Subscription Box Info

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Subscription boxes are like getting receiving presents and can be a lot of fun. For those of you new to this, we wanted to include some descriptions of the boxes. We have only included boxes we have received and reviewed. We will do our best to keep this list current with those companies that continue to be in business. These are listed alphabetically. 
Top Recommendations for those new to Subscriptions Box Services:
Beauty and Makeup Samples: Birchbox and Ipsy
Lifestyle BoxesFabFitFun and PopSugar Must Have Box
Luxury ItemsLuxor Box and PopSugar Must Have Box Limited Editions

Feel free to reach out to us with any questions, we are happy to help in any way we can. BrierReview@gmail.com
Allure Beauty Box (formerly Sample Society) - is curated by the editors of the Allure Magazine. It promises 5 deluxe sizes “expert approved” beauty items from luxurious brands. It comes with a great info card "mini magazine" that tells you why they picked what they picked, how to use it, and why they like it.
Cost: $15/month or $165/Annually
How Often: Monthly
Ships To: United States (excluding Alaska and Hawaii) via UPS Ground
Allure Beauty Thrills - is a collection of FULL SIZE beauty products, hair, nails, makeup, skin, and more, sent out by Allure magazine. This is a very popular box and sells out in around 15 minutes, so you have to know exactly when it’s released and be ready at your computer. A portion of the proceeds from each sale is donated to a charity chosen by Allure.
Cost: $49.95/Season + $10 flat rate shipping
How Often: 3 X a year, May, August, December
Ships To: United States (excluding Alaska and Hawaii) via UPS Ground
Angel Beauty Box - is a subscription beauty box that caters to women of color. Particularly the styles, textures, and complexions specific for women of color. You receive 5-7 beauty and hair items, tailored for you (you fill out a profile). They include a mixture of full and sample sizes.
Cost: $20/month College Version $10/month or $55/3 months
How Often: Monthly
Ships To: United States via UPS Ground


Avenue A by Adidas - is a subscription beauty box that caters to women. Every box from Avenue A by Adidas brings you into a new world of premium urban running gear, crafted and perfected by women, for women on the move.  You will receive apparel and footwear. Items are chosen for style and fitness performance. You fill out a profile and specify your sizes so items are likely to fit your.
Cost: $150/Quarter
How Often: Quarter
Ships To: United States via UPS Ground

Bark Boxis a pet subscription box that includes 4-6 healthy treats, toys, and other useful stuff. You fill out your profile, including any allergies, and packages are customized for small, medium, or large pups. If your dog isn’t happy with an item, they promise to fix it. Cost: $29.99/month, 3 month subscription ($24/mo), 6 month subscription ($21/mo), or a 12 month subscription ($19/mo). Shipping is Free: Lower 48/$5 outside Lower 48 and to Canada
How Often: Monthly
Ships To: United States (lower 48) & Canada DHL-USPS
Beauty DNA - is a monthly subscription service that will send you one FULL SIZE skincare or hair care item each month, I’ve occasionally received two items. The cost is $25/month. They have a unique matching system, where you fill out your likes/dislikes profile and you shouldn’t receive items that you don't like. You will also never receive the same product twice.
Cost: $25/month
How Often: Monthly
Ships To: United States via UPS Ground


Beauty Fix - is a monthly beauty and makeup subscription box service from DermStore.com. You will receive full and travel size items worth at least $100. They send items from well known brands. All items are sold on their website. you generally get a coupon each month as well. If you are interested, contact us and we can send you an email link that will get you $10 towards your account.
 
