Birchbox November 2015 Spoilers

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Ebates added Birchbox to their list of eligible stores, so now you can get $2.50 back on your subscription, which I think is pretty sweet, I'm all about earning back money/free money ;) /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />

If you haven't tried Ebates already, here's a referral code:(removed)
if you already have a subscription do you have to cancel it and resubscribe to get the 2.50 back?

 
Ebates added Birchbox to their list of eligible stores, so now you can get $2.50 back on your subscription, which I think is pretty sweet, I'm all about earning back money/free money ;) /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />

If you haven't tried Ebates already, here's a referral code:(removed)
you also get 2.5% back from the shop! wish i knew this 12 hours before they started it when I bought the LE box lol

 
if you already have a subscription do you have to cancel it and resubscribe to get the 2.50 back?
Yeah, I emailed them this morning to figure it out. You have to cancel and re-subscribe (by going through the ebates website to birchbox) in order to get the $2.50 back, and if you have a monthly sub, it only works for the initial sign-up, not each month. But, you do get 2.5% back for any purchase on the site as well, and since they do a lot of cash back bonus days (like, I've seen Kohl's at 16%), it will be a nice incentive to buy :) /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />

 
Box pages are really starting to load now.  1-7, 10, and 17, 18, 19, at least.  37 is loaded, 33 is not, most of the 20's are not.  It seems kinda random.  46 is the highest I checked.  Every box has 1 LOC product or another, so they're definitely the November 2015 boxes.  Keep in mind, I did change the 1st 2015 in the link to 2016.  

https://www.birchbox.com/shop/birchbox-1/november-2016/november-2015-bb10

Edited:  Well, except box 26.  

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So much for variety. My second box finally loaded and everything in it I'm either getting in my other box or have gotten in past boxes on my main account. They weren't even products I liked either so I'm slightly disappointed.

Catherine Malandrino Style de Paris- I really hate this perfume. I don't like perfume samples in general but this one smelled particularly awful. They literally couldn't have sent me anything worse. 

Temple Spa La La Lagoon Aromatic Bath & Shower Gel- Same as other box. At least it's a useful item. 

Beauty Protector Protect and Detangle- I did not like this last time I received it. I don't really see where it does anything other than make my hair smelly. Have I mentioned how much I hate smelly things. I don't need fragrance in every single product I use, that's overkill. 

MAKE Skin Illuminator & Face Gloss- Same as other box. Hopefully I like this since I'm getting two.

LOC Berry Lipstick- PYS 

​I don't understand why Birchbox doesn't change up their samples more. Some of my repeats I first received back in June. Also on my new account I mad sure I put in that I had dry skin and hair so that I would hopefully receive samples for winter. You would think I would have gotten a Dr.Jart mask or something. I really did answer my quiz quite differently. I feel like they just reach into a bag and pull out a random assortment sometimes. My rant is over. I'm sorry I'm being petty but I can't help but find it aggravating. Especially after rechecking the page dozens of times with anticipation. 

 
Well my mom and I got our boxes today and our cheats were accurate and whither of us got a LOC product. She doesn't care but I'm debating on emailing cs. Is it worth it?

 
I actually got my box today. I think this might be the earliest I have gotten it. I did not pick a sample. I got:

bbrowbar- Brow Definer in Cinnamon Spice- unfortunately this is too light for me. It is full sized, so someone will get a nice brow pencil for Christmas

Dermarche Labs- Roloxin lift instant skin smoothing mask- 2 masks already used one

Dr. Lipp- miracle balm- can't believe I haven't got this before. will use

Parlor- texturizing finishing spray- tried this really gave volume

Rene Furterer- Intense Nourishing Mask- Hair mask will use

Not a bad box. High value. Wish the brow pencil had been darker.

 
So much for variety. My second box finally loaded and everything in it I'm either getting in my other box or have gotten in past boxes on my main account. They weren't even products I liked either so I'm slightly disappointed.

Catherine Malandrino Style de Paris- I really hate this perfume. I don't like perfume samples in general but this one smelled particularly awful. They literally couldn't have sent me anything worse. 

Temple Spa La La Lagoon Aromatic Bath & Shower Gel- Same as other box. At least it's a useful item. 

Beauty Protector Protect and Detangle- I did not like this last time I received it. I don't really see where it does anything other than make my hair smelly. Have I mentioned how much I hate smelly things. I don't need fragrance in every single product I use, that's overkill. 

MAKE Skin Illuminator & Face Gloss- Same as other box. Hopefully I like this since I'm getting two.

LOC Berry Lipstick- PYS 

​I don't understand why Birchbox doesn't change up their samples more. Some of my repeats I first received back in June. Also on my new account I mad sure I put in that I had dry skin and hair so that I would hopefully receive samples for winter. You would think I would have gotten a Dr.Jart mask or something. I really did answer my quiz quite differently. I feel like they just reach into a bag and pull out a random assortment sometimes. My rant is over. I'm sorry I'm being petty but I can't help but find it aggravating. Especially after rechecking the page dozens of times with anticipation. 
We're box twins - I'm so disappointed in this month's items  :( /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />

I wish there was an option to remove ALL perfume samples! I'm a die-hard V&R Flowerbomb girl and all the perfume samples I get just end up getting binned.

