Nerdy Girl in a Beauty World: New Subscription! (Top Box)

I've been looking around for a while, trying to decide which subscription service I should get next and I thought I'd give Top Box a go. I was on the waiting list since March I think? I was pretty excited to try it out, because it looked like they sent out good sized sample items and had a good selection of brands. Another thing that appealed to me was the fact that this is a subscription service made for Canadians! They started up in 2011 and are located here in Toronto, which I was excited about, because some of the other services out there (like Birch Box and Glossy Box just to name a few.. [although Glossy Box had a Canadian service, they don't any longer.]) don't ship to Canada and this is exclusively for Canada. It's unfortunate that there aren't more beauty services and things available for Canadians, I've been here for just over 7 years and I've noticed how many things that we have back in the states are not available up here.. Also makeup is so much more expensive... Anyway I received my first box today and while I love the concept and the packaging, I was less than impressed with the items I was given. I paid $12 CAD plus tax for this subscription, (which you only get 4 samples) and I pay about $14 or so for Ipsy (I usually always get 5 decent sized items) and the difference feels like night and day. Top Box claims to give "deluxe" sample sizes, but I hardly feel a 3 ml sun screen that looks half empty is a deluxe sample. I'm going to give Top Box another month and after that we'll see where I go from there. I am interested in the limited edition boxes they offer, I may buy one of them (they go for about $40 each) and make a post about it at a later date. We'll see...

Here's what I got this month: