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Nina Garcia Quarterly
Cost: $100/quarter
Ships To: United States.
Coupon Code: N/A
The new Nina Garcia Quarterly Co. is finally here! I believe it was supposed to ship in September, but it kept getting pushed back and finally ended up shipping in late November! I am calling the #NGQ04 the Fall / Winter box, because I am not exactly sure which it is.
If you aren’t familiar, Quarterly is a new way to connect with the people you follow and find interesting. Quarterly Co. offers subscription boxes (which are shipped on a quarterly basis) from well known curators which are filled with things they love. I opted for the Nina Garcia Quarterly Co. box as my first box from Quarterly. She’s the creative director at Marie Claire and I have really liked the picks from her previous boxes. Her box is $100/quarter and the next shipment is in February 2015. Prices vary for other curators, but generally range from $50 – $100/quarter.
Quarterly ships via FedEx Smart Post and took just four days to arrive to me. They ship out of Wisconsin and I am in Michigan, so it was nice and fast.
I was so anxious to see all of these items in person! We got the spoilers for this one on Friday and I just wasn’t sure about it.
The Nina Garcia Quarterly Co. box doesn’t include just a little information card. Rather, it’s a letter from Nina about why she selected the items she did, a little background on the items, etc. Here are her fall / winter picks for the #NGQ04 box:
~Progenius Nude Oil (15mL) ($39): I was very excited about this when I saw the spoiler because it’s something I have never tried before. I am currently using (and loving) the Lancer face cream that came in the PopSugar / NM box, but I could add this to the mix.
~deux lux Joplin Circle Messenger (Variations exist in the color of the bag sent) ($75): This bag is bigger than at first thought it would be so I am quite happy about that. I also don’t have a ton of brown bags, so that has me liking it too. The fringe? It’s not something I would pick out, but why not? I would have loved a sparkly party bag instead though! I was expecting lots of sparkles in this box and think a sparkly clutch would have been fabulous.
~BALLIN’ Hat by Brian Lichtenberg ($48): Well, at first I thought this was just a regular BALLIN’ hat and grabbed a price on it from Amazon, but it turns out it’s a designer BALLIN’ hat. It’s not me at all and I was wondering what on earth I would do with it, when my friend posted on my Instagram that she NEEDED it. I was like it’s yours! Perfect!
~The Laundress Sweater Comb ($18): Totally cool item and very useful. This is perfect winter pick and I am actually surprised it hasn’t appeared in a subscription box before now.
~RGB Nail Polish (Deep) ($18): I love this color and I have always like the formula ofRGB Nail Polishes. This is a perfect winter color and with a little gold glitter on the bottom (or top) of each nail and I think it will be amazing!
~Rue Gembon Earrings (Variations exist in the earrings sent) ($60): I can’t find the exact earrings I got, but they are really neat. The single diamond stud goes in the front and the four longer stones are actually part of the backing, so they are ear jackets. I like my variation better than the ones I saw in the spoiler, so I am happy. I guess these are the sparkle that was promised in the box?
~Pantone Coffee Mug (There are variations in the Pantone color received) ($16): I like coffee mugs of all sorts, so I like this. It’s unique and fun and I really like the color, so I’m cool with getting it. I wouldn’t have gotten it on my own, but I do like it!
All totaled I came up with a value of $274 for the #NGQ04 box. It’s well over the $100 cost of the box and while it’s probably my least favorite of her Quarterly boxes, I am keeping it. Quarterly does allow you to return boxes (which is awesome) and when I saw the spoilers I was thinking it would go back, but once I got it and checked it all out in person, I decided to keep it. I am quite pleased with the variations I got, but would have loved to see more of that promised sparkle in here.
Did you get the Nina Garcia Quarterly Co. box? What did you think and what variations did you get? Are you keeping it? This box is now sold out, but you can get signed up to get the #NGQ05 box here.
