Our Subscription Box Favorites for September!

LOVE this post. Please do them every month. My favorites are the Stila mascara from Birchbox (I usually don’t bother with non-waterproof mascaras but the brush intrigued me) and Meet Matt Hughes from Ipsy. My first jump into the whole matte lips look and I liked it a lot. Of course, just tonite one of the makeup artists I follow on IG said glossy lips are coming back. I can’t keep up!

I love this idea! My favorite this month was the Clinique Moisture Surge from Birchbox. It’s a classic, but one I’d never tried before! I also love and am still using the Davine’s All in One milk from September’s BB

WAHOO for this post!!! I look forward to every post from the MSA team, but this is one of my favs. So fun to see what everyone used and LOVED!!! THANKS to all of you for enabling us! 🙂

I’ve been really sick recently, so have been behind on my keeping up with MSA posts, but I am really loving the round up favorite products post. It gives a little more perspective into what Liz likes as I see the most reviews from you. I’d written off trying the FabFitFun moisturizer and will definitely keep for myself now I think. It’s just nice to see a more personal round-up post from you all with a lot of variety. My sister also loves the brand from the Target box that you really like (CVS seems to commonly have this brand on sale where I live if you’ve ever been on the lookout, she got them at a quarter of the cost!). Hopefully I won’t have another bad chronic illness flare as its been hectic trying to get enough rest and run necessary errands and I like going back through and reading nearly all the reviews to stay up to date.

It takes me a little longer to decide what my favorite products are but these are my all-time favorites:
1. Simpatico Shea Butter Cream in Ambergris from Pop Sugar – this cream smells amazing and is not greasy at all. I can put it on my hands and work at my desk all day long and don’t feel like I’m making my keyboard all greasy. And the scent is light and wonderful.

2. Living Proof Perfect Hair Day from Nina Garcia Quarterly – my hair is really thin and fine and this product controls the flyaways but doesn’t weigh it down. I also don’t have to wash it off my hands (just makes them feel nice) and it smells AMAZING.

3. Harry Josh Pro Tools Premium Oval Brush from Nina Garcia Quarterly – this brush is amazing and I cannot live without it. I can’t believe how expensive it is but it gets right through tangles without pulling and doesn’t make my hair static-y. I’m considering buying more in case they are discontinued…

I don’t subscribe to many, but I love the Darphin in the Power Pose box.
12 Benefits and Roller Lash in my normal Birchbox.
Meet Matte Hughes in Ipsy.
Still haven’t received the fall Walmart box yet. I’m way down on the bottom of the shipping chain.

Liz and Co. (and fellow addicts 🙂 )

Thanks for this topic/thread. Such fun ! Was going to contribute my own faves only to realize in my desire to organize & stop pile of boxes from overwhelming my room, I started dividing the different products to put “like with like” (i.e. serums together, hair stuff, etc). I kept the cards from various boxes in case I need to refer back however…oh heck, just how do y ‘all keep track of all the different products?

I can’t remember which ones I got this month, with exception a LE Birchbox that had a Michael Todd Concentrated C Antioxidant Moisturizing Serum in it. I’ve been loving it although at first I had to do a few ‘pumps’ & then that sucker shot yellow serum like it was trying to take my face out..lol. It didn’t hurt but I learned to have a lighter ‘trigger finger’.

Ugh, y’all may regret I joined these posts because the other item I like but don’t know which box it’s from! It’s Nourish Organic Pure Hydrating Argon Face Serum – it came in handy today when I decided I to use a beauty tool on my face and neck.

I’ll do better next time! I’ve been experimenting with learning this past year what boxes (and items) I like. Liz and all of you are who I have to thank for helping me narrow it down.

Like all of us, there’s a story behind every name on the screen. I finally have started posting to honor a series of promises to my best friend of 20 years. Promises made from 2012 – 2015 on a 4 year journey we took together before she passed on a few months ago. I promised to take better care of myself by losing weight, loving myself enough to do more than just brush hair & teeth, be kind to myself, Not let others steal my joy and other things as her friendship with me continues on a different realm now. Some days I succeed, some days I don’t (and boy do I hear her voice!), but I keep on and will continue to do so

Ciao bellissima!!

Is there a box hoarder rehab? Because I’m pretty sure I need to go. I’m up to 7 per month plus 3 quarterly ?.

FYI, there’s an extra 20% off at JC Penney that applies to the Rene Rofe pajamas, but it ends today!

My favorite this month was, hands down, the Too Cool for School Dinoplatz mascara from the Birchbox Korea box – my eyelashes have never looked better!

