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Birchbox was one of the very first beauty subscription boxes—we’ve been reviewing it since 2012! Each month, subscribers get a new mix of 5 beauty samples, such as makeup, skincare, haircare, and fragrance items. Birchbox lets you choose whether you’d like a box of items picked just for you (incl... read more.
Liz is the founder of My Subscription Addiction. She's been hooked on subscription boxes since 2011 thanks to Birchbox, and she now subscribes to over 100 boxes. Her favorites include POPSUGAR Must Have, FabFitFun, and any box that features natural beauty products!
Liz is the founder of My Subscription Addiction. She's been hooked on subscription boxes since 2011 thanks to Birchbox, and she now subscribes to over 100 boxes. Her favorites include POPSUGAR Must Have, FabFitFun, and any box that features natural beauty products!
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I’m really into bold colors right now so I want this for the Stila (Beso is the one shade I don’t have from this past summer) and the OCC mostly. I am also interested in the lip scrub and the Ipkn product. I had this as my Birchbox Plus item but then I was like – I’m not going to get that until next month! I cancelled that and just ordered it. I’m excited to try out some new lippies!
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Carly
The IPKN Twinkle Lips is my favorite everyday color. I received it in the Korean Beauty box a while back from Birchbox and fell in love. I even ordered the coral color too. It is a great lip balm but has quite a bit of color payoff. It goes on clear but changes to a pretty pink.
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Happy
I do agree with everyone about color choices. I think they are going for the on trend with this one as nudes and lighter colors are the it thing but it doesn’t always suit everyone.
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Amber
They just can’t get rid of those Stilas, can they? I’ve got three of them between my subscription and mystery packs.
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Ragan
I think I have 10. (Not all the same color.)
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mimiretz
I’d prefer the idea where there’s a red box, pink box, etc. I don’t wear pink or neutrals at all, so this wouldn’t work for me. Besides, if there were different color boxes I (and probably other people) would definitely consider ordering more than one.
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D
They really need to have color options with these kind of boxes. Have the scrub in all of them, but switch up the colors. Maybe one with pink shades, one with red shades and one with berry shades? And maybe another with super bold colors for those who are more adventurous?
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roxxie
i agree i can’t wear red at all only pink or sometimes the purple/mauve colors… and it would just be a waste for me because no one i know wears red and that is all i seem to get… it would be awesome to choose an all pink or for those that wear red an all red!!!
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Laurie
The IPKN goes on sheer pink, but actually works with your natural lip color – it ends up a nice rosy pink on me.
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Rebecca
I literally just ordered the TONYMOLY lip scrub (among other things) yesterday, and I already have the Stila liquid lipstick in that shade from a Mystery Sample Pack. I’m probably getting February’s curated box for one of my subs, so I’ll already be getting the lip tar, and I already have a nude lip liner that I think I got from Glossybox in November. Light lip colors generally don’t look good on me (the POP Beauty one might look OK but definitely not the IPKN one based on the picture above), so the two full-size products are pretty much out.
I think it’s not a bad kit if you get 20% off and you don’t already have a bunch of lip stuff already – maybe if you just started out getting these kind of sub boxes.
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Ragan
Not really interested in this one. Normally I love lip products but…
*Already have multiples of the Stila product, in that exact color, from mystery sample packs
*Can’t stand OCC lip tars, mostly because of those tubes and the brush
*Not such a fan of pop beauty
*The IPKN product won’t even show up on me if that is the color
And the rest of the items don’t make it worth the cost for me.
I think I like skincare from Birchbox more. Or maybe I am on lip product overload since I have over 200 glosses/lipsticks/stains in my stash at this point.
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Dea
The OCC lip tar in Strumpet will be in the Birchbox curated box for February – please keep that in mind if that’s the item you want most here.
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Rebecca
Thanks for that tip because I’d already forgotten! I knew right off the bat that I’d be getting the curated for one sub and doing sample choice for the other, so I’d kind of already filed away in my mind what was in the curated box.
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