Cost: $24.95/month
How Often: Monthly
Ships To: United States via USPS
 


Birchbox is one of the original subscription boxes. You will receive 5 luxe beauty items that includes well-known brands, a mix of make-up, skincare, body, and hair care. Generally these are deluxe samples with the occasional full size. You can earn Birchbox points with each purchase. Every 100 points equals $10 to spend in the Birchbox shop.
Cost: $10/month or $110/annually
How Often: Monthly
Ships To: United States, Canada, France, Spain, and the UK
Blind Surprise is a monthly subscription box. They send you 1-3 items each month that are beautiful, useful, or unique. You fill out a profile and select 3 interests so they can match to you. They like to work with handmade artists, you can expect Etsy type products, but not every gift is handmade. There are different price levels, but to try it out one time is $25.
Cost: $25/month
How Often: Monthly
Ships To: United States via UPS Ground or USPS
Cate and Chloe Is a jewelry subscription service that sends you two jewelry pieces each month. This can include earrings, bracelets, bangles, necklaces and more. In addition to jewelry, occasionally you are surprised with bonus items. You take a style quiz, and you are free to email the stylists, so they can match you with your preferences.
Cost: $39.99/month or 10% off for 3-mo, 15% off for 6-mo, 20% off for 1-year
How Often: Monthly
Ships To: United States via USPS
Bestowed (formerly Conscious Box& amp; KLUTCHclub) is a monthly subscription box that sends an assortment of the best healthy food, snacks, beverages and lifestyle products on the market. Every product is hand selected by the nutritionists and led by renowned nutritionist and author Heather Bauer.
Cost:  $20/month, $18/ mo for 3 months, $17/mo for 6 months, $16/mo for 12 months. Shipping is free
How Often: Monthly
Ships To: United States via USPS
Cypress &  5th  - is a monthly subscription box for fashion. How it works is you fill out a style questionnaire, and then you visit your "dressing room" and pick out two or three items. You do have the option to skip the month, which is great. Each apparel piece comes with a “How to Style” suggestion card with styling options such as: shoes, handbags, accessories and pairing ideas.
Cost: $74.95/month
How Often: Monthly
Ships To: United States via USPS
Dollar Shave Club is a monthly subscription for razor blades. Designed for guys. You get 4 blades each month automatically shipped to you. Very convenient and cost effective. You also have the option to ship every other month.
Cost: $1-$9/month - depending on the blade you choose
How Often: Monthly
Ships To: United States via USPS
FabFitFun is a lifestyle box. It promises $175+ worth of full-size premium items. It has the season’s hottest beauty, fitness, fashion, and wellness items. It's one of our favorite boxes. For annual subscribers, there are now options where you can customize some of your items, which is great because then you are sure to get the colors you really want.
Cost: $49/quarter.
How Often: Quarterly
Ships To: United States via USPS
Fabletics  is a fitness wear subscription box that is co-founded by Kate Hudson. You can skip or pick each month. If you choose to pick then you pick out a complete outfit. If you forget to skip, they will charge you the monthly fee and then you will get credited to your account. The quality is above average on most items and the styles are cute.
Cost: $49 - $89/month.
How Often: Monthly
Ships To: United States via USPS
GlossyBox - is a beauty subscription box that sends five products each month. There are a lot of brands that you cannot get here in the US. They send makeup, skincare, beauty tools, and other related items. They have a great rewards program that allows you to get a free box annually, and more often if you refer friends.
Cost: $21/month or $222/annually
How Often: Monthly
Ships To: United States (excludes Hawaii, Alaska, and Puerto Rico) and Canada via USPS
Goldentote is a clothing subscription service that sends you 5-7 items each month. You fill out a profile and should be able to pick items that fit you. You pick one to two items, and they surprise you with the rest, generally 3-4 more items. You can skip months. You also have the option to return the entire tote. If you only return a partial tote, then you will be charged boutique prices for the items you keep.  
Cost: $149/month
How Often: Monthly
Ships To: United States via USPS and International shipping options


Graze - is a snack subscription service that sends you 8 snacks in every box. You can pick your type of box, or go with the variety box and receive different items each time. This is a great way to get to try many different options. The snack packs have cute names and the ingredients are included to make your taste buds reminded of the type of snack you are thinking of. For example, The Campfire S'mores includes Belgian salted caramel milk chocolate buttons, vanilla cookie drops and mini vanilla marshmallows. REWARD CODE: YJPH3GJME (Use this code and you will receive your 3rd and 5th Box FREE)

Cost: $11.99/per box (including delivery)
How Often: Up to you, I'm currently on a weekly schedule
Ships To: Currently, graze boxes can only be shipped to US addresses, including P.O. Boxes, within the 50 states.
 
