Getting better results from your Birchbox subscription

Oct 12, 2011

DJ M.

I recently spoke with a Birchbox rep and brought up the fact that I'd felt that I kept receiving the same things over and over. She had some great advice so I did a post on my blog about it, but thought it would be helpful to some of you as I know a bunch of us have commiserated about our Birchbox disappointments lately!

This is taken from my blog:
I just received my October Birchbox (posting later today) and I wanted to do a quick post on some suggestions I just got from a Birchbox rep on how you can potentially receive more of the types of items you're interested in.

I had originally called because 2 of my products were damaged (read about it in my upcoming post--Birchbox did handle it quite appropriately) and while I was discussing my box with the lovely Birchbox rep (she was very sweet) I asked her how I could get things on a monthly basis that I enjoy more as I'd felt lately like I'd been getting the same things. I've seen a lot of other subscribers feel the same way, so this may be beneficial to you lovelies as well. The Birchbox rep had some really good advice!

The Birchbox rep went through my profile and noticed that I had clicked all of the Beauty Styles. I remember doing this when I first signed up because I was quite literally interested in all 4 styles. I tend to switch up my looks quite frequently and wanted to have a wide variety. I didn't realize I was making it less simple to pintpoint what I was actually interested in ;) The rep said that having more than 2 styles can be difficult for the Birchbox pickers that compile the boxes as they get a bit confused as to exactly what you're looking for. She also said that you should look at your beauty profile on a regular basis to check to make sure your options still fit what you're interested in. Also, they occasionally add new areas, like the "other special interests" section that the rep pointed out to me.

The long and the short of it is I went back through my profile and revamped my answers. I didn't realize until I went through it that some of my answers no longer applied to things I was interested in. I also now have a better idea of what I'd like to actually see from my Birchboxes. I'm excited to see what my next Birchbox brings! Hopefully with these updates to my beauty profile I'll see some new things in my next box that really peak my interest :)

Have you looked at your beauty profile recently? Have you considered trying to narrow down what you're most interested in?

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