This was so fun to read!

I love this post and hope it will be a monthly event!

SheaMoisture makes the top list TWICE!! It’s so crazy its funny. Of all the billion of items we have collectively….hilarious. Their products smell amazing!
Ragan – I love that artwork, it reminds me of my mother’s molas. Beautiful!
Haley- You are putting me to shame with the PJs. My Hubby hates the 10 year old AirForce Sweats I run around the house with. LOL. Time to upgrade my comfort zone to cute and sexy.
Anna – Beautiful music indeed!
Lindsey – I hope one day we can get smellovision and an evite to Thanksgiving at your house. For Real!

Love this post

I love this new feature! Please continue doing these in the future. It’s a lot of fun to read what everyone’s favorites are in all the different boxes.

How is everyone using their One Love Organics Skin Savior Multi-Tasking Wonder Balm? Are you using it as a face washing balm? I noticed it’s “multi-tasking” so curious if there are other uses I haven’t though of.

Thanks in advance!

Congrats to Liz and all the reviewers on having one of the coolest jobs in history! Seriously, MSA is brilliant! But I digress… I have to say that the Previse HydroMilk from Boxycharm is truly fantastic stuff, although pricey! It makes my skin dewy and soft and has kept blemishes (and dermatitis) at bay. I’ve also been using the Shea leave-in conditioner from Target daily and really like the Stila mascara from Birchbox. I hope I’m not crossing my months!

Love the “best of” list! My favorites of the month were the Shea Moisture product from the Target Beauty box, and the Hisy charger from FabFitFun.

It’s like the best of list! Love it! I’ve been loving all my boxes but will be heartbroken when the BB Darphin sample runs out- I can really tell a difference since I’ve been using it.

This is such a great idea! 🙂 I have some September faves!

In my NatureBox, I loved the peanut butter nom noms and guacamole bites. In Love with Food, I loved the Bear Naked sea salt caramel apple granola. I ate it over vanilla yogurt. <3 🙂 In POPSUGAR, the Too Faced Brow Envy kit was really cool. In Book Riot Quarterly, I really liked the Books! pennant. In Lit-Cube, I loved the tiny mug and the Once Upon a Time themed tea. In Owl Crate, I loved the arrow necklace (I wore it to a concert) and the Hermione print by Megan Lara. This wasn't from a box, but I ordered the Truffle Therapy serum from BirchBox's anniversary sale and I love it! I wish I had bought more and it wasn't so expensive off-sale. :/ In Loot Crate Level Up, I really liked the eeveelution hinge wallet (accessories) and the Dragon Ball Z long sleeve t-shirt (wearable). In Loot Crate, I liked the Pokemon Pikachu laplander hat, the Supernatural 1967 Chevy Impala replica, and the Hearthstone card pack code. In FanMail, I liked the Supernatural t-shirt, art print, Impala license plate necklace, and Sam's army man replica.

There were a lot of good things in September! Also, I might be addicted to subscription boxes. 😛 lol

Echoing that this is a great idea! Putting spicy syrup (and their spicy honey) on my list!

Love this monthly “best of” idea! I love my Cluse watch and Topshop fedora from the Box of Style. I wore both to my five year old’s first soccer game to feel like a fashionable “soccer mom.” Also Kiwi Crate is a hit month after month in my household. Also love my Birchbox Korean faves limited edition box quite a bit!

I LOVE this new monthly post – awesome idea!

I just used One Love Organics Skin Savior Multi-Tasking Wonder Balm and Doctor D Schwab Flawless Skin Fluid this morning.
The One Love Organics Skin Savior is my all time favorite – its the first product I’ve received from that brand and I am in love! The skin savior smells so good – I could seriously eat it (and I mean seriously… one of these days I probably will end up trying a little bit). Everytime I use it, it makes me so happy bc it just smells and feels amazing!
I’ll definitely be buying more products from this brand (I was so sad to have missed your box Liz with the pineapple scrub – I might break down and buy it now).

So thank you Liz for the wonderful site – I’ve learned so much and discovered so many new, wonderful brands! The way you do reviews and handle yourself is truly amazing, I completely appreciate your honesty and that you stay so positive with everything.
And thank you to all of the other reviewers and everyone that comments – I seriously learn so much from everyone 🙂
Okay, I could go on and on about how much I love MSA… but I’ll stop 🙂

My favorite was from Birchbox: it was Davines Love Smoothing Shampoo and Conditioner.

Love this idea!

What a great idea! I don’t look at all the reviews because they don’t always appeal to me, but this breakdown is awesome!