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POPSUGAR Must Have Mini Subscriptions Available Now!

Liz Cadman
ByLiz CadmanMar 22, 2016 | 97 comments

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POPSUGAR Must Have
3.9 overall rating
530 Ratings | 71 Reviews

POPSUGAR has launched a new subscription box - the Must Have Mini!

The Box: POPSUGAR Must Have Mini Box

The Cost: $18.95

The Products: Introducing a smaller version of our box of curated, full-sized products including the best in fashion, beauty, and home for only $18.95, shipping included. Your subscription will auto-renew, so you get a little present every month!

UPDATE: In the Must Have MINI Box you will receive 2 full-size items worth over $30. Please note that the products in the Must Have MINI Box will be different from the products offered in the Must Have Box.

Are you signing up? I can't wait to see what will be in this box!!

(Check out our POPSUGAR Must Have reviews of the regular sized box to see what has been in past boxes!)

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POPSUGAR Must Have is a quartely lifestyle subscription box curated by the editors at POPSUGAR. Each box features their "must have" products for beauty, fashion, home, food, fitness and more. Every box has a value of $250 +!
Liz Cadman
Liz Cadman
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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97 comments

dana

Hi everyone! I received my Popsugar Mini box today and I thought I would share what I received.

First item: Greenmarket Purveying Co. White Melon Pantry Candle, 7oz, Soy candle, $16
Impression: This candle smells absolutely divine! “Hand-poured in small batches by a US artisan chandler, this soy-blend candle has notes of fresh melon, sweet peach, zesty citrus, and comforting vanilla.” The whole box smelled like it. This candle is perfect for Spring and Summer!

Second item: Farmacy Lip Bloom, $16.50,
Impression: Love the packaging. Before I tried the product I smelled it. There is a very light hint of basil and strawberry. However, I do smell more basil. The product applied on very nicely. Not too oil and as soon as I started applying it, the scent really came through. It had a hint of a wood-like scent.

BONUS item: Note sure if this qualifies as a bonus item, but my package came with a coupon code for 25% off of your next order from Greenmarketpurveying.com

TOTAL: $32.50
OVERALL: I am incredibly happy with this box. At first, I was skeptical about the box because it is only two items with of value of around $30. But, I think these items are high quality products and compliment Spring time perfectly. Overall, the box has a country-Spring-like feel to it and the items compliment the larger Spring Musthave Box quite well.

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dana

I was so excited to let everyone in on the contents of the box that I forgot to put the description for the Lip Bloom so here it is… 🙂

Lip Bloom: “Farmacy’s unique variant of echinacea works with natural seed oils to form a protective barrier that leads to softer, fuller lips – combine these natural benefits with the refreshing scent of your favorite herbs, and you’ve got the perfect lip balm.

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Nicole

I signed up, although my first box won’t be until July (?). BUT my credit card was charged. Did this happen to anybody else? I certainly hope they don’t plan on charging me for the next several months to hold my “reservation”

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Stfne

I think they’re just trying to take advantage of everyone’s FOMO by saying it won’t be available until July. I bet at the end of April you get one of their classic “Good News! Best. Day. Ever.” emails, which will inform you that you are so lucky they were able to secure the May mini box for you. It’s totally deceptive. But unless it’s only a quarterly subscription, there is no possible way May and June are already sold out, since they aren’t offering multi-month subscriptions on the mini box.

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Nicole

I figured that I’ll get off the “wait list” sooner, just don’t know why my credit card was charged early, unless they plan on starting in April. Very sketchy if you ask me.

Stfne

I’m starting to worry about this one….I just received the same old “good news” email, that PSMH was able to secure the April mini box for me. I freaking hope so, I signed up within thirty seconds of receiving the announcement email! My account has always indicated I would receive the April box and my debit card was charged immediately. I didn’t realize it was ever a possibility I might not receive the April box. I noticed though, PSMH isn’t responding to comments on FB about the next box not being available until July.
Liz, do you have any insight about what is going on?

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Kenya

I received the same email! And I too signed up when as soon as it was posted on here

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Maribel:)

Wow, so glad I just signed up two days ago! If they decide to do it every 3 months then it might mean awesome curation 🙂 . Yes, they might be trying to drive up demand, but I can’t wait ?

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Ann

Next available box is July??? What happened to May and June? I knew April would be gone quickly but…. Guess I’m extra glad I signed up now!!

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Stfne

That doesn’t make sense. I didn’t see an option to purchase more than one month at a time. For those of us who signed up for April, I’m sure it will auto-renew, but how can they anticipate we won’t cancel? No one who signed up for April is obligated to buy May and June too. I am skeptical of PSMH when they say they’ve sold out so far in advance. I can’t help but wonder if they do it to make themselves look more exclusive and in demand. I feel like this is similar to when they said the December box was sold out, and then they offered that big six month special and suddenly there were more December boxes available, so even if you signed up for the deal thinking you’d start with January, you got stuck with December instead. Then they send you an email about the “good news” as if they’ve done you a favor. It’s pretty shady in my opinion.

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lily

Fomo finally got the best of me, just caved. Fingers crossed for a good first box! I love all their boxes anyway so I’m sure it’ll be great! 🙂

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Liz Cadman

Fingers crossed for you! I’m hopeful that the first box will be stellar! 🙂

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Hi Liz!
Happy Spring!! I’m thinking about picking this cute lil’ mini up for a couple friends & family members. Turns out not all people are obsessed with subscription services, like me! Who knew? They’re missing out.. ?☺️

Is there any codes for the mini?? ???? ?

