The monthly-box hype has been getting stronger and stronger it seems with each passing month. I'm always hearing about some kind of new monthly subscription box for all sorts of items.
I've been tempted by many, but I haven't had the courage to follow through with any in fear of it being a waste of money on items that I don't really like or need.
Recently I heard about the Walmart Beauty Box. It's a seasonal beauty box (meaning you get one for winter, spring, summer, and fall) that is only $5! That's $20 a year, which didn't seem too bad to me.
I went ahead a singed up and was very eager to get my first box.
Sadly I didn't get my box till the end of December when it seemed like many people were receiving their boxes at the beginning of the month. I had hoped to do an unboxing video, but since there are already videos out there I thought I would share it through a blog post.
Here is what the box looked like right before I opened it.
Here it is when I opened the top. There was a little bit of tissue paper with a card that read:
Walmart's Beauty boxes have you covered all year long.
Your Winter box provides you with beauty products
that are uniquely you and will soon be a part
of your everyday routine.
Remember to keep your look fresh by visiting your local
Walmart or Walmart.com
The first product I saw was the Burt's Bees Facial Cleansing Towelettes.
Because I opened this box pretty late I decided to use one right then and there to remove my makeup. I have to say that it was pretty decent. It removed most of my makeup so I was happy. I full sized product has 30 towelettes and is about $6. This having 10 towelettes makes it worth about $2.
The next item I saw was the Aveeno Daily Moisturizing lotion.
I honestly don't find anything special about this except that it'll come in handy when traveling. It doesn't have a scent to it really at all, but it moisturizing. An 18 fl oz bottle is about $9. This is only 1fl oz making it worth about $0.50.
The next item was the Dove nourishing body wash.
I use Dove occasionally and I like it. Again this will come in handy during traveling. This has that classic Dove smell that just smells clean to me. For 22 fl oz it costs about $5.50. This being 1.8 fl oz makes it worth about $0.45.
The next item I saw was the Covergirl colorlicious gloss and I got really excited.
I think it's a really pretty color, #620 Candylicious, that is very wearable. Here is a swatch on the back of my hand. It does have a gold shimmer to it and a cake batter scent.
It is practically full sized at .12 fl oz. An actual full sized product is .17 fl oz and it retails for about $6. So this gloss is really worth about $4.24.
The next three items aren't really anything special to me, but can be nice to try. They sent two shampoo/conditioner samples along with a peel off perfume sample.
To me these aren't worth really anything. I'll definitely use the shampoo/conditioner samples, but the perfume sample isn't even really a sample it's just an ad. One part that I'm a little annoyed with is that, as I said, I got my box later in the month. There was a coupon on one of the shampoo/conditioner samples and it expires today on 12/31/2014. I'm not going to make a special trip to Walmart just to use it, but if I had gotten the box earlier in the month I probably would of been more inclined to use it.
Overall, I really like to box considering it's only $5 and I got about $7.20 worth of products. It's fun and a great way to try new items.
If you're interested in getting your own Walmart Beauty box click
here.
