Discovering efficacious beauty products can feel like a chore, but that’s what makes the best beauty subscription boxes that much more special. It’s no secret that the beauty industry is saturated with products, both old and new—especially as products continue to stock the shelves of our favorite retailers or go viral on social media. Finding what works for you is no easy feat, and honestly requires some trial and error.
Vogue’s Top Picks of the Best Beauty Subscription Boxes
So if you lack the time or energy to sift through endless pages of beauty offerings, subscription boxes can take the guesswork out of finding the best of skin, body, hair, makeup, and fragrances. From clean beauty boxes to cult-classic favorites, here’s a look at the best beauty subscription boxes sure to delight. Otherwise, there are also plenty of subscription boxes to give and receive. Read on to discover the best membership for you.
Top-Reviewed Makeup and Skin Care Subscription Box
Ipsy
Are you looking for a top-rated beauty subscription box that combines the best of makeup and skin care? If the answer is yes, look to an Ipsy membership that will send five beauty products your way each month—like Benefit Cosmetics pore-refining primer or Tatcha’s exfoliating cleanser. It’s one of the best makeup subscription boxes we’ve tried.
- Why we love it: Ipsy offers a personalized experience like no other. After answering a few questions via the beauty quiz, they’ll send you five deluxe beauty samples in a beautiful makeup bag (and no two months are the same). Additionally, you get to choose one bonus item for your bag each month, making it feel like a birthday gift every time.
- Price structure: Prices range from $13 to $28 per month, depending on the plan you choose. Ipsy also offers a quarterly box for $58 that includes eight full-size products.
- Frequency: Monthly or quarterly
- What we learned about getting this monthly: Some monthly beauty boxes are better than others, but it just depends on what you’re in the market for. Whatever the case may be, nothing feels as joyous as receiving a deluxe sample of an item that’s been on your shopping list for a while.
Best Custom Hair Care
Prose
When we think of this year’s best shampoos, Prose’s formula tops our list. What sets the brand apart from the rest is its customized approach to hair care—meaning each person gets a personalized formula catered to their specific hair type, concerns, and even place of residence (because environmental stressors can certainly impact your hair health). Simply take a quiz to unlock your regimen, from masks and conditioners to hair oils and curl creams.
- Why we love it: Prose takes the guesswork out of shopping for hair care products. It can become quite challenging and confusing considering the limitations of the market, especially when you’re seeking something personalized, like addressing scalp concerns, managing color-treated hair, or nourishing curly textures.
- Price structure: Individual items begin at $24.
- Frequency: Flexible
- What we learned about getting this monthly: It may take some time to figure out whether the item is making a difference in your hair, but with consistent use, you’ll really begin to decipher what is worth being customized (for me, it’s shampoo) and what doesn’t need to be (such as hair masks).
Best Fragrance Subscription
Scentbird
On the fragrance front, here’s your reminder to check out Scentbird—the O.G. fragrance subscription service that mails a travel-size spray scent for men and women from brands like Prada, Acqua di Parma, and Oscar de la Renta—along with a refillable case.
- Why we love it: You’re no longer restricted to paper testers at the mall or obliged to commit to a six-month supply if you want to test-drive a new scent. Scentbird offers a convenient way to explore your signature scent or be someone who constantly experiments with new fragrances to complement their mood.
- Price structure: Your first month starts as low as $8.47 and then increases to $16.95.
- Frequency: Monthly
- What we learned about getting this monthly: Travel-size sprays can really last a long time if you have an ample amount of them. Plus, they ensure you’ll never smell bad again, as you can stow one everywhere (including but not limited to your car, bag, favorite jacket pocket, and more).
Editors’ Favorite
Allure Beauty Box
Here’s a subscription service ideal for cosmetic lovers who want every product they buy vetted by experts. With the Allure Beauty Box, you will receive six or more editor-approved products to upgrade and supplement your beauty routine.
- Why we love it: Vetted by industry experts, the Allure Beauty Box allows you to stay in the know without having to put in the work required to stay on the pulse (hours of media consumption).
- Price structure: Your first month plan starts as low as $10 and then increases to $25 a month.
- Frequency: Monthly
- What we learned about getting this monthly: Don’t be surprised when all of your friends start turning to you for what’s trending in the realm of beauty. So many of the items you get each month are either viral on TikTok or at the top of everyone’s wish list.
Best Beauty Box for Premium Brands
BeautyFIX by Dermstore
While another Dermstore order won’t hurt, why not sign up for the BeautyFIX subscription—a monthly skin care subscription box that will ship six full-size and travel-size beauty products each month? Previous beauty sample boxes featured impressive products from SkinCeuticals, SkinMedica, and more.
- Why we love it: Because Dermstore already invests time in curating the best brands, there’s no need to question the legitimacy of the items in its BeautyFIX box. It’s also incredibly convenient to place a full-size order once you’re hooked on something you’ve tried.
