The Best Subscription Boxes for Women to Curate Your Look

Best Overall: The Curateur

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Formerly known as Rachel Zoe’s Box of Style, the Curateur is the rebranded, revamped, and totally re-imagined box of pure luxury. But calling this a subscription box would be doing it a major disservice. It feels more like an exclusive membership into an elite world of luxury.

In addition to the five, spot-on Rachel Zoe favorites that you’ve come to expect from the Box of Style seasonal delivery, the new Curateur membership now includes a Rewards Program with some pretty sweet incentives. Plus, members will now receive access to their new vertical, The Collective, which provides discounted offers on services from home design, entertainment, spa, florals, and more. The popular Member Marketplace has been rebranded with a fancier name—The Shoppe—featuring a more luxe collection of products to choose from with members-only pricing.

The Curateur subscription boxes known as the Curation, are seasonal boxes consisting of anything from beauty, fashion accessories, or jewelry. Membership is needed to score the discounted pricing on the box which originally retails for $464 but once the $9.99 Curateur monthly membership is applied, the membership pricing of the Curation box goes down to $119.

While the roughly $119 seasonal price tag may be higher than most other subscription boxes, the quality and value delivered do not disappoint. As a bonus, if you opt for the annual membership (approximately $350), you’ll score additional savings.

Best Philanthropic: Causebox

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Everything about this box feels intentional—and that’s precisely how it’s designed. From the artsy box design to the responsibly sourced products tucked inside, this bundle is the definition of feel-good. And that’s before you even dive into the exclusive Good News Magazine included in every delivery, which reveals how your membership is impacting the greater good of the world.

The seasonal bundle includes roughly six to eight products carefully selected for meeting the five core criteria at the root of the Alltrue brand: community-focused, ethically made, environmentally conscious, respect for people and animals, and impact-driven. Each box includes a delightfully balanced assortment of beauty and lifestyle products ranging from fancy home scents and stylish fashion accessories to chic kitchen gadgets and clean beauty standouts that help to fill your space with thoughtful goodness. 

Memberships are available annually (up to $320 billed once per year, averaging roughly $80 per box for the highest tier including additional perks such as a market credit and exclusive T-shirt) or quarterly (around $59.95 billed quarterly) with each box promising to be worth at least $250 in value. A bonus if you opt for the annual membership is that you have the opportunity to customize some of the selections by choosing products and colors that best fit your preferences. This seasonal treat will surprise and delight with every delivery, making it the perfect pick-me-up to give and receive.

Best Variety: FabFitFun

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There’s a reason your social media feed is flooded with FabFitFun chatter with the arrival of each new box—they’re really good.

The seasonal box is stocked with 6 to 8 full-sized goodies, and that’s only part of the addicting FabFitFun experience. The other draw comes from the access you get to its insanely supportive digital social community, incredible flash sales, and the on-demand streaming platform that broadcasts thousands of beauty how-tos, workouts, cooking tutorials, and self-care videos—providing context and purpose to each and every curated product included in the box.

The brand aligns with a celebrity (Venus Williams, Eva Longoria, and Padma Lakshmi, for example), an empowering theme, and a heartfelt charity (like No Kid Hungry) to which it curates a perfectly synced selection of products across beauty, fashion, home, lifestyle, and tech. With feel-good product picks from beloved brands like Stila, Kate Spade, PJ Salvage, and Pottery Barn, it’s the kind of product selection that will quickly turn into everyday favorites.

Subscriptions are offered seasonally for roughly $55, or $200 annually with savings of about $20.

Best Experience: Rent the Runway Memberships

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If fashion is life—even when working from home in your pajamas is a feasible option—this forever-rotating closet of designer goodness is a fashionista’s dream come true.

The selection is unmatched, with designer brands including Phillip Lim, Badgley Mischka, and Prabal Gurung, and more variety than any other fashion rental service. While you have the option to rent special occasion gowns and formalwear, you can also choose from outwear, accessories, and everyday staples to spice up your daily wardrobe. The shipments come impressively fast—two days from the time you make your selections—and arrive in a zip-up bag that keeps your picks wrinkle-free and makes for convenient storing and packing when it’s time to swap out.

