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Current boxes: Birchbox Woman Birchbox Man Glossy Box Kona Kase Spoiled Rotten Box-- for my puppies Boxes I'm considering: Ipsy Graze Box Juli Box Just got a shipping notice for my first cravebox. Hope I'm not disappointed....

 
Ipsy

Birchbox

Wantable

Green Grab Bag

I loooove them all so much but I know I'm eventually going to have to cut out one or two.  I wasn't too impressed with my first Green Grab Bag, but I'm going to give it a few more months.  This was my first month with wantable and I LOVED it.
 

 
I'm subbed to Ipsy, Birchbox, and Glossybox. May will be my first ipsy box. I'm crossing my fingers that I'll be able to snag a graze code soon, I REALLY want to try that one out!
 

 
 Currently:

Birchbox

Birchbox Man (husband's gave him a 3 month sub to try)

Ipsy

Lip Factory Inc. ( my #1 fave)

Wantable Jewelry Box

Popsugar

Cancelled: Sample Society

On Probation: Popsugar
 

 
Currently: 

Popsugar

Ipsy

Newly subbed:

Bulu weight loss (just because you get your first month free - probably cancelling after that)

The Bride Box (just curious to see what they have, plus they offered me something to giveaway on my blog)

Conscious Box

Mommebox (I wish I read more reviews on this one - am dreading it) 

Glossybox (I just want to see what they have in the one-year anniversary box)

Cancelled or pending cancellation:

Julep

Vegan Cuts

 
Ugh! I just subbed to Ipsy. The spoiler this month looked good. I have no self control.

 
Updated!

Bichbox

Ipsy

Popsugar(re-sub/cancel every other month)

Glossybox

I don't know what it's about when it comes to the first three of my list, it always keeps me coming back!

Bichbox with the point system

Ipsy with great size products for only $10

Popsugar... can't think of any reason why i resub. I guess overall, it's just the most fun sub I have. I do like variety :) /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />

 
Originally Posted by AshJs3 /img/forum/go_quote.gif
Ugh! I just subbed to Ipsy. The spoiler this month looked good. I have no self control.
Heck, it was hard to refuse with how great ipsy looks this month! Not your fault, they dangled an awesome bag in front of us! :p /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />

Currently I have

ipsy

Birchbox

Glossybox

Lootcrate

Beauty Box Five

NatureBox

Gobites

Pawalla

Barkbox (I think, need to check on that)

Pawbox

And I'm sure I am forgetting things. I need to cut back lol, but the dogs tell me they NEED three boxes each month.

 
Currently Subscribed To

Ipsy

Eco-Emi

Beauty Box 5

Subscribed To But Have Been Skipping

Julep Maven

Beauty Army

 
Currently:

  • Birchbox x3
  • Square Hue
  • Starbox
  • Julep (usually skip)
  • ipsy (I think I'm joining the cancel-and-resub-depending-on-spoilers crowd, though)
  • LBB (sporadically)
  • Glamour Doll Eyes OTM (through September!)
  • Sample Society (I resubscribed a couple of months ago, but I'm back on the fence about keeping this one)
  • PopSugar

Canceled:

  • Conscious Box
  • Whimsybox
  • Eco-Emi
  • blissmo
  • a few more I can't recall off the top of my head at the moment

And ugh.  I'm trying something new with my subscription boxes in order to try to get myself motivated to CLEAN MY DAMNED APARTMENT.  Ahem.  This place is an epic mess.  As of right now, I have decided that I am allowed to open one package per area of my apartment cleaned (excluding the spare room for now because that is a complete disaster that needs more help than I can give it by myself) -- and it has to *stay* clean or the next package has to wait until it's clean again -- until it's all done.  After that, no packages can be opened *at all* until the place is clean.  The plan started with not being allowed to open *anything* until this place is clean, but I do need motivation in stages right now because the project is very, *very* daunting.  At the moment, I have eight packages that I know are on the way (subscription boxes and some freebie items) and two or three more that should ship any time, but I have none sitting unopened in a corner staring at me, so I don't feel particularly motivated.  We'll just have to see how things shake out over the next month or two.  

I *am* allowed to look at spoilers, though, so I can taunt myself with whatever is sitting *right there* waiting for me to clean the kitchen or go through that pile of *stuff* that I keep putting off.  If I really want something, I can just hurry up with the cleaning because it's here and already paid for, and I don't have to go get it or pay for it.  If I have to go get or do something as a reward for finishing a task, I usually end up deciding I don't want whatever it is *that* badly, and the task goes unfinished.  This could actually work.  I hope.  I *need* it to work!

 
I can't edit that post now for some reason, so double-posting:  I just re-subscribed to the Fortune Cookie Soap quarterly box.  I got a couple of them last year, and I just wasn't into them at the time, so I didn't re-subscribe when they canceled my PayPal subscription and switched to the new system, but I I've been thinking about them a lot lately, so I decided to re-join.

