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

June 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. 

Mindful Mints: ($.83) I don't like spearmint, so I made J try these.  He said the mint flavor is fine, but the mint itself is SUPER chalky.

 Bach Rescue Pearls: ($9.95)  These aren't vegetarian-friendly, so I handed them off to J.  I'm not sure whether or not he'll actually take them, though.

Spatone pur-Absorb Iron: ($1.18) The directions suggest taking this by itself, which is what I tried first.  I don't recommend it - it tastes like dirty lake water.  I chugged the rest of it mixed in with some juice and then had spend a few seconds convincing my stomach that it was worth keeping down.  I think I'll stick to getting my iron in pill form, even if it is less effective.

PepPod: ($1.50)  J is the one who's more into drink tabs and such.  This one Vitamin C, B1, B2, B12, Potassium, Niacin, and a few others - plus caffeine.

Nature's Bakery Fig Bar - Raspberry: ($1) We've gotten these fig bars from a few different sub boxes now and both J and I are fans.  I don't much care for raspberry, so he'll get to have this one.

Coconut Organics CocoBacon: ($4) A few vegans I'm following on Instagram are regularly posting about coconut bacon, so I was stoked when I saw this in my box.  Having now tried it...I can't quite decide how I feel about it.  It's not bad, but I don't think it tastes extremely bacon-y.  (Granted, it's been several years since I've had actual bacon.)  It tastes more like someone took coconut flakes and rolled them in the flavoring used on BBQ potato chips.

Total Value: $18.46

This is the highest value box that I've received so far AND it's the first one that had something I was actually excited to try.  Granted, I'm not going to run out and buy a case of the CocoBacon but I'm still happy I finally got to give it a go.

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May Bulu Box Review

The Box: Bulu Box

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's information card also includes a place for you to log your thoughts on each sample

Smarty Pants Gummy Vitamins: ($.83)  These are for kids but J actually ate them anyway.  He's 27 going on 6 anyway.  He said that they tasted okay, but he was a little annoyed that you had to eat all four for one day's serving.

Skratch Labs Excercise Hydration Mix: ($1.95)  J has gotten this from Runnerbox before.  It's not his favorite drink mix, but he does like it.

Vivioptal Women Multivitamin: ($2.28)  I didn't take these since they aren't vegetarian.  They're pretty massive, even for multivitamins.

Youtheory Collagen Advanced: ($.21) These are also not vegetarian-friendly.  The directions say to take three tablets twice a day, which seems like a LOT to me.

Advancemint Happy Hour: ($4.98) You're supposed to chew two tablets for every three drinks you have.  I usually only have one drink now a days, so I don't really have much of a need for these.

BioXgenic Nature's Desire: ($1)  These are supposed to "help increase female desire and libido by elevating mood and relieving stress."   

Ridgecrest Herbals Migraine Relief: ($2.40)  I, unfortunately, do get migraines on occasion.  I'm sure that I'll be glad to have these the next time I get one.

Total Value: $13.65

So...I won't use the majority of the products I received.  I do get 70 points (worth $7) if I review all of them on the Bulu Box website, which increases the value slightly.

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April Bulu Box Review

The Box: Bulu Box

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. 

The back of the info card has a place for you to log the before and after results of the items you received. 

Rally Hangover Prevention Capsules: ($2.99)  I almost never have hangovers, so I'll pass these on to someone who parties more than I do.

Rainbow Light Advanced Enzyme System: ($2.33) Fortunately, I don't regularly have digestive issues.  It never hurts to have things like this on hand just in case, though.

Promax Low Sugar Bar - Peanut Butter Cookie Dough: ($1.89)  The flavor certainly sounds appealing, though I'm a little scared of the "low sugar" part.  Hopefully this won't have the weird aftertaste a lot of these bars have.

WhiteShield: ($1.32) So, apparently you add this to your coffee and it keeps your coffee from staining your teeth.  They also claim that with regular use it will remove old stains.  I'm a little skeptical, to say the least.

fruit.0 - Mango Pear Pineapple: ($2.29)  I've been getting fruit packs like this to put in J's lunch for work, so this will for sure be eaten.

Grandma's Lye Soap: ($1.25) This soap has three ingredients: lard, lye and water.  It's apparently good for dry, sensitive skin so I'm handing this off to J.  (It has a standard clean soap smell.)

Total Value: $12.09

The value isn't extremely high, but you also get what works out to be $1 worth of points for every product you review so technically this box could be worth $18.09 if I review everything.  Their shop has everything from supplements and protein powder to toothbrushes and scales.  I wouldn't have bought most of these things on my own, but I'm interested to see what else Bulu Box will send me in the future.

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