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This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at Northeastern chapter.

Hey Collegiates! It’s that time of the year again, when everyone’s bank accounts slowly drop in value and the need for ‘necessary’ EXPENSIVE purchases begin! Be it for your dorm/apartment or so that you don’t starve, with money going everywhere, do you EVEN have the time to pamper yourself to a new beauty product or two?!

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With Beauty boxes, you can try not one, not two, BUT at least FIVE different products EVERY SINGLE MONTH! That’s right! And you don’t even have to pay more than a meal at a decent restaurant!! With an innovative idea like this, we broke college students won’t have to keep squeezing the last bits out of our current makeup!

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Below I have listed my Top 10 favorite beauty box subscriptions that may help women who are on a budget to explore new quality products without worrying about how much it really costs!

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1. Ipsy

For just $10 a month, you can sample 5 incredible products customized to your preferences so that you can try and enjoy new quality products!

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2. Birchbox

Like Ipsy, Birchbox offers customers 5 wonderful products for $10 a month! With every product you review on their website, you can collects points that you can use to redeem full-sized products!

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3. Play! By Sephora

With the same $10, you can get 5 fantastic beauty products sold at Sephora in sample sizes so you can test and try products you like before indulging on a full priced one! With bonus perfume samples, how is this a miss?!

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4. Allure

Usually for $15 a month, try Allure’s deluxe-sized beauty products from designer brands and receive a mini-magazine along with each subscription!

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5. Target Beauty Box

For those of you who love drugstore makeup brands just as much as I do then you’ll be happy to know Target offer tons of great products in their beauty boxes for prices you won’t believe!

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6. Lip Monthly

If you’re a lip product lover then you will LOVE this monthly box for $12.95! You can get 4-5 FULL SIZED deluxe lip products to take your go-to routine makeup to a whole new level!

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7. Love Goodly

Don’t worry my vegan friends! Everyone deserves to try amazing, good quality products for reasonable prices and for $29.95 every other month, you can enjoy cruelty-free vegan premium products!

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8. Glossybox

If you’re into trying luxurious, high-end products but don’t want to spend that high-end money, this beauty box subscription for $21 lets you trial and test luxurious brands you thought were way out of your reach!

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9. BeautyFix

For $24.95 a month, get your FIX on 6 expertly handpicked full-sized beauty products that include everything from makeup to skin and hair!

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10. New Beauty Test Tube

No samples from this company – you get TEN FULL SIZED beauty products! Try everything from classic favorites to high-end luxury brands all for $29.95 along with a yearly subscription to New Beauty Magazine!

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Rehab Asif

Northeastern '20

Hi, My name is Rehab and I'm a junior at Northeastern University! I'm a Media and Screen Studies major with a minor in Experience Design. Live, Love & Laugh is the motto I always preach!