Pop Sugar Must Have April 2016

What Is The Pop Sugar Box?

This is a subscription box that delivers full size beauty and style items to your door monthly.  They claim each box will have over $100 worth of items.

The Subscription

Box Items: Full size beauty and style items

Cost: 

• Month to Month: $39.95
• 3 Month: $109.85 ($36.61/month)
• 6 Month: $$214.70 ($35.78/month)

I signed up for the month to month subscription.

Packaging

Everything arrives in a large pink and white box.

Most of the items were covered with simple white tissue paper.

And here is the card that was in the box.

Products

Noon Design "Lemons" Flour Sack Tea Towel - $18

This is a very thin feeling kitchen towel. I like it when their thin, but I just hope it actually dries items or retains water. Yellow is like one of my least favorite colors but I can never say no to dish towels since my baby drags them all over the house and I have no idea where they end up. It's a little small for me to pile all of my hand washed dishes on to dry but I could see it being a good towel for wiping down the counter and drying of my hands.

Farmacy Sleep Tight Firming Night Balm - $48

Firming products make me nervous but I will have to try this sometime. However when I opened it the color definitely wasn't super appealing. Kind of reminded me of the stuff in the movie Flubber. All of the reviews I have seen on this product are great though so I may give this one a try.

Canvas Home Tinware Salt and Pepper Shakers - $12

I was quite curious what would be in the box when I came upon it. These salt and pepper shakers are quite cute. And I love that they are blue on the bottom because everything in my house is becoming blue themed. I'm a little nervous to USE them though since they seem to be glass or easily breakable if dropped on the floor, and that's not a good combo with big dogs and a small child! But they are very cute and love the corks on the bottom.

Royal Apothic Field Poppy Conservatories Hand Creme - $24

This seems to be some very fancy lotion. I didn't really love the smell that was coming from the box. I haven't broken the seal yet since I might gift it to someone. I am not a fan of floral smells but whoever is would love this. I also am not super fancy...and have no idea what the spatula thing is for. but maybe you know :P

Next by Nature Dark Chocolate Espresso Beans - $3.99

I was bummed to see that they were espresso beans because I don't drink chocolate or eat anything related to coffee beans. But one of my friends might enjoy this. Hoping the next chocolate covered treat is chocolate covered almonds. Those wouldn't last more than 5 minutes here! These will be gifted to someone else.

Chrissy Teigan's Cravings: Recipes For All the Food You Want to Eat - $29.99

This seems to be a very nice cook book. I love cook books that provide pictures of the final product because then I know if I totally botched it or not. This book has been showing up as an advertisement on all the recipe websites I have visited lately so I am happy I got this! My husband and I will search through it to find some fun new recipes to try. 

Final Thoughts

Here are the prices of all of the items in the box:

• Noon Design "Lemons" Flour Sack Tea Towel - $18
• Farmacy Sleep Tight Firming Night Balm - $48
• Canvas Home Tinware Salt and Pepper Shakers - $12
• Royal Apothic Field Poppy Conservatories Hand Creme - $24
• Next by Nature Dark Chocolate Espresso Beans - $3.99
• Chrissy Teigan's Cravings: Recipes For All the Food You Want to Eat - $29.99

The total value of the box came out to be $135.98 so they definitely held true to their claim of everything being over $100. 

I will be using all of these items except for the coffee beans for sure and most likely the poppy lotion. Overall I am pretty satisfied with this box and I am curious to see what happens next month!

What are your thoughts on this PopSugar Box?

GlobeIn Benefit Basket April 2016

What Is The GlobeIn Benefit Basket?

The GlobeIn Benefit Basket is a smaller version of the Artisan Basket. Each month you recevie one item that was handcrafted by someone abroad to help bring the creator exposure.

Each item is put inside of a hand made basket that they receive from Oaxaca, Mexico. They will also explain the story behind the creator for that month and how your support helped them.

The Subscription

Box Items: One item handcrafted by someone abroad.

Cost: 

• Month to Month: $19.95
• 3 Month: $56.95

I signed up for the month to month subscription.

Packaging

Everything arrives in a box.

And here is what the box looks like when opened.

The card inside is a pamphlet that explains where the item came from and more about GlobeIn.

And here is the basket that the item arrives in.

Product

Coyuchi Diamond Stripe Kitchen Towel Set - $15

I at first thought I received just one towel but when I opened it up there were two! I don't have any green in my kitchen so this won't match very well but they seem like high quality kitchen towels. We are desperately in need of some too so this worked out great. They are quite large and I see myself using them as towels to dry my hand washed dishes on. Quite the surface area is covered!

Final Thoughts

The box itself cost $19.95 and the item in the basket was $15 according to their website. Taking into account the handmade basket it arrives in goes for $12 on the GlobeIn website the total of the box comes out to $27 which is more than what I paid. 

I love the idea of this basket. I think I was a little confused about the towels because I was expecting an item from a company that wasn't quite so well set up already. The company seems quite successful and has a very nice website. I was expecting an item from a shop that wasn't so well setup. But either way it's a great product and the basket it came in is going to come in handy!  I am curious to see what their next month's box with have.

Peaches And Petals March 2016 Box

What Is The Peaches And Petals Box?

This is a subscription box that delivers beauty and style items to you monthly.

The Subscription

Box Items: Fun beauty and style items

Cost: 

• Month to Month: $19.99
• 3 Month: $59.97
• 6 Month: $119.94
• 12 month: $239.88

I signed up for the month to month subscription.

Packaging

Everything arrives in a large slide out box.

And all of the items were covered with very cute tissue paper.

And here are the cards that were in the box.

Products

Everyone Loves Coloring Flowers Coloring Book

I thought this item was just so cute! Adult coloring books seem to be getting more and more popular and coloring flowers is my favorite thing. So many options!

Here are a few peaks inside the book.

Live Life In Color Colored Pencils

I love that they included colored pencils in this box since they had a coloring book. Means you can get started right away with the coloring book! And it has a sharpener on the top which is an even bigger plus.

Be A Fruit Loop Mug With Spoon

I absolutely loved this mug when I saw it! My husband and myself started drinking herbal teas since my stomach has been on and off over the months and so we are always looking for fun mugs. And I LOVE the spoon. Sadly my 15 month old daughter stole it and placed it under a blanket and my husband accidentally stepped on it and broke it. Oh well. Such is the life of living with a baby. I still really love the mug!

Designed Joy Everything Pouch 

I think this was the surprise bonus item since I don't see it on the item card. I LOVE the colors of this bag. I will be using it as phone holder in my gym bag full of swimming stuff. So so cute.

Swanky Sweet Pea Bath Bomb

I loved the smell of this bath bomb. However I don't use these so I will be gifting it to someone. Hopefully they like it!

Eye Majic Instant Eye Shadow

To be totally honest this product made me laugh. I am fairly positive it won't look like the picture if I did it. I don't wear these colors ever but I gave this to my sister because I thought she would have fun trying it.

Pretty In Pink Ultra Slim Portable Power Bank

I was very happy to see this! And I think it might be another surprise item? I think I accidentally got two. I didn't see this charger on the info card. But I NEED one of these because my phone is always dying so this is a great item for me.

Final Thoughts

I didn't know how to price all of these things because they were hard to find on the internet. However I think Peaches and Petals is my favorite subscription box I am subscribed to so far. Their products were so cute and seem to be of good quality. And the things I couldn't use made for great gifts. 

If you like receiving fun lifestyle items each month this is the box for you!

What are your thoughts on this Peaches and Petals Box?