Wantable: Febuary 2014

 For y'all that are new, Wantable is a customizable makeup subscription. It's a bit more pricey than say Ipsy or Birchbox, it's $36.00, per month, and you fill out a survey, that customizes the products you'll receive. Products that you love, you're more likely to get, products you like, you occasionally get, and products you dislike, you never get. I like it because for the most part, you get things that you might actually use, and they're also always full-size products. 

As always, I'm impressed with Wantable's customer service. They charged me twice, last month, and gave me a 10 dollar off credit, and they totally applied it without me even having to remind them.

I was sort of upset with Wantable last month because they send me a million trillion lip products, and I don't really like lip products, so this week, I took my like for lip products and moved it to dislike, so there was no chance of me getting any sort of lip product.

I liked my box this month however:

Here it is.

As always, they include a piece of paper with all my loves/likes/dislikes, and they give you a list of items they sent you, and how much each one costs, which I like since it saves me a google search.

This is the box revealed.

My first item was a Rainbow honey nailpolish in Oni, it's a very glittery bronze gold color, and definitely a color that will be worn in my collection. Retail Value is $10.00

A Mistura Beauty Retractable Brush worth $18.82 [what a weird cents number after that dollar sign]. The brush is cool, I like how it retracts and gets bigger or smaller, but I'm not sure what I'll use it for. I don't really wear blush or foundation, or any of the makeup that you would use a brush such as this for, but I suppose it's a nice tool to add my nonexistent collection of makeup tools.

A Be a Bombshell Eye-Base in Chrome Sweet Chrome, worth $14.00

I really like this color. It's a very me color. I love any sort of silver eye makeup. This product can be used as an eyeshadow, a base for eyeshadow, or even an eyeliner. It's a color that will definitely be worn. Silver eyeliner was always my thing, especially in college, and post-college before I got a real job, although sometimes I still wear silver eyeliner to teach, and nobody's said anything yet :x Silver is my favorite color.

This is it swatched on my hand with no sort of primer or anything.

A Bella Donna Liquid Eye Pencil in Black, worth $25.00.

I really like the point of this eyeliner, it's very sharp and precise and I could get it very thin on my hand when I swatched it. I've never heard of this brand, and liquid eyeliner is something I'm not at all that familiar with, I tend to prefer pencil eyeliner, but a black eyeliner is always welcome in my collection.

Golden Rose Mascara in Perfect Lash Mascara Blue, worth $10.99. 

It's very blue. I don't think I've worn colored mascara since high school days, and that before the millennium. I love Golden Rose as a brand. Their black eyeliner that I got in my first ever wantable box back in December is my go-to mascara. I'll be very curious to try this, and see how it looks. I have very blue eyes, so it might be interesting to see.

Overall, I love this box. I got 3 eye products, 1 nailpolish, and a tool. Those are definitely the types of things I want to see in my monthly boxes, especially eye products, I love me some products.

The overall value for my box was: $78.81

That's a hell of a lot more than I paid.

I was very pleased with my product selection this month. I thought Wantable did a great job. I highly recommend them. Again, they're on the upper price spectrum of subscription boxes, but I think they're definitely worth it, for the very personal selection of products designed for you, to their full-size products that they send.

So check Wantable out, if you're so inclined.

Wantable: January

Wantable is one of my more expensive subscription boxes. You pay $36.00 per month [$45.00 for a one-time deal], and get a box of 5 full-size beauty products [and usually one free sample] that are hand-picked by you based on your answers to a very specific quiz that they have you to take, where you really can specify your loves/likes/dislikes.

You always get products you love, you occasionally get a product you like [although this month, I got two of my likes], and never get a product you hate.

 Mine looks like this: I LOVE medium, eyeliner, nail polish, lash product, eye shadows, and tools. I LIKE lip color and complexion products. I DISLIKE brows, blush, highlighter, and bronzer.

The test is very specific towards the products you love too. For example, if you only like bright colored and glitter nail polish, you can specify that, if you only want crazy eyeliner colors, you can specify that. Based on your answers and preferences, your products are handpicked for you, every month.

It is more expensive than the other boxes I get, but it's definitely tailored towards what I like and not as much of a gamble as other boxes are.

