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Fancy Mystery Box
Cost: $17.95 (one time purchase) ($10 + $7.95 shipping).
Ships To: Worldwide. Additional shipping costs apply to shipments outside of the US.
I enjoyed my first round of Fancy Mystery Boxes (you can check out those reviews here and here) so much that I just couldn’t resist and needed to order another one. So I ordered a Women’s Mystery Box on Wednesday and what do you know, it appeared today!
If you aren’t familiar with Fancy, they offer a regular monthly Fancy Box full of cool goodies or celebrity curated boxes which include a collection of the coolest products hand-picked by Jennifer Love Hewitt, Verbal, Kelly Rowland, Coco Rocha and / or Tyler Florence. They also offer a Fancy Food Box (which is one of my favorites). This Mystery Box, however, was only $10 (plus shipping) and promised to contain $30+ retail value worth of goods.
Fancy Box ships via FedEx Home and always always takes two days to arrive to me. I ordered early in the afternoon on Wednesday, it shipped Wednesday night and was on my porch before noon today. I love that!
This box seems a tad big for everything in it no? LOL! As soon as I opened it, I knew exactly what everything in here was. It seems to be the Mystery Box lots of people have gotten so I wasn’t too surprised to see it. Here is what was included:
~Fancy Notebook Set ($12): I received these back in September in a Fancy Box and use them all the time to jot notes, reminders, travel plans, etc. Nothing overly exciting, but I they will totally get used.
~LAEX Card Holder ($27): I received one of these back in August and it’s kind of a good little holder to throw in your beach bag or whatever. This one says “Be Foolish” on it, but you can’t really see it which unless you look super close, which I am happy about!
~Work Hard Stay Humble Decal ($20): Meh. I had seen this in other people’s boxes and had hoped it didn’t come in mine. But here it is. It’s not that I am anti wall decals, but I don’t think this is really my style.
~China Glaze Polish (Platinum Silver) ($7.50): I thought I had received this color in the past, but it appears I never have. I can always use more nail polish (BAHAHA), so this is a win.
All totaled I came up with a value of $66.50 for the Women’s Fancy Mystery Box. I paid $17.95 ($10 + $7.95 shipping) and I’m not totally disappointed, but I am not OMGINLOVE like I was with the last one I received either. If these are still available in a week or so I may pick up another one to see if I get any different goodies!
Did you get a Fancy Mystery Box? What’d you get in yours? This seems to be the most common box variation, but I have also seen iPad holders, Nest candles, games, books, aftershave, sunglasses, bath salts, candy, waterproof speaker, clear envelope purse and more. If you are interested in buying one your are in luck because they are still available!! Just go here and search for “Mystery” and you will see them. And don’t forget to use the code “FOLLOWUP10” to save 10% off your order (some people are saying they can’t get this code to work, but I tested it and it’s working okay for me so report back).
This is the box I got. I was very disappointed in it after seeing the wonderful box you got the first time around. I ended up giving most of it to my baby sitter, though, and it made her very happy.
They must have a ton of those decals in the warehouse!
I bet when they sold out so fast, someone thought “Hey! We can get rid of those card holders and wall decals now. Let’s get on this.” Strange that I’ve seen so many that are just like this. I’m waiting for my daughters to get their boxes – they ordered them the same day as I did – to see if anything is different. If not, so much for mystery. 🙂
They seriously must have a million of those decals in the warehouse!
Oh boo! I ended up ordering one after seeing your first review but the weird thing is that I ordered it on 3/26 & it still hasn’t shipped..although, I’m sure I’ll get this same one, a girl can hope they’re waiting to ship mine to add something really great!
Ohh, I wonder why. Maybe they are hunting high and low for some good stuff for you!
