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My First Birchbox


A few months ago my friend Katie introduced me to Birchbox. Birchbox is a service that delivers deluxe samples of high end beauty products to your door once a month for $10. Katie had read about it on The Small Things and told me she wanted to try it. 


After looking over the blog, and then Birchbox's website, I decided that I too NEEDED to try this. The idea of having new products to try every month for a reasonable price was intriguing to me. I just don't have the money to waste on full size products that may or may not work, and I tend to stick to my tried and true products because of this.


So, last month I signed up for Birchbox, and today I received my first box!




My first Birchbox!
January Birchbox Note

Upon Opening

The Contents
As you can see, everything is packaged nicely with pink paper and a black ribbon to hold some of the smaller items together.
A Closeup of Zoya's Megan Polish


  • Juicy Couture Perfume
  • Miracle Skin ™ Transformer Treat and Conceal
  • VMV Hypoallergenics Re-Everything: Eye Serum
  • Zoya Nail Polish in Megan
  • wichcraft Granola






















I will try to review these products as I use them, but I'm super excited about the nail polish and the eye serum. I've wanted to try a Zoya polish, but I haven't come across any in stores. I also have been looking for a new eye serum. I completely forgot about the one in my makeup drawer and I didn't finish using it before it went bad. I don't use eye serum frequently, but sometimes your skin just needs the extra help! This small bottle will probably suit my needs for quite some time, if it works! And I'll be sure to post pics when I use the polish.


For some reason my camera gives all of my pictures an orangish tint. I'll have to figure this out... But I hope you enjoyed by first Birchbox post!


Note: The granola is described as "toasty" and it sort of tastes burnt. Not particularly enjoyable...

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