As far as I know, the inaugural Glossybox is not for sale, but given only to select press and beauty bloggers. Glossybox was also having giveaways where you could win a box, and that is how I got mine. I'm super happy I won and now I'll show you guys what I got. :-)
Everything came nicely packaged in a pink box with the glossybox logo. I really love this pink box. It's sturdy and well-made, and would make a perfect little memory box to hold pictures, cards, and little trinkets. Here's what came in the box:
- C.O. Bigelow Lavendar & Peppermint Shampoo - 5.2oz, retail for $12
- BASQ Cucumber Tea Eye Gel - 0.5oz, retail for $24
- OPI Kiss Me on My Tulips - 0.5oz, retail for $8.50
- Cargo EyeBronzer - 0.035oz, retail for $22
- Kryolan High Gloss Brilliant Lip Shine in Toffee - 0.135oz, retail for $18.10
- Erno Laszlo Hollywood Collection - sample pack of 5 various creams (no size listed on samples)
This is an absolutely amazing box. It contains five full-size items (!) and a sample item. I love everything in the box, although I am most partial to the OPI polish (no surprise there :P).
Even though this inaugural box contains five full-sized items, it looks like the regular subscription will not. Glossybox US's website states that every month, you will get five "travel-sized" beauty products. The other unfortunate thing is that subscriptions will be a somewhat costly $21 a month. That is more than twice the cost of some other existing beauty subscriptions (such as Birchbox and MyGlam).
If you are interested in Glossybox, regular subscriptions will start sometime this month and you can sign up at Glossybox.com to inform you of exactly when. Due to the higher subscription cost and the unknown amount of products you will receive, I recommend waiting a month or two to see how things shape up.
What do you guys think? Will you be signing up for Glossybox? If you do, will it replace or augment your current beauty subscriptions? Or is the cost just too high to take a gamble on a mystery selection every month?
Don't forget to enter my current giveaway for a chance to win the entire Zoya Surf Collection containing 6 brand new bottles of polish! <3
You were really lucky :D I'm happy for you! 21 dollars seems a high price for me, for I pay half of it in Spain... As you say, wait and see! :)
ReplyDeleteI never win anything, so I was pretty surprised and happy to find out I won! Based on prices in other countries, I think people were anticipating subscriptions to be around $15 a month, so $21 is a surprise. Hope the contents turn out to be worth the price, but I will wait and see before I decide to subscribe. :-)
Delete~ Yun
This is the first time I get to see something already existing here and not yet in the US :-D
ReplyDeleteYour box is awesome!!! Unfortunately, the regular subscription is not :-( At least here it is not.
Here the price starts at around $14 which is cheaper then the US as I understand it, but from what I heard so far, it's mostly samples and travel size products that you could get for free if you spent a certain amount of money in the drag store...
A girl who works with me subscribed so I will ask her if she could bring her recent box to work to see ;-)
Hi Jin, thanks for all the info. I assume this inaugural box must be extra good so that Glossybox can drum up excitement for their release. It's too bad every box isn't like this, because then it would be worth the money. If you get a chance, let me know what you think of your co-worker's box. :-)
Delete~ Yun
Looks like good stuff!!
ReplyDeleteThanks! :-)
Delete~ Yun
Pretty cool box! These boxes would be a waste for me because I don't wear make-up. I would only be happy about the nail polish and shampoo! :)
ReplyDeleteI love trying different shampoos too! My hair is totally unmanageable as of late, and I have been in search of a good match for it. So I get totally excited when I see shampoo samples in beauty boxes! :-)
Delete~ Yun
You got a great selection of items in this box! Seems pretty reasonable for somethings you may want to try out. I like Ulta, they accept coupons and give you high end samples with every purchase. Something to think about when it all is about beauty products...
ReplyDeleteOh yes, I totally know what you mean about Ulta. They are really generous with their samples. That means even more that if Glossybox doesn't continue to keep their content level high after their subscriptions open, it would not be worth the high cost when samples are available for free. :-)
Delete~ Yun
Congratulations with that nice box of goodies :)
ReplyDeleteThanks! :-)
Delete~ Yun
congrats! im jelly! those goodies look great!
ReplyDeleteThanks, I'm super happy I won! :-)
Delete~ Yun
Hoorah for scoring a box! The OPI polish definitely catches my eye too :) But $21 does sound really pricey for a subscription box, especially if they won't consist of primarily full-sized products like this inaugural one.
ReplyDeleteThanks! I think people were expecting it to be closer to $15 a month based on their prices in other countries, so I hope $21 brings some extra awesome goodies to be worth the extra cost. :-)
Delete~ Yun
Nice box. I like the OPI Kiss Me on My Tulips :)
ReplyDeleteThanks! I'm happy the box included a polish! :-)
Delete~ Yun