Birchbox April 2013

[BagLady]

Got my box yesterday from my 2nd BB account and for the 1st time in months, I had no idea what was in it or that it was even on it's way.

Pretty happy w/everything except the teas.

 

[mariahk83]

Originally Posted by jessicarobin /img/forum/go_quote.gif


A little off topic, but what did you think of the 23andme genetic testing?  Was it worth the price/wait for you?  I'm intrigued and $99 is right at the point where I feel like I could spend it to satisfy my curiosity, but I still don't want to drop a hundred dollars if it isn't as cool as it sounds in my head.

I think it's cool!  I actually got it on Cyber Monday for $49 - so it was even easier a decision for me!  It does tell you some really neat stuff about your genetics you may not other wise know - like your genetic risk for heart disease, and alzheimers, it also tells you things like drugs you may be more resistant to, or things like noro-virus and HIV you may be immune to!  Obviously, just because you have some genetic markers for things doesn't mean you'll get it...the ancestry thing it neat too!  It tells you based on your genetics where you're most likely from!  So in short, i think it's worth it! 

 

[Meahlea]

Originally Posted by hiheather /img/forum/go_quote.gif


lol that is the one product I want this month.

I love seeing how one item is the one someone wants really bad while another wants nothing to do with it. I guess that is the miracle of these boards lol

I have normal to dry skin. So I have absolutely no use for things that reduce oil. I just kind of wish they'd realize that being that I have thick hair and (to their knowledge) dry skin, I don't need volumizing hair products and mattifying face things. Which is all I seem to get anymore. I told birchbox it had one more month after last month's awful box. I may have to take myself seriously on that one.

 

[missionista]

Getting box 22 here.  Not sure what I think.  Most of it looks useful, if not exactly thrilling.  Glad I'm not getting the cilantro stuff--cilantro tastes and smells awful to me too.
 

 

[gemstone]

Originally Posted by mariahk83 /img/forum/go_quote.gif

I can't imagine tasting soap when I eat it!  I think it's so funny!  Same thing with brussel sprouts, people always say their bitter - i've never had a bitter brussel sprout in my life!! haha I too wonder what it tastes like to other people

I am convinced that people who hate brussel sprouts were all scarred by truly horrible preparations of them! (ie: BOILED!  boiled brussel sprouts are the worst!  why even bother???)

 

[luvdroolbuy]

I am getting the youngblood in 2 boxes. Does anyone know how the sample is packaged? They are not sending out full sized ones I assume...

 

[Beeyutifull]

Originally Posted by gemstone /img/forum/go_quote.gif

I am convinced that people who hate brussel sprouts were all scarred by truly horrible preparations of them! (ie: BOILED!  boiled brussel sprouts are the worst!  why even bother???)

I agree- I had horrible memories oh 'you can't get up from that table until you finish' and I would just chew and chew and couldn't bring myself to swallow them! Haha and by that time they were just so gross. My bf has tried so many ways to prepare them for me and I still can't get over what they used to taste like.

 

[beautymadn3ss]

Originally Posted by glamigirl /img/forum/go_quote.gif

ty!  

Welcome ^^

 

[hiheather]

Originally Posted by Meahlea /img/forum/go_quote.gif


I have normal to dry skin. So I have absolutely no use for things that reduce oil. I just kind of wish they'd realize that being that I have thick hair and (to their knowledge) dry skin, I don't need volumizing hair products and mattifying face things. Which is all I seem to get anymore. I told birchbox it had one more month after last month's awful box. I may have to take myself seriously on that one.

Understandable.

This is why BB should come up with some kind of trading system similar to LLB's trade system. I know if they start tossing in anti wrinkle creams, eye creams (which a person can def have to much of!), and lotions into my boxes I'm leaving them.

 

[JimmyJazz]

What are the sizes like for the caudlie and nexxus?

ETA: I had those teas in a previous box - they were actually really yummy 

Originally Posted by BagLady /img/forum/go_quote.gif

Got my box yesterday from my 2nd BB account and for the 1st time in months, I had no idea what was in it or that it was even on it's way.

Pretty happy w/everything except the teas.

 

[jesemiaud]

This seems like something I want to check out. I never knew my father (deserted when I was a baby) and my mom was only 19 at the time and "had" to get married so she didn't really know much about his background either. It would be interesting to know genetic stuff, especially since there has been some cancer on my mom's side. My poor girls...breast cancer is on three of the four sides of the family...if it turns out to be genetic on my dad's side...ugh.

Originally Posted by mariahk83 /img/forum/go_quote.gif

I think it's cool!  I actually got it on Cyber Monday for $49 - so it was even easier a decision for me!  It does tell you some really neat stuff about your genetics you may not other wise know - like your genetic risk for heart disease, and alzheimers, it also tells you things like drugs you may be more resistant to, or things like noro-virus and HIV you may be immune to!  Obviously, just because you have some genetic markers for things doesn't mean you'll get it...the ancestry thing it neat too!  It tells you based on your genetics where you're most likely from!  So in short, i think it's worth it! 

 

[jessicarobin]

Cilantro tastes like soap to me, but I like it.  Weird, right?  I have to stay away from Chipotle because their cilantro rice is addicting.  

I've had bitter brussel sprouts and awesome brussel sprouts... they're the best when they're roasted and crispy, sprinkled with salt and pepper.  Also really good is kale chips, they're really addicting too.

