This undated publicity photo provided by Birchbox shows a typical monthly beauty sample shipment. Consumers can subscribe to companies like Birch Box to receive monthly shipments of beauty product ...

There's a simple idea behind each subscription box: to curate and deliver exclusive or unusual items to consumers with a passion. Yet picking a subscription box isn't that simple, given there are more ...

Who hasn't spent hours breezing through Sephora's testers in search of the perfect new shade? It's the best place to go for product samples without making a highly committed purchase. Aka it's the ...

Can’t travel the world? At least you can try its food. That’s the idea behind Try the World, a gourmet subscription service founded by two Columbia University grads that lets foodies sample gourmet ...

Who doesn't love to get, or give, a holiday gift? And even better, a gift -- or a whole box full of them -- that keeps coming regularly in the mail? That's what you'll get or give if you sign up with ...

CHICAGO -- It's a beauty product fan's dream: a monthly box sent to the door filled with samples of lip glosses, face creams, hair treatments and nail polishes. The trend started a few years ago with ...