HauteLook Beauty Bagis available every couple of months on the Hautelook website. This is an online flash sale site that occasionally offers a beauty bag a few times a year. You do have to be aware of when it’s on sale as it can sell out quickly. 
Cost: $25 - This varies
How Often: Quarterly
Ships To: United States via UPS or USPS (depending on size/weight),& amp; Canada, Australia
Her Fashion Box is a fashion accessory monthly subscription. It ships from Australia so the delivery is really slow. You receive 2-3 fashion accessories, and 4 beauty and lifestyle deluxe samples, and a copy of her fashion magazine. You can choose between the classic, feminine, or trendy box.
Cost: $39.95 – Australian price, which is about $57 US (depending on Exchange Rate)
How Often: Quarterly
Ships To: United States & Canada via DHL, and  Australia via Australian Post
Honest Company Essentials Bundle is a way to purchase Honest company products at a significant discount. Honest company products are all natural and non-toxic.  You pick 5 items and receive a 35% savings.  You can add up to 3 additional items for a 25% discount. The items are cleaning products and personal care products. Honest company products are all natural and non-toxic.
Cost: Varies/ save 35% when bundling products
How Often: Monthly
Ships To: United States (including Alaska & Hawaii), and Canada via FedEx. Shipping is not available for overseas.
Incoco Holiday Mystery Box is an annual box that comes out around the holidays, generally a Black Friday deal. You are guaranteed at least $50 value of nail polish strips and other miscellaneous items such as nail prep pads, nail clippers, nail polish remover, and other related products.
Cost: $19.99
How Often: Annually (generally available over Black Friday)
Ships To: United States & Canada via USPS
Ipsy is a beauty subscription box created by Michelle Phan. They send a mix of deluxe samples and full size beauty products, and a makeup bag. You take a beauty quiz and should receive items that match your profile. This is very similar to Birchbox, and an excellent way to build up your inventory and try out different brands before investing in a full size purchase.
Cost: $10
How Often: Monthly
Ships To: United States & Canada via USPS and DHL
Julep Maven Box - is a monthly nail polish and beauty subscription box. Nail polish is 5 Free, no harmful toxins, and cruelty free. The makeup items they send are from their own line. You can skip any months you don’t want shipments. This will build up your nail polish collection quite quickly. 
Cost: $24.99/monthly, or $19.99/month if you sign up for 3 months.
How Often: Monthly
Ships To: United States & Canada via USPS
Kloverbox is a monthly subscription box that sends natural, eco-friendly, cruelty-free and organic beauty, lifestyle, nutrition and healthy home products. This is a great box to discover healthy products. Most of the products also have a coupon code included.
Cost: $49/month, $189/4 month subscription, $499/annual subscription
How Often: Monthly
Ships To: United States & Canada via USPS Priority
Lilee Box is a monthly luxury beauty and lifestyle box. They send items such as makeup, skincare, jewelry, accessories, coffee/tea, beauty tools, and home accents, and many other items. The boxes do have some variations, but are generally similar. This ships in a high quality box that is pretty enough for gifting.
Cost: $25/month, $71.25/3 month subscription, $135/6 month subscription
How Often: Monthly
Ships To: United States (lower 48) via USPS or Canada via Canadian Post
Little Lace Box is a bi-monthly lifestyle, fashion, and beauty box. They consistently send really unique and hard to find items. This is one of the more creative curations, and they are pretty good about picking items that support the month’s theme. This box often includes the types of items that have not been found in any other subscription box, such as a teapot and dishwashing soap. The boxes are generally packed and the items are good quality. Subscriptions generally sell out months in advance. The rewards program can offer you discounts in the shop.
Cost: $49.99/month, $134.99/3 month subscription, $269.95/6 month subscription
How Often: Bi-Monthly
Ships To: United States (including Alaska & Hawaii & Puerto Rico) via USPS Priority
Luxor Box is a bi-monthly subscription box that includes luxury, beauty, spa, jewelry, and lifestyle items. Each item is high quality. You receive 5-7 items with a guaranteed value of $275. This is our favorite box in the “luxury” category.  
Cost: $129/US or $159/Canada OR a Petite Box is $43/US only
How Often: Bi-Monthly
Ships To: United States & Canada via USPS
ModCloth Stylish Surprise is where ModCloth basically clears out their inventory by offering a mystery bag. The cost per mystery item varies, and you never know what you are getting. ModCloth has really unique items with a vintage inspiration. The items can be really hit/miss depending on your taste. But you do receive the items at a huge discount.
Cost: $5/Accessory, $10/Tops, $10/Shoes, $20/Dresses
How Often: A few times a year
Ships To: United States & Canada via USPS or FedEx
Monthly Express is a monthly subscription that sends boutique bath, body, and home products that are curated for your relaxation. They send hard to find and limited supply items. One thing to note is there are a lot of products that include lavender ingredients.
Cost: $129
How Often: Monthly
Ships To: United States & Canada via USPS and DHL
New Beauty Test Tubeis a bi-monthly subscription service that sends 8 (or more) full and deluxe size brand name beauty items. This can include makeup, skincare and tools. They guarantee at least a $100 value. You will receive the New Beauty magazine with every shipment.
Cost: $29.95
How Often: Bi-Monthly
Ships To: United States via USPS