 
 I've decided that Popsugar redeemed themselves with the May box. I am going to let Wantable go, something needs to go and I have enough jewelry, Ipsy and Lip Factory Inc. covers my obsessive makeup needs, gotta keep BB I usually like at least 3 out of every box and I love the points system. Dropping Wantable (nice as the box is) allows for 2nd Ipsy bag and $26 savings each month!
 

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

I can't edit that post now for some reason, so double-posting:  I just re-subscribed to the Fortune Cookie Soap quarterly box.  I got a couple of them last year, and I just wasn't into them at the time, so I didn't re-subscribe when they canceled my PayPal subscription and switched to the new system, but I I've been thinking about them a lot lately, so I decided to re-join.
Ooh, I've been really curious about them. Can you give me more details about the service? I know the basics but I'd love to hear about your personal experiences!

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

Ooh, I've been really curious about them. Can you give me more details about the service? I know the basics but I'd love to hear about your personal experiences!
Hmm, let's see what I can say beyond the basics...  I really liked the fact that they sent out something in each of the seasonal scents (sweet tea and sweet fruits in the summer, orchard fruits and coziness in the autumn!  I didn't get winter or spring, but the winter box was Grinch-themed, and the spring box seems to have been garden-oriented with flowers, fruit, dirt, herbs, grass, and patchouli scents), so I could at least sniff each scent immediately even if I didn't get around to using it all right away, and they seemed to pick what item type to match the season, so they sent out dry shampoo for the summer and a lip scrub for autumn when lips tend to start getting dry and flaky, for example.  Item types they seem to send out every time:

  • Fortune cookie soap
  • OCD hand sanitizer 
  • Whipped Cream body cream
  • Bath fizzy

Other item types they have sent in previous boxes, and they seem to add a new item type to their line every season, and this isn't even a list of everything they currently offer, so this is definitely not complete (I'm hoping for a lip balm in the summer box even though I have plenty of them already.  I love lip balm!):

  • Body wash
  • Lip scrub
  • Milk bath
  • Facial mask
  • Eco Suds laundry detergent
  • Hydrate Me! body conditioning bar
  • Wax tart
  • Bath melt 
  • Tea light candle
  • Roll-on perfume
  • Air freshener
  • Bubbling bath crystals
  • Lotion
  • Shimmer stick
  • Bath salts
  • Spray lotion
  • Sparkle body spray
  • Dry shampoo
  • Solid sugar scrub

And, of course, the $10 code.  Most of these things are big enough to use several times, and some are big enough to last for even longer (I still have both of the hand sanitizers almost completely unused, although I'm not a big hand sanitizer user, so your mileage may vary),  One big drawback/thing to be aware of:  The scents in these boxes seem to be limited-edition seasonal scents, not new additions to their permanent collection.  If you fall in love with a scent in the box and hold off on buying it (or keep putting off trying it until months later), you might discover that you're out of luck because it's out of season and no longer available.  This would be a great little assortment to take for a weekend road trip:  Enough to get you through a few days and small enough to not take out a huge chunk of real estate in your suitcase.  I'm working on getting past the save-it-for-later mentality that results in missing out on realizing I have fallen in love with certain scents until it's too late, although I didn't know these were limited-time scents until much later.  Now I know, and so I have the incentive to actually use everything immediately and not have it sit there for months waiting for a special occasion.  The summer box is scheduled to ship on June 2nd, but they're cutting off signups on something like the 25th, so you still have a little time to sign up.

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

Hmm, let's see what I can say beyond the basics...  I really liked the fact that they sent out something in each of the seasonal scents (sweet tea and sweet fruits in the summer, orchard fruits and coziness in the autumn!  I didn't get winter or spring, but the winter box was Grinch-themed, and the spring box seems to have been garden-oriented with flowers, fruit, dirt, herbs, grass, and patchouli scents), so I could at least sniff each scent immediately even if I didn't get around to using it all right away, and they seemed to pick what item type to match the season, so they sent out dry shampoo for the summer and a lip scrub for autumn when lips tend to start getting dry and flaky, for example.  Item types they seem to send out every time:

  • Fortune cookie soap
  • OCD hand sanitizer 
  • Whipped Cream body cream
  • Bath fizzy

Other item types they have sent in previous boxes, and they seem to add a new item type to their line every season, and this isn't even a list of everything they currently offer, so this is definitely not complete (I'm hoping for a lip balm in the summer box even though I have plenty of them already.  I love lip balm!):

  • Body wash
  • Lip scrub
  • Milk bath
  • Facial mask
  • Eco Suds laundry detergent
  • Hydrate Me! body conditioning bar
  • Wax tart
  • Bath melt 
  • Tea light candle
  • Roll-on perfume
  • Air freshener
  • Bubbling bath crystals
  • Lotion
  • Shimmer stick
  • Bath salts
  • Spray lotion
  • Sparkle body spray
  • Dry shampoo
  • Solid sugar scrub

