Like cosmetics, this made sense. Customers knew they wanted something new, but the product testing lines at retailers like Whole Foods were cumbersome, not always enjoyable, and far from time efficient. Few make their way to Green Festivals.

In response, Conscious Box cut through the noise and brought those same products to thousands of doorsteps every month. While sample based subscription initially were attractive, more recently this set of value propositions is facing increased scrutiny.

Consumers are losing interest in what this type of subscription offers discovery and are more concerned with something else value.

Since , there have been hundreds — actually thousands — of subscription businesses popping up. The one thing many have in common: more full sized products.

One clear example is the dominating success of new boxes like Boxycharm vs. Boxycharm is including more full-size products, and getting great results because of it. And the reason is clear: consumers want something that feels valuable. While the value propositions of discovery is a strong one, when that discovery is paired with hefty, valuable feeling items, the product experience is greatly heightened.

More and more sample-based subscriptions are seeing that customers are eager for heightened product experience. Birchbox itself seems to have made adjustments. Anecdotally, the last two months my Birchbox man has come with a non-disposable razor one month and reusable a water canteen another month.

Conscious Box has done the same, and so have many others. On the one hand, samples are quickly being gobbled up by competitors. In this more competitive environment, some companies like Bulu Box champion their data collection and feedback reporting on products — surely a valuable resource for vendor partners, but something that can be a challenge for new business owners, and arguably more suited for some niches than others supplements vs.

educational goods, for example. Switch it up with Stitch Fix! Collaborate with a stylist to build a box that suits your style and price point. Scentbird is a designer perfume subscription that allows you to try out three new scents every month.

In other words: Instead of committing to a single scent, you can have them all with Scentbird. Been looking to elevate your style?

Rent the Runway grants access to thousands of designer styles for a fraction of the price. The clothing rental service is also a great, sustainable option for special occasion outfits and one-time wears.

In need of a tried and true beauty box? Try out Birchbox to sample an array of miniature luxury products.

Each month you will receive a box of two to five beauty and skincare products of your choosing! Expand your coffee-induced palate with Atlas Coffee Club, the coffee subscription that highlights a new country every month. Grow your library with Book of the Month, the reading subscription that lets you choose.

Each month, subscribers can select a book from their rotating bookshelf which is comprised of five books, each of a different genre. The holiday season can be stressful, and we could all use a bit of TLC. Each Therabox is filled with self-care goodies to help you or your giftee relax and unwind.

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The Best Backpacks for Stylish Travelers. sign in. Hey Rooted Small Mystery Plant, 6-Month Gift. best subscription service for any woman. We also enjoyed reading and interacting with some sort of printout or interface that told us more about the box and items. What we liked: Instead of buying the ingredients for a date night cheeseboard, you could subscribe to Curdbox.

All in all, a tasty setup that my husband and I ate in one go. Depending on where you live like me in Western Massachusetts , Thrive might well be the easiest way to buy your favorite, more niche goods—like Tache pistachio milk and Canyon Coffee. The website carries everything from snacks to soaps to sunscreen—and even sells frozen items, though their shipping availability depends on the season and your location.

You can buy groceries as one-offs or set up recurring subscriptions of your favorites to auto-deliver every four, eight, or twelve weeks. It would be nice if there was a two-week option.

What we liked: With ButcherBox, you can choose between a beef and chicken box, beef and pork, mixed box, or custom box—containing nine to 14 pounds of meat, depending on which you select.

You can also choose the delivery frequency, which is great because it really is a ton of meat. Besides the fact, you may need a chest freezer to store everything.

What we liked: Man, does this subscription have their delivery figured out. The meat arrived frozen solid, while the two glass bottles of sauces were separately wrapped and placed towards the top of the box, so they were frosty, but not in danger of shattering.

The package I got included a ribeye, two, 1-pound blocks of ground meat, flank steak, beef teres major, and a package of chorizo, plus two bottles of NY Shuk sauces. What we liked: Our subscription included Atlantic salmon, wild Atlantic halibut, wild Ahi tuna steaks, and a pound of scallops.

You can choose between getting your seafood delivered fresh or frozen, and you can buy a one-off box or an auto-delivery of one, two, four, or eight weeks options—we like 'em!

What we liked: A family-owned business located in Duxbury, Massachusetts, Real Oyster Cult has and sources some of the freshest bivalves around.

The oysters arrived ice cold and in separate mesh bags. I also found their Mignon-Nips to be wonderful accompaniments. Plus, if you live in New England, shipping is free. What we liked: A Boston-based company, Wulf's sells some of the best seafood I've tried.

