June 2011
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Ten Winners Will Recieve Over $150 in Stila Eye...
There are lots of eye shadow colors out there. In fact we have over 35 hues from Stila on our site — 35! A veritable rainbow. Now we’re helping you take the guesswork out of finding the right shades for you. We’re giving the winners of our new Stila Sweepstakes customized palettes based on color schemes that work well for them, from pretty neutrals and smokey hues to vivid purples...
makeuptips- asked: Hey Birchbox! Just wondering whether you would be intrested in letting me do a guest blog?
avanelle asked: Are monthly subscribers able to change their shipping address?
May 2011
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Skin Rx: DDF's Four-in-One Wonder
The first thing you learn at aesthetics school is that fancy packaging, while lovely to look at, doesn’t do anything for your skin. It’s the ingredients that matter. Since my training years ago, I’ve become a complete snob about skincare. I’m usually skeptical of dermatologist brands because they can sometimes be more expensive without delivering more than the average...
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Female Founders: Field Trip to Digitas
Katia and Hayley at Digitas
Haven’t you heard? Women are the driving force behind New York’s red hot tech scene. The city is full of inspiring women doing phenomenal things, from Hashable’s Rachel Sklar (founder of Change the Ratio) to Rachel Sterne, the city’s first Digital Officer. Today, Katia and Hayley took a field trip to Digitas’s New York HQ to talk with a...
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Fusion Launches “Fictional” Beauty Brand, Jabot
Photo: WWD
We’ve seen life imitate art before, but usually the plot lines on soap operas are exempt from any basis in reality. I don’t recall ever seeing any news stories about a one-eyed, evil twin waking up after ten years in a coma. There’s a first for everything, though so we really shouldn’t be surprised to hear (via WWD) that Fusion Brands is launching a real-life skincare and cosmetics...
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SPF Primers: Prevent Makeup Meltage and Sun Damage
Over the weekend, we fully transitioned from spring to summer, which meant I got to wear my new Yumi Kim romper (obsessed), but it also meant that my apartment turned into a sweatbox. I’m all for the sunshine, but keeping makeup on in the heat and humidity is tricky at best. My new best friend: face primers with built-in SPF. They help keep your tinted moisturizer or foundation on in the...
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Happy Memorial Day!
Now get away from your computer and go enjoy the day!
xoxo
Birchbox
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Reading List: Happy Memorial Day!
Photo of Lady Gaga via Bellasugar.com
Happy 3-day weekend! Even though you should really be outside enjoying the weather this weekend, we do have some amazing links for you…just in case you’re stuck inside and need to catch up on your reading.
First up, Stylist has coverage from the FiFi awards (aka the Oscars of fragrance), which took place yesterday. Among the award winners were Mary...
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Memorial Day Weekend Must-Haves
With Memorial Day weekend underway, it’s time to give the summer season a warm welcome back! Whether you’re skipping town for the long weekend or planning a relaxing 72 hours in the comfort of your own home, you don’t want to be caught empty handed when that much-anticipated nice weather comes knocking. So even though we love all things spring, we’re thrilled to break out some of our summer...
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Guest Blogger: Product Girl's Humidity-Proof Hair...
Founded in 2005 by beauty junkie Carla Maganinho, Product Girl is an outlet for her to discuss her favorite finds. Over the years, the site has gained a loyal following — and even another staffer, Laurie Leopold. Together the blogging duo cover everything from the latest launches to their recent splurges. This week, these ladies-in-the-know are guest blogging for us about all things summer!
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onceuponapiano-deactivated20121 asked: Do you need to re-order your birchbox each month or do you get one sent automatically?
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Guest Blogger: Product Girl's Tips for Perfect...
Founded in 2005 by beauty junkie Carla Maganinho, Product Girl is an outlet for her to discuss her favorite finds. Over the years, the site has gained a loyal following — and even another staffer, Laurie Leopold. Together the blogging duo cover everything from the latest launches to their recent splurges. This week, these ladies-in-the-know are guest blogging for us about all things summer!
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Team Stylish: Meet Ally and Emily!
Remember Bianca? For a long time, she was single-handedly overseeing all our customer service — for all our 30,000 subscribers. That’s a LOT of phone calls. Thankfully, we’ve finally gotten her some help — and stellar help at that! We have two brand-new operations gurus, Emily and Ally, both of whom are adept at solving problems large and small. They’re also incredibly stylish...