Shipping information!! I got a notification yesterday and it should arrive Wednesday! Will report back when I receive my wall decal 😉
I ordered Wednesday after seeing your first post about the mystery box. I thought it was a great box so I ordered one. Mine hasn’t shipped yet either. Good to know I’m not the only one. I started thinking there was a problem 🙁
I know someone else who ordered right away (before they sold out the first time) that hasn’t gotten a shipping notification yet either. Report back on what you get!
I ordered mine on the 26th too and still no shipping notification. Maybe they are scrambling because they ran out of the wall decals and china glaze polish.
That’s probably even better! I wonder what you will get??
I ordered one after seeing thefirst review. That was the 26th, and there has been no shipping notification. After looking at the other comments, I’m glad I’m not the only one that still has not received anything. Not too jazzed about what I see in the second review box…we shall see though if it ever shows up.
Please report back on what you get!
I will…should it ever show up. Lol I live in the midwest, so I would think it wouldn’t take that long for it to arrive. I’m not the patient type though. 😉
Got my box today…the same as this box. Boo! Lol I was hoping that there would he some different items…at least one item since it took so long to arrive. Meh! Lesson learned (obviously I didn’t learn after my jewelmint mystery box…omg it was baaaaad!). I won’t be ordering anymore mystery boxes.
I take it back..it’s not the same as yours. Lol I did not get the wallet or notebooks. I got a head massager and some and gin & tonic bath salts…I don’t think I will use anything in this box.
Coupon code didn’t work for me. Maybe you have to be an existing customer?
Maybe?? That makes sense!
I just received the same box and I have to admit that I really like it. We have a small construction company and my husband can totally use the wall decal in the office. He will love the notebooks too. The card holder is ugly but is perfect for holding all my dave & busters game cards taking up space in my wallet 🙂
That’s a cute idea for the decal! It would fit great there!
Got this one, too. Very meh. The decal ripped as I was removing it from the paper, too.
They are hard to do!
Do you mind telling me your box weight on this one? I am trying to figure out what will be in mine! LOL
It was 2.1. But it felt lighter.
This is the exact same box that I received. It’s the first time I ordered from Fancy and I thought the box was ok, not great. I also ordered a man’s mystery box and was totally disappointed with it.
What was in the men’s?
Wow I really hope this isn’t the box I get. That is extremely disappointing. Honestly, I’ve never had much luck with Fancy boxes. I had a heck of a time too with their customer service when they sent me the wrong shirt size. I really should just stop ordering from them lol.
I had a confusing issue about being double charged once. It was a pain to fix but it all worked out!
I am not an existing customer and the coupon worked for me yesterday. Thanks for the code! Now let’s see what I get in the box…
Report back!
I ordered one women’s box and one mens box on the 26th after reading your first review. Then the “other” reviews starting rolling in. Haha. I live in NY and despite never receiving a shipping notice, my boxes just arrived. On fancy.com it still says my order is pending. It was delivered by FedEx. I got a green box and a blue one and I swear I only wanted to open mine and not my hubby’s as he is not home at the moment. I picked green and it was mens hehe. So I got to cheat. His box was typical. It contained the decal (of course), the quirky cordies, a tiny one time use aftershave, and the bamboo paper straws. I am actually happy about the straws! We have a basement bar and I have really been wanting to throw a luau. My hubby is a marine and we were stationed in NY last summer. The parties we usually have revolve around playing pool and darts. A luau would be more fun for me and now we have straws so it is time – right? Hehe. Now on to my box. SHOCKING- I got the wall decal!! Of course I was not surprised. I also got the nail polish, the head massager, and the bath salts. This is the worst smelling product I have ever smelled! Maybe once in water they smell better? I make my own soap, shampoo, and masks so I have a great stock of pure essential oils so I will be trying to add oil to change the fragrance. Here’s to hoping.
Just tried the polish and I love it! It is so shiny and dried so fast. I have sooo many polishes, but no china glaze and I am happy with its performance.
I do like China Glaze!
Totally not your fault you had to open both!!!
Now I want to smell that. Although I am scared!
