A Year of Ethical Beauty Boxes: 2018 in Review


I've come to acknowledge last year as the 'year of the subscription' for me -- I had so many boxes, and I reviewed the majority here on The ecoLogical.  So let's treat today's post like a year in review!

I'll be running through every ethical subscription box I got in 2018 (not counting a few one off boxes I treated myself to like the LowToxBox collections), and making a sort of visual diary of all the fabulous edits I unboxed throughout the year.  And of course I would love to know what your favourites were in the comments! xx

JAN:

Love Lula Beauty Box subscription
Love Lula Beauty Box

The Cruelty Free Beauty Box subscription
The Cruelty Free Beauty Box


FEB:

Love Lula Beauty Box subscription
Love Lula Beauty Box

The Cruelty Free Beauty Box subscription
The Cruelty Free Beauty Box

The Natural Beauty Box subscription
The Natural Beauty Box


MAR:

Love Lula Beauty Box subscription
Love Lula Beauty Box

The Cruelty Free Beauty Box  subscription
The Cruelty Free Beauty Box

The Natural Beauty Box subscription
The Natural Beauty Box

The Pip Box subscription
The Pip Box


APR:

Love Lula Beauty Box subscription
Love Lula Beauty Box

The Cruelty Free Beauty Box subscription
The Cruelty Free Beauty Box

The Natural Beauty Box subscription
The Natural Beauty Box

Vertue Box  subscription
Vertue Box


MAY:

Love Lula Beauty Box subscription
Love Lula Beauty Box

Natural Wellness Box subscription
Natural Wellness Box

Stars & Sage subscription
Stars & Sage

The Cruelty Free Beauty Box subscription
The Cruelty Free Beauty Box

The Natural Beauty Box subscription
The Natural Beauty Box


JUNE:

Full of Kindness subscription
Full of Kindness

Love Lula Beauty Box subscription
Love Lula Beauty Box

Pure Natural Box subscription
Pure Natural Box

The Cruelty Free Beauty Box subscription
The Cruelty Free Beauty Box

The Natural Beauty Box subscription
The Natural Beauty Box

JULY:

Love Lula Beauty Box subscription
Love Lula Beauty Box

Stars & Sage subscription
Stars & Sage

The Natural Beauty Box subscription
The Natural Beauty Box


AUG:

Love Lula Beauty Box subscription
Love Lula Beauty Box

The Natural Beauty Box subscription
The Natural Beauty Box


SEPT:

Love Lula Beauty Box subscription
Love Lula Beauty Box

Natural Wellness Box subscription
Natural Wellness Box

The Natural Beauty Box subscription
The Natural Beauty Box


OCT:

Love Lula Beauty Box subscription
Love Lula Beauty Box

The Natural Beauty Box subscription
The Natural Beauty Box


NOV:

Love Lula Beauty Box subscription
Love Lula Beauty Box

Stars & Sage subscription
Stars & Sage

The Cruelty Free Beauty Box subscription
The Cruelty Free Beauty Box

The Natural Beauty Box subscription
The Natural Beauty Box


DEC:

Love Lula Beauty Box
Love Lula Beauty Box

Skin Organics Clean Beauty Box subscription
Skin Organics Clean Beauty Box

Stars & Sage subscription
Stars & Sage

The Cruelty Free Beauty Box subscription
The Cruelty Free Beauty Box
Pure Natural Box subscription
Pure Natural Box


The Natural Beauty Box subscription
The Natural Beauty Box


It was a wonderful year, and I discovered so many amazing brands and boxes over the twelve month period.  I loved finding new natural, cruelty free, and vegan friendly products every few weeks, plus there were so many organic and plastic free goodies represented!  I honestly loved opening up each of these ethical subscriptions, and I am looking forward to another year of brilliant boxes!

Top of the list for me?  Well, I would have to put The Natural Beauty Box and Love Lula at the top based on their consistently great edits as well as how many I actually got compared to the others.  Both had exceptional value every time, and I discovered so many fab pieces.  In terms of unique edits, The Natural Beauty Box edges closer to #1 as there are just so many small businesses represented and I love how they theme the edits.

Of course I was also head over heels for the Vertue Box collection as well as the Natural Wellness edits I got, and Stars & Sage was generally good (with some hiccups), plus the Skin Organics Christmas box was lovely.  And of course The Cruelty Free Beauty Box has a special place for me in my beauty box heart... There were just so many great boxes in 2018!

Like I mentioned, 2019 will probably have fewer unboxings -- I need to work through my massive collection so nothing goes wasted, plus I don't currently have a regular income and need to be careful with my spending.  But I will obviously be reviewing the collections I do get!

What was your favourite subscription of 2018??  Any memorable edits you want to shout out or share??  Let me know!  And if you have any suggestions for boxes I need to check out, send them my way.

If you are interested in any of these boxes, you can find the relevant information below:

Love Lula Beauty Box£14.95/month
Past reviews here

The Natural Beauty Box£24.95/month (10% off your first box using my link!)
Past reviews here

The Cruelty Free Beauty Box£14.95/month
Past reviews here

Natural Wellness Box: £35/box
Past reviews here

Vertue Box£37/box (10% your first order by using my link!)
Past reviews here

Pure Natural Box£25/box + postage (discounts available if you opt for no box)
Past reviews here 

Skin Organics Clean Beauty Box: £25/month + postage
Past reviews here 

The Pip Box£20/month
Past reviews here 

Full of Kindnessdoes not seem to be operating any more

Stars&Sage£27/month + postage
Past reviews here 

2 comments

  1. This was really fun to see all the different boxes for the year. I've never heard of Stars & Sage so will have to check that one out. I wish I had endless money to subscribe to them all! They are all so gorgeous subscriptions. :D

    Sarah 🌺 || Boxnip

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    1. I was very lucky to get so many last year- basically any time I sold a little bundle of items I couldn't/wouldn't use, I then bought a new box 🙈 Stars & Sage is one to keep an eye on for sure. sometimes I LOVE the edits, other times not so keen. but they always do a fab job at representing smaller brands x

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