Smartass and Sass is a monthly subscription box designed for gals with a sense of humor.
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Each month, you'll receive 4-8 awesomely irreverent items handmade by artists and small businesses. The women behind Smartass & Sass might not take themselves too seriously, but they are serious about supporting the creatives behind the items in their box and paying a fair price for their quality goods.
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About Smartass & Sass
The Subscription Box: Smartass and Sass
The Cost: $34.95 per month + shipping. You can also choose a 3-month plan for $33.95 per month, a 6-month plan for $32.95 per month, or a 12-month plan for $31.95 per month.
COUPON: Use code MSA10 to save 10% off your first box!
The Products: 4-8 irreverently fun handmade finds (including decor, stationery, accessories, and more) from artists and small businesses
Ships to: $6.95 to the US, varies worldwide.
Smartass & Sass February 2018 Review
Smartass & Sass went with a new format and sent a full booklet out this month to include more info about all of the makers, with photos. Reading the first page, you'll find out that this month's theme is "I Woke Up Like This" and features items that will hopefully make you feel "fierce as f*ck".
Saturday Morning Cartoons II Candle by Weird Beard Candle Co., 4 oz. - Listed Retail Value $8.00 (Buy a 16 oz for $16.00)
The name of this candle is really fitting because it smells exactly like sugary cereal milk that you'd be slurping up as a kid while watching Saturday morning cartoons. It's sickeningly sweet smelling, just like Fruit Loops or Trix. I didn't see this exact size available on their site, but you can buy a larger version of the same scent. Even the sticker on the cap is fitting!
Every Day I'm Hustlin' Key Tag by About Face Designs - Retail Value $2.95
Key tags seem to be everywhere these days with all sorts of sayings and quotes on them. This little green round one simply states "Every Day I'm Hustlin'", so it's perfect for those who know how to get what they want and will work hard for it. It's an inch and a quarter in diameter, so it doesn't overpower your keychain, and has a silver lobster clasp to attach.
Too Glam to Give a Damn Pouch by Smartass & Sass - Listed Retail Value $12
Another day, another pouch! This one was designed by the ladies from Smartass & Sass themselves and is a natural cotton canvas with fluorescent pink lettering and a matching zipper. It's an obvious choice for a makeup pouch, but can be used for anything you want, like pens, doo-dads or trinkets. At seven inches wide, there is plenty of space for all the stuff you need to make yourself GLAM.
Ms. Betty's Bad Ass Lip Balm in Tangerine - Retail Value $3.50
I haven't received a lip balm in a subscription box in a while and began to feel strange. This is a simple lip balm made with coconut oil, beeswax, organic shea butter, organic cocoa butter, vitamin e, and pure essential oil (tangerine). Somehow, no matter how many I have, I never have one when I need it, so this one is going straight into a coat pocket for when my lips are chapped. The tangerine is sweet-smelling at this balm delivers moisturizing ingredients straight to my kissers.
Matt Bellassai Quote Spiral Notebook by Paper Hands Design Co. - Retail Value $11.00
I had to google Matt Bellassai, but once I did, his Whine About It web series for BuzzFeed jogged my memory. This is a lengthy quote but has been made to look appealing by Brandie Kinugawa from Paper Hands Design Co with navy and white lettering against a soft pink background on the cover. This spiral bound notebook is filled with lined pages so you can down some wine and pour your heart out and complain, just like Matt.
"I Woke Up Like This" Unicorn Stadium Cups - Total Listed Retail Value $4.00
When I go to a hockey game, I am a sucker for paying the extra $3.00 to get the "collectible" plastic cup emblazoned with some fine-looking player (looking at you, Letang) on it, instead of the flimsy cup with the logo of the overpriced beer I'm drinking. Smartass & Sass has replaced a hunky jock with a unicorn and the iconic lyric "I Woke Up Like This" on blue and purple cups to make a set to use when you're getting sloshed with your friends on the back patio this Spring. Each has the graphic on both sides and holds 16 oz. of margarita (or whatever).
B*tch, Don't Kill My Vibe Sharpie in Blue - Listed Retail Value $2.50
Whoa, cool, I didn't know you could customize Sharpie markers! This aqua blue one serves the sass by exclaiming "B*tch, Don't Kill My Vibe" down the barrel. It shows up on both sides and will either prevent or encourage that this gets stolen off your desk. I can't decide which.
Pumped Up Red GLitter Smartphone Stand by Fred - Retail Value $10.00
The Wizard of Oz is my Mom's favorite movie of all time, so I'm going to have to give this to her. This hard plastic smartphone stand is a set of red glitter heels not unlike the ruby slippers that Dorothy clicks together to return home in the classic film. The stand is two inches tall and will hold your smartphone either vertically or horizontally to keep you hands-free while you watch a video, or simply as a place to stow your phone on your desk at work (though sadly repeating "there's no place like home" won't get you out of there any faster).
Verdict: Smartass and Sass sent me nine sassy items for $41.90 which had an overall retail value of $53.95. Not a bad value for a gang of items that all have pretty practical uses. The coolest thing is the smartphone stand in my book, and I know my Mom is going to be really excited to receive it. Nothing else really smacked me in the face with being super unique and obscure, but they followed a theme and had good curation from a lot of smaller makers.
To Wrap Up:
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Value Breakdown: For $41.90, here's what you're paying for each:
- Candle: $6.21
- Key Tag: $2.29
- Pouch: $9.32
- Lip Balm: $2.72
- Notebook: $8.54
- Cup (x2): $3.11
- Marker: $1.94
- Smartphone Stand: $7.77
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