Birchbox - a New York based company that provides a "beauty box" for subscription of $10US a month. Upon subscribing, you will complete your profile so that Birchbox will know what kind of samples to send you. According to the research, you usually get 4-5 sample size products to help you decide if you want to purchase the full size version- available from the site.
I found out about this subscription service via a trini blogger Ceola and I was immediately intrigued. I am a novice in this field - but the aim is to start learning about different products and how it can be of benefit. This seems like the perfect way to get me started. With my recent 'addiction' to online shopping - the Birchbox subscription quickly got me wanting to join :)
My first box - March 2014, and I was a bit worried about the 'how' of it all. How did it work? How will I use it? ...How will it get here?! Especially as I don't live in the United States. So, I added my US shipping info to my credit card to allow me to access the service (and it allows me to do more shopping!) I wasn't too sure about how shipping beauty items will be handled in Trinidad & Tobago, but after following Ceola's post, I didn't see any issues. After doing a little more 'investigating'; reading reviews, looking for blogs, watching youtube reviews - I decided to give it a go. I signed up, and then I waited ...and waited ...and waited. Maybe I was impatient - maybe it was more excitement.
*The How*
First, you request an invite and then eventually create an account. I selected the monthly subscription (I can cancel whenever I wish) or you can chose the annual subscription for $110US (do the math and it's 12 boxes while paying for 11). I reserved my first box the 15th March and I was welcomed to Birchbox on the 17th with my first order (my credit card was charged on this day as well). My box was shipped on the 18th and received at my shipping address on the 22nd. I got my confirmation on the 25th and I finally got the box today - the 27th March 2014. As for the cost, getting the box to Trinidad cost me $38.47, the box itself was $65.02; a total of $103.49TT. I will display/review the products in another post
After watching all the reviews, I kinda knew what to expect. I loved that I got a chocolate in this box as well ...and the excitement is still here :)
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Angie
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