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Guest Blogger: Product Girl on Lasting Summer...
Founded in 2005 by beauty junkie Carla Maganinho, Product Girl is an outlet for her to discuss her favorite finds. Over the years, the site has gained a loyal following — and even another staffer, Laurie Leopold. Together the blogging duo cover everything from the latest launches to their recent splurges. This week, these ladies-in-the-know are guest blogging for us about all things summer!
To...
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A Love Letter to Korres: You’ve Got Male
Once a week, Birchbox’s resident yoga and men’s product expert, Eric, will give us girls some insight into his world in You’ve Got Male. Whether he’s giving his expertise on skincare (boys need advice, too!) or highlighting his new favorite grooming trend, this guy has got taste—so we’re lucky he’s on staff and willing to share.
Shortly after starting at Birchbox, I had the pleasure of visiting...
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DVF Expands Her Empire To Include Fragrance
Clockwise from left: New Julian wrap dress, $325, dvf.com; Penny Leather Patch Cube satchel, $1,200, dvf.com; Diane fragrance; and DVF 531s sunglasses, $175, dvf.com
Diane von Furstenberg has certainly made her presence known as a leader in women’s fashion, so we’re thrilled to hear that this guru is stepping her high heels onto the fragrance scene, too. This fall she’ll be...
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Of a Kind Designer Matt Singer Travels in Style
Not to brag or anything, but we have some pretty fashionable friends. And they’re blogging for us! Every other week, Of a Kind founders Claire Mazur and Erica Cerulo will be introducing us to one of their brilliant designers, along with his or her beauty essentials. This week’s star: designer Matt Singer and his practical-but-stylish dopp kit. I can think of quite a few guys who...
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Summer Glow...Sans The Sun
All in all, it was a pretty lackluster spring in NYC—and if you don’t live here, then you know this simply because we’ve complained so much. Fingers crossed, the next season will yield better weather and as far as we’re concerned, this holiday weekend is the unofficial beginning of summer. By now you know to load on the SPF (here are some tips for how), but to adequately...
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Skin Rx: Your Memorial Day Skin Savers
We’re already looking forward to the long weekend — thinking about the cute nautical stripes and bright sunnies we’re going to be sporting, and all that yummy barbecue we’re going to eat. But first, a little PSA from our resident skin expert, Rachel. She’s got a list of the five skin products you must — must — keep on hand this weekend (that goes for vacationers and...
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Five questions for Charu Suri, Editor in Chief of...
We’re always on the look out for great beauty websites, so when we found out about BeautyStat.com, a treasure trove of product reviews and trend reports, we knew we wanted to learn more. (PS read their recent story about Birchbox founders Katia and Hayley!) Founder Ron Robinson is a cosmetic chemist who developed products for some of the biggest beauty brands in the world and their Editor in...
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Guest Blogger: Product Girl Reveals How To Put...
Founded in 2005 by beauty junkie Carla Maganinho, Product Girl is an outlet for her to discuss her favorite finds. Over the years, the site has gained a loyal following — and even another staffer, Laurie Leopold. Together the blogging duo cover everything from the latest launches to their recent splurges. This week, these ladies-in-the-know are guest blogging for us about all things summer!
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Sunny for Summer: Yellow Nail Polish
Right Photo: Polish Art Addiction
If you watched this year’s Grammy’s, you probably noticed the fabulous (and unique) color that Lady Gaga rocked on her nails — yellow! While yellow may not seen like the most wearable nail color, it’s actually fun and flattering. All you have to do is find the right shade. Plus it’s a great color for summer. We’ve only started dipping our toes (and fingers) in...
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Guest Blogger: Beauty VIPs a Product Girl Can...
Founded in 2005 by beauty junkie Carla Maganinho, Product Girl is an outlet for her to discuss her favorite finds. Over the years, the site has gained a loyal following — and even another staffer, Laurie Leopold. Together the blogging duo cover everything from the latest launches to their recent splurges. This week, these ladies-in-the-know are guest blogging for us about all things summer!
At...
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Poesy Gets All Pouty in Cannes
Photo: Zimbio.com
Clemence Poesy wowed the crowds with platinum blonde locks and a bold red lip at amfAR’s Cinema Against Aids Gala during the 64th Annual Cannes Film Festival. From her porcelain sun-protected skin to her subtle eye makeup, we love everything about this look. Though we can’t mimic her awesome light-blue eyes and her hair color certainly wouldn’t work on everyone, we did...
