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No shipping info for me either. I'm reallyyyyy hoping it ships soon though, b/c I'm leaving for winter break at the end of next week and it'd be nice to not leave a BB behind!! But I'm all the way out in CA, so it's a high possibility. :-/

I got my box in today it was not supposed to get here til the 10th.

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Thanks for the recommendation I have curly dry hair too and needed to add something to my cart to use a coupon code.  I am always looking for a better conditioner or leave in!

Edited by Antidentite - 12/7/12 at 6:19pm

Same here! But I'm in Pittsburgh so hopefully I'll get it next week.

I love their stuff too! I have to use the lemon-aide (which is supposed to be an eyeshadow primer for people with dark lids) in the summer on my undereye circles because they get so darn purple from my allergies (I spent an hour with 2 girls in ulta and that was the only product that did the job!) Benetint is great too, esp in the summer but its a little annoying to apply until you get the hang of it!

Got shipping info today. Box weight: .5480 with an estimated arrival of Dec. 11. Hoping for something good!

I got my shipping e-mail. It says it should be here on Tuesday the 11th and the weight is 0.5508.

This is a different box than the others seen more foil packets

Ooh, I wouldn't mind that box at all - I had some kerastase before, different stuff, but loved it. And I might be the only person left who isn't tired of lip gloss yet, lol.

 

Beautiful Curls leave-in detangler is hands down the best leave-in I've found. I use the one for babies & up. No 'cones, all natural with coconut oil and shea butter, and incredibly moisturizing. I found it at Whole Foods for $12 and a bottle lasts forever.

 

Oh. Well. Uh. *Think positively. Think positively. Think positively*

Lol if I get this box I'm switching to ipsy......

Glad to know im not the only one. I live in MO but i think it dosnt have to do with location i think they do the older subscribers first then the newer ones. I rember them saying something about that.

I don't think this looks that bad??  Maybe my expectations have been lowered...lol,.......but it has a full size lip gloss and two deluxe size samples in addition to the foil samples. I think I would be OK with this if it were my box.

This is only my second box and I am super excited to see what ends up in mine. I'm in Pittsburgh ans mine is projected to be here on Wednesday the !@h. Really hoping for the lipgloss since I'm low on lip product. I have my first ipsy doming this month too. It seems like a lot of people subscribe to both. Definitely don't want a bunch of foil packets though. Lol

 

 

I actually prefer to just get shampoo, but I have freakishly healthy hair that just gets limp, lifeless, and dull if I use conditioner more than a couple of times a week -- and I wash it every day, usually with really cheap shampoo because it gets limp, lifeless, and dull when I use shampoo that costs more than a buck a bottle more than twice in one week.  Basically, my hair does best with whatever Fred Meyer has on sale for under a buck a bottle, and one bottle of conditioner will last me a couple of years.  I have a tendency to change shampoos frequently (it's all about the smell for me.  I prefer fruit when it it comes to shampoos), but I always get Suave, V05, or White Rain, depending on what's cheapest and smells the best.  My big thing is that I want a *bottle* of shampoo, not a *packet*, because I use it in the shower, and packets are a pain in the ass to deal with in the shower, especially when there's enough for multiple showers.  They don't seal back up, and packets tend to slip onto the floor of my tub, and then things go badly.

 

 

Birchboxes don't ship geographically.  They ship by box number.  All of the, say, Box 13s ship at the same time regardless of which Springfield you live in.  I have multiple accounts, and then I know several other subscribers within a twenty-mile radius, so I keep tabs on about a dozen different boxes, and sometimes one will ship on the first day of packages while the rest are staggered with the last one shipping two weeks later, and sometimes they will all ship within a day or two of each other.  

 

This is only their second Christmas, but they did send out a code for something like $20 off last year.  I don't think there was a minimum purchase required.  It seems like it was just $20 off, period.  I can't remember when it went out, though.  And I wouldn't be surprised if they didn't do that this year given how much they've grown since last year and how many bonus points they've been giving out due to messed-up boxes and orders lately.

