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This month’s Birchbox didn’t arrive as quickly as last month’s box, but you can’t always get them super early! I’d say this month’s Birchbox was right on time.
The theme of the January Birchbox is “Best Year Ever” and includes a fold-out poster with 25 ideas for ways to maximize your personal happiness. As always, I have no idea how the “theme” relates to the products in the box. Sometimes I get the men’s box themes, but I never understand the woman’s.
I never know what sized samples to expect (it’s so hard to tell from the pictures), but I was happy to see that the lotion was a nice size!
I received Box #32 this month. There were 34 different combinations this month. Most of the boxes had 5 products. Only a few had 4 or 6. If you want to check them all out, go here. I wasn’t really overly excited about any of the boxes this month (nothing in them really wow’ed me), but this also wasn’t a box I was dreading.
Here’s what was inside:
~Harvey Prince Ageless – Pink Grapefruit ($4.90): I’m not a fan of grapefruit anything, so I thought for sure I’d hate this. I am pleased to report I am totally wrong and LOVE this. Like love. Like maybe even enough to buy a bottle.
~My™ Multi-Purpose Mattifying Moisturizer ($11.33): This cream is suppose to “tighten and firm skin to combat the signs of aging”, which is clearly something I need. Listen, I’m not getting any younger over here and I am guessing those years of working on my tan aren’t going to be doing me any favors. I can only hope this doesn’t become a new holy grail product because it’s a little spendy. I may need to save up my points!
~Kérastase Masque Chroma Riche – Treat ($9.15): I LOVE when we get hair product samples, so I am all over this. I only wish the container was better so I could store it more easily after I opened it. I was happy to see two packets as I was only expecting one! This is something I would never buy (I don’t splurge on hair stuff), so I cannot wait to use it. I’m planning on coloring my hair this week, so I think I will use it soon after that.
~alessandro Cream Rich ($9): Having little kids and changing a baby’s diaper means I wash my hands no less than a thousand times a day. I am looking forward to trying this!
~Lashem Double Trouble Mascara ($3 – est.): I’m always up for trying new mascaras, so I love this. And the container is super cute, so that is always fun. I am throwing this in my bag right now so I will always have it with me.
All totaled, I received products totaling $37.38 in this months box. Plus $5 in Birchbox Bucks (5 products to review = 50 points) makes my box worth $42.38. In comparison, last month’s box was worth $19.66. As always, it’s more than the $10 I spent on the box (really $9 because you get 10 points for buying the box), so I am super happy with this months box.
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