Orange Glad – is a subscription service that sends you a variety of sweets and desserts each month. You will receive five items, mostly snack size but occasionally full size. Boxes are normally shipped the 1st and 2nd week each month. If you find something you love you can always purchase from their online store, but we recommend you first try the Artisans website directly if available.

Cost: $19
How Often: Monthly
Ships To: United States via USPS


OwlCrate – is a subscription service that sends you magical monthly boxes tailored to a chosen theme. Each OwlCrate will contain one new Young Adult novel, as well as 3-5 other bookish treats to help you "get your nerd on". There is a theme each month. All books they send are suitable for ages 16+.
Cost: $29.99 + Shipping
How Often: Bi-Monthly
Ships To: United States via USPS and international


Plated is a subscription service that sends you recipes and ingredients to make meals. They send you fresh and seasonal pre-portioned ingredients so you can make your chef quality meals at home. Each week you have at least 7 dishes to choose from. You will receive an email when your box ships and it lets you know if you will need to have any additional ingredients on hand, such as salt or oil. You can skip, change plans, or cancel anytime. Cost: $48/2 dinners, $72/3 dinners, $96/4 dinners
How Often: Weekly
Ships To: United States (excluding Alaska and Hawaii) via USPS
PopSugar Must Have Boxis a monthly lifestyle box, geared toward women, founded by Lisa Sugar. They send full size products and a mix of beauty, home, fitness, and other items. They guarantee a value of over $100. They also curate Special Edition boxes that are released throughout the year; they are very popular and contain luxury items. We recommend this box for anyone new to subscription services. 
Cost: $29.95
How Often: Monthly
Ships To: United States via USPS and FedEx


