Critical Hit or Critical Miss? Product Reviews of Skincare, Makeup, and Clothes

Kidbox - First Box review! Winter box 2018 (Review updated to reflect interaction with customer service and replacement item sent!)  Overall: 11  17 out of 20 - Very promising! A few glitches, but overall good value and great customer service. Will be ordering a New Year's Box to try this out again! I recently signed up through a referral code to try out Kidbox. I've researched a number of kid boxes and I was attracted to this one for a number of factors: #1 - No styling fee! Many boxes have a styling fee, and while those fees are refunded if you buy enough items, why take the risk? If a box offers personalization according to style notes, then I shouldn't be charged if nothing in the box is my style, right? #2 - Free shipping! Free returns! Free exchanges for size! This is huge for me. For some reason I really hate shipping fees, even if they make sense (I'm not paying gas money and don't have the hassle of traveling, after all, and it certainly costs the ...

When I think about buying a new product that is a little more than I would generally spend, I seek out reviews. However, I've found that many of the reviews I find only test a product in the short term rather than state how it works over time. Some say they would buy again, but not all. Many reviews fail to note key packaging details that may decrease efficiency or how long a product will keep. I'll be mostly rating skincare, makeup, and clothing items on a d20 scale. Products will be rated for quality, packaging, and value. Non one-use products will be rated for their effects over time, not just first time use. Any concerns with ingredients or side effects will also be noted. Quality: How well does the product meet it's claims? Can everyone expect similar results? Does the product degrade over time? Is quality consistent across the product? Value: Not just 'how cheap' the product is, but is what it does and the size it comes in worthy of the price tag it is retaili...