Sephora Play (actually named Play! by Sephora) contains five sample sized products, per their website.  Products include makeup, haircare, perfumes, skincare and other beauty products.  The subscription is $10 per month.

Time to stop yacking and start unboxing!

Overall Box Impressions: This is my first month receiving this box. General consensus is brands are higher end (i.e. the Sunday Riley and Drunk Elephant) but the sample sizes are small. You do receive an extra sample that is frequently a foil pouch. My favorite item I received this month is the Belif Aqua Bomb.

Bite Beauty Matte Creme Lip Crayon

Was this one of the 2018 birthday gifts at Sephora? I love love Bite Beauty products in general and I like the lip crayons but the smell of this crayon is straight up offensive to my nose.

This crayon is in the color Glace. Pretty color and it does go on super smooth. I haven’t worn it on the lips yet so will have to update later after a wear test.

Belif Aqua Bomb Sleeping Mask

I am pretty excited about this as I sometimes need an overnight moisturizer. However, I wish the sample was large enough to get even two applications out of it. This is like a one application and done sample size, which I understand is typical of Sephora Play samples.

Sunday Riley Good Genes All-in-One Lactic Acid Treatment

I need to use exfoliaters a couple times per week so this is a great product for me. And Sunday Riley is a great brand that I wouldn’t otherwise have the opportunity to try out. The tube is about half full so I think I can get two, maybe three, applications out of this sample.

BeautyBlender blendercleanser solid pro

So it took me a minute to figure this out. It’s basically a bar of soap to run your already-wet sponge or brush across. So cool! I cleaned my brushes earlier this month but I do need to clean my sponges so I’m going to give this a try.

Drunk Elephant Lala Retro Whipped Cream

This Lala Retro Whipped Creme from Drunk Elephant seems to be a pretty common inclusion in subscription boxes. But, similar to Sunday Riley, its a brand I wouldn’t otherwise be able to try. I actually really want to try the TLC Framboos Serum but haven’t seen any samples of that yet.

 Marajo Nourishing Cleansing Creme & Deep Treatment Butter

It appears this was the “extra” sample for the month. I don’t like receiving shampoo/conditioner in subscription boxes for two reasons. One, I have thick, long hair so a foil pouch is not always enough for one hair wash, and never two. Two, they don’t match the type to your hair, even if covered in the profile. Case in point – I have color treated hair and therefore only use sulfate-free shampoo and conditioner. I have looked at the packaging and the website for this line from Marajo and cannot find anything that states this product is or isn’t sulfate free. Bah!