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Bailey

The FOMO was too real with the mini, and I bought April box as well. I saw Chrissy’s book and flipped through some recipes, and I definitely am excited about the book now!!

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Hildol

Well I finally caved. I figured that I purchased the 6 mo deal for $23ish a box so adding this mini one with taxes equals $44…pretty darn close to the regular cost of the box which I was fine paying prior to the 6 mo deal. I read somewhere on MSA that this box compliments the regular box which I appreciate and why I do not sub to the Luxor mini box (I only get the regular big one) as I don’t want duplicates. So now for about the same price as reg PS box, getting the big and the small, I will get 7-9 theme complimenting items with zero overlap. Score!

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ElizabethJ

I wonder if you have both subscriptions if they will ship together or separately? It would probably save them money to ship the two together, but that would also require a lot more coordination. I could see it going either way.

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M

I just got shipping notification for my mini but it doesn’t say anything about the original box being with it so they must go out separately.

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rumrum

sounds good in theory, but popsugar and coordination do not get along.

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Lisa Quigley

I signed up. I will try this out for April, and if it’s not worth it, I will go back to the regular subscription. Had no trouble canceling the regular sub this month since the “hero” item is a cookbook. Already have way too many of them, and I’m only interested in vegetarian cookbooks.

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Cara

I caved. I have never had an issue with PopSugar and I love my regular box. I just hope the mini is just as great, just smaller 🙂

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Jennifer

Oh I just signed up. I canceled my PSMH box a few months ago. I just didn’t feel like I kept enough of the items to justify the price. It was very hit or miss for my lifestyle. But I can justify $20. Oh yes.

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Donna

Been thinking about this, but also curious as to why mini. Then I remembered back during holidays they had something similar ..obviously to sell off extra stock. They were great ‘mini’ boxes though. To summarize:
Foodie box and hostess box, each had 3 items, each with value $50 or above, and each selling for $17.95.

So right now, this new mini doesn’t really look that great.

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KA

So I took this opportunity to hopefully ween myself off of some of my subs. I stopped the full size and switched to the mini. Hope it works out well.

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BL

I have always wanted to order one of these boxes but never did but as soon as I saw mini a was there in seconds and didnt think twice. There is something about a mini that I can’t refuse. The cheaper price tag doesnt hurt my wallet as much or feel as guilty. I may have to refuse the target box next month because I just have boxes of deluxe beauty products and truely have no more room. I need help ?

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Megan

saw this posted on my facebook feed, and within seconds of clicking the link I signed up before coming here to read your post and everyone’s comments. I am excited about this subscription, as popsugar is currently my only sub box (had to quit my makeup boxes, it was just too much). I’m hoping to like this mini box!! We’ll see how this first month goes!

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Liz Cadman

I’m excited, too! I’m hoping they deliver a great first box! 🙂

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Jen

Shut up and take my money!!! Popsugar is like a hunky ex-boyfriend…you know he’s a jerk, but he would make your knees weak when you saw him. (Thankfully, the latter isn’t a problem for me anymore!) 🙂

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Sara

“Why can’t we be friends, why can’t we be friends…..”
This song popped in my head when I read this! Best.Comment.Ever!

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Jen

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Hahahahah – best comment ever!!

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Megan

lol yes!!!

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Jen

I need a like button for that, name twin.

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Melanie

LOL you win with this analogy. Popsugar is a jerk and I’ve been screwed by them so many times!! But man, I can’t deny them and their pretty things.

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Randi

Kinda off subject… any idea when they’ll release the spring box? Or if they’re going to release it for current subscribers first like the resort box? (I thought the PSMH news email alert was going to be about the Spring LE Box when I first saw it on my phone)

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Julia

They don’t usually do a Spring LE, the next one should be a Summer LE

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Randi

Oh… not sure why I thought there would be a spring box. But that’s probably a good thing, it’ll give credit card a break.
Hopefully no CFDA box this year!
Instead maybe they could team up with Liz and do a PSMH / MSA box 🙂
I’d buy that one for sure!

Jennifer W.

Unless they do another CFDA debacle box!

Kiales

I’m interested to see where they go with this. I love the monthly PSMH boxes and am less of a fan of the LE boxes… but the thought of 2 items for 20 bucks isn’t appealing to me. If I didn’t like one of them (a makeup or jewelry item that doesn’t work for me, for example), then I’d be super disappointed. So I’ll hold off and see how they do 🙂

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Marilyn

I’m with you on that. The odds don’t work for me with just 2 items. Popsugar duds on the swap pages can reach the hundreds.

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AmyM

I held out for about 3 hours before pulling the trigger. I have a feeling they’ll start out really strong. Fingers crossed!

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Monet

I’m intrigued, as always I’ll wait to see the first few boxes but I like this smaller option because right now I can’t justify the cost for the full size box but this mini box seems more up my alley price wise right now.

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Jen

Ditto, here. I just hope I’m strong enough to resist the temptation for a little while longer.

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Vanessa

I signed up. It came to just over $20 with tax. I have two more boxes left in my 6 month sub of the regular PS box and I’m not sure if I’ll be able to renew it. This is definitely in my price range. Also I agree with another commenter who said that they will likely be more selective with these items since there are fewer and they want them to appeal to everyone.

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Melanie

I caved. Hope it’s not a disappointment! But I have high hopes they’ll make their first box good. Isn’t it a 2 item minimum? Maybe there will be more included or bonus items like those (sometimes) annoying “giftcards”. Also they’re probably low balling the price value like they do with the OG Popsugar. It’s usually a lot higher than $100!

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Maribel:)

My six month sub is ending next month so I’m very excited to see how this goes! 🙂

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