Hi everyone! Hope you week was well. This is my first Birchbox unboxing on my blog, there will be one every month. There will now be a lot of text considering I did not get to type a post on Wednesday, sorry if there is an excess amount of information. Here we go!
This was my first Birchbox, I was searching for a beauty subscription service to join. I actually signed up for Ipsy, but I ended up cancelling it before I got my first bag. I watched many Youtube videos comparing Ipsy and Birchbox, and almost every video I watched, Birchbox would be the winner. Another main factor was the fact Ipsy was in USD, I live in Canada and the exchange rate if very poor. So an Ipsy bag would cost me around $20+. I thought it was way too much to pay for samples. Birchbox is great because they have a Canadian site, which is in Canadian dollars. It is $14.95 a month that includes shipping, and you receive 5 samples a month. It is great because you can cancel anytime and you will not be charged for cancelling.
Just a little bit about Birchbox before we get on with the post. Birchbox is a skincare, haircare, beauty, subscription service. When you sign up you fill out a profile to make sure you are getting products tailored to your hair and skin type. You can also specify that you only want a few perfume samples a year, I know people don't want to have that in their box every month. I am one of those people.
Birchbox is also great because every month if you review your 5 samples you get 50 points, and once you have earned 100 points it is redeemed for $10. It is great because after two months you have $10 to spend on their site. You can also earn points by purchasing items on their site. Each $1 sent equals 1 point.
I am excited to continue writing these posts. Let's get into what I got this month!
These stickers are for personalizing the front of you box, saying what you would like 2016 to be.
This card tells you what is in your box, and extra information. The prices are for the full size product, not the samples in your box, unless you did receive a full size, of course.
The contents of my box.
When I opened this box I was excited to see that this mask had a $25 value! I was quite happy, because it is the value of my box and then some. I use this mask the other day when I was sick, and it was quite nice. They recommend you place it in the refrigerator, so I did, and it was awesome! I will start putting all my sheet masks in the fridge. It was so soothing and relaxing. This mask claims to be a hydrating mask, but I found it did not live up to its claims. It was slightly hydrating, but not as much as I expected it to be. I really like the gel texture of it, but I would not say this mask was worth purchasing for $25.
This is a leave in conditioner that also protects your hair from UV rays. I used this only once so far and it was nice. It smells really good, and I felt my hair did feel really nice once dry. But I would make note that you do not want to spray this in your roots if your hair is on the oily side like me. I found that my hair got oily quicker than usual. This is a great product for the ends of your hair.
I received mine in the Lavender scent and it is incredible! It smells so good. This scent is not on the site right now, I'm assuming that it is just sold out, because it was on the site a week ago. It is such nice scent, but I find the body butter is average. The feel is like many others, so I would have a hard time spending $26 on a body butter.
As you can see from the swatch below this is a beautiful highlight colour. The shade I received is Baby Pink Clam. I love the rose gold tone to it. For a liquid highlighter it lasts a long time on the skin. I probably won't be buying this anytime soon, but maybe in the future when I have used up my other liquid highlighters.
I have been wanting to try a lip stain for a long time. But I could not find one that was affordable. I was very excited to see this in my box. It is a very pigmented lip stain, but I find you can also pat it on with your finger for a lighter stain. The full size is only $6, which I think it fair price for a lip stain. There is quite a bit of product in this sample, so purchasing a full size will not be necessary anytime soon.
Thanks for reading! Have a good week and I will talk to you Wednesday.
-Ashley
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