Good Mouth Review: April 2015

GoodMouth is a dental hygiene subscription box that you can order monthly or quarterly. We get the shipments every three months, since we don't go through toothbrushes faster than that, but there is a lot of flexibility. 

For every order, GoodMouth donates dental services to people in need as well. That, combined with the quality of their products and the companies they work with, makes this a definite must for me as a subscription box. 

Causebox by Sevenly Review: Spring 2015

Causebox by Sevenly is a quarterly subscription box of lifestyle items for women. $7 of the box's purchase goes to a charity of your choice (I chose anti-trafficking programs). Some people have said that they would rather donate directly, but I suppose I think - yes, but will you? I know that I am more likely to waste $7 than to donate it, so I feel like this is a subscription that sends me some useful items every few months and ensures that I am donating what is essentially spare change, rather than wasting it. I try to donate when I can directly, but I feel like this is just a perk. 

One of the first items in the box for the spring was a decal cling. I am not sure I will actually use the cling, but I do love what it says on the back and if I were to hang a cling decal, this would be it. 

Be Nice Box Review: Spring 2015

Be Nice Box is a unique quarterly subscription box full of items made by artisans and tips for being nicer to people around you. Each season, they release a limited number of boxes, which are full of handmade and specialty items. This is the Spring Box. They also offer a family-oriented box to help teach children the value of doing nice things for other people!

This box was founded by a woman who had written a blog post on her vegan blog about doing nice things for others after the Boston bombings, which then led to the realization that people always join forces to be nice in the face of tragedy, but rarely maintain it once it passes. Thus this idea was born. 

The first item I noticed, aside from the handwritten note that was such a nice touch, was the stack of cards with 30 suggestions for ways to better the world. These are small actions that anyone can do and I love the idea that the box should be sustainable and recycled. One way to do this would be to follow the action for one day and then pass the card along to someone else, hoping they would pay it forward, continuing the action well beyond only yours (and worst case, at least you tried). 

Love with Food Deluxe Box Review: February 2015

Love with Food is one of the most popular snack subscription boxes out there, and there's a reason for that. With the box, you get a sampling of all kinds of snacks and for every box sold, a meal is donated to a hungry family in the US. I love subscription boxes that give back - and I upgraded to Love with Food Deluxe, because now they give out two meals!