Mirenesse Beauty Box: October 2012

Last month I signed up as a VIP member of Mirenesse. I had been thinking about it for a while and decided to bite the bullet. 

It costs $25 a month to be a VIP member. This is the part that really made me "umm" and "ahhh" over joining up. Over a year it's quite expensive, but I had a good look over their website and realised I had a LONG wishlist of their products and knew that the $25 monthly fee would work out in the long term (I call it research for my blog!).

Some of the perks include...

You get a VIP discount (20%) on all products, even from their flash sales and clearance items. This is a huge draw card for signing up, since you can save a lot, especially on their specials. You can get some amazing specials in their flash sale. I've purchased a lipstick and nail polish pack for $10 (It was $15 for non members) and a gel liner and make up remover pack for $24.96, both items were full size. 

A $25 voucher sent to you after you've paid the monthly membership fee. The  downside is that you need to spend $65 or more to use the voucher. You have 2 months to use the voucher before it expires.

Every second month you get sent a beauty box. There is $1000 worth of products in the beauty boxes you receive over the year. 

Free shipping. This is probably one of the biggest incentive, as I HATE paying for shipping. Especially if you are only buying 1 product (from any website), the shipping can end up being a huge percentage of your final amount. As a non VIP you get free shipping if you spend over $99. If you spend over $250 (as a non VIP member) then there's a shipping fee due to the size and weight of the package. This is for both Australian and International orders.

Also whenever you make a purchase of $40 or more you pick 1 free gift, $60 or more and you can pick 2 free gifts, or $90 or more and you pick 3 free gifts. They change the free gifts every couple of weeks. They normally have 2 full size gifts, and 2 samples to choose from. In the last 2 months I've seen the free gifts range from full size eye shadows, lip glosses, blush and eyeliner. The skincare is normally sample or deluxe sample size. 

You also accrue beauty points with every purchase. For every dollar you spend you get 10 beauty points. Once you've reached 1000 beauty points, you get a $10 voucher to spend. 

Overall I thought it was a great program to be apart of. 

This week I received my first beauty box. I had absolutely no expectations because I couldn't see any posts from bloggers on what has been in previous boxes. I wasn't sure if it would be all samples like classic beauty boxes I'm subscribed to (like Bellabox or Lust Have It). 

When you first sign up to the VIP program, you fill out a little questionnaire that helps them to know your preferences. 

I was thrilled to see 3 full price items. 

The box was about "Burlesque Beauty" and what better colour than red screams burlesque.....nothing!!! 

In the box there was ...

Crystal Colour Drops Hydrating Mineral Powders
This was on my wishlist. I had seen this a few weeks ago wanted it. It contains a contour, highlighter and 2 blushes to contour and highlight the face. This is on sale at the moment for $38.37.

3D Forever Gloss in "Geisha"
I've used the 3D Forever Glosses before and they are fantastic. It's a beautiful glossy red. The colours are slightly sheer, so it's the perfect way of getting into a bold red lip, without being too much of an impact. A a VIP member this costs $31.96.

Bullet Proof Nail Laquer in "Burlesque Strip"
This was one of my wishlist products. I had seen their nail polishes on blogs and have heard they have great staying power. Most bloggers said they had at least 5 chip free days. The nail polish has a built in nail hardener for long lasting results. I'm quite rough on my hands (washing, cleaning and retail work really takes a toll on them) so I can't wait to see how well they stack up. As a VIP member this costs $23.96.

So the boxes value comes in at $94.29. So even if you don't use up your 2 $25 vouchers over the 2 months, the beauty box is still more than the monthly membership fee ($50 for the 2 months), for this month. I'm not sure if the boxes are always like this.

A great thing about Mirenesse is that

"All skincare products are alcohol, SLS, petrolatum free and use only hypoallergenic ingredients. All eye products are fragrance free, our skincare uses only organic certified essential aromatic oils and no parabens, alcohol or mineral oil, SLS is used."*

*Taken from their website

They also don't test on animals or use animal ingredients in their products.

Another great thing that I like about them is that they have an Australian post sticker on their boxes to say not to leave them out. This is great if you live in apartments or if your house/letterbox isn't secure. I'm not sure if they have an equivalent for overseas orders.

Let me know if you liked this post and want to see the December box. Hopefully this post helps anyone that was looking at signing up. I tried to research it, but there wasn't really too many in depth posts on the VIP club. 

Are you a fan of Mirenesse? Do you think they do amazing lip glosses too? Are you as against paying for shipping as I am? (I recently bought something online and a third of the cost was for shipping!! Uggghhh it sucks!). 

XO

Check out their website here.

PS Expect to see a lot of Mirenesse reviews soon ;)