New Subscription Box in Town ft. Happy Hamper - August 2017 Edition
Saturday, August 12, 2017
Hola Peeps 😃
Lately, the
number of subscription boxes available within the Indian market has increased.
Every other person seems to be curating & launching their set of
subscription bags/plans. At the same time, a lot of the amateurs have taken
it onto themselves to dispatch certain products that are from no brand, or they
begin with in-house production and claim about founding out a completely new
brand! Yes, such things happen. Even fake lipstick; mind that! And when the
blogger community puts them to light, every sort of lame excuses are catered.
But thankfully, I saved my bucks & invested upon Happy Hamper only after seeing good reviews of it. Also, their team
is kind enough to acknowledge and accept any constructive
criticism/suggestions.
Happy Hamper did provide a makeup product last
month, if I’m not wrong; but I felt that, this month a lot of the known brands have
been bought on board. And since you guys know my love for trying out new
products & brands, and so many options to choose from among several subscription boxes helps in suffusing that intent. So
much so that I’ve never invested upon more than one month subscription for any
Subscription Box! 😅 Anyways, let’s begin with what I got in my August Happy Hamper Box!
Theme of the Month: The theme of this month is ‘Take
Care’ which is perhaps why every product is from skin or hair care range.
Price: INR 699 (Free Shipping)
Buy Yours From: HERE
Packaging:
The courier
arrived to me within several layers of packaging for extra safety. Once the
plastic courier layer was dissected, I could detect an ordinary brown box which
thankfully wasn’t our Happy Hamper Box! Inside it was the much awaited box, safeguarded in bubble wrap. Now, who would want their products ruined within the
transit? Definitely NONE! To find multiple layers of packaging, I was struck at
how much thought has been devoted by Happy Hamper team before the parcel
is shipped. And this is not it; the box consisted of paper shavings & each
product also had its plastic film tightly wrapped around. The actual Happy
Hamper box has red and cream colour scheme going around and I’m definitely
gonna re-use it as an accessory storage box.
Inside Happy Hamper Box:
▶A 10%
Discount Coupon Code which is to be used for the next purchase.
▶Stack of
cards which introduce each product that has been included within the Happy
Hamper Box.
▶All products
with a Bonus Free Gift!
Delivered In: I ordered mine on 6th
August, 2017 which was a Sunday & received it on 10th August,
2017 (Thursday). In total, the courier was here within 4 days (or 3 working
days). Within subscription boxes, I detest it when they take almost half of the
month for the product to be delivered onto my door. Infact, in some cases of Subscription boxes, I’ve heard so
many people being annoyed as it took 20 days for them to drop the courier at their doorstep!
Products Received:
Iraa Insta-Sheen Conditioning Hair
Mist (Rs. 265 for 100 ml) – Since I have thin and straight hair, my major concern was if it would
weigh down my hair and decrease its volume, but thankfully it didn’t! The amount of hydration endowed
with this is pretty lightweight and not in abundance. But of course, it leaves
your hair smelling quite amazing.
The Nature’s Co. Corn Exfoliating
Face Pack (Rs. 695 for 50 ml) – To me initially it looked like a hydrating scrub but after
my first attempt with this, I simply love it! It makes the skin radiant and
with no excess sebum. I don’t know about others but for my oily skin, this
product is bae! Yet, can’t deny the fact that quantity provided by the brand is definitely less for
the price point.
Coffee Coco Butter Ylang Ylang Soap
(Rs. 210 for 125) –
I haven’t really tried it yet but once I received some soap in my GloBox and it
was really harsh, as in it had harsh scrubbing molecules. Let’s hope this one
has nothing of that sorts! But since it has coffee, I’m looking forward to its
fragrance within shower.
Pratha Fresh Rose Refreshing Bath Salt (Rs.
170 for 50 grams) –
Some time back, I was at some event & Fuschia had its bathing salt kept on
display which tempted me to try them out. But let me be honest, I’ve never tried a
bathing salt and the brand name too isn’t acquainted with me. Fragrance of this
one also is really amazing.
Herbal Fusion Shampoo (Rs. 250 for 50
ml) - Since it
claims to hydrate, I’m kinda sceptical with this one for my hair type.
My Experience:
When my
Happy Hamper reached me, I was pretty keen to un-box it; not that I wasn’t
aware about the products inside. Infact, instead of preferring a surprise, I
opt for knowing the products well in advance, only then do I book my order.
Well, that’s my way of judging if I really need that month’s box or I can
instead invest upon a makeup items I’ve been crushing over. Inside Happy Hamper,
the first thing detected was a Coupon Code for next purchase, providing me 10%
off. It also said my name which was handwritten. Apart from this, there’s a
stack of colourful informative cards which introduce you to the products. I
really appreciate the fact that the amount/MRP stated over these placards is
based upon the net worth of product that has been sent to us. Unlike some other
subscription boxes, say Fab Bag which provides you the price of full sized
product but a lot of the times they send merely samples & then you have to
sit and compute the value of bag monthly. Also, all the products within Happy
Hamper are full sized products instead of samples; except for the Ittar, value of which isn’t computed
within the box’s worth this month.
(Pratha Fresh Rose Refreshing Bath
Salt)
(Close up of Pratha Fresh Rose
Refreshing Bath Salt)
Initially I
assumed that Fuschia’s Herbal Fusion
Shampoo is a sample but it isn’t. On inquiring, I got to know that the product
size is by default set to this by the Brand (Fuschia). For the price point, I do feel it’s quite tiny &
would last three to four washes. Also, since I mentioned about Ittar, it’s actually a bonus product
incorporated within each box. Now, people who received the Hamper before Rakshabandhan got a freebie rakhi
whereas post the festival, people were sent this Mogra Ittar! Lastly, I’m pretty much happy with what all I received
but just one more thing; I wish The Nature’s Co. product provides a little more
quantity of the product for the price point. The packaging is fancy but the
content is what I shall be using.
(Texture of The Nature’s Co. Corn
Exfoliating Face Pack)
The products
have been customized; I mean I have an oily skin type so the Corn Exfoliating Face Pack was added but
I can’t say everything is completely based onto the information that was filled
in. I think for my hair type I wrote – Thin
& Straight Hair so I ditch Conditioning Mists but as long as it does
not weigh down my hair, I’m all pumped up to try it!
(Mogra
Ittar – Freebie Gift)
Value of Products: Rs. 1,590 +
Value of Happy Hamper: Rs. 699
Savings: Rs. 691/-
Rating – 4.5/5.0
Final Verdict:
4 comments
I hate it when some subscription boxes deliver late. Once I even unsubscribed and got refund. Good to know that this subscription delivers faster.
ReplyDeleteThis month's box is great ❤😻
ReplyDeleteI love all the brands included especially the nature's co
Awaiting the review of TNC face pack.
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