Holiday Gift Guide: Day 5 – Subscription Boxes

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Hailey Ruderman, Senior Editor

If you are one of those very last minute Holiday shoppers, then a subscription box is a perfect present to give. If you realize you don’t have any time to go out to shop at the mall or order stuff online, a subscription box will solve those problems. Subscription boxes are packages that come to your doorstep every month filled with awesome goodies like makeup, food, and books. You have to pay a certain price a month to receive these boxes, or you can get a few months membership for a friend.

For the girly girl or grooming man: www.birchbox.com Birch Box costs $10- $20 and you get sample sizes of the most popular makeup products or grooming products to try at home. For the ladies, you are able to give a 3 month subscription for $30, 6 month subscription for $60, or a full year subscription for $110. For the men, you can choose between a 3 month subscription for $60 or a 6 month description for $110.

For the foodie: www.trytheworld.com Try the World costs $19-$39 and you get anything between snack foods and gourmet ingredients. The snack box, which costs $19, gives you the option of sending 5 snacks or 10. You can also choose whether you want to send 1, 3, 6, or 12 boxes to your friend. At $39, the signature box delivers gourmet food and ingredients to your friend. You can also choose to send 1, 3, 6, or 12 boxes to its recipient.

For the constant reader: www.quarterlanebooks.com Quarterlane Books delivers popular books to your doorstep every couple months. You are able to gift your friend the 2 Season Pass which costs $95 (or $190 for a full year) and they get books quarterly for a half year or full. Then there’s the 365 box where it comes every quarter and costs $85 which is $340 a year. Finally, there’s the Quarterly Box which consists of books every quarter and custom artwork created by the Quarterlane artist. This box costs $95 per box, which comes out to $380 a year.

There are hundreds more subscription boxes for your friends; you just have to find the right one. It’s the last minute gift that keeps on giving!