lolo likes: Birchbox

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MAIL... PINK PAPER PAPER PACKAGES TIED UP WITH STRING.....DELUXE BEAUTY SAMPLES.... these are a few of my favorite things, and yours too, probably, which is why I highly recommend becoming a member of Birchbox. It's like a cheese of the month club, only better. For just ten dollars a month you receive a bright pink box full of deluxe beauty samples. And really, what better way is there to test out which luxury beauty products you are willing to splurge on?

I'll admit, I was skeptical at first. "Okay," I thought, "so the samples are really small right?" Wrong. These are not the free samples you get at department stores where they shove a dime-sized amount of face cream or lip gloss into a minuscule pot. It's more like those free bonus gifts you can get from cosmetics brands when you spend over a billion dollars (so they really aren't free at all). "Alright, but they must have a horrible selection of brands, huh?" Wrong again- think Laura Mercier, Deborah Lippmann, Benefit, Kiehl's, and Nars, just to name a few. Each sample is personally picked and tested by the beauty experts at Birchbox and delivered straight to your door, plus after you join you get access to the insider tips and tutorials on their site. I imagine this is what it must be like to have a beauty editor for a best friend.

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I just received my first box yesterday and it was full of goodies. Their theme for the month was "Give Thanks" and the selection, of course, was appropriately bountiful. Reviews to come on the many delightful products!