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Good luck!
Thanks please share it.
I also got mine today and was in the “disappointed” faction. Got the decal (seriously who wanted this and how is it listing at $20, I wouldn’t pay $2), the nail polish in silver, a head scratcher, and the stinkiest gin tonic bath salts. Very sad but that’s what a mystery box is 50/50 shot of being happy or not. Thanks though as it was a surprise to try it and I was curious.
Maybe if I had a funky office it would work??
This is the same box I got and I have another one on the way.. hoping it’s not a duplicate
Did you order on separate days?
This is also the box I got, and I passed on the decal to my realtor, my daughter loves the polish and I am stoked about the notebooks. So I guess everybody wins in this one for us.
That’s good! Something for everyone!
LOL uh oh… I have two women’s boxes coming to me and I ordered them on separate days (though one hasn’t shipped yet)… I just hope I don’t two dupe boxes at this point. XD I’ll definitely post a comment somewhere on one of your entries when mine comes to let you know what I get!
Yes please report back!!
I got the same box and I am really upset. A bunch of crap I won’t even use. Bleh. Guess that’s part of being a mystery box. I was really really hoping for the Ciate nail polish, so if you decide you want to sell it *wink wink* let me know. lol. Or anyone else that has an extra one for that matter.
I punched them all open. One of the polishes exploded (broke?) and my husband could smell it and was like what is that? I of course had no clue it even smelled but turns out he was right. The rest were okay.
We ordered 1 Mens and 1 Womens box. They arrived today and we got the loser boxes. I must say I was hoping to get those notebooks – they are cute/clever. We got the wall decals in both boxes .. meh. In the Women’s box I got bath salts (we only have showers so no luck there), nail polish and a head massager. The Men’s box had a sample of aftershave, a box of bamboo straws (like hundred of them) and a cord keeper. I’m most excited about the filler paper for the boxes which are like paper tubes – like 6 of them – I have 2 hedgehogs and I think they’ll love these – and I can toss them when they dirty them up.
I should save you all those paper tubes I get!
I just ordered three more. lol I hope I don’t get no repeats.
LOL!!
Huh, this is a cool concept, I’ve never really heard of fancy up until now.
Those notebooks are kinda the best thing in you box, they look really awesome, though that nail polish seems kinda super great, too.
I don’t know, I see some of the people in the comments say they were not happy with their boxes, but I still think it’s worth the risk. I’ll totally get one for myself!
This one is a true Mystery Box! I really want to get another to see what I’d get!
I got my Women’s box today (still have three more headed to me) and this is exactly what I got. I really hope I get no duplicates but I see on one of your comments some got the decal in both boxes. 🙁
I liked the box since I don’t get Fancy it was all new to me. The decal does not really go with my house decor but I will find someone who loves it.
I really wish they were all more of a mixture. If I knew I would get all different stuff if I ordered again, I would do it in a second!
Man, the first boxes I ordered haven’t shown up and you reordered Wednesday and got another? Sigh. Maybe it’s because I’m all the way out her in California? I admit, I’m not looking forward to either of the boxes (men and womens) now that I’ve seen what most folks got. I’m wondering if they paid attention to the “bloggers” who post about these things and sent them the “good” boxes to get all us suckers out there to buy the boxes they put the loser stuff in?
I always get my Fancy boxes so quickly!! It only takes them 2 days once they ship from the east coast. Did you order before they sold out that first time? Those boxes have seemed to be better!
Man, I hope I do not get this box. What a difference between the first one and this! This seems to be the one floating around more than anything, bummer city!
And lucky that you got yours so quick! I live in California, I ordered that first day you posted them and it just shipped, it’s not scheduled to arrive until 4/1. I wonder if the timing has anything to do with it. Like if you got your box before they briefly sold out (i did not), they were the better boxes. They might have realized how popular they were and scrambled to get overstock items in the others after they went back up for sale. We shall see, fingers crossed! It’s not like $17.95 is a lot of money, but it’s more than half the cost of one of those fancy food boxes, which I’ve always wanted, but never sprung for!
