Short version: Conscious Box offers a monthly subscription box of healthy food and fitness goodies. Here is my review of the Conscious Box.
Back when I ran a tech blog, I reviewed a bunch of the “monthly box of items” services. This was before I decided to get healthy. I was pleasantly surprised to see that a company is offering a box of sample items in the healthy and sustainable products arena. That company is Conscious Box.
I won a free month of the Conscious Box via the Raw Food Rehab group (thanks Penni!) on Facebook. I was so excited to learn that I won and that I would be receiving a box of goodies to try. I do a pretty good job today of trying some new things each month but can certainly do better in this area.
For $20 a month (including shipping), Conscious Box sends you a box with samples of various healthy products. This month they also launched a Vegan Box and a Gluten Free Box. Assuming the service works like the other monthly subscription services, Conscious Box generates revenue from your subscription charges plus a fee from the companies that want their products in the box. The companies that participate are hoping that you will trial their product and then want to buy a full size version.
Here is a photo of all of the products – you can view a bigger version on my Flickr account.
Here are the products that were in my box – the January 2013 box:
- a hand towel from People Towels – organic cotton and eco-friendly dyes
- sample pack of Peeled Snacks – Apple Clusters Cinnamon Crunch – gluten free
- Hail Merry choco macaroons – vegan, raw oils
- Happy Squeeze – Caramel Apple Treat – 1 pouch
- Maakoa Koopuwa – some drink made up of acai and other superfruits – 1 pouch
- Bodhichitta Botanicals – Sacred Temple Lotion
- Nutiva Organic Hemp Seeds – can’t wait to try this in my smoothie!
- Dr. Singha’s Mustard Bath – no idea wtf this is
looks like something you use in the bath - Dale’s Raw Protein Bar – the Chocolate Almond Coconut with Goji Berries – 1 bar – feels like a soft bar
- Amazing Grass – Kidz Superfood Wild Berry Flavor – I love Amazing Grass – can’t wait to try this one in my smoothie – I am a kid at heart
- Simply Straws – a sample glass straw – wish this was a longer length – this one won’t work for my smoothies
- bunch of coupons and postcards about each product
Have you tried Conscious Box? Do you think you would like to get a box of goodies each month that can help you learn about new things to help you lose weight and get in shape? Leave a comment below!
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I have gotten a box 2 months now Allen! I love it because it is something fun to look forward to each month – not a stupid credit card bill or some other junk mail but some new goods to help me try to get in shape.
Looks like a box of great products
yea one of your bars is in there!
I was little jealous of the vegan box this month – I totally want that glass straw!
Hey Christen – I can send you the straw – it’s not in the wrapper as I used it for some photos – but happy to send to you. It’s very short – maybe 5 inches – email me your addy and i will send it if you want it.
Looks like a great way to try new things, but do you think it’s worth $240 each year?
Hi Julie – I think it is definitely a “got extra cash laying around” type thing. When I used to do tech blogging, I wrote about a lot of these services. I think the idea is that you want the potential of trying something new to the market, new to you, you like getting something other than a bill in the mail, something positive to get, etc. When you say it as $240/yr it certainly sounds like a lot more than $20 a month
It’s not something I plan to buy to be honest as I try to eat fruit and veg more than anything.