Allure Beauty Box Review + $5 Coupon – May 2019

I am on the fence about Allure. I did receive almost the same products that Megan did in her review. My variation from her’s was the St. Tropez Purity Self Tanning Water Mist. It worked well, I have a fair skin tone and it gave me a tan look without looking orange. It wasn’t streaky and I sprayed it on my face, neck and part of my chest and shoulders. I thought not doing that would make me look kind of weird since just my face would be tan. It faded evenly. I love AmorePacific, so I was happy with that. The facial scrub was just kind of meh. Laritzy seems to be in almost every one of Allure’s boxes. I am not a fan of the newer bags they send. First off, they smell like plastic, which I guess is to be expected. The first few bags had snaps, those were okay, not great. The May bag was a cute color but the closure strap ripped off on the one end. In other words, they’re kind of cheap looking. I’d rather Allure do something better for the environment and either send the products in a box made out of recycled paper or a bag similar to what Ipsy does. I almost rather the old red boxes they used to have,. I did contact their customer service because I wanted to cancel a couple of months ago and never heard back. If I remember correctly, I think I’ll have to call them. I wish they had an option on their website to cancel or renew. They do have some good products and I have found a few favorites, but overall, I don’t know that I will keep subscribing. Customer service is important to me. It says a lot about a company if they respond promptly and in a way that solves the issue. It means they value their customers, or in this case, subscribers. I went from four beauty subscriptions to just one. This was about a year ago. I may go back to Ipsy Glam Bag Plus, but don’t think I will keep with the Allure.

Thanks to those who posted the CS number, for easy reference. I’ve been with Allure for almost 5 straight years, but receiving 2 lousy hair sheets worth $2.40 instead of the $32 sample of Amore is the last straw for me. I’m furious, and I’ll be canceling.

The variation thing is bad enough (it sucks), but the price disparity between items is absolutely ridiculous. And I don’t want to have to call every month to request the better item, even if they do send it. That’s stupid. Heck, they could’ve sent the full size box of the anti-frizz sheets ($18), and it still would’ve been worth less than the sample size of the Amore. And apparently, Allure couldn’t care less. Their cutesy email response that some people posted was insulting. This box has crashed and burned IMO. I’ll spend my money elsewhere.

I had paused May with Allure, but then I got weak and re-activated through Amazon. I received the exact same as the reviewed box. I love the Laritzy lip gloss. I am glad to see that the new bag appears to have reinforced seams. That should help with the complaints. Happy orange color too! I have used the Lue before. I apply it 5 minutes before getting in the shower and then I rub it off in the shower. Otherwise there is a mess all over my bathroom sink. This product works like Saturday Skin. It really gets into the pores. I am not sure why it isn’t full, but I imagine that it is 2oz., as indicated. I don’t know if I will risk the tan stuff… I don’t trust myself to exfoliate enough to not mess it up. I will definitely try the eyeshadow, even though I don’t wear it often. Such a pretty color! I am also in the minority of feeling that this box was a winner. I will be pausing the Huda box. I guess I like the boxes that are curated without the internet influencer collaborations. The Sunday Riley box and this box are my winners so far this year.

I just got mine yesterday, after it sat in some shipping center twenty miles from my house for LITERALLY NINE DAYS. I’d called Allure the day before to report it as lost, because USPS told me they were probably never going to get it, and I’m being sent a replacement.
I’m hoping the replacement has an Amore Pacific in it, instead of these dumb hair sheets that are useless on wavy hair.
And can we please not have any more nude lipsticks or tanning products? A lot of pale people and people of color can’t/don’t do either.
This gloss amazingly actually works on me, because it’s pretty sheer and pinkish, but that color last month was the most disgusting color I’ve ever put on. I looked like a rotting corpse.

I feel like the minority here, but I’m pretty pleased with this month’s box (I even got the frizz sheets). Would have I been happy with AmorePacific Item? Absolutely. But then I looked at the full sized products and holy crap! What if I really liked these products and wanted to buy the full sized – I wouldn’t be able to drop $150-200 on a single item.

I get it, I subscribe to boxes because they include products I wouldn’t normally buy myself (tanning products, single shadows, etc). But I also appreciate getting items I can reasonably afford if I liked them enough.

I think everyone forgets this is a $10-15 sub box.. For what I got, I still got more than double the value of what I paid. I totally get the variants suck and they should totally do variants that are equal/similar in value or not do them at all.

I think Allure is giving you guys at MSA bad information- in this review it says we will receive one of two AmorePacific products. Well, there are a bunch of us who got two tiny foil packets of frizz sheets instead. That’s about a $30 discrepancy between advertised value and actual value. I also didn’t get the Hello Fresh gift card.

To all those who didn’t receive the Anastasia lip gloss last month, be glad. It is the ugliest shade I’ve ever seen. It wouldn’t look good on ANYONE. I find any time I get an Anastasia product, the color is butt ugly like they can’t sell them so they’re trying to get rid of them through sample boxes.

