March Bulu Box Review

The Box: Bulu Box (Regular)

The Cost: $10/month (less with a longer subscription)

The Goods: Choose between Weight Loss or Regular options and you'll get 4-5 health and nutrition product samples. You can also earn points to spend in their shop by reviewing the samples you receive.

Vivioptal Multi Vitamins: ($2.06)  This is the obligatory non-veg-friendly item.  Also, non-negotiable sample?  Do people try to negotiate samples?

Rawxies - Lemon Poppyseed: ($.99)  Raw snacks just really aren't my thing.  This wasn't awful, but I didn't especially want to eat all of it.

Beanfields Bean & Rice Chips - Ranch: ($1.25)  This is my favorite of all the Bean & Rice chips I've tried, but it still has a funky after taste.

Procera XTF: ($7)  One dose of these is 4 pills.  4!  Even though I could probably use some mental clarity, these seem like they have enough caffeine to mostly just make me jittery.

E-hydrate: ($1 each)  I've finally accepted that water flavoring powders and liquids just aren't for me.  (I'll stick to fresh fruits.)  Fortunately, J's obsessed with anything that makes water not taste like water so these will get used by him.

Unbeatable Greens - Coconut Acai: ($5) This was apparently designed specifically with crossfitters in mind.  I'm definitely not a crossfitter, but this flavor seems to get great reviews.

Total Value: $20.30

This officially ends my Bulu Box subscription!  I'm definitely not their target customer since I have dietary restrictions and I don't, oh, you know, work out.  That said, I think I'd choose to resubscribe to Runnerbox over Bulu Box personally.

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February Bulu Box Review

The Box: Bulu Box (Regular)

The Cost: $10/month (less with a longer subscription)

The Goods: Choose between Weight Loss or Regular options and you'll get 4-5 health and nutrition product samples. You can also earn points to spend in their shop by reviewing the samples you receive.

Lentil Crackers - Cracked Pepper: ($.58)  I don't love these, but I don't hate them either.  They have a nice crisp texture and would probably be good with some sort of dip.

Calsura: ($2.49)  I eat a lot of cheese, milk, kale, and such so I'm not overly worried about my calcium intake.  I do like that they offer a wide variety of flavors, though.

Sant: ($1.50)  These are really interesting.  Instead of using some sort of powder or artificially flavored liquid, you can drop this dried fruit into your water to liven it up.  It reminds me a little of cranberry juice, so it would probably also be tasty with vodka. ;)

VitaPerk - Original & Hazelnut: ($1.43)  What an interesting concept - it's a multivitamin supplement that you mix into your coffee.  J can't/won't take vitamins in pill form, so I'll save these for him.

Barlean's Omega Swirl - Lemon Zest: ($.73) I'm not really sure that fish oil really makes for a believable "Smoothie Taste and Texture" claim, but who knows.

Balance Bare - Sea Salt Caramel Nut: ($1.59)  This was actually quite good.  If it were dipped in chocolate, it would've been similar to a Snickers bar.  I would definitely buy these.

Total Value: $8.32

Given my track record with Bulu Box, I'm actually pretty happy with this one.  I've sampled 3/5 products and actually liked two of them enough that I'd consider buying more.

January Bulu Box Review

The Box: Bulu Box (Regular)

The Cost: $10/month (less with a longer subscription)

The Goods: Choose between Weight Loss or Regular options and you'll get 4-5 health and nutrition product samples. You can also earn points to spend in their shop by reviewing the samples you receive.

Bulu Box Word Magnets: We have a stainless steel fridge so we don't have a ton of space for magnets, but we do already have a couple of sets of word magnets up there for these to join.  Side note: why does shit get censored but not badass? 

The Gummies Co Vitamin C: ($.68)  I've never seen vegan gummy vitamins before!  These taste a lot like candy orange slices and don't have any sort of weird after taste.

Berry Sleepy: ($2.67)  I have a really hard time sleeping when I'm feeling stressed, but I'm a lightweight when it comes to medication so I never take anything for it.  The fact that these are vegan and all natural, fruit based pills make me a little more comfortable with taking them.

Miracle Tree Moringa Tee - Mango: ($.64)  Since hot tea is on part of my 30 before 30, I'm actually looking forward to trying this one.

Coconut Organics Coconut Chips: ($1.50)  Coconut chips + chocolate ice cream = best thing ever.  Just saying.

Shapeology Umph - Fruit Punch: ($1.67)  I don't work out hard enough to need a pre-workout booster (or, you know, at all) so I'll probably hand this off to J.

Flyjoy - Coconut Almond: ($2.39)  I pretty much always carry some sort of snack bar in my purse.  This will definitely be the next one I toss in there to try.

Total Value: $9.55

I *think* all of these items are actually vegetarian friendly!  (I'm not positive on the Umph - there are a lot of ingredients I'm unfamiliar with.)

Bulu Box has a quiz that you take when you sign up and in it, you can note whether you're vegan, vegetarian, gluten-free, etc.  My profile was set as vegetarian, so I actually emailed BB to ask why I was constantly sent non-vegetarian-friendly items.  It turns out that the profile quiz just helps them decide what to send you, but isn't a hard guideline they abide by.  Think less Wantable, more Ipsy.

