I decided to try out a new subscription box since I’d seen such great boxes from them on Instagram. This first one for me? Not so great! If you’ve been keeping up with the blog, you know about my deep loathing for anything pink, so what did this first box give me? ALMOST EVERYTHING PINK. Ugh. The other boxes I had seen were more generically crunchy granola organic and green instead of girly-sparkles-and-unicorns pink. The box arrived the next to last day of July and had a theme of, “Cause for Celebration,” for the one year anniversary of Kloverbox.
- Ellison’s Organics 3-Free Nail Lacquer – .5 oz / $12 – (Product is full size) ANY OTHER COLOR, sweet pete, any other color and I would’ve loved this. I thought it looked orange enough to pass as not-pink, but it looks totally different out of the bottle and is definitely pink. Gross. It’ll be passed onto someone who will actually use it and doesn’t hate pink.
- Praerie Botanicals Tonka Body Balm – 2 oz / $20 – (Product is full size) This is actually the one thing I really love about the box! A wee small dab covers an entire arm in this rich, creamy butter that melts in quickly and feels incredibly hydrating. It leaves my skin glowing but not greasy which is terrific for everyday use and works wonders on rough, dry spots. The scent isn’t strong at all, but smells natural and slightly coconutty/tropical. I can see why it’s so expensive because the container undoubtedly lasts a looong time. This is going to be a great skin-saver for winter!
- Previse Skincare SunSheer SPF30 Sunscreen Moisturizer – 3 oz / $36 – (Product is full size) Okay, I was skeptical, because silly pink packaging, but this is growing on me, plus the value of putting a full size tube of this in a subscription box is pretty incredible. The sun block uses physical blockers instead of chemical (HOORAY!) and almost feels matte after it has set on the skin. It actually doesn’t bother me to have on my face where usually I feel like I’m being suffocated by sunblock or it feels greasy or sticky and gross. I haven’t yet had a chance to test out the efficacy, but I’m sure that’ll happen soon!
- FlutterFly Scrub – 4 oz / $8.95 – (Product is full size) I received the scent, “Mango Slice,” which is a really sticky sweet mango scented coarse sugar scrub that’s almost reminiscent of a bathroom air freshener. It has this odd character about the scent that smells fake and chemicalish? I’m not sure how to describe it, but it doesn’t smell natural or really like a mango at all. Outside of the packaging and product color (ugggh more pink), the texture is actually pretty nice – it’s coarse enough to be a great scrub for even summer sandal feet, but still has a rich and creamy feel to it. In another scent (or unscented), this would be really nice!
All products came with a coupon code, however, two of them have expired by the time I got a chance to write up the blog post which is disappointing – the codes were only good for two weeks after receipt of the box. Total value comes to $76.95 which is HUGE. The cost of the box, since I sprung for a three month membership, was $21.37, so that’s a really incredible value for the cost. Even after taking out the nail polish that I won’t use, it’s still $64.95 which is three times the cost. Pretty amazing there, Kloverbox, just please, less pink!