I received the St. Tropez Self Tan Purity Bronzing Water Face Mist, used it as directed, and now have big brown spots all over my face. They. Will. Not. Come. Off.

I also got the frizz hair sheets and no Amore Pacific. Called and cancelled. The boxes are too inconsistent. Some good (like January with the Sunday Riley products), but many junk products like this and tanning products. I was already planning on cancelling after I saw the full spoilers for June (wouldn’t use anything in that box), but the Amore Pacific issue was the clincher.

Agreed with everyone else on the terrible Anastasia lip color from last month. Nude is over. Let’s move on to more human looking lip colors.

FYI the CS number is 1-800-274-1603

Called and canceled tan products ugly lip shade (on me) and no Amorepacific last straw may resubscribe if they get any better

Can anyone tell me how to reach Allure’s CS? I’m happy with my very first box, but I got charged twice for it, the 2nd time 3 days after the first. On the website it only refers to the 2nd charge. And I can’t find any way to reach them. Thank you!

So why did I receive frizz sheets if all subscribers either receive one of two Amorepacific items…? I am majorly disappointed in this months box. Not only did we get another tanning item, there was major discrepancy in boxes between the frizz sheets and Amorepacific items. Variations are ok, but be transparent with them! Don’t send me a booklet that makes it look like everyone received these frizz sheets.

I received my box yesterday. According to my little booklet, I wasn’t even supposed to receive any Amore Pacific product so that spoiler for any variation was only for some lucky boxes. I also got the water gel tanner. On my light skin it is patchy orange and I can still smell that fake tanner scent lol. I truly hate the eyelites shadow. It flakes off the eyes and doesn’t look smooth. I gave it a fair shot with bare eyes, glitter glue and eye shadow primer. My exfoliating powder was 2/3 full. I like the gloss, cream and frizz sheets.

Ok, original post didn’t print and that was over 24 hours ago. For what reason?

To summarize:
Subbed for four years without ever canceling or working the system for new sub gifts. Ordered from Allure and not Amazon.

April: got John Freida instead of ABH lippie.
May: Tan & mitt
LaRitzy with box torn open
Laneige tube
Lue cleanser HALF WAY FULL
Model Co eyeshadow
And two fabulous hair frizz sheets

And just like last month, how are they sending the products to the people who call? Why not just send it in the first place?

Hey MSA, how about contacting Allure with all of these issues? They are obviously putting you at risk by using your site to promote what they are selling. The last two months have been blatant bait and switch for A LOT of your readers.

I didnt get the laritzy or amore pacific product in my box. Disappointing.

Finally got my box today, after it finished gallivanting around the Midwest.

This is basically the box I got, except I got the Amore Pacific Moisture Bond cream. I’ve sampled it before and it’s very nice, but even with the coupon $125 (approx) is too expensive.

Tried and discarded the Laritzy. It basically looks like a clear gloss on me, and I already have several. Plus, I despise the smell of coconut.

I may try the face spray at some point, but I will have to research it.

Allure sent me an email asking for a review, and in the final comment section I begged them in capital letters with exclamation points to not send any more black liners or nude lips.

Hopefully, they’ll listen.

I subscribe directly from Allure and received almost identical box. Amore Pacific was the same, but the tanning product was facial spray. I don’t use tanning product, but I was willing to try with the mitt for legs. And my face is slightly darker than the neck/body, so I won’t be using it, hope to gift it. Allure is always worth the cost of the box to me, of course some months are better than the other, but I agree that recently it feels less exciting when the spoiler comes out… those plastic bags are not good for environment and they should focus on sourcing out more exciting, new to market products…

I did not get the amorepacific I got 2 of those stupid hair towelettes that will be useless on my naturally curly hair.

I just got my box today, and I was wondering if the Jason Seo powder cleanser is supposed to not be full. It looks like it’s only half way full? Is this normal. My box arrived with a green sticker on it that said it arrived open so I’m just wondering if it’s been tampered with or something.

Just received my box through Amazon. I canceled my sub through Allure after April repeats and no lippie fiasco. Got exact same box as in this review. Very happy with it

I just got my box and despite what it says in the review I did not get either Amorepacific product. I got 2 frizz sheets that I have no use for. I’m a long time consistent subscriber direct from Allure and rather disappointed and annoyed…

Just got my box today, I received the Amore Pacific youth revolution and the tanning face mist, otherwise all items are same as this review. I would never use tanning stuff on my face, was really hoping for the body one with the mitt. Has anyone ever uses the face mist on your body instead, like your legs?

I thought that I had unsubbed, but I just got notification of shipment (clearly I don’t track my purchases; lol)). This doesn’t look like a bad box. I have that powder stuff. Wanted to love it, but, while it’s fun to use, it doesn’t do much. The plastic envelopes are great for holding your vaping supplies.

I just re subbed. are they shipping earlier than they used to?

My Amazon box contains the same items in this review.

My first post didn’t show up. Sorry if this is a duplicate