 

[mariahk83]

Originally Posted by Brainwall /img/forum/go_quote.gif

I'm getting the same box! I'm really excited about it actually. I'm not getting the polish or the mattifier, but I really wanted to try the beauty protector and cc cream. Plus, I think that means we get 60 pts for reviewing rather than just 50. /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" /> And no food product either! Yay! I wonder if we'll get a whole lip butter? That would be awesome. So, no I don't think this is a "welcome box" because I've been subscribed since january, but some of these I've seen before, but that's not unusual for them to still send out items that were new a few boxes ago. I think the Caudalie is new? Maybe?

my FI got the lip butter in his BB Man box last month (well the April box for them) and it is full sized.

 

[jesemiaud]

Originally Posted by gemstone /img/forum/go_quote.gif

I am convinced that people who hate brussel sprouts were all scarred by truly horrible preparations of them! (ie: BOILED!  boiled brussel sprouts are the worst!  why even bother???)

haha..so true! Roasted brussel sprouts tossed with a little olive oil and fresh cracked pepper and shaved parm cheese...to die for!

 

[jennm149]

Originally Posted by MrsMeow /img/forum/go_quote.gif

Yep, I still remember the first time I had cilantro, at a Mexican restaurant, and I kept saying "I keep tasting soap in the salsa...I think they didn't wash the bowl correctly."  And everyone thought I was crazy.  The next time we went back, same thing - I kept complaining about them not rinsing their bowls properly, and my friends all thought I was insane.  It wasn't until I went to a different Mexican restaurant and tasted in their salsa, that a friend realized what I was talking about and said "Holy cow, you have the cilantro gene!"  And then I had to look it up because I didn't really believe her.  Makes me wonder what everyone else tastes when they taste it!

I just LOVE the people who -- when I say I don't like cilantro -- tell me that if I just keep trying it, I'll eventually like it.

Uhm, no.  I never got to liking the taste of the LifeBuoy or IrishSpring my mom would wash my mouth out with when I was a kid ... why would I grow to like the taste of cilantro?  Heck, I don't even like the way it smells.

 

[jessicarobin]

Originally Posted by mariahk83 /img/forum/go_quote.gif

I think it's cool!  I actually got it on Cyber Monday for $49 - so it was even easier a decision for me!  It does tell you some really neat stuff about your genetics you may not other wise know - like your genetic risk for heart disease, and alzheimers, it also tells you things like drugs you may be more resistant to, or things like noro-virus and HIV you may be immune to!  Obviously, just because you have some genetic markers for things doesn't mean you'll get it...the ancestry thing it neat too!  It tells you based on your genetics where you're most likely from!  So in short, i think it's worth it! 

Awesome, I might order it after my birthday.  I'm curious about my genetics since I've been told I'm a huge mish mash of different nationalities.  I'm interested to see if that's true or if the test even picks that up.

 

[JimmyJazz]

Originally Posted by jessicarobin /img/forum/go_quote.gif

Cilantro tastes like soap to me, but I like it.  Weird, right?  I have to stay away from Chipotle because their cilantro rice is addicting.  

I've had bitter brussel sprouts and awesome brussel sprouts... they're the best when they're roasted and crispy, sprinkled with salt and pepper.  Also really good is kale chips, they're really addicting too.

Hehe - I had an image of the show "My Strange Addiction."  Jessicarobin - don't tell me you like to eat soap secretly while reading the threads XP

 

[ttanner2005]

Originally Posted by jennm149 /img/forum/go_quote.gif

I just LOVE the people who -- when I say I don't like cilantro -- tell me that if I just keep trying it, I'll eventually like it.

Uhm, no.  I never got to liking the taste of the LifeBuoy or IrishSpring my mom would wash my mouth out with when I was a kid ... why would I grow to like the taste of cilantro?  Heck, I don't even like the way it smells.

 

[mariahk83]

Originally Posted by gemstone /img/forum/go_quote.gif

I am convinced that people who hate brussel sprouts were all scarred by truly horrible preparations of them! (ie: BOILED!  boiled brussel sprouts are the worst!  why even bother???)

may very well be it too!  my FI HATES them, he let me make them for him for dinner one night and I roasted them with EVOO salt and pepper - he asked for more!  Then went out in a restaurant a few weeks later and hated them (i think they were steamed!)

 

[beautymadn3ss]

Originally Posted by mariahk83 /img/forum/go_quote.gif

I can't imagine tasting soap when I eat it!  I think it's so funny!  Same thing with brussel sprouts, people always say their bitter - i've never had a bitter brussel sprout in my life!! haha I too wonder what it tastes like to other people

I love brussel sprouts!! 

Originally Posted by mariahk83 /img/forum/go_quote.gif

I think it's cool!  I actually got it on Cyber Monday for $49 - so it was even easier a decision for me!  It does tell you some really neat stuff about your genetics you may not other wise know - like your genetic risk for heart disease, and alzheimers, it also tells you things like drugs you may be more resistant to, or things like noro-virus and HIV you may be immune to!  Obviously, just because you have some genetic markers for things doesn't mean you'll get it...the ancestry thing it neat too!  It tells you based on your genetics where you're most likely from!  So in short, i think it's worth it! 

That sounds so interesting O.O