And, of course, the $10 code.  Most of these things are big enough to use several times, and some are big enough to last for even longer (I still have both of the hand sanitizers almost completely unused, although I'm not a big hand sanitizer user, so your mileage may vary),  One big drawback/thing to be aware of:  The scents in these boxes seem to be limited-edition seasonal scents, not new additions to their permanent collection.  If you fall in love with a scent in the box and hold off on buying it (or keep putting off trying it until months later), you might discover that you're out of luck because it's out of season and no longer available.  This would be a great little assortment to take for a weekend road trip:  Enough to get you through a few days and small enough to not take out a huge chunk of real estate in your suitcase.  I'm working on getting past the save-it-for-later mentality that results in missing out on realizing I have fallen in love with certain scents until it's too late, although I didn't know these were limited-time scents until much later.  Now I know, and so I have the incentive to actually use everything immediately and not have it sit there for months waiting for a special occasion.  The summer box is scheduled to ship on June 2nd, but they're cutting off signups on something like the 25th, so you still have a little time to sign up.
Wow, thank you for such an eloquent and helpful response!! I'm very tempted to purchase the summer box but I'm thinking I might want to wait for the fall one for a few reasons. One, I am in no need of soaps and such right now given the state of my stockpile, but my stockpile should be shrinking, not growing, so by fall I may actually need some of the stuff. Two, I'm not a huge fan of summery/floral scents, but I love the cozy scents for fall and winter. Three, this one features two types of lotion and I'm just not a big fan of lotion since I hardly ever use it. However, I say this now, but watch me subscribe in a few days...I have no self control obviously. What are the sizes like? I'm guessing they'd be deluxe samples (like half or a third sized maybe) with a single use bath fizzy.

 
Oops, I totally just realized I was looking a the SPRING box, not the summer one. I thought I had this all figured out, knowing what was in it and all! I didn't realize that it was a surprise each time. Hmm...

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

Hmm, let's see what I can say beyond the basics...  I really liked the fact that they sent out something in each of the seasonal scents (sweet tea and sweet fruits in the summer, orchard fruits and coziness in the autumn!  I didn't get winter or spring, but the winter box was Grinch-themed, and the spring box seems to have been garden-oriented with flowers, fruit, dirt, herbs, grass, and patchouli scents), so I could at least sniff each scent immediately even if I didn't get around to using it all right away, and they seemed to pick what item type to match the season, so they sent out dry shampoo for the summer and a lip scrub for autumn when lips tend to start getting dry and flaky, for example.  Item types they seem to send out every time:

  • Fortune cookie soap
  • OCD hand sanitizer 
  • Whipped Cream body cream
  • Bath fizzy

Other item types they have sent in previous boxes, and they seem to add a new item type to their line every season, and this isn't even a list of everything they currently offer, so this is definitely not complete (I'm hoping for a lip balm in the summer box even though I have plenty of them already.  I love lip balm!):

  • Body wash
  • Lip scrub
  • Milk bath
  • Facial mask
  • Eco Suds laundry detergent
  • Hydrate Me! body conditioning bar
  • Wax tart
  • Bath melt 
  • Tea light candle
  • Roll-on perfume
  • Air freshener
  • Bubbling bath crystals
  • Lotion
  • Shimmer stick
  • Bath salts
  • Spray lotion
  • Sparkle body spray
  • Dry shampoo
  • Solid sugar scrub

And, of course, the $10 code.  Most of these things are big enough to use several times, and some are big enough to last for even longer (I still have both of the hand sanitizers almost completely unused, although I'm not a big hand sanitizer user, so your mileage may vary),  One big drawback/thing to be aware of:  The scents in these boxes seem to be limited-edition seasonal scents, not new additions to their permanent collection.  If you fall in love with a scent in the box and hold off on buying it (or keep putting off trying it until months later), you might discover that you're out of luck because it's out of season and no longer available.  This would be a great little assortment to take for a weekend road trip:  Enough to get you through a few days and small enough to not take out a huge chunk of real estate in your suitcase.  I'm working on getting past the save-it-for-later mentality that results in missing out on realizing I have fallen in love with certain scents until it's too late, although I didn't know these were limited-time scents until much later.  Now I know, and so I have the incentive to actually use everything immediately and not have it sit there for months waiting for a special occasion.  The summer box is scheduled to ship on June 2nd, but they're cutting off signups on something like the 25th, so you still have a little time to sign up.
Sounds so good that I subscribed...If it's a sub, it doesn't count toward my low/no buy. At least that's what I'm telling myself. 
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Sounds so good that I subscribed...If it's a sub, it doesn't count toward my low/no buy. At least that's what I'm telling myself. 
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I think I might sign up for this, too! Sounds really interesting. Just want to make sure I'm understanding this....it's $19-$20 total for the whole three months, not per every month since its quarterly? I hope that made sense lol
 
I think I might sign up for this, too! Sounds really interesting. Just want to make sure I'm understanding this....it's $19-$20 total for the whole three months, not per every month since its quarterly? I hope that made sense lol
Right. $20-ish for one quarterly (every three months) box, or a little less than seven dollars a month if you're doing monthly budgeting.
 

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