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Yuzen is a quarterly subscription box that sends you a little Zen for every season. Each box includes high-quality natural and organic personal care products, healthy snacks, and lifestyle items carefully chosen from about 6 companies. Earlier this year Yuzen switched to quarterly instead of monthly boxes which I kind of like!
Yuzen ships via USPS Priority Mail and, once shipped, my box took the stated two days to arrive. Yuzen must bill / ship in batches because I saw some people getting their boxes a few weeks ago while others (like me) are just getting theirs now.
Once opened, Yuzen’s outer packaging revealed a box which is gift-giving ready. Everything is perfectly packed in an organza bag and you can tell that someone spent a great deal of time packing these bags. I always say this, but you tell that they take great pride in their boxes and want your experience to be amazing.
The Winter Yuzen Box was all about treating yourself to a little zen. This season Yuzen curated a box of holiday care to make sure that we stay pampered, nourished, replenished and sparkling. Here’s what it included:
~Jane Iredale 24-Karat Gold Dust ($13.50): Gorgeous! It can be used on your eyelids, in your hair or to add highlights to your cheeks. Basically anywhere you want some shimmer this will make it happen.
~Jurlique Rose Hand Cream ($9.38): No hand cream comes in this house without me trying it these days. This felt a little greasy, but also keep my hands feeling soft for a long time. The scent is not what I’d normally pick, but I don’t hate it either. Lots of mixed feelings on this one!
~Kerstin Florian FuB Balm ($8.12): One of the things I love abut Yuzen is that they send me so many unique items I never would have heard of otherwise. I loved this (although I had a hard time opening it after putting on the hand cream) and it had a “cooling” effect when I put it on. And the scent is very spa-like, which I also appreciated!
~Level Naturals Travel Candle (Forest) ($6.67): I keep smelling this candle and I can’t decide if I love it or hate it. It’s certainly different. Did anyone else get this box? What’d you think of this scent? I swear I have opened this tin up a dozen times. I just don’t know.
~PINO Facial Mask ($3.99): I am on a skin care roll this month and look forward to testing this out. Any extra attention I can give to my skin without spending a ton of time or money works for me.
~Sanitas Moisture Mist ($5.40): I wasn’t sure about this, but I sprayed it on my face as soon as I opened the box and it felt nice. My skin felt smoother and softer for sure, but the recommended use is to spray on before you use moisturizer. I’ll give it a go for a few weeks and see what happens? Maybe my moisturizer isn’t soaking in as it should and now it will?
~SpaRitual Golden Rule Lacquer ($6.50): I think it pretty much goes without saying, but I love this. First of all it’s a mini nail polish. Love. And second of all it’s a glittery one. Love. Maybe over a bright red for the holidays? I can’t wait.
~Sun Cup Dark Chocolate Chocolate Mint Cups ($2.40): I have received these in a box before but I can’t put my finger on what box? It’s driving me crazy. So crazy that I stopped this review to GTS. They were in Goodies and Conscious Box, but with different packaging. Totally good, but also not reeses ;).
~Tara Spa Therapy Stress Relief Roll-On Remedy ($2.41): This essential oil can be applied anytime, anywhere and is suppose to give you instant balancing, energizing and stress-relief benefits. I wasn’t overly worked up when I tried it, but as the holiday season wears on I will be trying it again.
All totaled I came up with a value of $58.40 for the winter Yuzen Box! Boxes are $33/quarter and once again I loved this box. I think it’s a perfect quarterly subscription for me because would be too many things (for me) monthly, but quarter is spot on!
Did you get a Winter Yuzen box? What did you think? If you are interested in subscribing or just want to learn more, click here. They are also offering Men’s and Women’s gift boxes for $33/box, which you can check out here.
The jurlique hand cream is my go-to hand cream for the winter (I like their citrus scent best — it has a faint lemony cream scent). My hands get really really cracked and dry during the winter, and Jurlique is a hand cream that actually has staying power and is absorbed into the skin, as opposed to just sort of sitting on top of the skin. I can see how it feels a little greasy though – I guess I’m just used to it!
Everything else in the box seems awesome! Such a nice spread of pampering products!
I love Yuzen. Everything always just feels so fancy!
is this thing free? cause I use to do influenster and I loved it. But I know the Birchbox is a monthly fee and I would love to do this but if it’s free lol
the nail polish i adore. love anything with glitter.
LOL. No. This isn’t free. I think I said it above, but it’s $33/quarter. Everyone would want it if it were free!
Have you seen that Yuzen is offering Men’s Gift boxes?? @_@
I did see that!!! Are you getting one?
I got the lemon candle and it is fantastic! Also I thought they did away with the wait list. I’m pretty sure now you can just subscribe. Plus I received an email today about doing a men’s gift box! Wish my husband was into that sort of thing. I think he would laugh at me if I told him to use moisturizer.
Ohh that is good to know! I will update!
My husband is way better about skincare than I am!
Love the idea of a quarterly box!! Are there any other boxes out there that do quarterly that you know of??
Off the top of my head I can think of fabfitfun and the quarterly co. boxes. There are a ton of different types if those! Allure does a seasonal box too.
I got the forest scented candle in my box a few weeks ago. It is an interesting scent but I finally decided I just don’t care for it. Love everything else in the box though!
Interesting is a good word for it!
Yuzen is my favorite box by far! I got the Lavender Chamomile candle and had the same reaction. I keep smelling it, but I am not sure if I like it or not. The polish is beautiful. I put it on over a deep purple and LOVE it!
I smelled it again a few times today. I just don’t know!
I also received the Forest scented candle. It is very strong. I can smell it when I walk into my bedroom and it is still in the box. I am going to try and burn it this weekend and see how I feel about it. So far, I also am not loving it. I like a strong candle, but this scent is overpowering.
I’m not sure that I think it smells like a forest? I need to try burning it..