I was in Finland for most of the summer and just got back to Maryland. If you follow me on Instagram, you know I had a bunch of beauty products waiting for me at home, Target's August Beauty Box being one of them.
As mentioned previously, Target launches their Beauty Boxes once a month and in order to get one, you have to be quick, since they sell out within 12-24 hrs. The usually launch one every first Monday of the month.
The Target Beauty Box isn't a subscription box like the Ipsy or Birchbox ones, so you have to order each one individually online, they are not sold in stores. I skipped purchasing the July box, since there wasn't anything that interesting in it, but August box had more usable stuff, so I ordered that. My previous reviews can be found here.
The price per box is usually around $10, I believe April 2016 box was $7 and the May and June 2016 boxes was $10. The August 2016 box was $7 and included free shipping. The theme for the August 2016 box was make the GRADE and it came the $3 off beauty purchase of $15 or more coupon just like the previous boxes.
Here's what was in my box:
- Juice Organics Repairing Shampoo 1 fl oz (30ml) & Conditioner 1 fl oz (30ml)
- Secret Clinical Strength Invisible Solid Antiperspirant/Deodorant 0.5 oz (14g)
- Crest 3D White Luxe Glamourous White strips, 1 upper and 1 lower strip
- up & up™ Women’s 5-Blade Razor, 2 count
- Olay Make-up Remover Wipes, 7 towelettes
- Laneige Water Sleeping Mask 0.5 fl oz (15ml)
- CoverGirl Katy Kat Eye Mascara – Black, 0.35 fl oz (10.5ml)
- NYC Color Get It All Lip Color in ExtraordiBERRY, 0.13 oz (3.8g)
- Crest 3D White Luxe Glamourous White strips, 1 upper and 1 lower strip. I will defnitely try this product, I just wish there'd be more strips in the sample. I feel like one strip really isn't enough to convince me to purchase something.
- up & up™ Women’s 5-Blade Razor, 2 count. This is a nice sized sample and I will definitely give there razors a try.
- Secret Clinical Strength Invisible Solid Antiperspirant/Deodorant 0.5 oz (14g). To be honest, I will probably give this one away. I've already found an antiperspirant I like, and I'm a little skeptical about these "clinical strength" deodorant, seems like an overkill to me. I like the size of the sample though, would be a perfect travel deodorant.
- CoverGirl Katy Kat Eye Mascara – Black, 0.35 fl oz (10.5ml). This is a full sized item and basically the reason I decided to get August Beauty Box. Definitely giving this a try.
- NYC Color Get It All Lip Color in ExtraordiBERRY, 0.13 oz (3.8g). This is another full sized product, which makes this box great value. However, the berry color is not something I typically wear, since I'm super-pale. I might try out anyways just to see what the texture is like.
- Olay Make-up Remover Wipes, 7 towelettes. I love these kinds of travel-sized samples, this one is perfect for short trips. I'm definitely trying this out.
- Laneige Water Sleeping Mask 0.5 fl oz (15ml). There's been a lot of Laneige products in these boxes, but I will give this one a try as well. I do like masks and this one is a nice sized sample.
- Juice Organics Repairing Shampoo 1 fl oz (30ml) & Conditioner 1 fl oz (30ml). Again, another great travel-sized sample, although I'm not a big fan of coconut smell. Will be giving these a try when traveling nevertheless.
All in all this Target August beauty box was a decent one. I liked the fact that there were a bunch of products that I will definitely give a try. The only thing I'm for sure skipping is the deodorant. I just wish the NYC lip color would have been in a more usable color, but I'll still probably try that out as well.
Hope everyone is having a wonderful week!
