For me, the value of Birchbox is that I get to see brands and products that are new to me. Whether I like what they send or not, I go to the Birchbox website and see what other products they might have for that brand, and I go to the brand websites and see all the products they offer. It's about learning about stuff I would never find out about otherwise. I like the descriptions on of the products on the Birchbox website. Sometimes they are better than the ones on the actual product website.
I do not like that everyone seems to get stuff they would never use, but I signed up for Birchbox to be exposed to new things and I knew up front that not all the samples would be something I would like. Don't get me wrong, I can complain with the best of them, but but it's gotten to the point where I just want to say <<Trade It If You Don't Like It>>. I have resolved to complain less and start taking part in the Birchbox Trade Forum/Thread.
I really hate that I left the most negative feedback possible on the 2 perfume samples I've received, and both times, a day after I left the feedback, Birchbox sent me an e-mail titled something like "How to Choose an Age-Appropriate Scent" featuring only the perfume I had just left the feedback for. There were not even any other perfumes mentioned. Viva La Juicy in my April box and Arquiste L'Etrog in my May box. Ick. I'm not interested in "age-appropriate." I changed my age from 33 to 25 on my Beauty Profile. I am hoping that made a difference if they send me a perfume sample in my June box.
I like getting samples and reviewing them. And what I don't use or plan to trade, I give away. What bugs me is the size of the samples sometimes (Dr. Jart BB Cream), the April BeFine moisturizer being expired, and the fact that they sent me ALL leftover samples from previous months in my April Welcome Box, except the expired BeFine, which was new that month, I think, but still expired.
I agree about the value of the box. I don't care how much it's worth as long as I can use the samples (or somebody else can) and they don't substitute a lifestyle extra for a real sample, like they seem to have done in the past. Also, I have found value in the Birchbox point system and the fact that any product I see in someone else's Birchbox I can go to the website and other places online and find more information, and then buy a full size if I want to. I bought the Orange Sanguine perfume by Atelier I saw in the April boxes. I love it. I got the 30ml size.
It's about the whole Birchbox experience. My box might suck, but I get to review the products and get points anyway, and I get to find products I love because I get to see what everybody else is getting in their Birchbox, too. I would not like a subscription service where nobody knows what anybody else got.
I do not like that everyone seems to get stuff they would never use, but I signed up for Birchbox to be exposed to new things and I knew up front that not all the samples would be something I would like. Don't get me wrong, I can complain with the best of them, but but it's gotten to the point where I just want to say <<Trade It If You Don't Like It>>. I have resolved to complain less and start taking part in the Birchbox Trade Forum/Thread.
I really hate that I left the most negative feedback possible on the 2 perfume samples I've received, and both times, a day after I left the feedback, Birchbox sent me an e-mail titled something like "How to Choose an Age-Appropriate Scent" featuring only the perfume I had just left the feedback for. There were not even any other perfumes mentioned. Viva La Juicy in my April box and Arquiste L'Etrog in my May box. Ick. I'm not interested in "age-appropriate." I changed my age from 33 to 25 on my Beauty Profile. I am hoping that made a difference if they send me a perfume sample in my June box.
I like getting samples and reviewing them. And what I don't use or plan to trade, I give away. What bugs me is the size of the samples sometimes (Dr. Jart BB Cream), the April BeFine moisturizer being expired, and the fact that they sent me ALL leftover samples from previous months in my April Welcome Box, except the expired BeFine, which was new that month, I think, but still expired.
I agree about the value of the box. I don't care how much it's worth as long as I can use the samples (or somebody else can) and they don't substitute a lifestyle extra for a real sample, like they seem to have done in the past. Also, I have found value in the Birchbox point system and the fact that any product I see in someone else's Birchbox I can go to the website and other places online and find more information, and then buy a full size if I want to. I bought the Orange Sanguine perfume by Atelier I saw in the April boxes. I love it. I got the 30ml size.
It's about the whole Birchbox experience. My box might suck, but I get to review the products and get points anyway, and I get to find products I love because I get to see what everybody else is getting in their Birchbox, too. I would not like a subscription service where nobody knows what anybody else got.