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December Bulu Box Review

The Box: Bulu Box (Regular)

The Cost: $10/month (less with a longer subscription)

The Goods: Choose between Weight Loss or Regular options and you'll get 4-5 health and nutrition product samples. You can also earn points to spend in their shop by reviewing the samples you receive.

SporTea: ($.99)  The fact that this is supposed to energize you but it doesn't contain caffeine mystifies me.  I very rarely seem to actually try the teas I get in subscription boxes, so J might be the one to try this out.

Vital Proteins Collagen Peptides: ($3.10, marked as Free Sample)  The token non-vegetarian-friendly item!  It's also the item with the highest value in the box, but it's marked "Free Sample, Not For Sale."

Justin's Peanut Butter: ($.52)  For some reason, I've become more and more of a peanut butter fan in the past few years.  I love these little single serve packages - they're perfect for carrying in my purse in case I need a little pick-me-up.

Munk Pack Oatmeal Fruit Squeeze - Apple Quinoa Cinnamon: ($2.50)  J actually took this in his lunch today.  I'm not a fan of squeeze pouches in general, but he usually likes them.

Sutter Buttes Olive Oil - Meyer Lemon: ($2.67)  Man, I wish we had kale right now.  I'm betting this will be great for making kale chips.

Beanfields Bean & Rice Chips - Salt N' Pepper: ($1.25)  I've tried the barbecue flavor before and wasn't a fan at all.  These are a little better...but I'm still not entirely sold on them.  I do like them enough that I'm more curious about the Nacho flavor, though.

Bulu Box Bracelet: How silly is it that this is the one thing I was actually happiest to get?  J collects bracelets like this (weird, I know) so it's always fun to get another one.

Total Value: $11.03 (including Vital Proteins free sample)

I think this is the first time we'll actually use the majority of the items in our Bulu Box.   On a side note, if anyone knows where I could donate/pawn off a bunch of random supplements and such, please send me an email or leave me a comment. :)

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November Bulu Box Review

The Box: Bulu Box (Regular)

The Cost: $10/month (less with a longer subscription)

The Goods: Choose between Weight Loss or Regular options and you'll get 4-5 health and nutrition product samples. You can also earn points to spend in their shop by reviewing the samples you receive.

Allergease Lozenges: ($5.79) 'Tis the season to need these.  I actually usually buy honey lemon throat drops anyway and I really like the fact that I can pronounce all of the ingredients.

Supreme Protein Accelerate Bar - Apple Cinnamon: ($1.69)  J actually took this to work with him today.  He's kind of picky about his bars, so I'll have to find out whether or not this was up to snuff.

D Speed: ($.37, marked as Free Sample) All of the reviews I've seen say that these taste great for vitamins.

Waxelene Lip Tube: ($3.99)  I'm not sure that I agree that it's the "Best Lip Balm Ever" but it is nice. I like the consistency, but I do wish they had added some sort of scented oil since it smells like Rosemary.

Brode: ($4)  These pills are full of electrolytes.  They suggest taking them while playing sports, partying, or travelling to avoid getting hydrated.  I could see how they might also help after having a stomach bug or something.

Neocell Biotin Bursts: ($.50, marked as Free Sample)   The flavor starts off great but then transitions into an unpleasant vitamin-y aftertaste.  (These have a much better flavor.)  The consistency is a bit softer than a Starburst, and about halfway through I really didn't want to continue chewing it.

Total Value: $16.34, including value of free samples

Eh, it's not the best Bulu Box and it's not the worst.  I'll definitely use the Waxelene and the lozenges, so I at least feel like I got my money's worth - which isn't always the case.

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October Bulu Box Review

The Box: Bulu Box (Regular)

The Cost: $10/month (less with a longer subscription)

The Goods: Choose between Weight Loss or Regular options and you'll get 4-5 health and nutrition product samples. You can also earn points to spend in their shop by reviewing the samples you receive. 

Probium Probiotics - For Kids!: ($.73)  I got this same sample last month.  I still don't have any use for kid's probiotics.

Natrol SAMe: ($10.99)  I'm not familiar with SAMe, but these seem to get good reviews. 

Kind Organics Women's Multi: ($1.23)   These are actually made with organic fruits and vegetables.  It's nice to be able to understand all of the ingredients listed on a vitamin for a change!

Barlean's CoQ10 Swirl - Island Fruit: ($.19)  This is the token non-vegetarian-friendly item this month, so I won't be using it.  "CoQ10 Swirl" doesn't sound overly appetizing, anyway.

Nuvia Coffee: ($1.33)  Right.  So...these say that they're made with "ganoderma."  I have no idea what that is, but it's totally not what I thought it said when I first glanced at it.  Anyway, it's instant coffee that's supposed to give you energy and suppress your appetite.  You know, like coffee.

Power Pak Pudding Fit & Lean - Dutch Chocolate: ($2.50)  There's something about sugar free, lactose free, protein added pudding that's a little...scary.  I'm going to make J try this first, then I might taste it based on his reactions.

Total Value: $16.97