Rachel Zoe Box of Styleis a lifestyle box filled with fashion beauty and other lifestyle items. The value is over $300. Everything is individually wrapped and this feel like a luxury box each time. She has great style and this box reflects that.
Cost: $100/quarterly or $350/annually
How Often: Quarterly
Ships To: United States via USPS
Quarterly Co is a quarterly subscription service with many different curators. You select a curator that looks interesting to you, and you should receive their box every 3 months. Not all curators’ ship on time, meaning it could be much longer than 3 months, but you will never be billed until the box actually ships. The idea is that they tell a story with the items they choose for each box. They tend to find a lot of original and interesting items that you may not have thought to get yourself. This is a great box to discover new products, or to follow a favorite curator. They usually find unique item you may not think to get for yourself. You can get boxes specific to beauty, travel, culinary, fitness, and any many other themes. The Monthly Discovery box has items from the other boxes.
Cost: Most boxes are $50-$100, but the Monthly Discovery is $35
How Often: Monthly
Ships To: United States via USPS and International shipping is available
Serendipity by LLB is a bi-monthly subscription that includes 5-7 samples, with the occasional full size item. This is pretty much a box of items that Little Lace finds that are not an exact fit for their full size box. This ships on the off months that Little Lace Box does not. Products can be makeup, skincare, tools, and other useful household items.
Cost: $9.99/month, $59.94/6 month subscription
How Often: Bi-Monthly
Ships To: United States (including Alaska & Hawaii & Puerto Rico) via USPS Priority
StyleBox by Social Blissis a monthly subscription box that sends fashion, accessory, and lifestyle items, many are exclusive. They guarantee a value of over $100. They have a reputation as being a “purse” box, as a purse or bag is included nearly every month and generally with a dust bag for it. Other items that can be found in this box are scarves, sunglasses, jewelry, and beauty items.   
Cost: $39.99/month or $420/annual
How Often: Bi-Monthly
Ships To: United States (including Alaska & Hawaii & Puerto Rico) via USPS Priority
Stitchfixis a monthly clothing subscription that sends brand name and known labels. Basically, it’s like having a personal shopper send you items that you try on in the comfort of your own home, on your own schedule. This is a personal styling service that caters to your taste, budget, and preferences. You simply fill out your style profile and your personal stylists will handpick a selection of five clothing items and accessories specially picked out for you. You pay for what you like and return the rest! You get a 25% discount if you keep the entire bag. You are charged a $20 styling fee and you can apply this toward your purchase. There is quite a markup on the clothing, you can definitely get better prices waiting for a sale at a brick & mortar store, what you are paying for is the convenience. They do include a pre-paid postage bag for returns, which is nice.
Cost: $20/styling fee + an average of $55/per item
How Often: As often as you wish
Ships To: United States via FedEx and USPS
TOM SwaagBox is a monthly subscription box for that time of the month. Products included are feminine hygiene, sweet treats, makeup and jewelry. You can also add 4 Venus razorblades for $12. They offer Tampax, Always, Kotex, and Playtex. You can send in a request if you have another preferred brand. The makeup items are drugstore brands. The jewelry can be really hit/miss depending on your taste.
Cost: $16/month –can vary based on your customization requests
How Often: Monthly
Ships To: United States via FedEx and USPS
Target Beauty Boxis a box of beauty items that includes 5-8 deluxe size and full size products. This is not a regularly occurring subscription, it is a one-time purchase. A new box is released every couple months and sells out quite quickly. You can find items such as shampoo, chapstick, mascara, hair scrunchies, and many other items. All items and brands can be found at Target.
Cost: $7/month
How Often: Every couple of months
Ships To: United States via USPS
Too Faced Mystery Grab Bagis an annual grab bag that is released each year on Cyber Monday. This is a nice variety of Too Faced brand products. There is a mix of full size and deluxe sample size. The bag includes about five items. This is a really fun bag from a quality brand.
Cost: $39 – but varies annually
How Often: Annually (cyber Monday)
Ships To: United States via USPS and FedEx, International: Ireland, United Kingdom, Mexico, Canada
Walmart Beauty Boxis a box of beauty items that are mostly sample size, and the occasional full size. The $5 cost is for shipping because technically the box is free. This is not a regularly recurring subscription, but is something that is released a couple times a year. You receive 5-6 products. The items and brands can be found at Walmart. The box variation you receive is based on your age group.
Cost: $7/month
How Often: Seasonally
Ships To: United States via USPS
Wantable Collectionsis a monthly subscription service that includes the latest fashion and beauty trends. You pick the type of collection you want, Makeup, Accessories, or Intimates. The Intimates collection is $10 more. You will receive 3-5 items. You can skip or cancel at any time. You fill out your profile and you will receive a customized box that matches your preferences. The items will a compatible with the current season.  
Cost: Makeup and Accessories: Your first collection is $40 and $36 each month after. For Intimates: Your first collection is $50 and $46 each month after.
How Often: Every couple of months
Ships To: United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Australia
Wantable Editsis a clothing/styling subscription program. This works like a personal shopper service, your stylist will hand pick items for you based on your preferences. You receive 5 items to try on at home, and you have 5 days to decide if you want to keep. You will receive a pre-paid label to return any items you don’t love. You can skip or cancel at any time.

Cost$20/month
How Often: Every couple of months
Ships To: United States
We will update this list as we try out new boxes, and we will try and remove any links when we hear a box has been discontinued.  Feel free to reach out to us with any questions, we are happy to help in any way we can. BrierReview@gmail.com

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