To think Birchbox is a huge waste of money!

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I've never been one for subscription boxes, everyone raves about them but I've never bought in to it.

That is, until I saw they were running a buy one get one free deal. I thought this sounds like a bragain, so I paid the £10 plus £2.95 for postage and packing for two boxes.

The boxes came and I'm so disappointed and I can't understand why people pay £12.95 for one of these every month. I received 10 products, but two of these were samples. The rest of the items were so small, only a couple of them are worth having. Birchbox must be laughing every month with people paying out for samples Birchbox have probably been given for free anyway.

Agreed. It’s a big con because most of these samples can be obtained for free from the companies if you ask.

Agreed OP. A few years ago Birchbox wasn't bad...then it got really disappointing, tiny cheap and random samples of random brands. I unsubscribed and then someone kindly gifted me a box more recently, disappointing again so won't be signing up!!! Glossybox was even worse.

Unknown brands I meant to say!

They use the word 'curated' so that's a no from me.

Yep, I packed it in. Load of crap. Very disappointing.

Ah damn, I was going to treat myself with a subscription. Anyone know any good alternatives?

I cancelled my subscription last month: there was never anything in the boxes that I particularly liked. I’ve decided to treat myself to something from Space NK that I actually pick each month instead, and they always throw in some samples too.

IlPorcupino, I totally agree re use of “curated”. At work, our weekly Brexit briefing states that it is a “curated selection” of articles...instantly makes me want to delete it!

Agreed. I am trying out latest in beauty this month as at least you get to pick your products

Oh really? It sounds like I've ordered the one you received with the extra box for free it's due any day

I won 3 months free and enjoyed those. I found my fav ever lipstick shade and decided worth the price of a box to get that every month, until I realised that the perfect colour had been discontinued so they'd prob go t loads on the cheap to sell on! I didn't continue my subscription once the free time lapsed

I'm on month 3 of a subscription and am beginning to realise it is actually shite. The odd thing that makes me happy but a disproportionate amount is hair-related, and I couldn't be less interested in stuff to make my hair have volume etc.