Glossybox Harrods box

Recently social media beings and beauty box fans have been holding their collective breathe waiting for the arrival of the Harrods Glossybox.

Finally the wait for one excited blogger was over. (That would be me)

(Apologies Mr Postman, I promise, once those fingers heal up they will be as good as new)

Glossybox have been heralding the arrival of this box for quite a while now. It started with the mystery letters released daily that finally spelt the word KNIGHTSBRIDGE and soon followed with promises of "Luxury Cosmetics" and "Limited Editions"

People who had previously cancelled quickly signed back up to be able to receive the Harrods box and there were whispers everywhere about what was going to be in these special collaborative boxes.

Of course people expected great things from a Harrods collaboration. Who wouldn't?


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I was slightly disappointed that the box wasn't in the signature green and gold. But in the great scheme of things? Oh well. (Greater disappointment was soon to follow)


When you think Harrods, you instantly think luxury, high-end, rich and being spoilt by a fabulous shopping experience.

I didn't expect to lift the lid and my eyes be assaulted by cardboard samples.

This box isn't doesn't even whisper luxury to me at first glance.

It feels more like a collaboration with Debenhams or Boots than Harrods.

Here are the individual eye-offending cardboard based samples.

Lancome Hypnose Drama Mascara 2ml sample

When I think Lancome, I really don't think Harrods. This to me isn't high-end luxury make-up. This is Boots the chemist make-up and I feel slightly insulted that this was the luxury make-up piece that I received, when other boxes contain Burberry lipsticks

Valentina by Valentino perfume sample

It's nice, don't get me wrong. I like the perfume. but once again it is a product that is readily available and not exactly Harrods Finest,

Shu Uemera Cleansing Oil 4ml sachet.  A SACHET? A bloody sachet in a Harrods Box? If I was in charge of putting together a box which showcased the best or most interesting parts of Harrods Beauty hall there would not be a single part of me that would think a sachet of oil would make a great addition to the box.

So in my box of 6 products, 3 so far seem almost as if they could come free with a magazine.

The other three have to be better right?

Right?


                               

Clarins Extra Firming Body Cream 30ml

Clarins? Correct me if I am wrong but I seem to remember Clarins in a box not so long ago. Duplicating a brand from a previous month just doesn't make it special or Harrods-like to me. But if you ARE going to add Clarins, why not just make sure it gets sent to people who didn't get Clarins last time?

This is a product I have never heard of before, it is a Harrods exclusive SKII-Skin Signature anti-ageing moisturiser. 15ml

I am very interested in trying this out, but it is sad times when the jewel in the crown of a hyped-to-hell box is an anti-ageing moisturiser isn't it?

Molton Brown Vitalising Vitamin AB+C Bath and Shower Gel 50ml

It's not bad, it's just meh. its yet another showel gel, I'm not disgusted by it. I'm just not inspired either, I will probably just stick it in the cupboard until I run out of shower gel or keep it in my travel bag until I go away. I just don't feel the urge to rush to my shower and smother it allllllllllll over my body at all.




So overall the box isn't a BAD box. If I had recieved this box as a general March box then I am sure I would have been ok with it.

But once again Glossybox have just made more trouble for themselves than needs be by hyping the hell out of a box, leading to crushing disappointment for all concerned.

My box is NOT what I feel Harrods is all about. it doesn't bring to me a taste of what Harrods have to offer at all.

It is mediocre at best, there is also not ONE full size product this month, 3 of the items are not even worth the cardboard they are wrapped in. (Did I mention this has irked me slightly) and something else that has concerned me greatly is that every other box we have received has listed the price per full size product. and it is missing off the information this month, why is that?

I know that there are different versions of the Harrods box, I hear that there are Juicy Tubes, Mini Burberry Lipsticks, Ojon and YSL floating around in other peoples boxes. These brands I do feel give a greater representation of what I feel Harrods is about and maybe in the past I have been lucky whereas other people have had a lesser box but perhaps Glossybox need to think about just having the ONE standard box for everyone so that some people don't feel like other people got better products.

It would certainly result in less bad feedback for Glossybox.

So overall I was crushingly disappointed by this months Harrods box.



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Big Fashionista x x



One thing I must add is that Harrods actually responded to my tweet about my disappointment and were very keen to hear my opinion about what I had liked and disliked about the box. That level of fantastic social media awareness is completely unbeatable and went some way to making me feel like someone was listening to my complaint and my feedback was taken on board.