Boxycharm

Boxycharm is a subscription beauty box service that provides you with 4 or 5 full-sized beauty items each month for about $25 per month. Skincare products, makeup, and other beauty tools are all fair game, and the company states that each box has a minimum retail value of at least $100.

Beyond each box, Boxycharm subscribers gain access to exclusive, members-only offers for top beauty brands. They can also earn reward points for redeeming additional products, and have the opportunity to win free products from brand giveaways.

How else does Boxycharm stand out from other beauty box subscription services? Let’s look closer at this company to find out.

What Does It Cost?

• Monthly: $25
• 3 Months: $23.33
• 6 Months: $23
• 12 Months: $22.92

Any purchase options automatically renew at the end of the billing cycle. You must cancel the subscription before the billing cycle renews. All orders are non-refundable.

Boxycharm does not ship internationally. Orders placed within the 48 contiguous states (excluding Hawaii and Alaska) get free shipping.

What Are Boxycharm Charms?

The Boxycharm brand offers incentives for subscribers to review their products and recommend them to friends through their ‘Charms Program.’ Each product review and subscription referral earns subscribers a set amounts of ‘charms’ that can be used as currency to purchase products in the Charms Shop.

At the time of writing, 1,000 charms equaled $10, and subscribers earned 500 charms for friend referrals and 50 charms for product reviews. Most of the items within the charms store are priced between $10 - $30.

BoxyCharm’s BoxyLuxe Program

For Boxycharm subscribers that want to boost their benefits, the company offers an upgrade to their standard boxes that is known as BoxyLuxe. This subscription upgrade is only available every three months (March, June, September, December) and you need to be an existing subscriber to purchase it.

BoxyLuxe promises to deliver you at twice the amount of curated, full-size brands per box, bringing the total value to over $250.

This specialty subscription box costs $28.99 in addition to your existing subscription cost, and you can cancel the service at any time, no questions asked.

This premium box is only available in limited quantities each month, so we noted numerous complaints from subscribers who wanted it but had to get on the waitlist for the next order.

Boxycharm Customer Reviews

The best way to compare different beauty boxes is to see what previous customers thought of them.

Boxycharms’s Facebook page offers glowing reports of subscribers’ opinions of each box. We noticed how much reviewers appreciated receiving full sized products instead of sample sizes in their orders and that they consistently found several products they loved in each order. Repeatedly, Facebook reviewers mentioned how great of a value they thought their boxes were.

Though many reviewers noted that certain products weren’t their color preference, they still said that they were impressed overall with their quality and brand names. Many also mentioned that the variety between months was good, meaning that they never knew what to expect inside when they opened each box.

Notably, a handful of subscribers said that the boxes weren’t inclusive for women of color and that they offered too many products that only worked for white skin.

We also noticed some complaints about customer service and their slow response time to questions. This matched our experience, as our numerous requests for comments only received automatic responses.

Influenster reviews of Boxycharm reach similar conclusions. Reviewers repeatedly noted that their boxes were full of high-quality products that were a higher value than what they paid, but that the colors of foundations, brow liners, and lipsticks were far from their preferred shades.

Others mentioned that they still felt excited about each new box after subscribing for six months or longer and that they canceled other beauty box subscription services (Ipsy was referenced repeatedly) to use Boxycharm instead.

Regarding the BoxyLuxe option, most of the reviews we saw on both Facebook and Influenster showed that subscribers were happy with the products they received. However, many were upset that they weren’t able to order BoxyLuxe because the company often ran out of product and couldn’t provide the upgrade for everyone who requested it.

Comparing Boxycharm to Other Beauty Boxes

Considering the fierce competition for beauty box subscriptions today, does Boxycharm differentiate itself well? This chart compares it to a few other services to help you see how it stands out.

According to the comments from subscribers who have used both brands, Boxycharm boxes tend to primarily contain makeup products, while Glossybox branches further into skin and hair products. Likewise, Glossybox offers more options to state your product preferences, though there’s no guarantee that they will be followed with every order.

Bottom line

Boxycharm has positioned itself as a solid option in the beauty box market.

While you’ll pay slightly more per box than many brands, the company sets itself apart by offering full-sized products in every order instead of “deluxe” sample sizes that are common with the competition.

While there were some negative reviews about the boxes not being inclusive enough for women of color, many subscribers seemed willing to give this lack of personalization a pass because each product they loved compensated for the misses.

There are some listed concerns with slow customer service, so that might be something to keep in mind if you’re concerned about canceling your order or if you live in a region where you frequently have mail delivery problems.

If you’re interested in seeing whether a beauty box subscription makes sense for you, we think that it makes sense to give Boxycharm a try.

While you might get stuck with several full-sized products that you’re not interested in, previous customer experience shows that the odds are good you’ll still find a few products you love in each box.