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Beauty Beat: Subscription Beauty Services

Ten subscription beauty sampling programs that let you try before you buy.
Beauty at Your Doorstep
Birchbox 400
By Nicole Marie Melton · Updated October 28, 2020
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If all you’ve got in your mailbox are bills and junk mail week after week, it’s time you get in on the subscription beauty craze that delivers sample-sized beauty and hair products right to your doorstep.

The first sampling program was Birchbox, which was launched in 2010 and since then nearly 10 other subscription beauty services have been formed. There’s CurlBox, which delivers hair products for natural hair and also BeautyFix which allows subscribers to select specific samples they want to receive.

Here’s our roundup of the subscription services that let you try before you buy.

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