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Last month I said I was cancelling my Birchbox Subscription. And I did. Or so I thought. It must not have gone through when I hit submit, because at the first of this month my account got debited. Birchbox noticed me mention it on Twitter and was wonderful about everything. I decided, what the heck … let it ride. I’m happy I did.
The theme for the January 2014 Birchbox is Go Time! Full of new products and must-try trends for the new year!
As you open the box the card resting on top gives you a little explanation and greeting on one side and a run down of what is in your box on the other side.
Let’s see what’s going on for January!
From 100% Pure, the Reparative Cream, Smoothing Night Cream and Organic Eye Cream. Small sample packets of skin care… ugh I wish I could opt out of receiving these. Great to try, but really you’re not going to be able to experience any sort of benefit.
From Fekkai, the Brilliant Glossing Creme. This used to be my HG before I discovered Living Proof products. They work a little better for me in terms of keeping frizz at bay, but the Fekkai is nice for days I want to pull my hair back or for when there isn’t as much humidity. Take care when applying this that you don’t get too much product on the crown of your head, oil happens hard.
From INIKA, the Mineral Eyeshadow in Eternal Marine. I had the worst time trying to get the protective coating off of the sifter part of this. Then had a hard time getting product out of the sifter. I’m not a huge fan of mineral makeup, but I do think this color is beautiful. It’s got a mint green and silver deal going on, can’t go wrong there.
From Nail Rock, Glitter in Red. I love the shade of red nail polish included in this box and it was super easy to create a fanciful and festive mani. The glitter will pretty much get everywhere, but it’s easy to use and for once in awhile I could do with a little glitter bomb to make my tips look a little more special.
And, as a Lifestyle Extra, Assorted Teas from Ahmad Tea London. I love teas, especially in these colder months where I’m usually feeling sick and stuffed up at least one day a week.
This months Birchbox was surprisingly good. I’m happy with what I received, especially because I got to play with some nail glitter and rediscovered how much I loved an old favorite.
In regards to continuing my subscription I’m going to let it ride. It’s like a trial again for me…. we’ll see how next month goes!
They’re also doing a fun thing now called Subscriber Sundays! Play to win awesome prizes every week!
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***Disclosure – I buy my own Birchbox, but the links posted here do give me referral points which I can use towards product on the site. Once you sign up for your own Birchbox, you’ll also get a referral code to send out to others and get some points of your own!
Farryn says
Nail rock looks awesome!
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Sheila says
That’s a great box – I’m surprised!
Miranda @ Slashed Beauty says
The Nail Rock looks like a winner! Much better than those Eye rock things they included in a past box
MarciaF (beauty info zone) says
It’s very interesting to me because I cancelled in November yet they still charged and sent in December. I think it’s a trick they do. I cancelled again in December though and now it’s gone. I’m not crazy about what you got though I’d like the Nail Rock without the glitter.
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Laura My Newest Addiction says
The Nail Rock duo looks awesome! I love glitter. *sigh*
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Heisenglossy says
That nail rock shade is lovely!
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Kimberly says
Ohhhh, those nails!!!!! I have received samples of the 100% Pure before and they are very nice!!!
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Phyrra says
I kinda like the looks of Nail Rock.
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Nidia says
As a nail blogger, you’d think they’d send me some nail stuff, but they have yet to do so! I’m jealous of all the Nail Rock pix I’m seeing. 🙂 Sounds like you got a great box. Mine was meh.
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Honeygirlk says
It’s been just about a year since I cancelled my birchbox. I didn’t like getting so much skin care but man when they were on it – I got some sweet stuff in my boxes… this looks like a pretty cool box. 😉
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Lisa Heath says
I subscribed to Birchbox for 2 years and cancelled. This looks like an amazing box, and is making me consider rejoining!
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Brooke says
They were pretty bad consistently for a long time. I tried to cancel last month, I’m glad it didn’t go through!
Aleya Bamdad says
The makeup looks great but that tea bag is one of the very reasons that I stopped subscribing to Birchbox.
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Destany says
That mineral shadow looks great against your skintone!
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Brooke says
thank you!
Emily Kristina says
I hope you do a review on that nail polish! I have been wanting to try one of those 3D nail shades for awhile now! They look beautiful. 🙂