August 2011
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3 Cool Things You Might Not Know About Monoi Oil
Monoi Oil is really having a moment. It’s popping up in all of our favorite products and is generating some major buzz. But does it live up to the hype? We’re firmly on the pro-Monoi side of the fence and think you will be too once you’ve heard a little bit more about it. Here are three things you might not have previously known about Monoi Oil:
Monoi is actually a combination of coconut...
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Holiday Weekend Pampering: You’ve Got Male
Once a week, Birchbox’s resident yoga and men’s product expert, Eric, will 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 think a holiday weekend is a perfect opportunity to take a...
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Elisha Cuthbert Demos My Fave Easy Hair Trick
I have a whole lot of hair and I’m currently growing it out, so right now it’s at a very awkward in-between length. One of my go-to styles (especially in the summer) is the side twist. I really like to do fun braids, but I’m not proficient enough to do them quickly, so I turn to this look when I want to get out the door in a hurry (but still looking polished).
To achieve this...
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Of a Kind Designer Susan Domelsmith's Triple...
Every week, Of a Kind brings you a new limited edition piece from a genius designer. This week, meet Susan Domelsmith, a jewelry phenom with excellent taste in products. Read on for her secrets, and pick up her Votan necklace now!
The Jewelry Phenom Behind Dirty Library Chains on the Three Components of her Clean Look
Susan Domelsmith is one of those unbelievably cool girls who you wanted to be...
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Guest Blogger: Music Festival Must-Haves
We love writers with fun personalities, which is why we’re ecstatic to welcome Carlye Wisel into the guest blogging fold this week. The savvy blogger has a multitude of interests, but can regularly be found talking about music and more on Vevo, Big Ugly Yellow Couch, and her personal Tumblr, Awkward City Population 1. This week, she’s sharing beauty wit and wisdom. Today: the products...
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Cali Cool: The No Makeup Makeup Look
I have a knack for coming to Los Angeles at the exact right time. My last trip fell over Carmageddon, the most traffic-free weekend the city has seen in decades; this time, I left New York just before Irene’s windy onslaught. I also missed my flight back, thanks to massive flight cancellations. Since I planned to stay the weekend, not all week, I’m working with a limited wardrobe and...
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25 Winners Will Recieve $125 In blinc Mascara and...
There are very few products out there that we consider life changing, but blinc’s mascara is absolutely one of them. Instead of painting on color like a traditional mascara, blinc’s formula forms individual tubes around each lash. So what does that mean for you? No flaking, smudging, irritation, or messy removal, that’s what.
We love this product so much, we sampled it this...
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Nailing It: Outrageous Manis At The VMAs!
Operations associate, Loren, has a thing for nails and we can’t blame her. We love reading about new finishes and fun techniques, so we thought we’d give her a weekly slot on our blog to wax poetic about all things manicure (and pedicure!) related. Check back every Thursday for Nailing It, Birchbox’s dedicated polish series.
Clockwise top Left: Demi Lovato, Nicki Minaj, Katy Perry,...
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Birchbox's Snuggies Have Arrived
Birchbox’s Eric Neher rocking his new snuggie.
As far as office attire goes, I would categorize our staff as chic but comfortable. There aren’t a lot of four-inch stilettos or bandage skirts parading around, but I’m pretty sure our latest purchase just took our dress code to a new level of casual. Today, a box arrived and our beauty partnership team whipped out a load...
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Guest Blogger: Foolproof Face
We love writers with fun personalities, which is why we’re ecstatic to welcome Carlye Wisel into the guest blogging fold this week. The savvy blogger has a multitude of interests, but can regularly be found talking about music and more on Vevo, Big Ugly Yellow Couch, and her personal Tumblr, Awkward City Population 1. This week, she’s sharing beauty wit and wisdom. Today: family...
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Notable Quotables: Ted Gibson
Notable Quotables is a weekly series featuring a great quote. Whether it’s the founder of a beloved beauty brand, an eccentric makeup artist making headlines, or even a super-stylish celebrity, there’s always something worth sharing from our favorite tastemakers. Today’s quote comes to us from Ted Gibson, hairstylist to the stars and creator of his eponymous product line. Who...
