The Scoop On Birchbox

I have avoided Birchbox for so long. When I first explored the idea of Subscription services I dismissed this one almost immediately, at that point it was quantity over quality. Though at this point I don't feel like the subscription I chose does not provide quality, you still don't tend to see higher end brands, something Birchbox is known for.

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Price: Staying in the budget friendly price range at $10 a month or $110 for an annual subscription, this box makes it easy to try luxury items for a fraction of the cost!

What you get: 4-5 Deluxe Size Luxury brand samples. On occasion a 6th bonus sample may be included, this sample might be a foil sample but does not replace anything in your box.

Where They deliver: From what I could uncover, they deliver to the US, France, Spain, the UK and recently to Canada. That is pretty awesome.

Customer Support: What I think is cool about Birchbox Customer Support is that they have a phone number. Where most boxes (with the exception of a few) only have support emails, there is the option of calling Birchbox for assistance. However, there email support is very efficient and even after a Holiday weekend they got back to me very fast. Now another great thing is the confirmation email. I know it's common practice nowadays but some companies still don't do this. It's extremely nice to know that your email was received and when to expect a reply. Birchbox does this and when on a holiday weekend let you know when they would resume working.

Rewards system: Unlike Ipsy, there aren't a million ways to earn points on Birchbox, however they do start you off with 10 points when you start a monthly subscription and 110 when you start a annual Subscription. They also offer promotions, so with my monthly subscription I got 60 points instead of 10. You also earn 1 point for every dollar you spend in the shop. Another couple ways you can earn points is by referring friends (50 points) and reviewing samples (10 points). For every 100 points you earn in the shop you get $10 off of a shop order. This is redeemable only if  you have 100 points or more. I actually like that you can redeem the points for anything in the shop. I feel like it makes the points system superior to any I have experienced.

There have been a few new updates though! For one thing, starting in January you can now earn an additional 10 points when you share that months box on Facebook, after completing the reviews. The other thing being a policy update that affects the billing situation. Now if you sign up no matter what date you will be billed on the first of every month. So where I was billed on the 25th of the month in December when I signed up and my next billing date was to be the 15th of January, I was then billed January first because of the policy update.

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I hope you found this short overview helpful.

xoxo

Courtney