The company also offers a cross-ship feature, which allows you to select new products before your return shipment is scanned to ensure a very short transition in between shipments. Additional perks include free shipping, free dry cleaning, and the option to pause or cancel at any time.

The subscription is scalable depending on just how many statement pieces you are looking for. There's a four-item plan for about $89 per month, an eight-item plan for $135 per month, and a 16-item plan for approximately $199 per month. But if those benchmarks don’t quite meet your needs, you also have the opportunity to customize and add additional items (roughly $25 to $29 per month) to any shipment.

Best Discovery: OuiPlease

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This female-founded, French luxury subscription service is a favorite for many reasons. For starters, it’s packed with a whole lot of newness you’ve likely never seen before, which makes the discovery process one of the best.

It also sends your mind on a magical daydream to Paris as you unwrap and discover the products inside. Each box feels like a special delivery of France’s finest, with 10 to 12 full-sized, French-made items tucked inside a chic white, ribbon-tied box. French enthusiast or not, it’s not hard to fall in love with the gorgeousness of each delivery.

The selection of products is curated by a team of French influencers and spans beauty, apparel, jewelry, accessories, home, and epicure, making for a beautifully balanced and versatile combination of luxury goods. From a delicate gold Les Néréides bracelet and a gorgeous Maradji throw blanket to a jar of deliciously sweet Hédène honey with an accompanying honey dipper, each and every product feels special and unique.

The company has also teamed up with noteworthy French brands in the past such as Ladurée, for special edition collaborations. Its membership is offered bi-monthly (one box every two months for about $150) and annually (six boxes in 12 months for around $650), with the option to purchase a single box for roughly $165 to get a taste of the experience (no strings attached).

With more than $300 of pure French indulgence included in every box, it’s a real treat to dive into the contents. And whether you keep every item for yourself or pass on the love, these products are a thoughtful and welcome surprise to anyone lucky enough to be on the receiving end.

Best for Style: Nordstrom Trunk Club

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First, let’s address the obvious. A trunk sounds large, and allow us to set the record straight, Nordstrom is not overpromising here—this shipment certainly lives up to its name. Secondly, while this isn’t a traditional, reoccurring subscription box, it’s the type of service that lets you pick the frequency whenever the mood strikes—one of the many reasons it makes our best-picks list.

As with any Nordstrom-related experience, the customer service is top-notch, and this personal shopper service is no exception. If the idea of shopping IRL or browsing a department store isn't your idea of a fun shopping day, Nordstrom Trunk Club delivers a personalized shopping experience that cuts through the chaos and clutter to find products picked just for you. Trunk Club delivers to your doorstep a selection of handpicked items to match your personal style so you can try on and “shop” your favorites at home.

To start, you fill out a short style quiz with sizing, budget, and preferences (you can also share Pinterest boards or play Style Swipes which make it easy and fun to build out your style selects.) Then, you will be connected with a team of Nordstrom’s stylists who select 10 to 12 items for your review before they are shipped out to arrive at your doorstep. That way, you can try on in the comfort of your home, keep what you want, and return what you don’t.

This service delivers the convenience and thrill of a personal stylist, at a fraction of the cost. The roughly $25 styling fee is waived for Nordstrom cardholders, and can also be credited toward your purchase.

Best Black-Owned Box: Tribe Beauty Box

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The awesome selection of indie brands found inside this bimonthly shipment is only half the obsession. The other half comes from the simple fact that the empowering female founder, Bili Balogun, created this box to celebrate fellow all-star, indie, and female-owned beauty brands.

With Tribe Beauty Box, the curated bundle of beauty products is selected with purpose and intent. That thoughtfulness beautifully translates into a memorable unboxing experience, where you will discover some truly game-changing beauty finds that are quick to become tried and true favorites. The focus is on quality above all else, with a mix of cruelty-free products from brands like Beautyblender, PUR Cosmetics, and Rodial.

Each box includes a balanced mix of at least five products hand-picked by Tribe’s Beauty Team, covering all your bases from face and skin prep to products for eyes and lips, as well as tools. The box is valued at over $120, which makes the bimonthly fee of roughly $35 feel like a steal. A small price to pay for the box of wonders that will arrive at your doorstep in February, April, June, August, October, and December.