value than this one and it was only half the price of this one. Easy pass for me!
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JoannaNYC
I got the 3 box deal in Spring when it was $119: the biggest mistake ever!
These boxes are a disaster! Repeat items (this 3rd box = 3rd Wen comb). Broken items (heavy boxes with items rattling inside with no padding = many plastic bottles arrived cracked/broken/leaking). Expired items! (ALL Wen products in 2 boxes so far have 2015 date!).
Called a company for a refund = customer service is an equal disaster, I received a lot of excuses but no refund.
Buyer beware!
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Katherine
I couldn’t agree with you more about their customer service. I ordered the October box last year and it arrived missing over one-third of its items! Three calls later, no refund or shipment of missing items (which had been promised each time I called). I finally gave up. I was disappointed — I’d ordered the May 2017 box and was very happy with it, as it even included extra items! I seem to have missed the glory days for this box, so after a great first box with extras and a bad second box missing a lot of its content, I’m calling it a break-even and walking away.
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Jill M
Yeah I think I will pass on this…not that I don’t like the products, but like someone else commented…”Beauty Report Box was half the price.” I didn’t even get the beauty report box because I have just too much “stuff!” Just got my FFF w/add-ons today and I still have my Luxe box from Boxy coming Friday so I think I will give my credit cards a break on this one.
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AmyM
Way too much hair stuff to make it interesting for me. I have a pixie cut and an established product routine. Just a bunch of stuff I’d have to store and too heavy to swap.
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Barbara
Is it me or does this just seem like a big ole waste of $$$?
I actually want to get one of thee boxes, but so far, I am really not impressed…much less spend $60 for it.
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TheOtherJulia
I’m with you. I get the Walmart box, and this just seems like a bigger version except way more expensive. And $10 for shipping? The previous ones didn’t look so good to me either. I thought I would jump all over these boxes, but I don’t see anything that makes me want to get it; especially for $70. Definitely an easy pass for me.
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Julia
One-third of the box is hair items, so I’ll pass. I’m just one of those people whose hair is NOT improved by adding anything other than shampoo, alas.
Waren’t the Allure boxes only $50 last year? My memory is bad.
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JuJu
Eh. After the Beauty Report box (for half the price, I might add) this is so lackluster, plus again with all the Wen?
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Julia
Agreed. I just spent $60 on TWO Beauty Report boxes, and I’m getting tons of skincare value with those.
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MzBev
Ugh, more Wen. Another pass for me. I used to love these boxes, 3-4 years ago.
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Danielle
Same here. But that was back when you had to mark your calendar to order at noon or they would sell out. I bought a year’s subscription because I didn’t want to go through that each time but shortly after that they went way downhill. I ended up with the box that had 4 or 5 huge Wen products and barely anything else and I hate that stuff. Just makes my fine hair greasy and flat. I keep hoping they will improve again. It is ALLURE after all. But they just get less and less appealing each time.
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KatS
I remember those days…about three name changes ago? The last box that I really loved from them had two $100+ face serums in it. I’m not sure I’ve seen a hero item like that in this box in a very long time. Allure use to have some very good beauty giveaways, too. I really miss their epic August one!
I think the value of this box is still good if you like the products, it just doesn’t seem that appealing given how much better they used to be and given all the competition out there.
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