Allure Beauty Box Review – October 2020

I’ve been getting my boxes directly from Amazon and my subs are still at $15. I was billed for Oct at $15, and my account says it will be charging me $15 for Nov. I don’t know if I’m just locked into this rate, but, for all those paying $23 directly from AB, maybe check out Amazon. The products are still the same.

If there is anyone who absolutely falls in love with the idea of vit c powder, there’s one on theordinary.com that works really well and is much cheaper. It’s one of my favorite products

I don’t see the improvement for the new cost. That’s all I need to say. Disappointing.

I have loved Allure and have subscribed on and off beginning when their name was Sample Society. They usually have a nice selection of items and the price was right. I was not happy with the price increase from $15 to $23! I understand that they have to raise prices now and then to stay in business, but a 35% increase is too much. Increasing the price a little bit at a time would have been easier to handle. But they said that it was going to be so much better that I decided not to cancel. I didn’t notice a big difference in this months box. The box itself wasn’t fancy like it usually is, but that’s a good thing. I’d rather have them focus on quality products than a fancy box that I hate to throw away but have to because I’ve run out of ideas about how to use them. I liked the vitamin C powder and the nail polish lasted for over a week with no chips. The color wasn’t what I expected but it’s growing on me. The rest was the usual creams, masks and another red lip color. I think that all of the sub boxes think that everyone likes red lipstick.

I like this box a lot but was super annoyed by the pricing debacle this month, where they sent out the email saying prices would go up in October and then sent another saying prices would go up in December. I emailed them asking if I could get credit for the difference if they now weren’t going up until December. Someone sent me a fairly snotty email back saying I had been notified on XXX date. I wrote back saying I knew and was totally okay with that until I received the email after I had been charged saying the prices wouldn’t go up for two more months. Later that day, they sent around an apology to everyone saying the December price increase email was sent in error. I don’t understand why they couldn’t have said that earlier in the day when they responded to me instead of being all snotty about it and not alluding to making a mistake at all. For that, I cancelled and will restart with Amazon so I can skip when it doesn’t look great. They offered me the two months for $15, too (only after I said I wanted to cancel, not initially to apologize for the error and confusion), but I’d rather pay more and have the ability to skip with a click of a button than be locked in with Allure. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I cancelled. After so much “bigger & better” hype, this box had maybe 1 item that could be considered “full size”—the vitamin c powder—but it doesn’t even say what the % of C is. Everything in the box was small—mini or travel-sized. Even the eye-serum that Allure claimed was full-size wasn’t—full-size is 1 oz and this was .67. Shame on them! Save your money and get a box that really has full-size products if that’s what you want. This was a complete scam.

I just called to cancel and they offered me another 2 months for $15 each. I’ll keep it and see how it goes.

Megan- This is a well written, comprehensive review. I am so glad the Sigma lip is not an orange red, as so often happens in sub boxes. I think Static Nails has a nerve calling that small bottle of nail polish full size and Allure has a nerve counting it as one of the three full size products this month. I do like the neutral color though. I have short, weak, and sometimes bitten nails so this will serve as a gnaw deterrent. For me, at 60, eye products are always welcome. I appreciate the info on the Dr. Jart cream- we just got snow in Mass yesterday so I’m sure the winter cold is not far behind. This cream will be great when my rosacea is aggravated and my skin is flaky from the cold. I’m putting the Nue aside since I’m using retinol products and testing another serum right now but I will use it. Thanks!. I’m one of those who signed up for the year at the lower rate and got the Mega Bundle. This is a box I’m satisfied with.

You just can’t beat this for $13.75

I am not sad about canceling this box. While the value is there, there is nothing that I would want to try

I had a hard time opening the nail polish bottle. I’m underwhelmed by the color and my nails are so awful I don’t even want to try it.

I loved the lip color enough to go to their website and order a full size, along with another color. I signed up for their emails so I was able to use the 30% discount I got.

I haven’t tried anything else yet, but I’ve had good luck with Rusk products in the past. The conditioner packet won’t be enough for my long hair, but that’s not unusual.

Megan – That Lipstick is stunning on you! PowerHouse!

The nail polish is the perfect neutral for me and I love how it applies! Between that and the vitamin C powder this box is a win. I got the annual deal and definitely feel I got my $14ish dollars worth this month.

Nice review! I was satisfied with the skincare items included in the box, but I’m still unhappy that the nail polish shade wasn’t similar to the one they show on the allure website and in the booklet. the red lipstick burned my lips (that’s a first), but it’s a small size, so I am not overly bummed, and tbh it’s not a color I wear everyday nor I have somewhere to go (with a mask). I’m just sorry that I tried it and now I can’t give it to a friend…maybe I’ll give it another test when I’ll want to feel posh around the house.

After the initial shock of the presentation, I rearranged the products and felt better. Then, I tried them and am quite satisfied with my $13.75 haul. Skincare, bodycare, haircare, and some fun colors – they covered everything (with mostly new-to-me and good formulas!)

Somehow I lost my box ;(

I loved this box. The powder c and eye cream are great and they will last me forever. I never would have dared take a chance on a $70 face product, so this was a treat. The nail polish is a nice neutral. I will use everything here.

I have been loving what I’ve tried out of my box so far. The C powder is just what I’ve been looking for since having too many bottles of C serum de-stabilize. It makes a noticeable difference every time I’ve used it. I used the Verso both just around my eyes and all over my face and liked it a lot both ways. I already knew I loved the La Roche Posay cream, but I happened to get some contact dermatitis on my knuckles and was extra grateful to have more of this around. I don’t love the color of the polish, but I’ll probably use it a few more times. The hair stuff isn’t curly girl method friendly so I won’t use it. I can’t be the only one sick of red lipsticks, can I? Maybe I am! They just don’t look as amazing on me as they do on Megan and I’m always disappointed to get them. That being said, I did try the Sigma to try out the formula and it is fantastic. I just wish it was in a more casual color! I’m excited to try the Dr Jart on my always dry skin and I’m hording the eye masks for when I really need them. Overall a really great box for my needs!

Im so glad to see a positive review for this box, I was starting to think I was the only person who loved every product this month. Im new to allure but actually liked it enough to sign up for a year.

This box is terrible for $23. 2 more dollars and you get ipsy plus+ or boxycharm with all full size items! I canceled in august and they still keep charging me.

I really like the nail polish and Verso eye cream. I bought another Verso eye cream for my mom from FFF’s add-on.

Great review. I accidentally ended up with those of these and tried to cancel the second one but allure wouldn’t budge. I haven’t used anything except the polish and its pretty good. I hope I can sell/give away the extra items. I will never get through two bottles of that Vit C. I dunno. Your review makes me a little more hopeful.

The cost went up alot. I don’t see the value. The products look small and inflated in cost. Birchbox is better.

I loved this box! Great value for skincare I actually needed and the nail polish turned out to be awesome.

Great review, Megan. I though this is very good box. I cannot stop using this nail polish :).