20 Best Beauty and Makeup Subscription Boxes to Gift This Holiday
Shop the best beauty sets out there, for makeup, skincare, scent, and more.
We may earn commission from links on this page, but we only recommend products we back. Why Trust Us?
Unless you’re sure of their signature scent or favorite shade of fancy lipstick, nailing someone’s exact beauty product preferences can be tough as a gifting plan. Our solution? Give ’em options—ideally, the kind that arrive on their doorstep once a month in the form of a subscription beauty box. While once mostly makeup-based, today’s subscription box scene has grown to encompass a wide variety of beauty, skincare, and self-care products. We’ve pulled together the short list of our faves for the perfect gift idea that anyone on your holiday shopping list will be thrilled to receive.
Beauty and makeup subscription boxes today are quite easy to gift, too. You can send your friend a code via-email and they can sign up for their preferred plan. They can choose how often they'd like the box and curate the selection they receive to exactly what they want and like. Then, they'll start getting fantastic beauty boxes straight to their door. It's truly the gift that keeps on giving!
From classic beauty boxes like Birchbox, Walmart, and Kinder, to specific, more curated boxes like Curology for skincare addicts, Curlkit for curly-haired ladies, Scentbox for perfume lovers, Billie for someone who loves a smooth shave, Prose for the hair aficionado, and Lash Me Monthly for ladies with long lashes, you're sure to find a subscription box for every pal in your life. We compiled the top-selling boxes for you to shop from this holiday season.
Birchbox Subscription Box
Ah, Birchbox, where it all began. The company offers grooming and beauty kits, tailored to your particular skin needs and product interests, delivered monthly for just $15 a box.
BomiBox Beauty Box
This monthly box describes itself as a “gateway to getting the best skin you’ve ever had.” If that promise delivers, well…it’s a pretty amazing gift. The Bomibox comes with a mix of eight full and deluxe sample size Korean beauty products, suitable for a range of skin types.
Facetory Beauty Box
This monthly K-beauty box always arrives with seven sheet masks and one to two skincare products, delivered to your doorstep with shipping fees included. Definitely a great pick for your friend who could use a little at-home spa pick-me-up!
Kinder Beauty Box
The goal of Kinder Beauty Box is to take the guesswork out of finding vegan, cruelty-free, clean products that people can really feel good about buying and using. Each box comes with $85 in curated skincare, makeup, hair care, and accessories—and a three-month subscription is just $24 a month!
Curology Skincare Box
This online platform guides you through a series of skin questions and then pairs you with a dermatologist who creates a formula for your particular skin issues. From there, you get a box with cleanser, moisturizer, and Curology’s special treatment formula. (As for effects, the Instagram account speaks for itself.)
Walmart Beauty Box
This is the gift that will keep giving all year long. Literally: The Walmart Beauty Box arrives once a season with a bevy of curated samples. Past products include sheet masks, sunscreen, and makeup primer, among other picks. All you pay for is shipping: a flat $6.98 fee!
TestTube Beauty Box
If you’re shopping for someone who is always on the cutting edge of skincare, you’ve arrived at the right gift pick place. The TestTube box shows up bi-monthly with eight or more full and travel-sized samples, curated by beauty pros.
Medusa's Makeup Beauty Box
This monthly box comes with four full-size vegan, cruelty-free products every month for $16.95: One delivery might include glitter or liquid eyeshadow while another might contain lipstick, liner, finishing powder, perfume, and beyond.
Curlkit Beauty Box
This one goes out to all the curly-haired among us. For $25 a month including shipping, subscribers receive samples from top curly and natural hair brands, including Miss Jessie’s, Ori Essentials, Kandy Kurls, Naturalista Cosmetics, and more.
Scentbox Perfume Box
Ever notice how a big bottle of perfume you were in love with at first spritz loses its appeal after you’ve been wearing it? The ScentBox subscription is a way to free a friend from this particular type of buyer’s remorse: Each month is an opportunity to test drive a new designer perfume.
Boxy Charm Beauty Box
This beauty box comes with five full-sized products, from cosmetics and skincare to beauty tools. One thing that separates it from the pack? With the initial box, the recipient will test foundation swatches so that their future picks can be tailored for their skin tone.
Dermstore BeautyFix Box
This box comes with makeup, skincare, and hair product picks from the pros. Past examples include the Elemis Peptide4 Thousand Flower Mark, Caudalie Grape Water facial mist, Juice Beauty Blemish Clearing Cleanser—everything necessary for a monthly dose of self-pampering.
IPSY
In each glam bag you'll score five full-size products in a drawstring bag to help you discover new picks and get personalized items specific to you. Plus, you can add up to 10 more items with special deals each month.
Billie
Each month you'll get razor refills that are a fraction of the price of what you'd find at the drug store. Plus, you can add in monthly beauty specials like shave cream, wonder wipes, body lotion, dry shampoo, and more.
Prose
After a detailed questionnaire, Prose will customize your perfect hair-care routine and deliver it monthly to your door. With questions as specific as where you live to calculate the weather, you'll get a personalized set of shampoo, conditioner, and other fun selects that go far beyond your drug store beauty buys.
GLOSSYBOX
From moisturizers and face masks, to serums and sprays GLOSSYBOX sends must-have beauty products that you're sure to love. With a massive range of brands and products, you're sure to find a new favorite in every box.
Macy's Beauty Box
Treat yourself to a monthly subscription from Macy's beauty counters. For just $15 a month you'll score a cute pouch, five deluxe samples, and a coupon for your next beauty purchase.
fabfitfun
Valued at $300, you'll score fantastic products in home goods, fashion, wellness and beauty categories for just $45 per season. Delivered straight to your door four times a year, this customizable box will help you find all your new favorites.
Lash Me Monthly
Lash lovers, listen up! Find your perfect pair of lashes with this monthly box of personalized products. Each month you'll get three pairs of lashes and three full-size beauty products that are vegan and cruelty-free.
Love Goodly
Each box is full of cruelty-free products you're sure to love. You'll score four or more full-sized products every other month to add to your collection of go-tos.
Arielle Weg is the associate editor at Prevention and loves to share her favorite wellness and nutrition obsessions. She previously managed content at The Vitamin Shoppe, and her work has also appeared in Women’s Health, Men’s Health, Cooking Light, MyRecipes, and more. You can usually find her taking an online workout class or making a mess in the kitchen, creating something delicious she found in her cookbook collection or saved on Instagram.
88 Unique Gifts for the Mom Who Has Everything
The 50 Best Gifts for Mom From Daughters
46 Soothing Gift Ideas for Stress Relief
60 Thoughtful Gifts for Mom On Amazon