 

If it's the same one that's in their store, it's a Tweezerman file, and that's the key.  That brand name always jacks the price sky-high.  They sell the same thing (different designs) for $5 at Sephora, so it's not Birchbox setting that price.  And the Band-Aids aren't just a box of $4 Band-Aids.  It was a special pack that included a Beach Sport Kit that had a pack of waterproof bandages, some Neosporin packets, and a zippered pouch.  Amazon sells just the Beach Sport Kit for $7.  Birchbox's price is for a box of the CR Band-Aids *plus* the Beach Sport Kit, so it's actually not as outrageously high as a lot of people think.

Nope.  My more-than-a-year-and-a-half-yesr-old sub usually ships right around the same time as my started-a-few-months-ago coworker's sub (the weird part is that we usually get different boxes because we have radically different skin and hair, but our shipping dates tend to slip around the shipping period together).  My aunt (who lives about ten miles away from me) joined at the same time I got a second sub (the Gossip Girl box), and my second sub usually ships during the first couple of days, and hers usually ships during the last couple of days.  There's not really any rhyme or reason to it.  

Weight (lbs.):	0.5550
Projected Delivery Date:	Dec 10 2012

Mine should be here Monday, hope it is a good one! I will post if I get it early tomorrow!

They ship in batches by box number, don't they?  Not necessarily in numerical order, but for example, maybe a batch of all the box 5's, 8's, 9's and 12's will ship out in the first wave - so similar boxes start to show up around the country. Then a batch of maybe 3 or 4 more box numbers ship out in the next wave...and more and more batches until they're all out.

 

Doesn't matter where they're headed, and because of that they could arrive over the course of several days, but I was under the impression that they shipped out according to the box number.

 I received my box! I'm not sure on the exact value of the box but I like 2, 4, and 5 so I'm happy.

 

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OMG I'm from MO too! Is it sad that I find that exciting? lol. I was just dining out with some friends today (I live in Davis, CA now) and I randomly saw this dude in a Mizzou sweatshirt and I got into an excited frenzy b/c that's my alma mater. The guy just looked at me like I was crazy, lol...so yeah, go MO! :D

 

*cough* er yeah, back to Birchbox.... :P

Oops, guess I could've read the whole thread before I replied, lol.

 

 

Woop!  I can't get that one!  I got that exact lip gloss last month.  It isn't that impressive.  Smells like Lip Smackers and is sticky.  My 2 year old got ahold of it and used it to paint her fingernails.  LOL

Does anyone else hate it when people post pictures of just the box on instagram and not the contents!?!?! lol. Everytime I see one I'm like 'that's great but what's IN IT?!?!'.

 

I'm wondering if people who have had their sub's for over a year have noticed a 'drop' in their box every month? My second account which is only 4 months old gets a great box every month, ships quickly and usually has the one product that everyone wants (I'm pretty sure I'm getting the CC cream this month). While my main sub has just been okay, comes later with nothing to get that excited about.  Maybe I just need to freshen my profile on the main sub and see what happens.

My sister's box shipped! I am so jealous, we usually get ours around the same time...not this month. Grrr!

did you get your order confirmation yet? Also im so happy it shipped! obviously, the $20 price tag was an error, but they still shipped my order yay! I used 200pts I had been saving up from referal credits and surveys. I was planning to save up for a 3.4 oz bottle of wonderstruck, but why not get a $69 set for 20? They caught the mistake though. http://www.birchbox.com/shop/new/nicole-by-nicole-richie-set its now $69, and the rollerball is 20. Cant wait to smell it! I just hope I like the scent. Watch me not like it. Oh well it was free! and if all else fails, it would look really cute on my vanity...

Mee! So irritating!

I don't like it when people post a list here of their contents with no picture...I want the picture and the list! #particular

Not so. I've been subscribed for 2 years, and quite often my box is shipped very late.

Quick question... Do you always get the same box number?  For example, does Birchbox say "OK, everyone with X profile gets box 12 every month", or is is more like one month you get box 3, the next month you get box 25, etc?

 

Because this whole shipping 30 different box types a month is confusing the crap out of me, and seems to create a lot of "box envy".  I like my Ipsy sub because I KNOW that if i see a sneak peek, I am getting that sneak peek!

Mine shipped! Due on the 11th,weight is .54