Birchbox was once a cool company with nice benefits (for $20 per month). If you reviewed sample products you paid for, you would receive points that would accumulate and allow you a nice little discount on products they sell. Well, they must not have made enough money on that scheme so they ended it. No more points or discounts for you! Each month you will receive some grooming products and a "lifestyle" product. Underwear, socks, a tie, and electronic item. Something worth about $10-$15 maybe. So you pay $20 per month (men's subscription) for a $10 item and samples you could get for FREE at Sephora. Suddenly the service went down the toilet. You SUPPOSEDLY get to chose your lifestyle item each month. Good luck. You select a neat little electronic item but you are sent a junky trinket because there were "production" problems. LOL! This happens all the time. I finally decided I had to complain to them. They couldn't give two S**TS. I'm convinced they "marked" me because my box every month is missing an item or I get junky trinket I didn't want. Oh well, my subscription ends in December. Then I'm done with them forever.
Long story short... Take $10 and buy yourself a neat little item (from amazon) they may feature on their website. Then go to mall and get 3 tiny samples from Sephora or ULTA. Next, put $10 back in your pocket. You will end up exactly the same without the frustration of getting screwed EVERY month.