These are the affiliate brands promised on the LustHaveIt website, which I've received products from over the course of 5 months:
1Skin Solutions ; Davroe (x2) ; De Lorenzo ; emerginC ; Evo ; Glasshouse Fragrances ; Hawley ; I Nuovi ; Karpati DITO ; Kerastase ; Kosmea (x2) ; Lac/Taut ; Lancome (x2) ; LimeLily Cosmetics ; Lash Republic ; Lush ; Mirenesse ; Moxie ; Nude By Nature ; ROC ; Sasy N Savy ; Spa Fresh Blends ; True Solutions
These are the brands that I haven't received products from:
Bio Effect ; Burt's Bees ; Decleor ; Dermalogica ; I Love My Muff ; Laura Mercier ; MD Formulations ; Naked Tan ; Nougat London ; OPI ; Pure Fiji ; Urban Rituelle
I drew up some statistics, just as I did with my GlossyBox evaluation (I'm not sure why the tables are appearing as they do today, HTML can be such a mystery!):
| Standard of Product | ||
|---|---|---|
| Luxury | 2 | 10% |
| Top Shelf | 9 | 40% |
| Middle Shelf | 12 | 50% |
| Bottom Shelf | 2 | 10% |
| Bargain Bin | 0 | 0% |
Please bear in mind that everyone's opinion is different! My evaluation of a valuable product/brand name might be different from others. For interest's sake though, the two Luxury products were the Lancome Tresor perfume and Juicy Tube lip gloss.
This second table is based on the out-of-10 rating I gave to each box. Here is how it works:
* a product scored a 2 if I was very excited by it; and/or it was something I needed and will definitely use ; and/or it's a type of product I love (e.g. eyeshadow) and also a brand I had been wanting to try.
* a product scored a 1 if it was a product I hadn't really needed but will use ; and/or it was a brand I had been wanting to try but a product in that brand I wasn't particularly interested in (but will still probably use)
* a product scored 0 if it was a disappointing cheap-o brand ; and/or a product I definitely won't use.
Now, I didn't record the actual scores for each product at the time, so I'm sort of re-creating the score, but here we go:
| Wanted Factor | ||
|---|---|---|
| Scored High (2) | 13 | 50% |
| Scored Medium (1) | 9 | 40% |
| Scored Low (0) | 3 | 10% |
I used the above factors to give my box a rating out of 10. If I was particularly pleased with the box overall, I added 1, if there was anything that made me particularly disappointed overall, I subtracted 1. Here are the box ratings for the last 5 months, and the average rating overall:
| Overall Box Rating | |
|---|---|
| November 2011 | 7/10 |
| December 2011 | 6/10 |
| February 2012 | 8/10 |
| March 2012 | 9/10 |
| April 2012 | 7/10 |
| Average Rating: | 7.5/10 |
7.5 is quite a good average score. There was a bit of a blip when LustHaveIt decided not to send a box out in January, but overall I've been happy with them. So - LustHaveIt stays!
I think I'm going to start a monthly feature called 'Last Month's Beauty Boxes' (or something like that) because I like to look back at which products I actually used as well, and I think that'll help me evaluate the boxes too.