The Fishmonger's Favorites Box gives you a whole lot for its price: sustainably farmed Norwegian salmon, Arctic char, cod, haddock, grey sole, and two pounds of peeled, deveined Mexican Blue Shrimp. The fish fillets all come vacuum-sealed and everything arrived frozen solid. The company also offers a pricier, large box called their Greatest Hits.

What we didn't like: Nothing—this is a great subscription. What we liked: These small soup dumplings are so delicious and take just 10 minutes to steam. I loved that each bag included perforated paper liners for a bamboo steamer. For me, the black vinegar was the perfect way to enjoy the pork soup dumplings.

You can choose to have two-plus bags of dumplings plus one to three of the company's sauces delivered monthly or every two months. What we didn't like: It would be nice if there was an option to get just one bag of soup dumplings delivered every month, for solo diners.

What we liked: Wine Access has nine clubs, but I tried the Discovery Club. It came with six bottles, YouTube videos detailing tasting notes and stories on the winemakers and vineyards, and sheets for each bottle for you to write down tasting and olfactory notes.

What we liked: For natural wine lovers, Mysa will be a haven. For those with sustainability in mind, the lack of printouts will be appreciated. Fun fact: My friends own Mysa wine, and they really are the most delightful people! What we liked: A non-alcoholic box with a theme?

Sign us up literally. Enter Raising the Bar, a zero-proof subscription box that provides all the ingredients and a recipe for tasty tipples—minus the ABV. What we liked: Every month, City Brews will send you beers from a different city highlighting four breweries.

This was no mere box of IPAs—there was a grisette, an oatmeal pilsner, a stout, and a few lagers along with some IPAs because, well, West Coast IPAs are the OG. This would be a fantastic gift for a beer nerd, like my husband I'm seriously thinking of gifting it to him for Christmas!

The price per beer is equivalent to getting a pour at a brewery, but far more than buying a 6-pack at a store.

What we liked: This is the coffee subscription of choice for Serious Eats commerce writer Jesse Raub , aka our in-house coffee expert he spent 15 years in the specialty coffee industry.

When you first sign up from Trade, it uses an algorithm quiz to choose coffee for you based on your answers. The quiz includes your preferred brewing method i.

pourover, automatic drip, espresso machine , coffee knowledge level, roast preferences, and more. I think it probably works much better for someone who isn't a coffee pro and needs help picking out what they want.

However, this sparkling water is truly phenomenal and offers some of the most unsuspecting yet wonderful flavors. Peach honeysuckle? Mango chili? Blueberry wildflower?

Each subscription includes 24 cans of what-will-they-come-up-with-next. My husband now gets visibly excited when a case of Aura Bora arrives at our doorstep. What we liked: Hot, hot, hot! And Brightland and Graza make two of our favorites. Brightland is pricier, but comes with two distinct olive oils: Awake is super peppery, while Alive is mellow and fruity.

Graza has some of our favorite packaging, with the squeeze bottle making it super easy to dispense oil into a measuring cup or directly into a pan. The subscription duo comes with Drizzle for finishing and Sizzle for cooking. Graza has the same auto-delivery selection, though Drizzle is a bit one-note flavor-wise.

What we liked: A supremely nice gift to give someone or yourself is to always have olive oil on hand. Club Corto will give you exactly that. Each shipment comes with two milliliter bottles and one supremely large 3-liter box.

The box has a spout, though—perfect for decanting the olive oil into a dispenser. Corto's olive oil is fresh and incredibly delicious, be it soaked up with bread or drizzled on top of pasta. If the Club's pricing doesn't appeal to you, Corto offers subscriptions on just their bottles or boxes you can choose between recurring delivery every one, two, three, or six months.

What we liked: This spice subscription has long been a favorite of Serious Eats staffers. What we liked: Three months of The croissants ship frozen from Les Marais bakery in San Francisco, with each month being a new croissant.

The first month is almond, the second is au beurre, and the third is chocolate croissants. I tried the au beurre croissant box, which arrived with 12 perfectly frozen croissants. The box included clear, illustrated instructions for storing, thawing, proofing, and baking the croissants and the resulting pastries were incredible: uber-buttery they use two types of butter: French Isigny and Vermont Plugrá and flakey.

Still expensive? The company recently launched a Levain Cookie Club, which includes eight cookies a month. What we liked: Frog Hollow is a certified organic farm located in California—and they ship out some of the most perfect fruit. My box which I received in July had organic yellow peaches and apricots both from Contra Costa County.

The fruits were all ripe and so beautifully packaged: each individual fruit was wrapped in red and gold Frog Hollow tissue paper.

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If you find a piece you love, use your monthly credit to purchase it, and keep forever. What you'll get: Each month you'll receive a box of candy from small artisans and famed candy producers from all over the world.

