As a beauty lover, trying new skincare products is my full-time hobby. To do this, I often rely on beauty subscription boxes that introduce me to new and popular skincare products every so often. With so many products and trendy ingredients out there, shopping for new skincare can feel a tad too overwhelming. This is why I love subscription boxes – it takes away the guesswork of shopping.
Nonetheless, having a skincare routine that resembles a revolving door of new formulas doesn’t really sit well with my sensitive skin. Just to clarify, my sensitive skin is the type that reacts to chemicals, dyes, and fragrances in products.
Thankfully, after some trial-and-error, I’ve finally found some beauty subscriptions for sensitive skin that introduce me to new products without having to worry about a reaction. Keep scrolling to get the deeds on these beauty boxes for sensitive skin that you might want to try out yourself.
1. The Detox Box
The Cost: It starts at $39.95 per month + free U.S. shipping. Subscribe here.
About the Box: The Detox Box is a subscription dedicated to all things green. Their curators go through thousands of products and match them to strict standards that focus on pure ingredients, exceptional performance, and cruelty-free formulas.
In each box, you’ll receive at least $90 of green beauty products from top brands like OSEA, One Love Organics, and Naturopathica.
To help you get the proper product recommendations, you can take their Skin Quiz. You can customize the type of products you want to receive suggestions for in the quiz, such as cleansers and moisturizers or sun care and serums.
Why my sensitive skin loves it: While I wish you could customize what you get with each box, I always feel pretty confident about the products I’ll receive. Most boxes feature a single brand, so I know that the products I receive won’t clash with each other and give my skin a reaction. Past boxes have included brands like Tata Harper, Indie Lee, and PAI- all organic skincare brands haven for sensitive skin types like mine.
What our readers say:
“I have sensitive skin, so before committing to a 3-month sub, I asked if I could skip a box if the ingredients wouldn’t work for my skin. And they said yes.” – Amy.
Read some of our Detox Box reviews and check out our Detox Box spoilers to learn more.
2. Atolla
The Cost: It starts at $39 for the serum or $79 for the ritual.
About the Box: Atolla is a different kind of subscription box. It’s a highly personalized skincare box that delivers a complete skincare regimen that addresses your unique needs. After taking an initial skin quiz, you’ll receive your first personalized serum with what they call a Skin Health Kit. The Skin Health Quiz includes a couple of strips to measure your skin’s pH levels, moisture levels, and oiliness. You then send these strips back to refine your formula for what your skin needs.
Atolla prides themselves on using no artificial fragrances, parabens, sulfates, or artificial preservatives – all important points for anyone dealing with sensitive skin. Their products are also vegan and gluten-free, so extra points for them there.
Initially, Atolla was just a custom serum subscription box. Now, they’ve expanded to include what they call “The Ritual,” which consists of a customized cleanser and moisturizer to go along with your custom serum. The goal is that by personalizing all your products, you can craft a more effective skincare routine that really targets your goals.
Why my sensitive skin loves it: For someone who has tried almost every “customizable” skincare product out there, the science-y part of the Atolla box really caught my eye. My first serum included ingredients I never thought my sensitive skin would love, like salicylic acid and turmeric extract. But, I reached out to their aestheticians to get a consultation and learn more about my formula.
After the first month, my formula changed slightly to include other ingredients like Vitamin B5 to help fade my dark spots. Overall, the formula never felt irritating or too much for my skin to handle. To me, that was a first, especially dealing with acne serums that are often loaded with harsh ingredients trying to get you quick results.
What our readers say:
“Atolla is a great company for personalized skincare. Their tests are very thorough and they reply really quickly to questions. They clearly care about their customers and know their stuff. I definitely recommend them!” – A
3. Grove Collaborative
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The Cost: $25 minimum order for recurring shipments. Sign up here.
ACTIVE DEAL: 48-hour sale. No coupon needed - just use this link.
About the Box: Odds are you’ve probably seen or heard about Grove Collaborative. They’re trendy for their all-natural home and personal care products. But, they also have Grove Beauty, their designated space for clean beauty products that are hand-selected by their curators to ensure they’re safe for you and the planet.
In their beauty boxes, you can trust the same high standards of quality you’d expect from their other products. This means they only carry cruelty-free skincare brands certified by Leaping Bunny or PETA. Products must be 100% plastic neutral and offer full transparency on ingredients. Their high standards only let them accept about 5% of brands who want to be part of Grove Collective.
Unlike other subscription boxes, you can fully customize your Grove Beauty box. They have an auto-replenishment subscription model that lets you choose precisely what you want to receive each month. And, you can throw in additional products like those all-natural cleaning products you’ve heard about before.
Why my sensitive skin loves it: The selling point for me was the personalization aspect of this box. Grove Beauty lists close to 100 ingredients that are nowhere to be seen in the products they carry. Those ingredients include skin and eye irritants that my sensitive skin wants nothing to deal with.
Finding specific skincare products like exfoliators or skin brightening ingredients that won’t irritate my sensitive skin is often a hassle. I love that they find clean ingredient alternatives to traditional classics. For example, instead of carrying retinol, they offer bakuchiol alternatives or kojic acid over hydroquinone. These clean beauty swaps are easy to keep track of and make the process of choosing new products less intimidating.
Plus, whenever I feel a bit adventurous, I can take their Skincare Quiz to get some suggestions. I already know that all the product recommendations will fit their high standards. You can tell they’re the go-to box for sensitive skin when the first question in their quiz is “Do you have sensitive skin?”
What our readers say:
“I’ve been with Grove for a few years, and, wow! I’ve found so many wonderful brands and things I didn’t know I needed. AND, they’re not just a cleaning supplies company, they have wonderful aromatherapy supplies, candles, food.” – Jill
Check out our Grove Collaborative cleaning & home care reviews to learn more about this subscription.
These are by far my top three suggestions if you have sensitive skin. Did you spot your favorite skincare box? Maybe there’s another one out there I should try too. Let us know in the comments.
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