Customer Reviews

InStyle (6-month)

5 star:		(37)
4 star:		(9)
3 star:		(7)
2 star:		(5)
1 star:		(10)

 

 

Hello, first off, I'm a dad and I got this magazine to add to other subscriptions for my daughter as she went from the tweens to the teens to help introduce her to styles and products in the marketplace.

Oddly enough, I have benefited a lot being able to recommend many of the products advertised therein to her (we used a Neutrogena face wash this week that actually worked!) and to have some idea what to purchase as gifts for other family members, etcetera.

As clothes and cosmetics become more and more expensive it helps to be able to make an informed decision the first time you buy and I enjoy giving many of the products as gifts for birthdays, Christmas, and surprises.

The magazine portrays some glitz but really appears to be excellent in its articles, advice, and the products it advertises (editor: cigarette ads are the exception).

Having run the gauntlet of women's and girls magazines and read all of them that my daughter subscribed to growing up for content and to discuss ideas with her, I recommend this for women and teens.

Be sure to order from Amazon, as I had major problems trying to give a gift subscription from InStyle's website as their site placed the order when I did NOT complete the order process and billed my friend instead of me and instead of being a surprise it was a month of wasted time back and forth with e-mails cancelling subscriptions and all the while they stated that I should notify so-and-so if I was displeased, but so-and-so NEVER got back to me, what a total mess!

Be careful with auto-renewal option. Just received auto-renewal for 1 year at the rate of $29.95 ! NOT a good deal on 2nd year.

Not only is this magazine a fun read, but also informative. It gives great ideas on what to wear, what make-up or skin products are the best, the latest hot spots and fun places to go, and great ideas for gifts and parties. The interviews and articles are informative and fun, but my favorite section is when they let you in on a celebrity/prominent person's party or get together. They give you all the details as well as some recipes of items they serve so you could recreate it if you wanted to. I like it so much I actually bought the InStyle Party book! This is a great magazine!

Though not particularly interested in all the celebs that appear in In Style, I enjoy this magazine because it covers the fashion world pretty completely in every issue. It's a good resource for keeping up to date about such products as hair styling aids, shoes, perfume, makeup, etc. As in most fashion mags, some of the clothing featured is unwearable for ordinary women, but a good deal of what they show is stylish and practical. It also does a good job illustrating faux pas. I look forward to leafing through each new issue.

I ordered this subscription in mid December and still have not received my first issue. I would love to say I love the product though!

I am a fifty six year old former teacher who loves shopping. I have finally made the worst purchase in my ever. Instyle magazine has still yet to send me one single issue and my purchase was made on
October 15th of 2009. It is now January 10, 1010. This was a birthday gift for my daughter and I informed her that she would be recieving the magazine. I lied apparently. Instyle cannot manage to type a new customer's name and address into their circulation. Three months..seriously?...give me a break....I can have custom made draperies created and installed in less time. They even contacted me in response to my complaint at two months and said the January issue would be sent. They lied. My daughter will now graduate from college before the subscription is half over. What a useless endeavor. I will never ever purchase a magazine subscription from Amazon. If I had picked up a discarded insert or dealt with one of those annoying door to door sales people, I would have already recieved the magazine and a dozen mailings to renew and bill. Paying up front is apparently InStyle's license to ignore!!!!!! Amazon is no help....simply forwards my inquiries to InStyle ....both have the money and are uninterested in my concerns.

I bought my first issue of InStyle two years ago and its gone downhill imho. The article titles on the front typically have absolutely nothing to the article itself, like what to wear now does not explain what to wear now nor does it point you in any general direction. The only plus side to the magazine is that it features bargain prices on clothing every once in a while. The pairings of clothing they put together used to be great, very wearable for the daytime and for most people not in a fashion business. Now it seems as if they've tried to mimic the weirdness that you see in Lucky magazine.

Another plus is the makeup and hair section, they do a good job showing what the newest trends in makeup are with a wide range of prices and products. FYI skintones are also factored in.

I love InStyle! I saw a deal for 2 years for $26 so I signed up in September 2009. My order status said it would deliver by end of December. It never did so I checked again and it said my new delivery date was January. STILL never received it. There was no contact information since it was third party vendor and not Amazon. I filed the complaint and received an automated response that wasn't helpful. I finally requested a refund and they only refunded me $24! What about my other $2? So I sent them my original order email and after battling and 4 months later, I received my full refund. Not happy about ordering this through Amazon or their vendor.

I had placed an order early January of this year and still am waiting anxiously to receive my first issue; it's already March!

In Style is at its core, a "fun" fashion magazine. I think they do a good job providing an entertaining and luxe-looking magazine for people who aren't really diehard fashionistas but like to look nice. I appreciate their relatively high quality and inventive ideas, targeting a slightly older audience than some fashion mags, and the refreshing lack of lifestyle information compared to some women's magazines. However, I am burnt out on all of the celebrity overexposure. If memory serves me correctly, In Style was one of the first women's magazines in the 1990's to start featuring a celebrity cover model and now that has become de rigueur and it is exhausting to me. I don't think I'll subscribe again soon, but I will read it when I come across In Style in a doctor's office or similar.