What you'll get: Each month you'll receive a box based on the foods you've pre-selected from smoothies, harvest bowls, flatbreads, soups, oat bowls, chai bowls, scoops, bites, and lattes.

What you'll get: Depending on which subscription you choose, you'll receive anywhere from 5—20 snacks from a different country each month, plus a booklet with trivia and games. What you'll get: Every month, you'll receive a curated selection of four flavors of icy treats like ice cream, frozen yogurt, and sorbet.

It'll certainly get you out of your flavor comfort zone, so you'll no longer be deemed as the "vanilla" friend in your group. What you'll get: Choose a membership or one-time rental item for your styling needs. There are member-only discounts too, just in case you want to give an item a permanent place in your closet.

Available in women's sizes 0— You can also check out our full Rent the Runway review for more info. What you'll get: Your monthly Artvana box will be chock full of all of the supplies you'll need: paint, brushes, canvas, tutorials, reflection worksheets, and more! You'll be able to follow a new tutorial from Artvana founder Rikki, a professional painter and certified therapeutic art coach, each month.

From there, watch your creative skills evolve and admire all of the wonderful creations you make. What you'll get: After choosing which type of period care product you're interested in, you'll receive a box of that product every month so you can skip the trip to the store.

And BTW, you can also find Viv along with some other awesome companies in our roundup of the best subscription boxes from woman-owned businesses! What you'll get: Each month, Succulents Box features four different species of fully rooted succulents grown in California.

They offer more than varieties and 11 types of monthly subscriptions, all of which come with a detailed care instruction card plus ID cards so you can learn more about your new plant babies. What you'll get: Each month, you'll receive six bars of soap curated by Formulary 55's founder Cordelia Smith.

You can look forward to delectable scents, like sea salt and lavender, bourbon and vanilla, honeycomb and neroli, and more. Plus, their gentle products would be great for anyone that could use a little more calm in their life!

Fruit for Thought is a New Jersey-based small business founded in that'll provide subscribers with a "sensory experience" fruity smells, tastes, and colors!

upon opening each box. What you'll get: Your box will come with five to seven fruit-themed items no actual fruit , whether that means they're scented, flavored, or colored like fruit. Each month is different, with some previous box themes being strawberry kiwi, mixed melon, key lime, and peaches and cream.

Copper Cow Coffee is a Los Angeles-based small business founded in allowing subscribers to get a taste of traditional Vietnamese coffee without needing to leave their homes to do it. What you'll get: Copper Cow Coffee lets you have total control over your orders so you'll be able to choose which coffees and creamers you want to try and how often they get delivered.

Wax Buffalo is a Lincoln, Nebraska-based small business founded in offering "beautifully imperfect" hand-poured soy candles. What you'll get: Choose from eight different subscription box themes: Cocktail, Seasonal, Blood Orange, "Armitage Street," "Into the Woods," "Red Ferne," Sweet Tobacco, and Verona.

From there, you'll get one candle per month specifically inspired by that theme. Each subscription box varies. For example, if you choose the "Armitage Street" subscription, you'll be sent that same candle every month.

Or if you'd prefer to switch up the scent, the "Cocktail" theme boxes offer a different candle each month, plus a lil' extra goodie or two tucked in. The Sip is an Oakland, California-based small business launched in by two best friends, Erica Davis and Catherine Carter.

They also offer the opportunity to join "The Sip Society," a bi-monthly subscription where you can rave about all the goodies in your box with other bubbly wine enthusiasts.

The biggest issue with the other services I tried was that the coffee never arrived close to the roast day. What you'll get: Get 1, 2, or 4 different single origin coffees, along with a write-up about the roaster and coffee culture in that country.

Check out their Coffee Archive for coffees that have been included in the past. What you get: You'll receive one pair of patterned or solid workout leggings each month.

Customers love wearing them for workouts, including yoga, and also for lounging! Available in women's sizes S—L. Promising review: "Normally I don't get that excited when it comes to workout clothing because they are so expensive but spandexbox did amazing!

The price is awesome, the quality of their items, and comfort makes it well worth the cost. There is pockets for my keys and phone. I've enjoyed wearing them. Again an amazing job giving comfort, and quality to workout clothing!

What you'll get: You get to pick what you receive everything from party dresses to vintage finds and can technically keep them as long as you'd like — but in order to get the most out of your subscription, be sure to send back any items you don't plan on purchasing to unlock next month's rentals.

Oh, and there are no late fees, no damage fees, and no laundering necessary! What you'll get: Seven pieces of clothing, shoes, and accessories based on a three-minute quiz to let the stylist know what their favorite colors are, if there are any prints they prefer, jean style preferences, and more.

You can choose between getting one box every four, six, or 12 weeks or you can skip, pause, or cancel at any time. Plus, free shipping and returns! Promising review: "My daughter loved every single item that was in the Kidpik Box.

