September Birchbox Man Review – “Men’s Health Edition”

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B’s Birchbox Man box got delivered over the weekend, but I didn’t get my hands on it until yesterday, when it arrived up-north with my Dad.  B had just been asking about his Birchbox, so the timing as great.

Birchbox Man ships via Newgistics and took, gosh, 8 days to arrive to me from NJ?  Some months they are super fast and some months they are NOT!  This month was a special box since it was a collaboration with Men’s Health.

I  totally peeked so I knew exactly what was in B’s box, however, that doesn’t make it any less exciting to get the box in the mail.  Does anyone not peek?  How can you wait?  I need to know!

The September Birchbox was a collaboration with Men’s Health, who is helping Birchbox “hit the road with a collection of supplies worthy of the truly inspired traveler—the man who prepares for every trip like it will be his greatest journey”.

B received Box #4 (*) this month, which included the following:

~Men In Cities Passport Case ($40): In all honesty, this wasn’t the lifestyle item I’d been hoping for. I REALLY wanted the scarf because I knew B would wear it. He just doesn’t travel he used to so I don’t know how often he’ll be able to use this. Fingers crossed he gets sent to some exotic land soon because this is quite stylish.

~VitaMan Face & Body Cleanser ($5.60): This smells great and is a fabulous size. It’s actually something you could pack and take with you if you went away for a few days / a week and you’d be more than fine.

~ERNEST SUPPLIES Cooling Shave Cream ($2.50): I’ve always loved the ERNEST SUPPLIES packaging.  It’s so unique and reminds me of the military, which reminds me of the Army, which of course, reminds me of B in his uniform, which you KNOW I loved.  I  have no idea what makes a good shave cream and B hasn’t tried this yet, but I do like the smell!

~Hanz de Fuko Quicksand ($2): I wasn’t sure what this was at first, but it’s a product for 2nd hair hair.  Basically, it adds texture and hold with no shine, breathing new life into greasy slept-on hair.  B’s been shaving his head all summer, but I’m guessing that he’ll grow it out soon.  And if he doesn’t, I am stealing this sample to help smooth my 2nd day hair!

~LUXE City Guides ($9.99): I’m totally reading this!  I kind of wouldn’t mind reading them all (I think there are 33 guides total), but I also don’t want to buy them all.  B and I may never go visit many of these cities, but it’s fun reading about them!

~Men’s Health Subscription ($10): B reads Men’s Health and I am assuming his subscription is expiring soon since I can’t remember the last time I paid for it, so this this perfect.  I think it’s a great addition to the box! Oh and if you aren’t interested in the subscription, you can request a $10 refund from Men’s Health (instructions are on the card).

All totaled, B’s September Birchbox Man had a value of $70.09, (NOT including points for doing reviews and purchasing the box itself (**) – which would bring the value up to $77.09!  The value this month was amazing and the only thing that could have made this box better would have been the scarf! We totally love Birchbox Man and B looks forward to receiving this box every month.  And I look forward to that scarf appearing in a future box!

Do you subscribe to Birchbox Man?  What’d you think of this month’s box?  What box number did you get and what did it include?

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(*) If you want to see all the boxes this month, click here and change the 1 at the end to anything from a 2 to 12 since there were 12 box variations this month.  If you can’t figure out which box number you got, login into Birchbox and then Click “Box” and select Men’s or Women’s.  Scroll down a bit to were it says “Box History” and click the month of the box (in this case September 2013).  The number at the end of the URL is your box number.  B’s box ended in “september13box4″ which means he got box #4.

(**) You only get points for purchasing the box if you buy an annual subscription (or 3-month, 6-months, etc.). You don’t get points if you are on a month to month subscription.