Wantable doesn't just do makeup. They also have an intimates subscription that has underwear, as well as lounge wear, and I've heard good things about it. They also have an accessory box. I just get their makeup box though.

They have super speedy shipping, your box gets to you in two days.  They also have amazing customer service. They charged me twice for my January box, and before I even noticed the double-charge, they had emailed me, apologizing for it, canceled the charge, and crediting me ten dollars on my next box. 

So, as aforementioned, Wantable is a little more pricey than some subscription boxes, but definitely worth it for their personalization and customer service.

Onto the Box:

It managed to get to me, even in the great Texas ice storm that canceled every single school district around me, and caused over thirty highway accidents. It's also small enough that it managed to fit into my tiny apartment mailbox along with the latest Tee Fury  that I had ordered.  I like it when boxes fit into my mailbox because then I don't need to go into the office, where they have that tempting coffee machine that makes delicious steamers, to claim my package.

This is the inside of the box. For the record, this is my second Wantable box.

All the products in the box are protected by layers and layers of gray foam.

This was the box under the foam.

Rainbow Honey nailpolish in Hanami, worth $10.00. "Hanami is a beautiful blend of rose, pink, white, and iridescent glitters in a sheer and shimmery pink base." It's a really pretty pink color, and I've heard good things about Rainbow Honey, in general, so I look forward to it's tenure on my nails.

A Michael Marcus Prime Foundation Brush, worth $20.00. I don't really wear foundation, I don't like the feel of it on my face, and I don't ever find a color that blends well enough with my skin, so this sort of tool is rather meh, for me. One of my more make-up savy friends may be inheriting it.

Or, if I knew that people read my blog, maybe I'd do a give-away, I have all sorts of double Julep nailpolishes, and some other stuff like this, that just sit in a pile, and it'd be fun to do a give-away with them, I just don't know if I have any readers, who would be interested, in such a thing.

FACE Stockholm Pot Gloss Grand, worth $19.00

I got a FACE Stockholm pot, last month, in a different color. I really like their lip pots. They go on very sheer with a nice shimmer, and they don't feel that heavy on my lips. This color is slightly darker than the color that I got last month, but it goes on generally the same. They're nude enough that they just give a hint of color, which is nice.

Beauty for Real, True Color Lip Cream Barely There, worth $22.00

The second lip product that I got this month. Lip Products are a like for me, so I'm sort of surprised that I got two of them. I would have preferred a mascara or eye shadow instead of two lip products, but whatever.

It looks very pink, and very shimmery when I did a swatch of it on my hand. I haven't tried it on my lips yet, so I'm not sure if it blends in well on my lips, so it is barely there, or it will give my lips color.  I'm meh about it, but it has nothing to do with the product, itself, I'm just not much of a lip person.

However, I do think it's nifty that it comes with a mirror on the side of the product, so you can check out, how it looks, on the go, and anywhere.

Be a Bombshell Eyeliner Teal, worth $14.00. 

I'm intrigued by the pen-like tip of this eyeliner, when I did a swatch on my hand, it had a really nice fine tip, and I think it will be a really nice product to apply on my eyes, and I also love the color, it reminds me of the color pens I used to write notes to my best friend in high school with, we were all about crazy colored pens in teal and pink and purple.

I also really like any sort of blue color eye product because I feel like it brings out my eye color, which is blue-gray. I also like bright colors.

A sample of Sorme Treat & Tint in Light Honey. It's a "multi-purpose skin perfecting BB Cream with the power of argan oil concentrate and SPF 30. BB cream provides instant luminosity, even tone, smoothness, and hydration of the skin."

Wantable usually sends a free sample with every box.

So, I paid $36.00 for my box, and received $85.00 worth of makeup, which is definitely double what I paid, initially.

I'm mostly satisfied with this box. I'm sort of meh at the two lip products, but I wouldn't say I was angry or anything. Wantable also has a great return policy, if you don't like things, you can send them back, no questions asked.  I don't feel a need to do that though, even with the two lip products.

But, as I've said before, if you have some money to spare, and want a very personable box full of makeup, definitely check out Wantable.