BirchboxReviews 260

Birchbox does a good job sending incentives to people (points that can go towards purchases) for reviews on the samples that they receive. This makes reviewing totally worth it and the site has so many reviews you really feel like you can get a better sense of most of their products. Anything you receive in your Bircbox you can buy through the website.

The site is easy to use, simple, not too flashy, and they keep it clean. Customer support is awesome. Anytime I received something broken, they send a new box immediately.

I've come to find the experience rewarding and has exposed me to new products and brands that I wouldn't normally find.

Birch box is a joke, you must fill out a questionnaire so they can personalise your box, which they don't they toss anything on hand in your box half the crap they sent went in the trash! If you don't wear lipstick you definitely don't want bright pink lipstick! And I think they make the perfume is grandmas basement! Birch box good idea just not exacuded!

I was gifted a subscription by my wife, so I tried not to be too negative about it, but it's really just a scam. They charge you almost $20 a month for a few tiny sample size products that the companies would otherwise just give away for free to try to entice you to buy from them. The pictures on the site lead you to believe that the samples are bigger than they are, but they are usually 1-3 uses. They also send out emails promising the ability to add bonus items to your box, but even if you click through immediately, everything will already be "sold out." They are basically selling you free stuff at a massive markup to try to entice you to spend even more money with them. The one good thing is it's kind of fun to get a box each month and open it up to see what's inside. Also, they charge men double what they charge women - I guess it's payback for women's haircuts etc. historically costing more than men's. Overall, though, I would describe it as a complete waste of money.

To appreciate birchbox, you have to look into their rewards system. For every 100 points you receive $10 off a purchase. Points are acquired through rating products in your box, usually 10 points per product. This could potentially be 70 points! Or $7 towards a future purchase! Products are all high quality, although small at times, some are full size. If you want to try birchbox, feel free to click on this link :) https://www.birchbox.com/invite/h2fvz

I have been using Birchbox for two years now, and I have to say, I still really like it.

The samples are hit or miss, and some months are pretty crappy. They are also REALLY in to sending me anti-wrinkle serums, and even though I'm 31 and all, acne is still a much bigger problem for me. But, I just set them aside and give them as gifts to my mom. I have put other stuff I can't use aside and also given those as little bonus gifts for friends, too.

There have been a few times where they've really hit it out of the park and sent me a sample of something at just the right time, and I've found a new product I'm really in love with. Sometimes, I find out that product is nine million dollars which is of course a bummer! But, sometimes I'm willing to spend 4.5 million dollars, because at least I know something works.

I have had to contact them twice; one time for a box I never received, and another time for a sample that wasn't in the box. They seem to never have samples/boxes left, but both times they sent me 100 points. There was another time that I didn't receive a box and didn't contact them. I suspect someone stole the package from my building, so I felt guilty, especially since I'd JUST gotten 100 points and didn't want to look like I was "taking advantage," but I suspect if it happened again, they'd still give me the points, especially since I've been with them two years.

There was another time where they straight up sent me the wrong thing. But I decided to just keep it since it was twice the price of what I ordered in the first place. If they screw up, I won't feel bad about it. Other mistakes have also worked out in my favor, like putting two samples in my box. The prices on the site are fairly competitive; really overpriced on some stuff, but then there are some very strange things (especially home goods) that are much cheaper than even Amazon. Keep an eye out on the home goods.

Once they started giving 10 points for product reviews of stuff you sampled in the month's box, it was unquestionably worth it to me. A lot of people have complaints about the fact that there's not nearly enough makeup and way too much of the following: perfume, shampoo, conditioner, wrinkle serum (or maybe that last one is just my complaint). This is a definite possibility, but I've also found some great hair products through this, and now that they are letting you pick one of your samples each month, this is definitely going to be less of a problem.

I enjoy getting my birchbox each month. I've been subscribing now for 2 years and some months I get an awesome box and some months, they honestly suck, but for $10 a month, I'm not going to cancel unless I have some big issue. I've never had any problems with my box. One month we got a survey about receiving outdated samples, so they gave us like 1,000 points towards purchasing products on their website (which I've done once). It was no big deal, and appreciated that they acknowledged and apologized for something I didn't even see! I even reuse the boxes. I have so much makeup and samples that I paint the outside of the boxes and use them to hold different makeup and samples! I also used some of them to wrap Christmas gifts :) They charge me around the 1st and I get my box around the 18th- always been the same. No complaints from me! I would recommend if you like receiving samples of products I can't afford or won't really use a lot of (like I'm not spending $30 on shaving cream, but I'll try it a few times!). Keep 'em coming!

Their customer service is decent. I would say I have a very pleasant experience 4 out of 5 times I contact customer service. The rest of the time it's sort of frustrating. So that's where the minus one star comes from. Their responses are pretty quick (maybe around one day).

On the plus sides, their website is very easy to navigate. The website doesn't load well on mobile devices, so that was another check on the not too awesome list of things...

Their free shipping is awesome, if you order anything from that month's shop, you get free shipping on your entire order. If there's nothing I want I usually will just throw the cheapest free shipping item I can into my cart. Their shipping does take a while to get to Hawaii, but I can ignore that when I consider the shipping is free!