Monthly beauty subscription boxes have been all the rage lately. What is exactly is it? For a fee, every month you will receive personalized beauty products, whether they are full-sized or a mini sample. Each box is customized to each individual customer’s skin type, hair color, favorite brands, etc. Then a team of makeup specialists personally pick out specific beauty samples for each customer. This subscription box idea is perfect for those who want to try new products but refuse to spend a lot of money on experimentation.
Here are five super popular and cool beauty subscription boxes:
Birchbox: For $10 a month customers receive 4-5 beauty samples in a bright pink box. Once in a while, a box will contain a full size makeup item, which usually makes the value of the box awesome. They also have a points system: the customers earn ten points ($1) for every sample you review. And then the customers can spend those points on any products in the Birchbox shop.
Ipsy: Started by YouTube makeup guru, Michelle Phan, Ipsy has become one of the most popular subscription box out there in the market today. Their “boxes” are actually little makeup bags, which are well worth the money. Each month is a new theme and for $10 a month, customers are surprised by the amount of full-size products they receive.
Glossybox: Glossybox definitely has one of the nicest packaging for any beauty subscription box. For $21 a month, customers will receive 5 luxury travel-size products. This box is for people who exclusively like high-end brands of beauty products. Also, because they’re overseas, they will often have international luxury brands.
BeautyArmy: This subscription box is a little different because this one allows customers to personally pick which samples they want to receive. The customer cannot pick what they want to receive for any of the other subscription boxes. Customers must first take a quiz, as usual, and then BeautyArmy will have a pool of samples for the customers to choose from, depending on their quiz. If you don’t like your options, you can retake the style quiz for a new batch of samples to choose from. Each customer will get 6 samples for $12.
Beauty Box 5: With Beauty Box 5, customers will get items from luxury brands to drugstore brands to vegan-friendly brands. There is a wide variety. This time customers fill out a personality quiz with your preferences and concerns and their staff will pick out the items they think are best for each customer. Every month, customers will be guaranteed at least one full-size products, along with the usual deluxe sample ones.