Birchbox November 2018 Curated Box Review + Coupon!

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Birchbox is a beauty sample subscription box that sends 5 new items to test out each month so you can try before you buy. Birchbox is $10 a month and you can choose a monthly sample during selection time, let Birchbox decide, or pick a pre-curated box. This is a review of the curated box, so I knew which samples were coming ahead of time.

The box shown here is still available in the shop for $10 ($15 for non subscribers).

DEAL:   For a limited time use coupon code TOAST to get a FREE Limited Edition A Toast to the Host Box with a 12-month Birchbox subscription!

This fall Birchbox wants us to get connected.

The information card gives brief details on each item as well as the price if you were to buy the full size.

This is a review of the November 2018 Curated Box, which is now available in the Birchbox Shop! The box is $10 for subscribers ($15 for non-subscribers).

Everything in the November 2018 Birchbox Curated Box!

Love of Color Glow Squad Quad/Single Face Palette in Bubbly  ($8) I linked to the quad but you can also buy this as pictured, in a single for refilling the compact, here.

Metallic wrappers are nice for shipping but hard to read and photograph. Luckily, the ingredients can be found on the Birchbox website.

In case you aren’t familiar with Love of Color (LOC for short), it is Birchbox’s in-house makeup brand. The quad comes with four shades – three for use as shadow or highlighter, and one for use as lip color or blush. You can buy the singles as refills or as stand-alones.

The shade “Bubbly” is described as Champagne, which seems fitting.

I promise I swatched it on my inner arm, but it is pretty light on color so you can barely see it. I used a primer on one eyelid and no primer on the other and thought the results and wear were similar. I like it!

Amika Soulfood Nourishing Mask  ($2.38) Although I have fine hair, once a week I use a clarifying shampoo and follow with deep conditioner, and this is my favorite one to use! It smells so pretty and I even found a perfume to match. Plus, my hair is left soft and shiny and this just makes me feel happy whenever I use it.

Air Repair Protect + Prevent Hydrating Serum ($3.64) should be used after cleansing and toning and before moisturizer and SPF. After I applied it my skin absorbed it instantly and I know that the hyaluronic acid helps keep skin moist. It is a bit perfumey though but it fades pretty quickly.

Too Cool For School All-In-One Egg Mellow Cream 5-In-1 Firming ($7.16) Yay for K-Beauty products! This one can be used 5 ways – as a serum, moisturizer, neck cream, eye cream, or sleeping mask. It left my skin feeling soft but reminded me a bit of body moisturizer thanks to the vanilla spice scent.

Benefit Cosmetics They’re Real! Lengthening Mascara ($8.33) I love it whenever I receive a sample of this mascara or one of its siblings. They’re Real is specifically for lengthening the lashes and since my lashes are short I need all the help I can get in that department.

It also thickens and curls lashes and I really do see a difference when I use this brand. I end up looking like I actually have lashes and that’s pretty amazing!

What a great curated box from Birchbox! I was excited to try the new LOC eye shadow/highlighter and thought it looked pretty and stayed all day. I love getting Benefit mascaras and will take all of them I can get, while the Amika hair mask is my preferred hair mask, it smells great and works so well. The Too Cool for School moisturizer and Air Repair serum rounded out the box nicely. My products had a value of around $29.51, almost 3 times the amount paid for the box (or almost double if you paid $15)!

What did you think of the November 2018 Birchbox Curated Box?

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