We will definitely continue our subscription with them!! What you get: Five luxury items to wear as much as you want, free exchanges, free shipping, and free dry-cleaning.

Plus, there are no commitments so you can get the box as frequently as you want. There are three different age range options: Sunshine books ages 0—2 ; Rainbow books ages 2—5 ; and Treehouse books ages 5—8.

Boxes contain both board books and picture books! Promising review: "I absolutely love OurShelves. My daughter has really enjoyed all the books we've gotten. They truly are some of the ones we read over and over and over. And I love that they have characters and stories I would not have found on my own in our small town.

I also love supporting authors from minority identities. It's a win-win-win! They also have teen-specific crates featuring more detailed artwork, intermediate language, and violent themes if buying for yourself or for someone who that content is age-appropriate for.

Promising review: "Love this crate! Perfect collection of comics for my 8-year-old. I don't have to preview them to make sure they're appropriate, because everything in the crate is. Goes straight into his hands from the mailbox.

Exactly what I was looking for. What you get: wellness products to help you wind down like candles and tea , activities to help you unplug, and one young adult fiction book per month.

Promising review: "I love receiving the boxes from Unplugged Book Box. The items are amazing and useful. I also love the choices of scents for the self-care products for the skin, they smell so nice.

The candles that come with them are great as well, they always have pretty designs and nice scents. Additionally, every single book in each box also has exclusive designs for the hardcover, edges, endpapers, and dust jacket.

The choice of books also varies in genres so it's not the same each time. It could be a thriller, fantasy, mystery, sci-fi, and so much more. I could also tell they put a lot of thought into curating the boxes. It's always so exciting to see what they have in store for each box.

Moreover, they advocate and promote mental health, self-care, and just your well-being overall is what makes them so awesome too. Once the boxes get shipped, they arrive quite fast for me!

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You'll even be able to take a quiz to let your stylist know which clothing items you have the most trouble finding the right fit for.

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Vinyl Me, Please. Candy Club has your sweet tooth covered, in sugar. Candy Club. Daily Harvest. Universal Yums. First rule of Pint Club? Tell everyone about Pint Club! All you have to do is click a few buttons, and the subscription service will do the rest! For the person with a green thumb or not.

Rooted makes growing your indoor jungle easy with their customizable monthly plant subscription. Fab Fit Fun leads the charge of subscription boxes with the trendiest curation of the most buzzy products. Expect fuzzy blankets, slippers, hair products, sweet treats, travel mugs and so much more.

Then, styles are handpicked by experts to bring you monthly sets. Between the grocery store runs, check-out lines, and prep time, whipping up a home-cooked meal can feel like a daunting task. Hello Fresh helps you fit cooking into your busy schedule, selecting healthy, balanced meals based on your tastes and delivering ingredients straight to your doorstep.

Dermstore is one of the few dermatologist-approved beauty retailers out there, so this box is one you can trust for your skin. Splendid Spoon is on a mission to make healthy eating accessible, delicious and joyful. Calling all tea lovers!

Every tea chosen is top-rated from thousands of brands and customized to your personal tastes. There are a ton of wine subscription services out there, but Bright Cellars is one of our favorites. Adore Me solves that with their Elite box. Everyone needs a little taste of home every now and then.

Whether you're missing New York pizza or Texas barbecue, Goldbelly works with America's most iconic restaurants, bakeries, and delis to ship your favorite treats to wherever you are on the map.

Breo Box helps consumers discover game-changing products they never knew they needed. Each month, they curate the latest and greatest in beauty. Customers will take a personalized quiz to ensure they are receiving the right products for their skin type and goals.

Calling all home chefs or home chefs in training. The Seasons of Spice box from Savory elevates your cooking and inspires new types of meals based on the season. Tired of wearing the same old things?

Switch it up with Stitch Fix! Collaborate with a stylist to build a box that suits your style and price point. Scentbird is a designer perfume subscription that allows you to try out three new scents every month. In other words: Instead of committing to a single scent, you can have them all with Scentbird.

Been looking to elevate your style? Rent the Runway grants access to thousands of designer styles for a fraction of the price.

The clothing rental service is also a great, sustainable option for special occasion outfits and one-time wears. In need of a tried and true beauty box? Try out Birchbox to sample an array of miniature luxury products.

Each month you will receive a box of two to five beauty and skincare products of your choosing! Expand your coffee-induced palate with Atlas Coffee Club, the coffee subscription that highlights a new country every month.

Grow your library with Book of the Month, the reading subscription that lets you choose. Each month, subscribers can select a book from their rotating bookshelf which is comprised of five books, each of a different genre.

The holiday season can be stressful, and we could all use a bit of TLC.