Talk to me about Birchbox - is it worth it?

[quorra]

I just got an invite that I can join up with Birchbox now, but I don't know if it's worth it (I remember someone posting about a similar thing with another company on Friday, and they liked it more). Thoughts?

[pixy0stix]

The samples are really, really small. I've only done it for one moth, though.

[quorra]

Jun 5, 2012 11:05:37 GMT -5 pixy0stix said:

The samples are really, really small. I've only done it for one moth, though.

Ugh. That's what I was afraid of. I balked at the $110 for a year then realized you could do it for a month at a time.

[whitetrashbarbie]

I did it for about 6-9 months. It was OK...eventually though I just decided I'd rather not spend the money and accumulate all those samples.

Plus there was so much waste with all the packaging. I'm really into the environment.

[Deleted]

I like it. Some months are better than others, but you get high end samples for $10/month. You can't really beat that.

[Deleted]

They also often send full size products as well. One month I got a full sized Tarte lip tint. I also got a body mitt that retails at $28.

I review all the products, hoard my points, and buy stuff for "free" with the points. So that makes it worth it.

Plus I love mail.

[mrspost08]

I didn't think it was worth it. I am not into sample sizes of products though.

[PinkSquirrel]

I've done it for three months. The second month is the only one that was a pretty big let down. The other two I've really liked the one larger sample.

[krystalskitsch]

I was a member for about six months. I loved getting the samples in the mail and I did discover some new products that I ended up buying full size versions of. I ended up canceling but I did enjoy it. Birchbox also has a system where you can leave reviews of the samples and earn points. These points give you money off your order--if you ever make one.

[karebear304]

The excitement from getting the box is worth it, but the products aren't. I'm really not a big "product" person overall though so it's kind of expected.

Once the fun of opening the box wears off I'll cancel.

[fashionx]

I've done it for 2 months so far and it's ok. I enjoy getting stuff in the mail, and so far I've liked at least a few of the samples so it makes it worthwhile. I may tire of it eventually but for $10 I figure why not.

[mfluder]

Worth it to me - but I love products and am excited to be introduced to new things. Really worth it if you review and save up points, but I'm amazed at the number of people that don't review for points.

[pixy0stix]

FINE! I'll go review for points. ::stomps off in a huff::

[mfluder]

Jun 5, 2012 21:05:18 GMT -5 pixy0stix said:

FINE! I'll go review for points. ::stomps off in a huff::

LOL. Ha. I will get you one by one. FREE POINTS. Just hoard them if you want

[PinkSquirrel]

If you're looking for something that's not monthly, but has pretty awesome samples beautyfix.com is pretty great. They're technically quarterly, but you can pretty much order whenever from what I can tell. You get to choose your 8 samples and you get a makeup bag. It's $50, but they're all deluxe samples. In this case deluxe means full size or pretty close to it at least for the samples I chose. If you use code BFBLOG you get your first one for $20 and if you fill out 2 reviews you get $25 of a purchase of $50 or more at dermstore.com or blush.com (they're like two sites in one).