A C.

Ipsy, you've lost me to Birchbox. I wish you well to keep hanging onto those pre-teens you cater to. As a customer for almost a year and half, once in a while you'd get a nice looking bag. I understand they must be cheap in quality to fit them in for under $10 a month, but my god are they horrible and oh, so ugly. No correlation with seasons or trends. I felt like the designers in charge were just throwing crap at a wall and hoping something stuck. I always received a wide variety of makeup and 5 burnt brown lipsticks... which seemed to be the only trend they got right even as a fair skinned person I'm still trying to find someone to give them to. I'm running out of uses for ugly mini-cosmetic bags. :/ Ultimately, the point system lost me. You could only use them when they had product in stock, which I felt was wrong. A customer wants to cash in their points when they want to cash in their points! They shouldn't be punished because the company doesn't supply enough rewards to go around or you're forced to check Ipsy everyday to see if its restocked before everything sells out again by the end of the day. Completely ridiculous. And the social media bombardment... ugh. No Ipsy, I do not want you connected to every aspect of my online life. You may think you are entitled to it by your founder but you are sadly mistaken. Hello Birchbox, more chic boxes and contents, more box options, points are usable whenever, and no social media harassment; in love already.

I'm shocked to see so many complaints against them. I adore Zulily! I check it once a day, I'm so addicted to it. Unlike a lot of these unhappy folks, I have been one of the lucky ones and always received my items that I ordered. Sure, it's not shipped instantly (practice a lil patience) & returns are nonexistent because they don't stock a warehouse like a typical store, which allows them to keep the prices low. Once, an item was behind schedule and they sent a nice email updating its status, but my package was still sent to me. Over the course of about ten orders from Zulily, they have always been great, nothing broken, sizing accurate to their provided charts, condensed shipments. No complaints here. And no, I'm not affiliated with them, just a happy customer. :)