Birchbox Beauty Box

Birchbox is a low cost beauty box and provides reasonably good value. It tends to only offer sample size products, with usually 5 items and often only 1 will be full size. It does tailor your box to your profile though, and often allows you to chose which shade or type of product to receive for 1 of the items (which is something generally not offered by similar beauty boxes). The box design varies each month & you will find yourself wanting to keep and repurpose them as little draws.

I was gifted a years subscription at Christmas and every month it introduces me to new products that I wouldn’t have looked into otherwise and delivery is always punctual

I personally enjoy subscription box. However, got few delivery issues and response is not fast, but will responding somepoint... Anyway, product quality is not bad but not great. Customised from profile but sometimes get 'is this for me??' product... (colour, hair style/type etc...) overall good and only £10 per month and 5 or more product in the box is kind of treat myself and make me happy every month.

This subscription box is very affordable. I love the box designs, they are different every single month but always lovely. You get 5 beauty products ranging from skincare, makeup, bodycare, etc. I find most of the products are only sample or travel sized & you don’t tend to get many full size products which is fine but it would be nice to receive more full size products. Least you know you’ll get through them quickly. The products are always worth more than the box costs. I’ve had a few repeat offenders with this subscription box, I.e products I’ve had in the box before which does get annoying. I dip in and out of this subscription box. They pretty much always have offers on with this subscription box such as free product when signing up or 2 boxes for the price of 1 etc. I will continue to dip in and out of this subscription box and I’d recommend it.

I was excited to be gifted October's Birchbox as this month’s theme is Reach for the Stars, nothing to do with 00's throwback S-Club 7 in case you were wondering. Not only am I cray cray 😍 about anything with stars on it (my duvet cover, my door mat, my dressing gown, GlamGeek's logo, you get the idea) this is the first time I've actually had a Birchbox in my hand. First Impressions... My first impression was crikey that’s a teeny tiny box, however, it’s true, good things do come in small packages. The presentation box is a keeper, it's not just a box, but a cute pull out drawer which I will be using again...probably to fill up with more makeup, but that's not the point, unlike my previous beauty box packaging this won't end up in the recycling. So is it value for money? Hell yes! I sat down and worked out that even though three out of five products were sample size, the contents of the box was still worth around £49. Birchbox is £10 a month + £2.95 postage, and the best thing about the monthly subscription is there is no commitment, no contract, so you can cancel anytime. I've already had my fingers burnt in the past when I signed up to a competitor box and could not get out of the subscription for love nor money. I was familiar with most of the brands in October's box, Lumene, Ciaté, thisworks, and Vitamasques except for GLOV (a reusable makeup remover pad). We all know that in a beauty box there is always going to be that one random brand you’ve not heard of, however, that’s part of the fun. In 2005 I received a mascara from an unknown brand in a Glossybox, you may have heard of them...TARTE! Final thoughts...based on the brands that appeared in this months box, the fact there's no commitment and you can cancel anytime, I will definitely be checking out what's in Novembers box of delights.

I ordered from them before but the nail polish that came inside had leaked and gone everywhere, some items had marks on them and there was an item missing.

OMG I am in love!!! This is my first ever Birch Box and after reading so many poor reviews I am stunned at how amazing it is!! I have received a unicorn themed box (July 2019). It was £10 plus £2.95 p&p, for that you get 5 items. I also received a stunning eyeshadow palette free by unsung the code DAWN, I’m not sure how long that is valid for though. Overall I’m very impressed indeed and will certainly be keeping this subscription!

I ordered a birch box as there was a 2 for £10 offer on and I really wanted to try it out, when it came the packaging looked really nice however the products inside weren’t that great there was only 5 small items from brands I’d never even heard of that weren’t that exciting things like sun screen and foot cream for cracked feet (things I would never use) I feel like it was a bit of a waste of money I wouldn’t recommend it if defo tried better boxes. If you want a good subscription box I recommend “latest in beauty” you choose the products you want to try and a lot of them are full sized I really like it, so much better than Birchbox

I signed up to Birch box only 2mnths ago after a year of putting it off and I must say I'm pretty impressed! There are hundreds of reviews that complain they only send sample sized products! This however I have found to be false. I have received full sized product in the march box and the rest in sample sized. I honestly wonder what people are really unhappy with... The products that are sent are sample sizes products that you get to try and if the product is to your liking then you log onto your account to buy the full sized product, but it doesn't stop there because Birch box also give subscribers 10% off the price if you have been a member for upto 6mnths. Then your given 15% off after 6mnths of being a member. The products are great but the box they come in are great too. Perfect for storing small things or using as a jewellery box to take on holiday. I can't wait to receive my April box

I got the February Birchbox, with the free Lottie London Eyeshadow Palette, because you can't have enough eyeshadow palettes. So I wanted to get Birchbox with the aim of finding some new brands that I didn’t know I liked, as when I’m shopping for make up or skincare I never buy a new brand. I wanted to experiment. And I was very happy, the eye shadow brush is now my favourite brush, its so soft and blends any eyeshadow flawless. The NABLA Lipstick is moisturising, matte and I’m lucky that I got a colour that I like and will wear a lot. The LOC Shimmer Shadow is easy to apply and a beautiful colour. The Coco & Eve masque gave my hair a new lease of life, I don’t like to use too much as I don’t like my hair to feel heavy with product. But the coconut was a luxurious smell and it washed out of my hair easily and left it feeling nourished. The shower gel.. well shower gel is shower gel. I wasn’t too thrilled about this product. But I like the packaging and it smells good too. I have read a few reviews claiming that Birchbox is not good value for money and that they only send you samples to encourage you to buy the full size products from the website. But they cost £12.95, what do you want?! I added up the RRP of the products I had received in the February Box which came to £43.90. I also double checked the information given in the leaflet, and researched the price of the products myself. I found them to be correct. Therefore, its simple you are paying £12.95 for £43.90 worth of products presented in a beautifully designed box.