 
My other box is finally loaded too and I am a bit disappointed. Now, I have 3 Living Proof dry shampoos (1 from curated PYS, one from curated purchase, and one from my second account) and I don't even use dry shampoo :/

Hope the other samples turn out to be decent sized.

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Getting:

Catharine Malandrino style de paris: Nope

Temple Spa Lala lagune bath and shower gel: Ok, will use

Beauty Protector leave in conditioner ok, but I am drowning in leavein conditioners right now

Make Skin lluminator and face gloss duo eh...

LOC berry lip crayon: my pys

 
Neither my box or my shipping are officially posted yet, but if the cheat is correct I'm definitely not pleased. I'd love for it to be wrong but it looks like I'm getting:

LOC Complete Collection for Lips - PYS & the only thing I'm looking even slightly forward to trying, though I took a gamble on the nude lippie so we shall see...

PARLOR® by Jeff Chastain Touchable Curl Cream - My hair is as far from curly as it gets. Stick straight. Grrrrrrrrrrrrr........

(MALIN+GOETZ) grapefruit face cleanser - citrus oils are HORRIBLE for the skin, so while I'm sure it will smell great it really frustrates me (not just that I'm getting it but that it's even made in the first place!)

(MALIN+GOETZ) vitamin e face moisturizer- not exciting but at least useable; In the past year I've been getting at least 1 - or even 2 - moisturizers per box, which is really starting to bug me

The Beauty Crop Lighting Crew Highlighting Cream - rec'd this a few months ago in boxy; I do like it but I don't need another

Montale Dark Purple - never thrilled w/ perfume samples:(

This is my second month back after two months off & at this rate I'm thinking I won't be around for long. The rewards/ points system is the big pull keeping me, & I'll definitely give it at least another month but I'm just not excited.

 
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I actually got my box today. I think this might be the earliest I have gotten it. I did not pick a sample. I got:

bbrowbar- Brow Definer in Cinnamon Spice- unfortunately this is too light for me. It is full sized, so someone will get a nice brow pencil for Christmas

Dermarche Labs- Roloxin lift instant skin smoothing mask- 2 masks already used one

Dr. Lipp- miracle balm- can't believe I haven't got this before. will use

Parlor- texturizing finishing spray- tried this really gave volume

Rene Furterer- Intense Nourishing Mask- Hair mask will use

Not a bad box. High value. Wish the brow pencil had been darker.
I wonder if somehow bb would exchange it for you?! That's a pretty big item to not be able to use.

 
Well my mom and I got our boxes today and our cheats were accurate and whither of us got a LOC product. She doesn't care but I'm debating on emailing cs. Is it worth it?
I say definitely YES!!! It's bizarre that neither of you received one but bottom line is that the LOC items were the major marketing push, advertised benefit, etc of the November boxes & every subscriber was promised one, so regardless of how much you or your mom care about the particular product, to me it's a huge deal b/c they promised/ guaranteed something & didn't deliver. So...obviously it's up to you but if it were me I would 100% contact CS, even if it were a product I didn't care about, like, or want, b/c of the principle of the matter. I realize mistakes happen but companies need to be held accountable when they do, & hopefully move to implement changes to prevent or at least decrease the chance of similar errors repeating themselves in the future. In order for that to happen they need to be made aware of the issue, something that often only happens via customer contact/ feedback; in that sense I actually think that, to a degree, we have some responsibility as consumers to let businesses know when they fall short (or at least, if we don't, we lose some of our right to expect improvement &/ or complain moving forward).

Sorry for the mini-rant. I certainly don't intend to come off as preachy but those are my two cents (& then some

 
Well my mom and I got our boxes today and our cheats were accurate and whither of us got a LOC product. She doesn't care but I'm debating on emailing cs. Is it worth it?
I tend to agree with @@Sunfish . Birchbox's homepage advertised for the last week or so that for November there would be an "LOC shadow Stick in every box," though I notice now that the site no longer says that. However, at the time you and your mom were subscribed and issued boxes, that was the advertisement. I think they do need to be held accountable to what they advertise.

But, discussions of marketing ethics aside, I would just send off a quick message to CS, expressing puzzlement why you didn't receive the featured brand, when the understanding was that each subscriber would receive an LOC item in November. If nothing else, they may send some sorry points your way.

(Edited for autocorrect gibberish)

 
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I just checked my tracking on my main account and it says this:

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Package 1 & Package 2??

One going to Norfolk (where I live) the other to Colorado? Both with the same tracking number?  How very strange!

 
I tend to agree with @@Sunfish . Birchbox's homepage advertised for the last week or so that for November there would be an "LOC shadow Stick in every box," though I notice now that the site no longer says that. However, at the time you and your mom were subscribed and issued boxes, that was the advertisement. I think they do need to be held accountable to what they advertise.

But, discussions of marketing ethics aside, I would just send off a quick message to CS, expressing puzzlement why you didn't receive the featured brand, when the understanding was that each subscriber would receive an LOC item in November. If nothing else, they may send some sorry points your way.

(Edited for autocorrect gibberish)
Well we also were promised eyeliners in our boxes a few months back and that all seemed to get swept under the rug and forgotten about because of "customs."  

 
I just checked my tracking on my main account and it says this:

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Package 1 & Package 2??

One going to Norfolk (where I live) the other to Colorado? Both with the same tracking number?  How very strange!
that happened with my tracking last month, they said it was just a reused tracking number, but mine said delivered. since yours doesnt, definitely send them an email, that is weird! 

 

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