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Prescription for a Gloomy Monday
If there has been one recurring theme this spring, it’s been ‘wah wah weather sucks.’ And lo and behold, this Monday is another one of those gray and sad days. But instead of moping into my oatmeal, I’m channeling positive thinking. And wearing lots of color. Here’s my prescription for a gloomy Monday:
1. Madewell Waterfall Blouse
I snatched this watercolor blouse...
ispiltmyguts asked: i just recently signed up for the $10/month birchbox to try out, but i don't want it to renew itself every month because i'm unsure about how birchbox works, so i was wondering...how do i cancel it if i need to? i know there's a section about all that on your website, but the link to cancel it doesn't open.
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Reading List: Justin Bieber's Fragrance, a Mobile...
Left: Justin Bieber’s new perfume, Someday. Right: Marc Jacobs’ Lola.
Yup, it rained all freaking week here is NYC. We can’t seem to catch a break! Luckily, the forecast predicts some sunshine over the weekend and we’ll take what we can get. Given that the weather was less than optimal over the last five days, we weren’t distracted from reading our feeds...
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June Jacobs SPF Moisturizer Prevents and Reverses...
No matter the season, I am always wearing more that one moisturizer on my face during the day. My routine includes first applying Fresh’s Crème Ancienne to properly hydrate my super dry skin, but then I absolutely must layer on some sort of moisturizer with SPF—I am a stickler about sun protection. Sometimes that means adding my Jouer Luminizing Moisture Tint with SPF 20, but for years if...
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The Glamourai Has Schick Going Art Nouveau
Summer and bare legs inspires us to finally throw away those disposable razors and upgrade. Enter Schick’ s new collab with The Glamourai’s Kelly Framel who designed three Intuition razors, inspired by the iconic London clothing store of the ’60s and ’70s, biba. From now until May 26th, Schick has extended an invitation to visit their Facebook page and vote on your...
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Spend $75, Score Top-Notch Tweezers!
There are plenty of things that we’re exceptionally picky about (we define the term, ‘tough customer’) and tweezers are definitely one of them. All too often we’ve gone to the drugstore and bypassed the Tweezerman section in order to save, just to be disappointed that our newest purchase doesn’t grab the super-fine hairs or takes several tries to remove stubborn...
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Rachel Bilson's Summer Beauty Essentials: Herban...
You know who’s really cute? Rachel Bilson. She always looks chic, played my favorite character on The O.C., and is the star of the new Magnum Ice Cream ads/short films (yum!). She also has a monthly advice column in InStyle and has excellent taste in summer beauty essentials, namely Herban Essentials antibacterial towelettes. Bilson told InStyle, “I love that these wipes are natural,...
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Guest Blogger: The Road Tested Gets Met Ball Reddy
This week we’re lucky to have Natalie Zfat as our guest blogger. As the co-founder of The Road Tested, a product review site committed to delivering honest, fearless critiques of beauty’s biggest brands on the road, Zfat is more than up for the challenge. In fact, she could do this sort of thing in her sleep. Zfat first got into the world of products and electronics while working in the editorial...
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What's on the Birchbox Editors' Desks: Operations...
One of the most important people at Birchbox, who doesn’t often get a ton of love on our blog (simply because he’s not quite as makeup, skincare, and haircare obsessed as the rest of us), is Matt H, our Operations Manager. Among the millions of things he takes care of everyday, Matt is in charge of making sure samples make their way to our warehouse, get placed in each and every box...
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Would You Trust Oprah's Derm?
We would. Which is why we’re interested in getting our hands on Dr. Harold Lancer’s new skincare brand. The dermatologist was strongly encouraged by his famous patient Oprah to develop his own line, which currently consists of five products all being sold exclusively at Nordstrom. Appealingly, the routine consists of just three items, the skin resurfacing polish ($50), the cleanser...
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Guest Blogger: Artistry Lights Up The Road Tested
This week we’re lucky to have Natalie Zfat as our guest blogger. As the co-founder of The Road Tested, a product review site committed to delivering honest, fearless critiques of beauty’s biggest brands on the road, Zfat is more than up for the challenge. In fact, she could do this sort of thing in her sleep. Zfat first got into the world of products and electronics while working in the editorial...
