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As luck would have it, I won a February Conscious Box giveaway from MichiGal. You guys have no idea how excited I was. I saw the giveaway and immediately decided in my head I would win it ;). Trying / reviewing new boxes is one of my favorite things and I have been wanting to try Conscious Box, so this was amazing!
Conscious Box is a box within a box. I’m unclear if it’s always like this or really why they do this, but whatever. I did have trouble getting the box out of the box. It was packed so full it didn’t just easily slide out.
Since I had never received a Conscious Box, I wasn’t sure what to expect. Everyone raves out about them, but until you see it with your own eyes, you don’t know of it’s the box for you or not! In case you don’t know, Conscious Box offers a monthly delivery of pure and sustainable products that are handpicked from businesses that care for the planet. You’ll receive 10-20 items from companies working towards the most ethical goals.
The February Conscious Box theme was “All You Need is Love” and suggested that we “use this holiday of love to forge a more meaningful bond with the place we call home”.
Sadly, Conscious Box does not come with in information card. That kinda made me sad because there is a lot of stuff in these boxes. Seriously, I thought Love With Food packed a lot into their boxes? Wrong. Well, they do, but Conscious Box can pack an insane box too.
Here’s what was in the February Conscious Box I received:
–Celtic Sea Salt (Light Grey Celtic): At first I feared grey salt, but then I read that the grey color comes from “pure clay soil it is harvested form”, which related to how it is harvested. I never realized there was such thing as a natural salt, so I am looking forward to trying this. Sometimes when I get these boxes I feel like I live in a cave because I haven’t heard of half the stuff. But then I realized that the opportunity to try new things is what these boxes are for.
~Florax DS Ready-to-Drink Probiotic: I have not yet jumped on the probiotic train, but everyone who has swears by them. Do you guys take them? What do you think?
~The Honest Company Healing Balm: Umm, I was SO excited to see this in the box because without my knowing it, I ran out of it. And I always love having trial sizes of things to throw in my bag.
~L’Ecuyer’s Gourmet 3 Butter Chocolate Mint Soap: B saw this and was like can you eat it? It seriously looks like a little piece of chocolate! It smells amazing and sounds great, but the sample is so small! It’s smaller than a quarter which isn’t exactly easy to hold. I usually throw away my soap when they get that small.
~Pride Green life cycle bags: These trash bags naturally assimilate in 18-36 months, while normal trash bags take 1000 years. OMG seriously? 1,000 years? My Costco trash bags may be cheap, but they totally aren’t doing anyone any favors are they?
~Natural Vitality Natural Calm Drink: I *almost* drank this when I was trying to organize and take pictures of everything in this box. It was hard work people and was starting to stress me out!!!
~Amazing Grass Kidz Superfood: L just started getting a cough today and I am going to try and talk him into chugging this. Maybe it will help. Maybe not. But 3 servings of fruit and vegetables never hurt anyone.
~Country Choice Multigrain Oatmeal – Cranberry Apple: I wish that I liked oatmeal. It’s so good for you and so easy to make, but it’s just not for me. B loves it though and will make good use of this. In fact, it may already be gone?
~Snack Better Sahale Snacks: These look quite interesting and I am sure B will love them. All these little snacks I get make B’s lunches very interesting!
~Sun Cups Dark Chocolate Mint Cups: I received this in a Goodies Co. box a few months ago and liked it. I didn’t like it enough to buy more, but I also wasn’t sad to see another one appear on my house.
~Kallari 85% Cocao Chocolate: A full sized chocolate bar that I have never seen before? Don’t mind if I do. Sometimes I don’t love fancy pants chocolate (and sometimes I do), so it’s always fun to get new ones to try so I can test them out!
~Equal Exchange Organic Chocolate (x3): Umm, these are delicious. I had one while I was opening the box and really liked it. It’s a great little size and is perfect to satisfy your sweet tooth. I am totally getting more of these.
~Kelapo Virgin Coconut Oil: I got this in another box (Mommebox maybe?) and haven’t used it yet. I still am scared by the thickness of it. I wonder what would happen if I put this in my hair? Something tells me it’d do amazing things.