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Guest Blogger: Dry Shampoo School
We love writers with fun personalities, which is why we’re ecstatic to welcome Carlye Wisel into the guest blogging fold this week. The savvy blogger has a multitude of interests, but can regularly be found talking about music and more on Vevo, Big Ugly Yellow Couch, and her personal Tumblr, Awkward City Population 1. This week, she’s sharing beauty wit and wisdom. Read on for her dry...
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Gwyneth Paltrow Sans Makeup (And Slouching)!
Photo: nydailynews.com
I happen to be a huge Gwyneth Paltrow fan, and while I know that many don’t share my POV, I think everyone should agree that the actress’s recent laid-back book signing was a pretty cool move. Looking straight off the beach (in fact, is that a bikini strap around her neck?!?), the blonde beauty showed up to an event for her cookbook, My Father’s...
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Video Music Awards 2011: A Night of Surprises
Last night’s VMAs had some moments we could have predicted. Adele gave a flawless performance of “Someone Like You” from her album “21,” Nicki Minaj showed up in a technicolor outfit, and the Hunger Games clip was far too short to satisfy our curiosity. Nothing shocking there. Still, there were quite a few unexpected twists, from big pregnancy news to some very touching tributes. What do you...
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Ready for HD: Colorescience's Mineral Finishing...
Colorescience Mineral Finishing Powder in Lavender Snow Leopard, $50, colorscience.com
This past Friday, I was in L.A. shooting videos with a couple of our amazing brand partners. In addition to getting excellent footage (thank you, Red Productions!), I also learned how to avoid the inevitable greenish tint that comes with HD. Diane Range, the founder of Colorescience and inventor of mineral...
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Win $160 of Carol's Daughter Products in Our New...
When it comes to our hair, it can never be too soft, shiny, hydrated, or manageable. That’s why we love Carol’s Daughter so much. Their new Monoi and Macadamia collections are packed full of ingredients that repair and strengthen, making styling effortless. Enter our new Carol’s Daughter Sweepstakes and you could have good hair everyday. Not only are we giving away 15 Monoi Repairing Masks, worth...
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Birchbox Moms Are THE Best
Clockwise from left: Herban Essentials Towelettes in Lemon, $15, birchbox.com; myfaceworks Sheet Mask ‘the starter kit’, $45, birchbox.com; Anthony Logistics for Men® Glycolic Facial Cleanser, $21, birchbox.com; Perricone MD Cold Plasma Face Cream, $150, birchbox.com; Dr. Gross Extra Strength Alpha Beta® Peel 30 Pack, $85, birchbox.com; Befine Night Cream, $30, birchbox.com; Pomega5...
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Reading List: Hurricane Season
kate spade ny image via Fashionetc.com
If the weatherman has anything to say about it, then you’ll likely have lots of time to read this weekend. The East Coast has had quite an eventful week in terms of natural disasters, so while we’re looking forward to the weekend, some of us will most likely be evacuating. So much for one of the last summer weekends! Here’s what we’ll be catching up on while...
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What Summer Beauty Trend Have You Been Waiting To...
While it seems like just yesterday that I was digging my shorts out of wardrobe hibernation, summer is sadly nearing its end. And as this season winds down and, I’m thinking about what in my closet and in my makeup bag I need to utilize before the sunny days are here no more.
Aside from my neon pink chinos, which I’ve used a ton, I have a bright green pencil liner (similar to the...
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What's on the Birchbox Staffers' Desks: Marketing...
We’re not exactly sure how to describe what today’s desk subject, Jennie, does for Birchbox. That is to say, she does so many different things, from keeping the Shop in order to processing our monthly memberships, that there isn’t one concise answer. Officially, she’s our marketing operations manager, so she works with our tech team (and so many others) to make sure that...
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The Perfect Polish For a Cozy Fall — BECCA...
Even though we’re super excited to be rocking blue and silver nails this fall, we couldn’t make it through the next few months without sporting at least a few neutral shades on our digits. Enter BECCA Cosmetics’ newest collection. We’re already obsessed with the Australian brand’s skin-perfecting line of makeup, but its concise range of three shades from the ‘Lost Weekend’...
