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FabFitFun Box Spring 2024

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FabFitFun Box

Cost: $54.99 a Season Annual/$59.99 Seasonal

Cycle: Every Season/4x a year

What is it: Every season FabFitFun sends 6 to 8 items valued at $300+. Annual members get to customize their entire box as well as the option to swap out for credit to shop with instead of getting a box. Annual members also get add-ons and faster shipping and earlier access to customizations.

Seasonal Members get to pick 4 of their items as well as the option to swap out their box for credit to shop with as well.

I really didn’t care for any of the choices again this season which is a bit disappointing. The value is still here for sure but like it is getting boring.

Adina Eden Pavé Safety Pin Paperclip Bracelet

Full Size Cost: $48

This is way daintier and thinner then I was expecting. I grabbed this as a christmas present. I don’t wear jewelry like this.

Robe Curls The Original Curling Headband

Full Size Cost: $27.99

I have wanted to try this for awhile but not enough to spend the money on it. So this is a good chance to try it the next time I wash my hair I will be trying this. I like that it comes with the silk scrunchies I don’t know if they will work or if I will need to use regular hair bands but I love silk scrunchies and these are thin which is also nice.

Living Proof Perfect Hair Day Dry Shampoo

Full Size: 156 g

Full Size Cost: $30

Size: 112 g

Value: $21.54

This is a good dry shampoo I like it and i never have a back stock so that was why I chose it but I have a big problem with this. One there is gunk on this which I could look past. BUT this is an old can They don’t sell the 4oz size any more so this has been sitting around for a long time. Which really isn’t cool.

Korres Renewing Body Cleanser in Santorini Grape

Full Size: 250 ml

Full Size Cost: $19

Cool a body wash not that exciting I haven’t liked any of the bodywashes I have tried from FabFitFun but I shall see how this is.

Yield Millenium Glasses – Pack of 4

Full Size Cost: $60

I find glasses like this too easy to knock over but they are super pretty and I have the perfect person in mind to gift them to. The seem really nice quality.

Beyond Yoga Convertible Gym Bag

Full Size Cost: $80

This is a cool bag it switches instantly from backpack to shoulder back its a good size has pockets and a separate bottom piece for shoes. I really like this and am glad I grabbed it for myself.

Overall it wasn’t a bad box I got gifts I got things I can use or wanted to try. I just wasn’t excited about the choices of items.

Value: $256.53

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Macy’s Beauty Box January 2024

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Macy’s Beauty Box

Cost: $15

Cycle: Every Month

What is it: Every month you will get a bag, a $5 off coupon with a purchase amount which I hate (SUCH A DOWNGRADE), 5 deluxe samples and 1 bonus sample. Why not just say 6? I don’t get it. Lately we have been getting between 6 and 8 items per month you never really know how many things you are going to get.

All the brands will be brands you can find in Macy’s which is cool since they sell Mac and a lot of other brands that are never to rarely seen in subscription boxes.

Starting the year off with a box that is in my opinion quite good and filled with some different items.

Kopari Ultra Restore Body Butter

Full Size: 230 ml

Full Size Cost: $36

Sample Size: 30 ml

Value: $4.70

This is very lightly coconut scented and it is really nice its slightly greasy in the sense that i dont want to use my computer after putting it on because it leaves marks but not so greasy that you are like sliding every where. This is pretty nice.

Clarins Cryo-Flash Cream Mask

Full Size: 75 ml

Full Size Cost: $80

Sample Size: 8 ml

Value: $8.53

This I don’t know if I will like. I don’t like cold things, but occasionally even I just weant something cooling on my face so I will save this for one of those moments when I feel like I need that cooling type of feeling on my face.

Avya Daily Essentials Honey + Amber Deep Cleansing Exfoliating Scrub

Full Size: 118 ml

Full Size Cost: $28

Sample Size: 30 ml

Value: $7.12

I don’t use alot of scrubs but I have genuinely never heard of this one so I will add it to the collection to try. I love getting things I never heard of.

Lovery Gold Bath Bomb Lavender

Full Size: 200 g

Full Size Cost: $19

Sample Size: 40 g

Value: $3.80

This brand looks like it is trying to be a Body Shop dupe. This is a absurd price for a bath bomb. I know this is going to be a huge mess to clean up and I don’t love lavender so I am just not going to even give this a try.

belif Aqua Bomb Hydrating Body Moisturizer

Full Size: 300 ml

Full Size Cost: $30

Sample Size: 30 ml

Value: $3

I won’t say no to more body lotion I like their face lotions they are very simple and no offensive but sometimes that is nice in a body lotion. I love little tubes of body lotion I find them so easy to just bring around and keep out and use up so I am a fan even if they are kinda crap value wise.

Tony Moly I’m Lovely Ginger Snap Hand Mask

Full Size: 1 Set

Full Size Cost: $5.50

How cute is that little gingerbread man!!! I love him. This is a cool thing to get very different. And I am super curios to see if I really can use my phone while I’m wearing them. My hands have been so dry and torn apart lately so I have to try this out soon.

Versace Dylan Purple Perfume

Full Size: 100 ml

Full Size Cost: $120

Sample Size: 1 ml

Value: $1.20

Prada Paradoxe Perfume

Full Size: 90 ml

Full Size Cost: $152

Sample Size: 1.2 ml

Value: $1.67

This was a good box we didn’t get any repeats we got all products we aren’t seeing all the time and that is what I want from a box. The value and sizes are a let down in this box for sure though.

Total Value: $35.52

Skincare: 2

Makeup: 0

Tools: 0

Hair Care: 0

Perfume: 2

Other: 4

And as far as sizes:

Full Size: 1

Deluxe Sample: 0

Sample: 7

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What’s in My Trash? 2023 Year End Wrap Up

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My concrete goal was to use up $2400 worth of stuff and my soft goal was to end the year with less stuff then I started with. I successfully accomplished both of those goals.

I ended up with overall 55 less items then I started the year with. This year I definitely want to do better but we will get into that at the end after we look at all the data.

Final Results

Compared to 2022

Much better last year for sure.

Final Totals By Month and Category

I don’t know what happened in January but I used up like nothing.

Pie Charts

As usual Skincare makes up the most amount of what I used up.

And as usual I pay the most for Home Scent products nothing really new here.

Overall I reduced my stash by 55 items which is good but not great. That’s a reduction of about 4.5 items a month.

This year I want to have about a 10% reduction in my hoard so I have to use up 124 items in addition to anything new that comes in. I’m not really trying to hit a money goal this year I just really want to reduce the size of my collection and try to declutter more things when I am not enjoying them.

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