~Clayton Joseph Scott Song Download: I don’t know who this guy is, but maybe I will love him? I kinda wish it was a iTunes download because I don’t know what to do with other formats, but that’s not Conscious Box‘s problem, now is it?
I was very impressed with my first Conscious Box. Can you believe all the stuff that came in that little box? Â INSANE. Â I was so impressed that I may just have to sign up myself!! I mean all this stuff for $19.95 is amazing!
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I take probiotics! I mainly consume them to help balance out my system — I take 3,000mg of Amoxicillin a DAY…so, that’s killing off ALL the bacteria in my body (the good & the bad). I take probiotics to the put the good back in! I usually have a sensitive stomach, but honestly, with the probiotics, I am able to take my medication & not kill my stomach 🙂
I’ve taken Culturelle, Pearls, & AZO. All those brands work for me.
FYI: you can put the coconut oil in your hair. It melts easily with the heat of your hand. I put a small amount in my hand, let it melt and put it in my hair. I then roll my hair into a bun and let it sit for an hr or 2 before I shower. I do this once a week, more in the summer when I swim a lot.
Coconut Oil is amazing!! It is unrefined, so it hardens at room temp, but it melts really quickly. I use it with all my vegetable dishes, and my husband can’t get enough. It add a hint of flavour, but nothing pronounced. Also, it is wonderful for you. It is so sood for you, that I try to eat a teaspoon a day, whether plain or in something. I also use it to “butter” sweet breads.
not really sure how i found my way here but i am loving it here already!
love your reviews of your subscription boxes. i have always wanted to sign up for one but there are so many choices! 🙂
I use coconut oil in my long hair pretty much every day. It works wonders on my dry scalp and my hair healthy and shiny. Just be careful not to put too much. It’s very easy to overdue. I use a dime sized amount my hip length hair. It also works great as a body lotion.
1. Fancy salt is very trendy. 😉
2. Don’t be afraid of coconut oil! It melts very quickly once heated. It is very good to cook with. It’s properties don’t break down at high heat like olive oil does. It does have a slight (very very slight) coconutty taste, but it is really good with veggies. A little goes a long way too.
3. I’ve been curious about Conscious Box and this is pretty awesome for everything they pack in there! But I do wish there was less food, more products.
4. I love trying/reviewing subscription boxes too! And I love reading your reviews. 😀
I love coconut oil! After taking a health seminar a couple years ago I tried it for the first time. I was encouraged to read up on overheating other oils and what not (I should review that again) but since then I used it mostly with cooking veggies. It adds a great (non-coconutty) flavor to them…especially mushrooms!
My go to is Trader Joe’s brand.
Just FYI, coconut oil is amazing to cook with. And so healthy.
I’ve never put coconut oil in my hair, but I’ve cooked & baked with it & just started using it on my skin. I’ve heard that it gets rid of those little bumps I have on my upper arms (there is a name for this, but I can’t remember what it is!), and it seems to be helping with dry, itchy skin. I know a lot of people put it right on their faces too.
What is this probiotic stuff? I need to look into this. I had NO idea about trash bags lasting 1,000 years. Did you have the calm drink? Did it work?
Someone may have already mentioned this, but CB posts their packing lists online and emails it to their subscribers. Since you won your box you probably won’t get the email, but check their Facebook page for a link!
Did you already try the kallari chocolate bar? Well I received two and both of them had an expiration date of 12/2010. The date was cleverly hidden under the sticker on the back of the bar. And the date was even marked out with a black marker. That is just so very wrong. I emailed conscious box and I cancelled. I really hope it wasnt conscious box trying to cover it up!
This is a waste of your money! $20 a month for a bunch of free samples is a little much, plus I’ve tried to cancel my account 2 times now, first they said oh think about it, then I sent a email saying no I wanted to cancel and then they charged my account again, tired to send them a email to fix the situation of me returning it or them refunding my money and canceling my account but no reply its been a week!
Do not waste your time or money! Rarely do you get anything more than a handful of tiny samples that I am sure you could have gotten free at whole foods. It is not worth $5 much less $20 . Read their facebook page tone of complaints about being charged after canceling . It happened to me. They never refunded the money they charged my acct 2 months after canceling and I finally had to cancel the card I used!