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Packing List: Hollywood!
Who has packing tips for me? My overstuffed suitcase.
Ok, I’m not actually going to Hollywood. But I am going to L.A. (weather permitting, fingers crossed) for a video shoot with a few of our brand partners. Assuming I get off the ground (again, knock on wood), here’s what I’m bringing.
1. Amika mini hair dryer: This is part of Amika’s Giraffe Go Go Travel Set, which...
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Above The Fold: Color In Just The Crease
Despite how much I obsess over saturated shadows, I rarely experiment with my own eye makeup — I just haven’t gotten around to learning how to layer and blend shadows myself. Earlier this week, though, I had to get my skills up to speed because I filmed a Birchbox video tutorial on essential eye makeup brushes (get excited!). I did a lot of research, spent some time practicing, and —...
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NARS' Silver Lining: Nailing It
Operations associate, Loren, has a thing for nails- and we can’t blame her. We love reading about new finishes and fun techniques, so we thought we’d give her a weekly slot on our blog to wax poetic about all things manicure (and pedicure!) related. Check back every Thursday for Nailing It, Birchbox’s dedicated polish series.
Last week, I gave you a look at the super-cool color that’s going to...
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To Shampoo or Not to Shampoo?: You’ve Got Male
Once a week, Birchbox’s resident Yoga and men’s product expert, Eric, will 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.
A few years ago while at QVC, I was turned on to an amazing line...
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I'm A Sucker For A Pretty Skyline
One of my favorite pieces of Birchbox news from the last couple of weeks wasn’t that we reached 22K Facebook fans or that we moved into a spacious Park Avenue office: it’s that we’re going to be selling the Clarisonic (check our Shop late next week). This deluxe apparatus has visibly improved my skin, and I take the convenient travel-size Mia version with me when I skip town on...
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Should Your Sign Determine Your Scent?
‘What’s your scent?’ is totally the next ‘what’s your sign?’ Strange Invisible Perfume has caught on to this new trend and is launching an Astrological Collection based completely on the Zodiac. The perfumes are being released in sets of two, with opposing signs on the astrological wheel debuting together. Pisces and Virgo are the first to hit the market, and...
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Time To Rejoice: Kiehl's Oil-Free Is Back In...
It was an overnight sensation: Kiehl’s Ultra Facial Oil-Free Lotion flew out of our shop faster than you could say ‘Birchbox.’ In hindsight, we should have known that it was going to be such a colossal hit because A) Kiehl’s products are generally awesome and B) this hydrating moisturizer is super lightweight and keeps your oil levels in check.
For all of you who were...
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The Boys (Products) of Summer
Grooming has come a long way since Barbasol.
From shrunken blazers and boyfriend jeans to oversized watches and oxfords, women’s fashion has been taking plenty of cues from men. My bathroom is in the same mindset, with more and more man products creeping in. I’ve been a longtime fan of grooming products ever since I started stealing my dad’s razor and Barbasol. I’ve...
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Chanel Proves Blue Is The New It Color For Fall
Casual Fridays just became an every day event. Sort of. Chanel has just announced the launch of their newest polish collection, Les Jeans de Chanel, a trio of lacquers by Creative Director Peter Phillips — inspired by the hues of blue jeans. The colors, Blue Rebel, a true navy; Blue Boy, a powder blue; and Coco Blue, a bright cobalt; are perfect for fall, and we’re stoked to try them.
We...
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Holy Headpiece: Kim Kardashian's Wedding Tiara
We may not have royalty in the U.S., but we do have celebrities that think they’re royalty (I guess if you earn more than some small third-world countries, that’s pretty legit). One stateside mega-star who’s practically aristocracy is Kim Kardashian, who got married to NBA player Kris Humphries this past weekend in Montecito, California. As nobility would, Kim donned a...