- Price structure: A monthly skin care box costs $24.95 if you subscribe monthly but $21.95 if you subscribe annually.
- Frequency: Monthly
- What we learned about getting this monthly: While you may not need every item in the monthly box, it’s fun to be able to test things you would never pick up on your own, like a bonding mask or plasma lip compound.
Best Custom Skin Care
Curology
Say your skin care regimen or that latest TikTok discovery has yet to clear blemishes, diminish dark spots, or smooth rough texture. Perhaps it’s time to try prescription-grade formulas instead. Similar to an IRL appointment, Curology enlists a network of dermatologists to create custom creams containing at least three active ingredients (like tretinoin, azelaic acid, and niacinamide, for example) to improve your skin concerns—shipped right to your door bimonthly. In my trial of the service, I saw results in a matter of weeks with consistent use of my personalized cream. Even actor Sofia Wylie is a fan—reaching for it to refresh her combination skin in her installment of Vogue’s beauty secrets.
- Why we love it: Sometimes you just need the strong stuff, and Curology delivers prescription-grade thanks to a network of dermatologists, so you can attain precisely what you’re after without taking a shot in the dark or having to try an array of pricey serums and creams.
- Price structure: Curology can cost anywhere from $39.90 to $89.80 per month, depending on the number of add-ons you order.
- Frequency: Monthly
- What we learned about getting this monthly: Curology might be the answer to all of your skin care woes, or you may realize you’re better off concocting your own routine. What’s for certain is that you won’t know unless you try it out.
Best for Healthy Meals
Sakara Life
We get it, prioritizing healthy eating can be a task itself. We’re fans of Sakara Life’s meal delivery program, which is chock-full of whole food, plant-rich goodies. While eating better is a way to improve health and can aid in both looking and feeling better, Sakara also offers beauty supplements that you can add to your order—like their beauty chocolates, which are rich in natural ceramides.
- Why we love it: Eating clean has never been easier thanks to this convenient and delicious meal plan service. It includes nutritionally designed meals, as well as supplements, digestive teas, detox water drops, and daily support from their team of certified health coaches.
- Price structure: Plans begin at $56 per week, providing one meal for two days each week.
- Frequency: Weekly or one time only
- What we learned about getting this monthly: Not every item in this box is capital-D delicious, but it sure tastes a lot better than whatever sad desk salad situation you were eating before. If you have a sweet tooth like I do, might I recommend the sweet treat add-on for $39 per week?
Best for Clean Beauty
Kinder Beauty Box
Discover clean, cruelty-free, and vegan beauty products with the Kinder Beauty Box, which will have your loved one covered with skin, hair, body, and makeup brands that are safer for them and the environment.
- Why we love it: No more reading ingredient labels with concern and searching online to determine if a product is harmful. Kinder’s clean beauty standards are crafted to be as gentle as possible on people, animals, and the planet. This way, you can explore new beauty products with peace of mind.
- Price structure: A monthly subscription plan costs $27 per month.
- Frequency: Monthly
- What we learned about getting this monthly: You probably won’t know half of the brands in this skin care and makeup subscription box, but the beauty here is in the discovery. Keep an open mind—and who knows, you may just discover a new favorite clean beauty brand.
Best for Cruelty-Free Beauty Products
The Detox Box
The Detox Market is dedicated to making “green beauty” accessible through its marketplace of ethically sourced, cruelty-free beauty products vetted by its team of experts. So with the Detox Box, you will receive an assortment of holy grail products that are thoughtfully crafted and also work well.
- Why we love it: The first step to detoxing? Reducing the overwhelming choices and stress associated with selecting clean beauty products. The Detox Box offers a carefully curated selection of the finest face, body, and makeup products on the market, all conveniently packaged in one monthly box.
- Price structure: A monthly subscription plan costs $58.95 per month, or $40 per month if you subscribe biannually.
- Frequency: Monthly
- What we learned about getting this monthly: The best part about this box (other than the fact that you don’t have to do any research yourself) is that you can easily order what you like from the site afterwards.
Most Affordable Beauty Box
Beauty Pie
Beauty Pie is all about luxury products without the luxury products. If your desired splurge-worthy favorites are out of reach at the moment, sign up for this membership to gain access to the brand’s assortment of premium beauty products at $59 for the entire year.
- Why we love it: After you’ve fallen in love with your mini products, you can shop Beauty Pie member prices, which offer discounts of up to 70% off typical retail prices.
- Price structure: A monthly subscription plan costs $10 if you subscribe monthly, or $4.95 per month if you subscribe annually, for a total of $59.
- Frequency: Monthly
- What we learned about getting this monthly: For fans of dupe culture, this is the ultimate option. For those who are a bit more brand loyal, it takes some getting used to—but the formulas are great regardless.
