Alltrue Summer 2021 Box – Spoilers #2 & #3

I, too, would like a different choice. No cosmetics. I get those from Ipsy. Really don’t like that much either.

That bracelet is terrible!

Hi! I had the same question and contacted CB. So, this was a deal they had that was until supplies lasted, and they sold out of the intro box and subsequently the deal on 5/19, but the sub sites still have this deal up. I told CB up and they were going to try to contact MSA. But: MSA, this is not a current deal

I think that’s the offer for the annual. If you pay a year in advance, the first box is free. I’m not sure if you need a coupon for that or if it’s rolled into the price. Annuals get to customize, too, so if you plan on getting a few boxes it’s worth going that route.

For seasonal, usually the offer is only 20% off. And you don’t get to customize it.

They haven’t started them yet. I think I saw Friday with early access (text signup) on Wednesday. There are more spoilers coming so be sure to update your selections when those come out too.

Don’t listen to the negative! I have come back to them now that I could afford the annual and I love their products. Fab Fit Fun was just repeats, but Causebox is great! You might get a box you might not like and I just skip it!

I agree with the other commenters here – don’t pay too much attention to the negative comments. I’ve gotten 3 of 4 boxes in my annual sub and have been very happy with the selection and quality of the items. Even though I feel like it sometimes misses that Wow factor, the majority of the items have actually been useful and that matters a lot more to me! Enjoy your sub!

I’ve never had delivery or customer service problems, but others have. If you want a Fabfitfun experience with a variety of practical items, this is great. I liked the spring box and like summer. Given FFF gives 4 customizations to seasonals, though, I will return to FFF when my annual Causebox ends in the fall.
I think people are disappointed because they felt this box was committed to introducing people to small, female run organizations employing people at living wages in the developing world. There were significant quality and delay issues with these products so the owners are moving in “another direction” As a Gen X’er MBA, I think there new messaging is kind of a joke, and patronizing. But.. I think you will get a collection of fun sustainable products to enjoy, at a reasonable price.

Btw, MSA is the place to bring up quality and customer service issues 😊

Hi, have subbed to Causebox with annuals off and on for years. I have never had an issue with shipping, billing or anything. I had 2 subs with them until just this past season due to financial issues I had to cancel them but I still have one box remaining on the one and love the options they have on the spoilers. To me, top notch customer service. If you don’t like the products they offer (this is to people in general, not the poster directly) then don’t subscribe to a subscription box and stay off MSA, that simple! IMO the quality of Causebox products is great and if I can’t use it I know somebody that will. Yes, I know they changed the name and I said CB but I will sub back to AT also hopefully in the fall or winter 🙂 LMO

Honestly, I would just take the comments with a grain of salt. I’ve been a reader of MSA for a really long time and the comments have always been notoriously negative. It sucks because it’s hard to tell when there is a real issue with a box vs a person who may be disgruntled or just plain have sub box burnout (it’s a real thing for sure). I’ve enjoyed my Causebox and have gotten lots of useful things. What I can’t use I pass on to friends/family or donate. For the most part, I have stopped reading the comment sections here, because like you, I was letting it influence my opinion before even receiving the box. Then I would get my box, and more often than not, enjoy them. Causebox is not perfect, but then again, no box is. There have been a few shipping delays but at the end of the day- all of my boxes were received. I have been able to skip boxes easily by emailing them. The quality of the items are decent and so is the variety. For what it’s worth, I say enjoy your annual until you start to get a little box fatigue. That’s when you know it’s time to move on.

After I saw the offer for an intro box in another MSA post about the name change, I looked into it and it’s listed nowhere on the Altrue website, so I reached out to their customer service who advised the only options are seasonal or annual.

Just email them to let them know you’d like to skip.

An article about their rebranding mentioned that a hammock would be included in the box, so I don’t think we’ve seen the hero category yet. It could be a choice of hammock colors or hammock vs. something else.

It’s is usually the last day of the month (May 31st). You have to email them, it can’t be done through the website.

Yep I saw that too on the “retinol”. I had originally chosen it and then switched to the hyaluronic moisturizer. Plant based retinol has not been shown as effective as the real stuff. Whomever is writing the descriptions on this stuff should be better than that if it’s not intentional.

I was confused for the same reason. The description on the Altrue website references the glow you get when using the moisturizer. That doesn’t sound like mattifying. I have two boxes left, and then wont renew.

Yes! I noticed that too. I also don’t like that we can’t see the ingredients or any details at all. When I searched the Cosmedix site, I don’t see these two products at all.

Oohhh, I might need to rethink my choice, then. I thought it was a retinol – that is confusing!

Yes – the name change is so dumb. It just looks like Allure now.

I found it. you go to their homepage rather than look under your subscription details.

Because people are lazy and don’t want to have to do the extra step of transferring food from one container to a microwave safe plate or heaven forbid use the stove.

I know this may not apply to you, but people should be careful buying vintage glassware and dinnerware. I was really into collecting vintage glasses when one day I decided to do a lead test on these cute little juice glasses I found. Lo and behold the test stick turned bright pink and I almost lost it. All the decorative paint on these glasses was LEAD. Images of the crazy mad hatter started coming to mind lol. Just putting that out there to warm others.

What other boxes are there that are good?

That’s funny because at one point I literally subbed to about 30 boxes. This is one of the few I’ve kept because since 2016 I never felt like it’s let me down. There are practical items I actually use instead of a large quantity of cheap stuff that just sits around collecting dust. I do sub as an annual so I can choose and only once was there a category where I wasn’t interested in anything. I guess this is why there are different subs…cause people have different wants/likes.

Whoops. I meant the microwave.

So strange! I’m not able to customize my box the website seem more difficult now.

I agree, not their usual boho aesthetic…not a fan of this box so far.