I wonder that too! The ones ordered before they sold out really do seem to be more of a mixed bag of goodies than like this one.
I think that is exactly the lesson here, just got my box and got the silver china glaze, bath salts, decal and head scratcher. When a box sells out, and then comes back, it would probably be wise to be wary from here on out. Oh well. You win some…
I ordered another one…..
I ordered two boxes. A women’s and a men’s. I got the lame wall decal and the head massager thing (I now have three because I already had one prior to this) in both boxes. The women’s Box I got was the exact box that most got with the bath salts and silver china glaze nail polish. The men’s had a tiny sample of after shave (my husband has a beard lol) and this water proof pouch to put your phone in to listen to music at the pool or beach. Overall pretty lame but for $10 each it’s a fun gamble to see what you could get. The first mystery box you got was pretty amazing though!!
I have that pouch. I like that!
I got the same exact box as you – i was hoping for something better like your first box but I will use everything in it except the decal.
We all need to get together and find a use for those decals.
I ordered both the women’s and men’s box. I really hope I don’t get that decal since I don’t have an office and wouldn’t know what to do with it. I guess it’s possible that my bf might like it though. Oddly enough, I think I have that nail polish already–and I feel like I don’t have nearly enough polish for that to happen, lol! I do like the notebooks, though, so at least I’d be happy about those if I do end up getting this box.
I actually couldn’t believe I didn’t have that polish yet. I know I have a similar color, but that this exact one!
I got the same box! Was really hoping to get those Ciate nail polishes, but the notebooks are cute. I’ll probably use the silver polish, but have no interest in the decal or plastic card holder. Would have loved the Nest candle! Tempted to order another one, but afraid it might be even worse.
Seriously they could have put the Nest candle in a box for me and called it a day.
OMG I ordered FOUR boxes earlier this week and I will crushed if I get loser boxes!
Fingers crossed!
I got this exact same box. I was hoping to get one like your last one, but oh well.
;(
You got the decal!! I was so going to send it to you if you didn’t! 😉
Ha!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Oh I actually love that wall decal! I think it’d be perfect for my office. I was really hoping to get the same box you first got (so amazing!) but I got this: http://anothermomanotherblog13.blogspot.com/2014/03/fancy-mystery-box.html
I wasn’t unhappy but it also wasn’t nail polish. 😉
Oh I like yours!!! Those cupcake papers are cute and that candle is awesome.
I’m thinking of cutting up my decal and rearranging it to say ‘Work humble, stay harder’
LOL!!!
I’m sorry that you got the loser box on your second round. I believe that they inflated the value of some of the items in your box. $27 for latex card holder? $20 for a cheap looking decal?!! I think that I would use the notebooks, but I would never have paid $12 for them. The only thing that I’m sure that I would use is the nail polish which is reasonably priced. But on the bright side (for you) is that you got you box in two days! I ordered mine on March 22 after I saw your post. It was shipped on the 26th where it rested in MA for until the next day, when it traveled to CT and spent the day there. It then took a leisurely trip to GA where it still resides. I live in FL so it will probably want to visit the beach before it gets here. I really wish that they had shipped it through the post office. I would have paid little or no postage to pay and their shipping only takes 3-5 days. I’m not usually this pessimistic so I’m expecting to get a box comparable to your first one instead of spending $17 for an inexpensive bottle of polish and a couple of notebooks that I would have paid $2 for at dollar tree. Yeah, I know that they wouldn’t be as fancy, but it’s the truth. Please note that this comment is meant to be satirical, although the dates are accurate. 🙂
LOL! I always get things so fast from Fancy! I can’t wait to see what you get! I got the decal value from Fancy (since it’s fancy branded there is no where else to buy it) and the card holder is directly from the vendors website. I didn’t see it anywhere else! Fancy doesn’t include any cards with prices on them or anything!
