(SPOILERS) July Birchbox partners with Glamour Magazine
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I got my shipping notice monday at 12:27pm and it's not updated yet either.
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I have refreshed the page so many times...June box... back to MUT, refresh...still June box... back to MUT. Maybe I should just go to sleep
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Huh. I wonder if they're going to have another extra-bonus-point deal: In addition to the July store, they also have a Five Senses Picks section.
And in unrelated news, I've been thinking about what I would consider to be a decent sample size for Birchboxes. Since their goal is to get us to buy stuff through them, I think the samples should be enough for one to two weeks of daily use -- travel samples, enough to get through a vacation, that sort of thing. It usually takes me that long to decide whether I like something enough to buy it. If a sample is only enough for one or two uses, I don't really get a good feel for whether it will work for me, and chances are high that I won't even use it but will just put it up for swap. The Stainiac sample was a fantastic size, as was the Melvita Floral Water, EVE LOM TLC Radiance Cream, and quite a few more things I don't feel like typing out. But. The Dr. Jart stuff in the May box? The *container* was the right amount. The *contents* were not. The Jouer Body Butter was enough for *a* leg. *One* set of tape strips? While the ones I tried were horrific when I used them, I did wonder if maybe they would have worked if I used them on a different patch of skin, but since I only had one set to try, I will never know because I'm not about to spend money on them to try a second time after the disaster of the first attempt. And products should be resealable! The FIX Malibu Wish Wash Exfoliating Powder is a good concept, but it was supposedly enough for a couple of uses, but I was left with an open pouch of powder. Not cool.
Anyway. Just some thinking about what I would change to make these better. I'm still mulling over the issue of full-sized items. I'm actually not a fan of full-sized items in these boxes (especially since they tend to be makeup items I don't use in colors I can't wear), but they seem to be used a lot of times to balance out tiny samples. And it seems like they are doing full-sized-item-lottery more and more lately. I don't remember very many of them last year. I just went trough my box history, and last year, there was the Laura Geller in June. That was the only full-sied item in my boxes that year. Before January (it seems like there has been an eyeliner in at least a couple of box variations every month this year, and it kicked off with the smudge sticks in January), what other full-sized things were there?
And in unrelated news, I've been thinking about what I would consider to be a decent sample size for Birchboxes. Since their goal is to get us to buy stuff through them, I think the samples should be enough for one to two weeks of daily use -- travel samples, enough to get through a vacation, that sort of thing. It usually takes me that long to decide whether I like something enough to buy it. If a sample is only enough for one or two uses, I don't really get a good feel for whether it will work for me, and chances are high that I won't even use it but will just put it up for swap. The Stainiac sample was a fantastic size, as was the Melvita Floral Water, EVE LOM TLC Radiance Cream, and quite a few more things I don't feel like typing out. But. The Dr. Jart stuff in the May box? The *container* was the right amount. The *contents* were not. The Jouer Body Butter was enough for *a* leg. *One* set of tape strips? While the ones I tried were horrific when I used them, I did wonder if maybe they would have worked if I used them on a different patch of skin, but since I only had one set to try, I will never know because I'm not about to spend money on them to try a second time after the disaster of the first attempt. And products should be resealable! The FIX Malibu Wish Wash Exfoliating Powder is a good concept, but it was supposedly enough for a couple of uses, but I was left with an open pouch of powder. Not cool.
Anyway. Just some thinking about what I would change to make these better. I'm still mulling over the issue of full-sized items. I'm actually not a fan of full-sized items in these boxes (especially since they tend to be makeup items I don't use in colors I can't wear), but they seem to be used a lot of times to balance out tiny samples. And it seems like they are doing full-sized-item-lottery more and more lately. I don't remember very many of them last year. I just went trough my box history, and last year, there was the Laura Geller in June. That was the only full-sied item in my boxes that year. Before January (it seems like there has been an eyeliner in at least a couple of box variations every month this year, and it kicked off with the smudge sticks in January), what other full-sized things were there?
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I received full sized Tarte Lipsurgence and Essie nail polish in my Teen Vogue box
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Is this the new thing Birchbox is doing for yearly subscribers ? I saw this pic on instagram. Sorry its huge
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Our boxes must get shipped out together because I feel the same way. Last month a lot of people received their boxes at least two weeks before I got mine and were already talking about the next month's box. I've wondered if my account is flagged "Ship Last" , haha. It also doesn't help that I live in CA but I guess its better late than never. Hoping for that shipping notice to arrive soon.
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I'm hoping that my second account doesn't get the crappy leftover products box since I just realized that's what they send "new" subscribers, which is probably why mine hasn't shipped yet for that account. UGH.
Anyone have experience resubbing?
Anyone have experience resubbing?
I actually canceled for about a week last month. Resubbed after I cancelled GB...
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Oh but you will...you will!! MUAHAHAHA!!!!
My isnt supposed to get to me until the 16th. So no!.....
Im gona stalk feeback 1 more time then im off to bed lol
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Is it just me, or does it seem like BB is just trying to use up past samples? The Dirt scrub, Stila lipgloss, Eyeko liner, Dr Jart, etc... are all from the past couple months, right?
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i believe the stila lipgloss set that it is in the july shop is different from the gloss they had on the site in the past. i don't mind that they're still reusing the eyeko liner since it was only in a small minority of boxes in the past and i haven't gotten it yet.