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The Name Game: Choosing Your Perfect Polish
What’s in a name? A lot, depending on how you make your nail polish decisions. While I ultimately choose my color based on how it looks, I definitely have friends that take the polish’s name into account. And I get it; OPI’s Lincoln Park After Dark has a fun ring to it. One of StrangeBeautiful’s newest colors, Menstrual Last Day, however, sounds a tad less appealing.
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June Jacobs Answers: Aside From Products, How Else...
At Birchbox, we’re lucky to have access to the best minds in the beauty business. One of our most trusted gurus is June Jacobs, who created her eponymous skincare line over 30 years ago. It now consists of more than 100 professional and retail products, all designed to be efficacious and all-natural. Jacobs is so discerning about her formulas that she even opened her own independent laboratory,...
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Reading List: A Sticky 'Fitchuation'
New trend alert (again): colorful zinc oxide sunscreen. Photo from Kiss and Tell.
TGIF, am-I-right? This weekend we’re all about making the most of the end of summer and also scoping out some new fall trends. Here’s what’s on our radar before we skedaddle out of the office this afternoon.
A new study suggests that caffeine, and in turn coffee, helps reduce the risk of skin cancer. If this is...
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The Coolest New iPad App Lets You Shop Beauty...
Impulse buying just got a whole lot easier and a lot more fun (as if that was even possible). This week, Google released a new free iPad app called Google Catalogs. Basically, this brilliant new offering lets you browse and shop from your fave catalogs right in the palm of your hand. Right now, the app includes catalogs from Sephora, Urban Outfitters, Bare Essentials, and West Elm and they...
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Guest Blogger: Top 5 Fall Beauty Trends
A style force to be reckoned with, Sara Zucker is well known for providing daily outfit inspiration and scoping out incredible finds via her Tumblr, Farpitzs (which is the Yiddish word for ‘all dressed up,’ just in case you were curious). As if being one of the most popular fashion voices in the blogosphere wasn’t time consuming enough, the well-heeled trendsetter also happens to be Glamour...
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June Jacobs Answers: How Can I Get More Out Of My...
At Birchbox, we’re lucky to have access to the best minds in the beauty business. One of our most trusted gurus is June Jacobs, who created her eponymous skincare line over 30 years ago. It now consists of more than 100 professional and retail products, all designed to be efficacious and all-natural. Jacobs is so discerning about her formulas that she even opened her own independent laboratory,...
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What's on the Birchbox Editors' Desks: Co-founder...
One of the coolest things about working at Birchbox is that our founders, Katia and Hayley, sit right alongside us in the office. They’re always available when we have questions, want to touch base, or just want to say hi — no stuffy corner offices here! Today we’re featuring Katia’s desk. She has tons of lovely goodies for us to peek at!
1. Cynthia Rowley Sunglasses: These...
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Beauty Tool Torture: The New Extreme Measure For...
If I told you about a beauty tool that helps minimize cellulite, wrinkles, and scars, but looks like a paint roller and is covered in teeny needles, what would you say? Nothing and run full speed in the other direction? Me too.
But skincare extremists (and its rumored, celebrities like Angelina Jolie) feel differently. This device, called the Dermaroller, can be used at a dermatologist’s...
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Nailing It: Stain Removers
Operations associate, Loren, has a thing for nails- and we can’t blame her. We love reading about new finishes and fun techniques, so we thought we’d give her a weekly slot on our blog to wax poetic about all things manicure (and pedicure!) related. Check back every Thursday for Nailing It, Birchbox’s dedicated polish series.
I recently went on vacation to Hawaii and while I had a ton of fun in...
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Guest Blogger: My Favorite Cosmetic Bags
A style force to be reckoned with, Sara Zucker is well known for providing daily outfit inspiration and scoping out incredible finds via her Tumblr, Farpitzs (which is the Yiddish word for ‘all dressed up,’ just in case you were curious). As if being one of the most popular fashion voices in the blogosphere wasn’t time consuming enough, the well-heeled trendsetter also happens to be Glamour...
thefashion-room asked: Is BirchBox available in Canada ? If not will it ever be ?
beautifulinciidents asked: Would you consider putting a teeth whitener in the september birchbox!?(:
britthipp asked: how do you rate items on the website to get loyalty points. i can't find it for the life of me
