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Birchbox August Review: Say Hi to Nicole
Birchbox: beauty samples, $10/month Promo: BBJETBLUE10 for 100 extra points when you subscribe. I paid: $0 – Box retail value: $28, My value: $13 Enjoyment factor: ☺ Subscriptionista’s Humorous Review...
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DermStore Make Me Up Grab Bag Review: High Value Justified the Gamble
DermStore Grab Bag, $35, occasionally issued, skin, makeup and/or hair products Promo: You can save 15% when you sign up for a new account or $10 if someone refers you (ask me) I paid $25 +tax after...
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Birchbox: September is a sad month
Birchbox: beauty samples, $10/month Promo: BBJETBLUE10 for 100 extra points when you subscribe. I paid: $0 – Box retail value: $24, My value: $2.5 Enjoyment factor: Subscriptionista’s Humorous Review...
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Birchbox “Customer Favorites” Box Is Not Too Bad
Birchbox: beauty samples, $10/month Promo: subscribenow50 to get an extra 50 points when you sign up I paid: $0 – Box retail value: $28.5, My value: $19.5 Enjoyment factor: ☺ Caneling: painless,...
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October Birchbox is worth a smile
Birchbox: beauty samples, $10/month Promo: subscribenow50 to get an extra 50 points when you sign up I paid: $5 with an expired promo – Box retail value: $24, My value: $17 Enjoyment factor: ☺...
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Oct ’15 The Little Lace Box That Couldn’t
Little Lace Box, $60/first box, $50/every other month with subscription, theme lifestyle box Promo: Use LLB10 for $10 off your first box I paid: $40 Box retail value: $113, My value: $80 Little Lace...
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Ecocentric Mom Mom Box: A neat box, for the right person
Ecocentric Mom: Mom Box, $25/mo, beauty & lifestyle I paid: $0, with an expired promo Box retail value $49 , My value $16.5 Ecocentric Mom is a monthly subscription box that sends out natural and...
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Target’s Late October Beauty Box is a Huge Hit
Target Beauty Boxes $5-10, one time boxes This box’s cost: $10, paid: $8 + tax, after a $2 refund Retail/Market value $43, My value: $43 Enjoyment Factor: ☺ Target does not have a subscription box...
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November ’15 Glossybox Review: A Great Intro for a New-to-me subscription box
Glossybox: beauty products, $21/month Promo: save 30% your first box by clicking on link above (limited time promo) or get a pre-paid 6 or 12 months subscription at Gilt City for $99 or $150. I paid:...
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Beauty Fix November ’15 Box Pleases but Doesn’t Dazzle
Beauty Fix, $25+tax/month, beauty products Promo: First box, $12.50+tax, no promo needed I paid $12.50+tax Box retail value: $102, My value: $40 Enjoyment Factor: ☺ Cancelling subscription: by calling...
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Nov ’15 Birchbox: Appearances can be deceiving
Birchbox: beauty samples, $10/month Promo: 5BOXGIFT to get your first box for $5 I paid: $0 Box retail value: $57, My value: $7.5 Enjoyment factor: ☺ Canceling: painless, through website Birchbox is a...
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Popsugar November ’15 box is spectacular
Popsugar Must Have, $40+tax/month, lifestyle products Promo: Get November box for just $20 at RueLaLa I paid $0-$20 Box retail value: $134 – My value: $40 Canceling subscription: Painless, through...
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Allure Beauty Thrills thrills me again
Allure Beauty Thrills, $60 (including shipping), one-time box of toiletries and cosmetics, available 3-times a year I paid $60 +tax. Box retail value: ~$350 The Allure Beauty Thrills box comes out...
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December Birchbox: Tiny, low-valued and useless samples. Yikes!
Birchbox: beauty samples, $10/month Promo: 5BOXGIFT to get your first box for $5+tax I paid: $0 (see below) Box retail value: $11 My value: $2 Canceling: painless, through website Birchbox is a...
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December’s Popsugar is Not Quite a Must Have, But Close.
Popsugar Must Have, $40+tax/month, lifestyle products Promo: $5 off your first box with code MUSTHAVE% I paid $23.5 + tax, as part of an annual subscription Box retail value: $160 – My value: $95...
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December ’15 Glossybox Dazzles with a Box, Not with Products
Glossybox: beauty items, $21/month Promo: save 20% your first box by clicking on link above (limited time promo) or get a pre-paid 6 or 12 months subscription at Gilt City for $99 or $150 (see below...
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Target Renewal Box Is a Great Way to Try New Products
Target Beauty Boxes $5-10, one time boxes This box’s cost: $7, paid: $7 + tax Retail/Market value $ Target does not have a subscription box per se. Rather, it produces beauty boxes filled with full...
View ArticleBeautyCon BFF Winter Box: Bethany Mota Thinks Summer (Updated Warning: Don’t...
BeautyCon BFF Box, beauty & accessories for teens, $37/quarterly Promo: save $5 with BESTIE5 I paid: $21.50, with expired promo Box Retail value: ~$82 NOTE: I’ve just learned that Beautycon BFF’s...
View ArticleHow to remove lipstick from a build-a-bear
“Mommy, how do you get lipstick from a build-a-bear,”? my daughter asked one evening. Being the clueless homemaker that I am, I told her I didn’t know, and to look it up online. She found another girl...
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