Birchbox: April 2014

In its defense, my birchbox arrived early, last week, and it just sat on my table for almost another week because I just had so much going on that I didn't have time to even open it between doctor's appointments and outpatient surgery.So, it didn't actually get delivered as late in the month, as I'm posting it.

Birchbox is a subscription box service. It's one of the cheaper ones, at ten bucks, a box. In the box you get 4-5 items, samples sizes, deluxe sample sizes, or sometimes even full-sizes, that you can try out at your leisure. I find that birchbox has more of a selection of different types of samples than other subscription box services. In this one, you're likely to get all sorts of things like hair products, skin products, makeup, food, perfume, and in others, you're more likely to just get makeup. April's theme was Rainy Days.

I should also mention that I have a love/hate relationship with Birchbox. It tends to go towards the hate side because a lot of the time I don't get products I'm ever going to use, but sometimes they surprise me and I get decent boxes, but for ten dollars, I really can't complain too much. 

Miss Jessie's Original Transitioner's Magic, worth maybe $2.00. It's a decent size foil packet, but you don't get much use out of foil packets and they're hard to store. It's supposed to be a product to tame curly hair, which intrigues me since my hair is uncontrollably curly. So I probably will at least try this, I'm always looking for products that make me hate my hair less.

Sumita Contrast Eyeliner in Jamun [Deep Purple] worth about $5.00 because it's half the size of a full-size eyeliner pencil.

This is a product I will use, I do like eyeliner, and a deep purple is a color that I have used on my eyes before. The tip is also really nice and draws a smooth line. It's also very waterproof since I can't get it all the way off my hand no matter how much I scrub with soap. 

Paula's Choice RESIST Anti-Aging Clear Skin Hydrator, probably worth about $3.00, but it is a very decent sized-sample.  This is meant to cleanse your face and rid it of bacteria.

I sprayed some of my face now. The nozzle is sort of special, but I did rub it all over my face like it told me too. It feels cleansing, and gives my skin a nice cool feeling, which I like. However, it smells pretty nasty. 

Gilchrist & Soames Spa Therapy Body Wash, worth about $2.00. I like how it smells, it sort of smells like watermelon. It's also a good travel-size, for when I take my yearly plane rides back to Jersey, and get upset because there's no shower gel in my bathroom. 

Kind Healthy Grains Bar in Maple Pumpkin Seeds with sea salt, worth about .50 cents or so. I probably won't eat this because I don't really like pumpkin seeds, but maybe I can give it to my fiance and tell him it's a healthy snack.

Birchbox also sent along a tip for a rainy day in each box.

Mine involves brewing a perfect cup of coffee. I have a Keurig for that, and a Starbucks down the street :P Maybe one day I'll upgrade to a fancy schmancy coffee grinder and make my own coffee, but till that day, I'll stick with what I have.

Overall value: $12.50, still above what I initially paid, but not the highest value box I've ever gotten. 

This box was okay. It was sort of in the middle. I didn't love it, and I didn't hate it, and I am happy I got eyeliner.

So if you think Birchbox is for you, by all means, go check it out :)