This month I received 8 beauty boxes: Birchbox (x2), Ipsy, Beauty Box 5, Lip Monthly, Walmart, Target, and the BeautyCon Spring box.

My Other Subscriptions: Treatsie & Adore Me, will NOT be included in this battle.

Battle of the Boxes

Box Cost: $10.00 (I paid $7.33 on a deal)

Box Rating: 4/5

Total Products: 5

Total Retail Value: $28.68

Total Personal Value: $12.96

Full Size Products: 0 Deluxe Samples: 5 One Time Use/Foils: 0

Items I Won’t Use: 1 – PARLOR by Jeff Chastain

Favorite From Box: Laura Geller Baked Blush’n’Brighten in Pink Grapefruit

Box Cost: $10.00

Box Rating: 3.75/5

Total Products: 7

Total Retail Value: $30.38

Total Personal Value: $13.12

Full Size Products: 1 Deluxe Samples: 4 One Time Use/Foils: 2

Items I Won’t Use: 4 – Davines Ol Hair Milk + Shampoo & Conditioner, Lip Lush gloss

Favorite From Box: VASANTI BrightenUp! (ohmygod amazing)

Box Cost: $10.00

Box Rating: 4/5

Total Products: 5 + 1 bonus item with redeemed points

Total Retail Value: $39.99 + $6.00

Total Personal Value: $14.86 + $2.29

Full Size Products: 3 Deluxe Samples: 3 One Time Use/Foils: 0 + bonus

Items I Won’t Use: 0-1 (have not tried hair mask)

Favorite From Box: L.A.B.2 Just Blending In Brush & bonus BeFine cleanser

Box Cost: $12.00 (I paid $10/box using the 3 month option)

Box Rating: 2.5/5

Total Products: 5

Total Retail Value: $46.73

Total Personal Value: $16.28

Full Size Products: 2 Deluxe Samples: 2 One Time Use/Foils: 2

Items I Won’t Use: 2 – Chella in Passionate Pink, Jelly Pong Pong in Cakepop.

Favorite From Box: Global Beauty Care Makeup Cleansing Wipes

Box Cost: $12.95 (I paid $9.73/bag on a deal w/4 months)

Box Rating: 2/5

Total Products: 4

Total Retail Value: $30.98

Total Personal Value: $7.27

Full Size Products: 3 Deluxe Samples: 1 One Time Use/Foils: 0

Items I Won’t Use: 3 – Hikari, Gloss Snob, & Pencil Me

Favorite From Box: Starlooks Gloss in Cuddle

Box Cost: $5.00 shipping

Box Rating: 3.5/5

Total Products: 7

Total Retail Value: $13.52

Total Personal Value: $11.02

Full Size Products: 2 Deluxe Samples: 4 One Time Use/Foils: 1

Items I Won’t Use: 1 – John Frieda brilliant BRUNETTE

Favorite From Box: Colgate Optic White & St. Ives Fresh Skin Apricot Scrub

Box Cost: $7.00

Box Rating: 3.5/5

Total Products: 8

Total Retail Value: $15.88

Total Personal Value: $9.99

Full Size Products: 1 Deluxe Samples: 5 One Time Use/Foils: 2

Items I Won’t Use: 1 – Pantene Pro-V hairspray

Favorite From Box: Maybelline Dream Velvet Foundation & Hawaiian Tropic Sport SPF

Box Cost: $35.99 w/shipping (I paid 19.36/box w/shipping on a deal)

Box Rating: 4/5

Total Products: 11 + $20 gift card

Total Retail Value: $149.88

Total Personal Value: $72.25

Full Size Products: 8 Deluxe Samples: 3 One Time Use/Foils: 0

Items I Won’t Use: 3 – keychain, pacifica, hair ties.

Favorite From Box: Garnier SkinActive wipes

Product Breakdown

Winning Products

Biggest Retail Value in a Single Item

BeautyCon Box Spring 2016: $22.00 NCLA Grav3yardGirl Designer Nail Wraps

Most Used Product

Birchbox ‘Effortlessly Elegant’: Laura Geller New York Baked Blush-n-Brighten in Pink Grapefruit (gorgeous easy to apply shimmery coral)

Most Improved With Use

BeautyCon Box Spring 2016: Maybelline NY The Rock Nudes Palette (didn’t expect much, tried it out for a week during my WIWTW: One Palette One Week challenge and started loving it a lot more!)

Most Surprising Like(s)

Birchbox ‘Effortlessly Elegant’: Laura Geller New York Baked Blush’n’ Brighten in Pink Grapefruit (gorgeous corally shimmer almost-waterproof blush, new go-to)

Birchbox ‘Spring Awakening’: Vasanti BrightenUp! Enzymatic Face Rejuvination (just a scrub, but a FREAKING AMAZING scrub)

Most Looked Forward To

BeautyCon Box Spring 2016: Benefit They’re Real! lengthening & volumizing mascara (I haven’t actually gotten to try it due to other mascaras being open, I’m still excited!)

Most Effective

Birchbox ‘Spring Awakening’: Vasanti BrightenUp! Enzymatic Face Rejuvenation (makes my skin feel like it’s breathing a sigh of relief and rejuvenation)

Failing Products

Biggest Disappointment(s)

BeautyCon Box Spring 2016: Pacifica Power of Love Natural Lipstick (horrible gasoline-like smell in mine)

BeautyCon Box Spring 2016: NCLA Grav3yardGirl Designer Nail Wraps (fell off in less than an hour following directions)

Birchbox ‘Spring Awakening’: Davines Ol Hair Milk (awful, awful boozey herbal smell)

And then what we’re all reaaallly curious about…

Box Breakdown

Highest Retail Value

BeautyCon Box Spring 2016: with $129.88

Highest Personal Value

BeautyCon Box Spring 2016: with $72.25

Biggest Discount: Subscription vs Retail Sample Value

BeautyCon Box Spring 2016: with 87% discount

Biggest Discount: Subscription vs Personal Value

BeautyCon Box Spring 2016: with 73% discount

Most Loved Products

BeautyCon Box Spring 2016: with 4 items, AND

Birchbox ‘Effortlessly Elegant’: with 4 items

Most Full Sized Products

BeautyCon Box Spring 2016: with 7 full sized items

Most Improved With Product Use

Ipsy ‘The Dreamers’ Glambag: with 4 items improving.

And the WINNING BOX:

Most Exciting To Open AND Most Satisfying…

Birchbox ‘Effortlessly Elegant’! This is the only box that didn’t really have a disappointment for me. I feel satisfie and that I got more than what I hoped for, since I loved the blush when I intended to sell it outright and almost didn’t even try it. BeautyCon may have won most of the ‘awards’ this month, but Birchbox’s curated box won out for making me just feel good.

If you are interested in any of these boxes, I have included the sign-up links for all subscription boxes in this review. I am not affiliated with any of these companies, but do use referral links when I can. If I’m the one that convinced you to sign-up, I’d love it if you used my link. 🙂

Birchbox (May Box)

Ipsy (June bag – if you get yourself off the wait list before 6/1)

Beauty Box 5 (before 21st: May) use HALFOFF for $6.00 off — pair w/quarterly for $8/box

BeautyCon Box (Spring – until sold out) try bfffreeship for free shipping or use my referral link for $10 off.

Lip Monthly (current or next depending on inventory) use LIPLOVER to get your first bag for $5.00.

Target is NOT a subscription. They become available on the 1st Monday of the month (usually) and sell out within a few hours.

Walmart (quarterly box with semi varied contents)

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