Good news! My box left GA about 30 minutes ago! Maybe Monday? I would say tomorrow, but I don’t want to get my hopes up. If it wants to see the beach, it better go before it reaches me because unless it contains sunblock, it doesn’t stand a chance!
Fingers crossed it comes today!
This was the exact box I got. I like it, but I don’t love it. I’ll use all of the items. I did order a 2nd box after I received my 1st one. Here’s hoping I don’t get the exact same stuff 2nd time around!
If I could guarantee I wouldn’t get the same, I would order another. Heck I might anyway?..
I ordered mine wed. afternoon. I received a order confirmation but nothing about shipping yet… maybe ill get something different since they are taking SO LONG to ship it, I hope so because I cant use nail polish 🙁
I hope you get something awesome!
I just got mine today and it was the exact same as this one. I ordered mine after you originally posted the sale and was super excited after I saw your first review. I think this is pretty lackluster for me. The nail polish isn’t a color in will probably wear and I don’t like the card holder. I will probably pass those on like you do when you don’t like an item. (I may save them for Christmas!) I think I’m going to attempt to use the decal since I’m probably going to move in the next six months and don’t love it enough to be sad if I can’t take it with. The journals are cute though and I’m sure I can find something to use them for!
I wonder how many variations they were??
Just got my mystery box and this is exactly what I got! Of course wish I had got the variation you got in your first one, but it’s probably because I ordered after they sold out and restocked! I will probably use everything but the decal, so not a total miss or anything!
Ahhh, figures! I may or may not have just ordered another?.
Thanks for posting about this deal! I received my box yesterday and received:
*The Fancy Wayfarer sunglasses
*Aqua Speaker Pouch
*Fluorescent Black Light Lipstick in Violet
In total, $60 worth of stuff. I love it and will probably use everything.
Yay! I ordered a 3rd one and can’t wait to get it!
I wonder if that is what box I’m getting, mine shipped today and it is 1.7lb. 🙂
I got the box pictured – really disappointed. I’m sure I’d love what you got so much more – the sunglasses alone would make it worthwhile.
If you don’t want the wall decal, I’ll gladly buy it from you! I’ve been looking for something similar for our office!
OMG it’s yours! I will FB you.
that would be awesome!
I got this box today. I might just return it and cut my losses. I just can’t really see myself needing two more journals, that card holder and I’m not entirely sure about that nail polish. And obvi, I don’t need/want that “Work hard, stay humble”… I’m a nurse, both of those things are a given.
;(. I ordered a third mystery box the other day. I am such a sucker.
I got this box the first time, and ordered a second in hopes of something different. It was kind of a weird box…it came in a shipping envelope, not a fancy box. But it was sweet!
I got this Isaac Jacobs neon frame – $15
This exclusive Fancy polish set with cuticle balm – $21
This music branches headphone splitter that comes with a key chain – $11
And the only crappy item in the box…Bib + Tuck chapstick – $??
But I’ll use all of it, so I was really happy with this second box! Glad I bought another 😀
Ohh, that’s a fun one!!!!! I have another coming tomorrow. I can’t wait!
I ordered a Men’s and Women’s box on March 27th, and they just shipped today. Hopefully I’ll have them by the end of the week. I was all excited for a minute when I saw that the weight was 1.9 lbs…but then I realized it was for both boxes together! I’m hoping that since there was almost a week between when I ordered and when it shipped that it will be different than the other ones I’ve seen. Fingers crossed!
Ohhh, Report back for sure.
wow! and mine is 3lb for one box O.O
(went down from 3.5lb)
and it was reweighed by fedex!! 😮
I wonder what it is!! Report back!
it was, a rock glass, flim camera, usb hub and a book shelf holder.
So, I ordered the Large $40 Women’s Mystery Box for my birthday. I am so curious as to what I receive!
Report back!!