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Guest Blogger: The Road Tested's New Fave...
This week we’re lucky to have Natalie Zfat as our guest blogger. As the co-founder of The Road Tested, a product review site committed to delivering honest, fearless critiques of beauty’s biggest brands on the road, Zfat is more than up for the challenge. In fact, she could do this sort of thing in her sleep. Zfat first got into the world of products and electronics while working in the editorial...
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4 Atypical Uses For Eye Shadow
Clockwise top left: Stila eye shadows in Moonlight, Dune, Coco, and Ebony.
This month, we sampled a good 40 colors of Stila Eye Shadows in some of our May Birchboxes. We sent conventional shades like the ever-popular Kitten, but there were also plenty of people that got more intense hues like Black Cat.
In the case of darker, more pigmented shades, there are plenty of ways to use them beyond...
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Rainy Day Hair Wrap
Rainy days give me a good excuse to put down my blow dryer and get creative with my tumultuous tresses. Thankfully, I’ve picked up one pivotal vintage hair accessory from my mother’s vanity to make my bad hair days a little better—a leather hair wrap. Also called a hair glove, it’s a great way to give a little character to a quick side braid or even a sleek ponytail.
Though I’m certain my...
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Street Style Inspiration: The Sartorialist
Bold brows plus a gorgeous berry lip — could this be anymore effortless chic? Get the look after the jump.
photo by: The Sartorialist
-Lorelei
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Lara Stone's Soccer-Inspired Polish Is Sizzling...
Photo: Vogue
We just became overnight super-fans of the Netherlands national soccer team…or at least the team’s signature color: bright orange. Dutch super model, Lara Stone, has partnered with Deborah Lippmann to create a super-sizzling polish that pays homage to her hometown football heroes, The Dutch Eleven. Named Lara’s Theme, this vibrant tangerine tone is sure to make...
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Doctor, Doctor: You’ve Got Male
Once a week, Birchbox’s resident yoga and men’s product expert, Eric, gives us girls some insight into his world in You’ve Got Male. Whether he’s giving his expertise on skincare (boys need advice, too!) or highlighting his new favorite grooming trend, this guy has got taste—so we’re lucky he’s on staff and willing to share.
I must confess that I hadn’t dabbled too much in the world of doctor...
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Ten Winners In Our BVLGARI Sweeps—$168 Prizes!
We are really classing it up these days: BVLGARI is one of our newest brand partners and we’re stoked to be selling their latest fragrance, Mon Jasmin Noir. It’s sophisticated, romantic, and the company swears that wearing it is like traipsing around a Mediterranean Eden. We’re not sure about you, but that sounds pretty heavenly to us. Needless to say, we’re envious of...
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Skin Rx: 10 Things You Never Think About (That...
Who doesn’t like lists? In this week’s installment of Skin Rx, our guru Rachel has a list of the top ten things you aren’t thinking about that could dramatically improve your skin. Read on — you may be surprised!
Is your snazzy iPhone making you break out?
1. Your pillowcases! Change them weekly to keep skin clear.
2. You know how much you talk on the phone? Think about...
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Guest Blogger: The Road Tested Tries Eyeliner Fit...
This week we’re lucky to have Natalie Zfat as our guest blogger. As the co-founder of The Road Tested, a product review site committed to delivering honest, fearless critiques of beauty’s biggest brands on the road, Zfat is more than up for the challenge. In fact, she could do this sort of thing in her sleep. Zfat first got into the world of products and electronics while working in the editorial...
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Trying on Lancome's New Facebook App
Lancôme just rolled out its new Facebook App, House of Color, which lets you virtually ‘apply’ their palettes on photos of yourself (or unsuspecting friends). This is notable for a few reasons: 1) It has a really cool, easy-to-use interface. 2) It’s extremely easy, since it automatically pulls photos from your Facebook albums. 3) You need more ways to procrastinate.
We tested...
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AHAVA Twitter Contest! Read the Winning Ques &...
Last week, we teamed up with AHAVA to throw a two-day Twitter contest. We asked you for your most vexing skin and body questions and we got tons of great entries. Here are the two winning Tweeters and their questions - each will win a $300 prize pack and get their question answered by AHAVA skin expert Dawn Diorio.
@kzarr: @Birchbox #AHAVAReborn What @AHAVA_US product can you use to cure your...
