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How to Hack the Birchbox Black Friday Deal!

Liz Cadman
ByLiz CadmanNov 22, 2018 | 22 comments

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The Birchbox Black Friday Sale is happening now and it is awesome. All customers can save 25% off any purchase of $75 or more. This works on both shop orders and subscriptions. AND it's actually even better than it sounds. Here's how to hack it to make the most of it:

Birchbox Shop:

I highly recommend buying Limited Edition boxes with this sale. They are already a great value compared to the cost already, and 25% off is the deepest shop discount Birchbox has offered all year. They make great gifts, and they are great for keeping too! Here's how to maximize shop offers:

You actually don't have to spend $75 to trigger the automatic 25% discount in the cart. As long as you get your cart to $65, you can then add a free mystery sample pack valued at $10, and that will trigger the 25% discount:

So at this point, I'm getting $66 worth of Limited Edition boxes + kits for $49.50, and I'm also getting a free mystery sample pack. But wait, there's more!

Next, add the free gift of your choice:

I decided to add a free pair of Bombas Wool Socks ($18 Value) to my order:

So final order, free pair of socks, free mystery sample pack duo, a Limited Edition Box + Birchbox Kiehl's Kit for $49.50!


Next up, Birchbox subscriptions:

Both Birchbox + Birchbox Man subscriptions are on sale, too. 25% off an annual subscription brings the cost down to $82.50 - which breaks down to $6.87 a box. That's the lowest cost they've offered for subscriptions all year.

  • Subscribe to Birchbox with the 25% discount here.
  • Subscribe to Birchbox Man with the 25% discount here.

You can't stack the subscription with the free sample pack + free gift of your choice. Unless...

You buy a Birchbox subscription as a gift! (You can always gift it to yourself.)

FYI - gift subscriptions come with a $2.95 service fee, so that brings the cost per box up to $7.12 a box. But, if a free gift is appealing to you, it's totally worth that extra $2.95! (The Liz Earle Eyebright Soothing Eye Lotion I added as my free gift has a retail value of $25!)


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Liz Cadman
Liz Cadman
Liz is the founder of My Subscription Addiction. She's been hooked on subscription boxes since 2011 thanks to Birchbox, and she now subscribes to over 100 boxes. Her favorites include POPSUGAR Must Have, FabFitFun, and any box that features natural beauty products!

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22 comments

Anne

Wow! This is insane. If you scroll near the bottom of the sales page – they have some premium new MAC palettes that are deeply discounted here. I bought the Rose shiny palette a couple weeks ago for a good deal, but this is even better and its only been out this month. I got the MAC blush and bronzer set and the $66 LE box with the clip on earrings and got the $100 Smith & Cult free gift (three full sized items) and the $10 mystery gift too. The total I paid was about $51 – that included getting a few dollars off from the points I got from my first order, which included the same things Liz ordered with the Baggu Bag (I have a striped one from a few years ago that I use all the time). Thank you for the lesson! This is totally amazing. I really wanted that MAC Ruby Woo matte lipstick in the LE box.

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Sara

So their promo for BlackFriday (still active for today) is Free Shipping on all orders and: 10% out of $30, 15% out of 50, and 25% out of $75.

BUT theres a whole section of items already on SALE with 30% off, so its the 30% plus the Black Friday deal and Free Shipping.

The thing is that in that sale section are all the gift sets from Benefit, Birchbox collection boxes, etc.

Since you don’t need a code remember to add on the gifts with purchase

Enjoy

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Iggy'sRock

Birchbox would not let me combine the mystery deal and the extra box… noramly it does.

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Dani G

Liz (or anyone else that knows), do you happen to know when the 25% sale ends? I couldn’t find it in the email I got and I don’t see it on their site. Thanks!

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Courtney

I was going to ask the same thing – can’t seem to find info on when the sale ends!

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DonnaG

You might want to take the plunge asap. It seems there is an additional 30% off on some of the limited edition and discovery sets which makes it even a better deal. Therefore, if you get your threshold above the $75 dollar mark, you’re actually getting 55% off!!

You will not be able to tell which is the extra off until you load it onto your cart. I have not seen it posted anyplace.

Paula

I couldn’t add the socks or the mystery sample so I passed…always ends up being too good to be true.

You can get great deals at Birchbox but there’s so many other amazing deals out there right now too – with stores that have a phone number you can call if you have any issues….

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J. Lyons

I didnt get an option to add a free gift at the end?

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Liz Cadman

You have to add the free options yourself. You won’t be prompted in check out. Click on the links I used to see the options you can add. Hope that helps!

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Janna Lyons

Yes, but still wouldn’t let me get the bombas socks. Said that promo wasnt valid : (. I did get a free mystery birchbox though, the limited edition countdown to beauty, a bioderm kit, a free mystery pack (back in stock) and the marcelle travel essentials set all for only $50.93

Pamela

The site says the Mystery sample pack is out of stock and asks if you want to go on the wait list :-/

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Liz Cadman

The men’s free sample pack is still in stock! Hope that helps!

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Sheila M

Can existing subscribers get the deal? My sub is due to renew 12/1 and I would love to save some money!

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Cyndi

Thanks for this post Liz. I bought of few of my staple items, Limited Edition Luxe Beauty Box, Dr. Jart Cicipair – received in Nov’s box and LOVE! – added the free sample pack and free Smith & Cult Lip Stain. With the discount and points, this was such a steal! If I don’t start my order from the MSA post, I usually miss out on the freebies – so thanks again!

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Lauren

I need some R+Co stuff anyway so I’m hitting up this sale but my good grief, whoever added all the splash screens and delineation points on the BB website should be painfully beaten. It’s made the site way harder to navigate and find things on.

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Jessica Hapak

Friendly reminder that i ABSOLUTELY ADORE the Birchbox holiday nail and lip kits! and those bags!

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Kelly

I just bought that Holiday Nails kit after the review I read here! I got 25% off and the free mystery kit and free MAC lipstick as a bonus!

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Jessica Hapak

yassss girl! I loved that nail set. The smith and cult polishes are so pretty!

Erin

Awesome! Thank you!

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Judy

Liz! You think of everything!! Thanks for all your hard work and help saving and feeding our addictions!! 🙌🏽🙌🏽.. Hope you had an amazing thanksgiving!

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Liz Cadman

Thanks Judy! Happy to help 🙂 I’ll be making multiple Birchbox purchases this weekend!

Hope you had an amazing Thanksgiving as well!

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