Birchbox is a monthly beauty subscription box that contains five beauty samples curated for different categories, including skin, hair, makeup and fragrance. You complete a Beauty Profile when you create your customer account to help them choose what to include in your box. For $10 each month or $110 for an annual subscription, this thrifty little box lets you try new beauty products for a very low cost and always meets or exceeds the value of the price paid. They include a product information card that gives you the description and cost of each item, a feature that I always appreciate in a subscription box!

The Homespun Chics paid for this subscription box. All opinions are 100% our own.

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The April 2016 Birchbox came in a gorgeous box with a floral design by Rifle Paper Co. It just looks so spring-like – now if this cold weather would just take the hint! They included a coupon for 20% off your next order at Rifle Paper Co., good through the end of the year, plus a link to make easy DIY paper flowers! This is great since I might have to make my own spring flowers this year!

The product information card was included as always! Thank you, Birchbox!

Burt’s Bees  – 514 Brimming Berry Natural Lipstick .12 oz Full Size ($9)

I love Burt’s Bees products! This intense color lipstick is a plum color with a smooth satin formula. It conditions your lips for a full 8 hours and is made with 100% natural ingredients – Beeswax, Moringa Oil, Raspberry Seed Oil, and Vitamin E.

Briogeo Don’t Despair, Repair!  – Deep Conditioning Mask 1 oz sample size (Full size, 8 oz $34)

This is an ultrahydrating deep conditioning mask for your hair! It is fortified with essential oils to replenish dry, damaged or lifeless hair. It also restores shine and reduces breakage. Sounds like great stuff! You massage the mask into your hair after shampooing and leave it on for 5 – 10 minutes. For greater benefit you can cover your hair in a plastic cap and leave the mask on for 20 minutes.

Parlor by Jeff Chastain  – Volumizing Lifting Spray sample size 1 oz (Full size 4.9 oz $24)

This is a spray to add volume and nourishment to your hair. In addition to using marshmallow root for the volume and sweet almond oil for nourishment, it also has biotin to add strength to your hair. You spray it on your roots after blowdrying for instant volume and lift.

Supergoop!  – Daily Correct CC Cream SPF 35 Light to Medium sample size 3 ml (Full size 27 ml $32)

This is a next-generation CC cream that is lightweight and easy to blend, fragrance-free and can act as a primer plus a foundation. It has an SPF 32 sunscreen plus has light-diffusing mica minerals to smooth the appearance of fine lines and pores. What’s not to love about it??

 

Tata Harper  – Resurfacing Mask sample size 7.5 ml (Full size 30 ml $58)

This is the mask for your face! You apply the jelly-like peach colored cream on your clean face and leave it for 20-30 minutes to get an all natural glow. Plus it smells really good!

There was good value in the April 2016 Birchbox! The full size Burt’s Bees lipstick just about paid the cost of the box and the rest of the items were samples of pricy upscale cosmetic products that I would never purchase at full price without first giving them a trial and finding out that I was, again, in LOVE! I came up with a value of over $36 for this month’s box!

If you subscribe this month Birchbox is offering a

“FREE (and very pretty) Rifle Paper Co. pocket notebook duo. A $10 value!”