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Are you a member of Birchbox?

ILoveFragrance — Sat, 03 Jun 2017 21:18:43 GMT

I am trying it out.......still uncertain if I will stay. IPSY still uncertain about that also. Which is your favorite?

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World Traveler — Sat, 03 Jun 2017 21:45:24 GMT

@ILoveFragrance wrote:
I am trying it out.......still uncertain if I will stay. IPSY still uncertain about that also. Which is your favorite?

@ILoveFragrance I am not sure what that is. Is that a travel-related site that we can go to? If so, I would like to know more about it.

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Sweet_Serenity — Sat, 03 Jun 2017 22:08:33 GMT

Gimmicks! No thanks. Need to try several items every month means clutter and waste. Realize that there is a market I'm just not into it.

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I am still oxox — Sat, 03 Jun 2017 22:31:28 GMT

I got a gift subscription for Christmas in 2016 and the sizes were really small and many months were dupes or very similar products

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sassenach1 — Sat, 03 Jun 2017 23:05:38 GMT

I do Birchbox and Sephora Play. Sephora Play has been very good so far.

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LdyBugz — Sun, 04 Jun 2017 00:30:22 GMT

@ILoveFragrance wrote:
I am trying it out.......still uncertain if I will stay. IPSY still uncertain about that also. Which is your favorite?

I received a Birchbox gift subscription for Christmas three years ago from my daughter. While I appreciated her efforts in trying to give me something different for a gift, I wish she hadn't wasted her money. First, I just don't use a lot of beauty products as I have etremely sensitive skin. I'm allergic to lanolin, mineral oil and fragrances so I'm very limited in what agrees with my tempermental skin.

Aside from that, the packaging was pretty but the sample sizes were very, very tiny. Almost all of the samples had one or two drops of the product, the products were all brands I never heard of, and, the makeup colors were awful. I only recall saving one little sample lipstick that's still sitting in a drawer. IMHO, I don't think these monthly subscription things are worth the money.

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Moonchilde — Sun, 04 Jun 2017 02:15:34 GMT

I had Birchbox for about 4-5 months and then canceled it. I probably would have kept it except for one very major issue - although they assure you before you sign up that your box will be customized to you, that's just blah-blah; they don't customize it beyond minimally. You can say you want this and that and are not interested in the other and it makes no difference - you get what they have to send that month.

I said I had fine, thin, straight hair. Month after month I was send products for thick, naturally curly hair. I said skin care products, not make-up. I always got more make-up, and hair products for the opposite of my hair type, more than anything else. I never though the colors (lip color, shadow) were given to me according to my request.

If you love spray-in powder "shampoo", tiny mascara samples, and in general lots of stuff you won't use (or is one single use), it could be your thing; it wasn't mine. I didn't mind the price IF I had gotten things useful to me, but I didn't.

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HerRoyaLioness — Sun, 04 Jun 2017 02:20:36 GMT

I was gifted a Birchbox 6 mos subscription and much like others, found the samples very small, not many name brands that I was familiar with and not customized to the survey I initially filled out.

The only thing I liked was the box they came in! Saved a couple of those. Did not renew.

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sassenach1 — Sun, 04 Jun 2017 02:21:20 GMT

I've been getting Birchbox for a couple of years. I agree with @Moonchilde overall. They do not seem to customize as they claim. I cannot tell you how many dry shampoos I have gotten. I give them all away. I have gotten a few stand out products. I would never have tried Micellar water without getting a sample from BB. I love it! BB boxes are beautiful.

I've gotten Sephora Play for two months now and everything has been excellent and it seems like it is meant for me.

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ILoveFragrance — Sun, 04 Jun 2017 03:24:42 GMT

BirchBox is offering the 125 year Vogue box for $68 and it is their rose collection. I am not getting that but it looks pretty saying it is worth $224.

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SydneyH — Sun, 04 Jun 2017 03:27:22 GMT

I prefer.........

GlossyBox

BeautyBox 5

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LdyBugz — Sun, 04 Jun 2017 03:28:33 GMT

@Moonchilde Yes, I agree that they did not customize in spite of completing the questionnaire.

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AngelPuppy1 — Sun, 04 Jun 2017 12:11:35 GMT

I don't know about the Birchbox but I have been getting IPSY for quite a while. I had myself talked into cancelling and then I got a box that I really liked and I decided to hold off. I do need to contact them and see if I can have some of my selections changed. I keep getting "nude" colors in lip products and this is definitely not a good color for me! I have used some of them as kind of a base coast or primer for my other lipsticks.

Some products I like and others are just not things I would use, such a liquid eye liners, etc. However, I realize it is hard to 100% please everyone every month for $10!

I do give a lot of stuff to my niece and sisters and they think its fun. Also, with IPSY their products are shipped in a cute makeup bag each month. So, rather than just a cardboard box, you get something useful and pretty!!!