I was pumped when we finally heard back from this company and they said they were going to send us over the Spring Box to review. This was my first time trying out a monthly box subscription so it was a new experience for me. What I loved about this sampler box was that it had a huge variety of soaps, bath salts, candles or tarts, jewelry and some edible goodies. The amount of products that you received for this sample product box was quite impressive.
What I received was all of high quality and I could't wait as I wanted to try everything at once. My children wanted the necklaces and fought over the bottle cap magnet with a cupcake on it. The butterfly on a green ribbon necklace was beautiful and perfect for my girls. Unfortunately for me and my super sensitive skin both the cherry soap and the salt scrub made me break out. I should have known better than to use anything other than the one particular soap I can use. But each of the soaps had amazing scents and even made me hungry when first smelling them.
The only thing I did not like about this sampler box was that with having all the strong smelling soaps and the chocolate covered pretzels together...they actually tasted a bit soapy. Maybe not everyone knows that chocolate absorbs the smells around it. So I did not like the chocolate covered pretzels as the cherry soap permeated the air as soon as the box was opened.
Cost/Available to Purchase: $25 Out of the Box Sampler
Recommendation: I do recommend this subscription to anyone who wants to sample a lot of products before committing to spending a lot of money of something that might not be what you want or really need. This all benefits the smaller homemade businesses on etsy and throughout the internet which I have a definite appreciation for! The cost seemed to be beyond reasonable too for the amount of samples I received.
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Giveaway: Out of the Box is going to give one of A Lucky Ladybug's lucky readers a May box to try of their own!
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I would like to purchase some soaps from Hobbes Art on Etsy. They are the ones that sent the Cherry soap in the last Out of the Box Sampler box. I loved the smell, and they have some other soaps in their shop that sound wonderful too. I just need to use up more of the bar soaps I already have first before buying more!
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I don't know the name, but there was this small women's shop on the main drag in St. Maarten, which had cool baskets and jewelry and art. I bought quite a few things that I absolutely love.
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