I was chatting with Beetrice one day on the subject of beauty box subscriptions. You know the sort where you pay a fixed sum every month and get surprised by what you receive? It could be a good surprise or a bad one I suppose.
In most of these boxes, you get 1 full size item if you are lucky (a bottle of nail polish is considered full size!) but if not, you get a bunch of deluxe sized samples from various brands and areas of beauty – makeup, skincare, tools etc. I’ve read of some boxes including coasters and vouchers and even hair ties. I got one containing coffee beans. Erm yeah. Surprise!! 😛 Never said it was going to be a good surprise 😛
So there we were chatting randomly about what we could put into a beauty box and a germ of an idea formed. What if I were to have a beauty box subscription? What will I put into my box?
I’ll call this the “My Women Stuff Beauty Box”** and this box will house 5 items I would put in there, that I think people will like to try. In the vein of a beauty box subscription, there is 1 full size item and 4 sample sizes. This is a recurring subscription and you will be automatically billed or you can pay up front for a year! Hurray!
I’ve also got a few blogging friends to create their boxes and tell us what goes in their boxes so hop along for a peep into mine and theirs.
Here’s what you can expect to get in the “My Women Stuff Beauty Box”** if you subscribe. Essentially, its stuff I like and that I think you will like too. This is the introductory box 🙂
- Dior Addict Extreme lipstick (click for review) – full size (I chose Plaza but you get your choice of colour, yay!) I love Dior Addict lipsticks so naturally I wanted you to have one of your very own!
- Melvita floral water spray (click for review) – sample size (your choice of floral water, yay!) I have been using these floral waters a lot recently. I use them in lieu of a lotion or toner and I love it! It dampens my skin and helps skincare absorb better. My favorite is the Rose one. Also excellent to cool down on a hot day, mist skin in dry air and set makeup.
- Estee Lauder Advanced Night Repair serum (click for review) – sample size. This helped my skin recently in recovering from breakouts and general dullness. I mix it with the Kiehl’s Midnight Recovery serum but you’ll have to wait and see if you get that in the next box!
- Clinique Moisture Surge (click for review)- sample size. Been using this a lot too. In the day as a light moisturizer and at night, sometimes as a sleeping mask. Reminded how much I like it.
- Kanebo Blanchir Make Off Conditioner (click for review)- sample size. For taking off makeup at the end of a long work day, I love this one. The first cleansing oil I ever used and one I intend to return to.
I’d probably also toss in a couple of packs of cotton pads because every girl needs cotton pads. All items come to you in a sturdy red box lined with luxurious white tissue and tied with a white bow.
How much will a box like this cost? Initial projections price this luxury beauty box at RM90/month. Considering the lipstick is already RM98 and you get shipping free**, I’m on the losing end and you get a steal, yes? 😉 But here’s the beauty of it – you don’t know what you’re getting next month! A little bird tells me we can expect a French brand that starts with G – Guerlain or Garnier? Surprise! 😛 Book early because only very limited boxes will be sold**
If this box isn’t to your taste, here’s what my blogging friends have put into their boxes. All posts have been published simultaneously so I am just as curious as you are to find out what are in their boxes!
- Beautyholics Anonymous
- Beautycabby
- Beauty up my life
- Beetrice’s Reviews
- Belle Demoiselle
- My Women Stuff
- My Views My Reviews
- Pretty Beautiful
- Red Luscious Lips
- Rinnah’s Consumer Reviews
- Skin Deco
- Soloverly
- Unconventional Geek
If you could make your own beauty box, what are 5 things you’d put in there? Are you a fan of these beauty box subscription thingys? I don’t think much of them to be perfectly honest and I know for a fact that I’d never subscribe to one. I’d rather save the money for 1 nice item every month or save it all up and get that one luxury item I’m really keen on. I think it makes more sense overall. But that’s just me. How about you? 🙂
Paris B
** This is a hypothetical beauty box subscription, if it wasn’t already quite clear. I still don’t believe the consumer gets much out of a service like this, but the company can expect to make a lot of money distributing surprise boxes of product samples, preying on the element of surprise. Smart!
Helz Nguyen says
I think peeps would be crazy if they dont subscribe to your beauty box, love the products here! All high-end ones too 😉 great taste!
I would love to subscribe to a monthly beauty box subscription, but we dont have it here in Finland.. which drives me nuts when I hear about other ppl’s beauty boxes 🙁 we are always the last one to catch up on these trends!
Paris B says
Haha! Thank you for the support Helz! 😀 With the big boom in all these beauty boxes globally, maybe you will see one mushroom in Finland too if there is a demand. We don’t have one here too so you aren’t alone! 😀
LeGeeque says
Value for money, yo! 😉 You know what this exercise has become? Sort of a promo/ad for existing beauty boxes out there! It’s making me want to try them out!
Paris B says
Haha no way! 😛 Don’t go throwing your money at them because you do know that realistically, none of the boxes out there will have everything that we like, like our hypothetical boxes!
mengher says
Hai thr, i would like to subscribe. May i know how it’s work? & do I need to do review in blog ? hope to hear from you soon.. thanks 😉
Paris B says
Hi there, I hope you’ve realised that this is a hypothetical situation meant to show what my beauty box would contain (if I had one) 😀
mengher says
Oh… thanks for telling.. How good if malaysia hv those beauty box to subscribe … *dream-ing*
Btw, ur blog is so informative!… Add oil…
& pls do more review..:)
Paris B says
There maybe some coming up soon 😉 thank you for reading and I will update as often as I can. Do check back. We have updates almost daily 😉
juan says
i nak subscribe to your beauty box 🙂
Paris B says
Sila hantar RM90 melalui paypal ke whatahoax[at]mwsbeautybox[dot]com 😀
Sam says
Love it – I would be your first subscriber. That would be my perfect beauty box!
Paris B says
Aww thank you Sam! Who knows if/when something like that may take off 😀
AliceQ says
Hi ParisB,
I am interested to subscribe to your beauty box. How do the subscription box? Please email the payment method. Thanks.
Paris B says
Hi Alice, you might have worked out that this is just a hypothetical beauty box, not a real subscription 😉
AliceQ says
Hi ParisB,
I am interested to get the beauty box. Please email me for more details.
Ashley says
Hi, how to subscribe this beauty box^^