Birchbox One Year Subscription + $25 credit for about $80 (or less)

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This deal will only work for people who haven't had Birchbox for the last 3 month and/or are new to Gilt City. They have a deal for a one year Birchbox subscription and $25 in credits for the Birchbox store for $99 ($135 value) (click on the "National" category to find it). But if you sign up for Gilt City using an invite link (here's mine) you'll get 25% off your first order. If you already have a Gilt account, but have never bought from Gilt City, you can use the code welcome20 to get 20% off your order. You can also get an extra 4% cash back using Ebates.

According to my calculations, this makes Birchbox about $6.50 a month, depending which code you use, instead of the usual $10 you would pay if you were doing it on a monthly basis. Plus you get all those credits.

Ugh, this is really tempting. I was planning to drop Ipsy (getting bored with it) in favor of Birchbox in September once I'm working full time again (I got a job!). But this deal ends July 28. Is that money worth more to me now or later?

I'm actually considering getting my Julep Maven box this month . . .

Usually I skip it, because $20 for three polishes every month is a little much, I think. And I wasn’t totally impressed with my introductory box. 

But this month there’s a bonus polish included, and some really cool glitters, so I might just do it. $5 per bottle is reasonable, right? The bonus polish has star-shaped glitter in it! Although, the It Girl box, which I like best, also has a white pearl polish in it, which kind of bores me.

Sorry about the rambling - my brain is a bit sun-fried today.

Anyway, if you’re interested, here’s my referral link, if you’d be so kind as to click it.