Best for Lifelong Learning
MasterClass
Those dedicated to continuous learning should seriously consider a MasterClass subscription—a platform loved for its edit of classes from some of the world’s most renowned leaders and icons. On the beauty front, one can learn makeup tips from Bobbi Brown, or even how to get better beauty sleep with neuroscience and psychology professor Matthew Walker.
- Why we love it: While you could become the next big MUA or TikTok star after learning a thing or two from leading makeup professionals, a MasterClass membership unlocks access to all 180+ classes across 11 categories, so there’s really no limit to how much you can learn.
- Price structure: Individual memberships start at $120 annually.
- Frequency: Annually
- What we learned about getting this: It’s both delightful and overwhelming having a wealth of knowledge at your disposal. That said, it’s a great last-minute gift.
Best for Razor Refills
Billie
Make achieving the perfect shave that much easier with Billie’s subscription service, which offers so much more than the brand’s coveted starter kit. While we do think it’s one of the best women’s razors out there, be sure to add other self-care salves to cart—from a rich shaving cream to a nourishing body lotion.
- Why we love it: There’s nothing worse than realizing you either don’t have a razor or the one you have is so dull that it’s causing unnecessary nicks and taking four times as long. Billie removes the mental burden of remembering to reorder razors or restricting yourself to whatever is available around you, which can sometimes mean cheap, flimsy, plastic razors.
- Price structure: Monthly boxes start at $10 per month.
- Frequency: Monthly
- What we learned about getting this monthly: Perhaps the best part about an auto-renewal subscription like this one is that you’ll never find yourself without refills when you need them. (Extras are also great to keep stashed in a travel bag.)
Best for Clean Fragrances
Skylar Scent Club
Skylar’s Scent Club is the ultimate fragrance subscription for someone eager to discover clean, hypoallergenic perfumes, or for someone who simply hasn’t landed on their signature scent yet. Either way, each month you can take your pick from the brand’s assortment of rollerball perfumes or the monthly limited-edition scent.
- Why we love it: There’s no feeling quite as powerful as applying your favorite scent, and with Scent Club, you have a supply of rollerballs at your disposal—one for every nook and cranny in your life (from your car to your going-out clutch, your jean pocket, and so on).
- Price structure: Monthly boxes start at $20 per month.
- Frequency: Monthly
- What we learned about getting this monthly: Scents are deeply personal, and while there are many scents we wanted full-size versions of, there were also many scents that immediately turned us off. This includes some of the ones that others constantly rave about on the internet! It goes to show that you can’t always trust other people’s taste when it comes to scent.
Best Nail Subscription
Orly Color Pass
Nail fanatics should look no further than Orly’s subscription box, which delivers bottles of each new polish collection (at 50% of the retail price) to you before they become publicly available. How could you not try trending nail designs or master your at-home mani with so many fun shades to choose from?
- Why we love it: Stay ahead of nail trends with this seasonal box that provides everything you need to either paint your nails at home (if you’re feeling adventurous) or bring your favorite high-quality polish with you to the salon.
- Price structure: Quarterly boxes start at $36 per month or only $119 if you subscribe annually.
- Frequency: Monthly
- What we learned about getting this monthly: It’s so fun being able to match your nail colors to the season, and even more fun using season-inspired nail stickers.
Best for Vegan Beauty
Petit Vour
Dubbed “the vegan beauty box,” this subscription by Petit Vour is an excellent choice for those hoping to try four new non-toxic, plant-based, cruelty-free beauty essentials each month.
- Why we love it: Our holy trinity? Non-toxic, plant-based, cruelty-free products—and that’s precisely what you can count on every month with Petit Vour’s box.
- Price structure: A monthly subscription plan costs $21 if you subscribe monthly or only $18 a month if you subscribe annually.
- Frequency: Monthly
- What we learned about getting this monthly: It can be annoying taking the time to figure out which brands are vegan and which aren’t. This box takes away the guesswork, so if vegan beauty matters to you, there’s no question you need this box.
Best for Curating Your Own Box
Birchbox
As the pioneering beauty box on the market, Birchbox allows you to curate your own beauty experience. You can choose from four to six products each month, along with a fun surprise. This way, there’s no fear of receiving items that don’t align with your needs, unlike other boxes that might leave you with a curly hair shampoo when you have straight hair or eyeliner gel when you’re strictly a pencil person.
- Why we love it: Thanks to the customization element, you’re empowered to take charge and select from a variety of beauty products that perfectly align with your lifestyle and needs.
- Price structure: Monthly boxes start at $17 per month.
- Frequency: Monthly
- What we learned about getting this monthly: It’s really nice being able to customize your monthly box, but if you’re indecisive, you may face a bit of decision paralysis.