Love Goodly

What's in the box: Each box holds three to four or more vegan, cruelty-free skincare and beauty products, mostly full size, sometimes with a lifestyle item or treat.

Love Goodly is a subscription box built around vegan, cruelty-free and nontoxic beauty and skincare, with the occasional lifestyle or wellness item. It ships every other month in two tiers. The Essential Box costs $34.95 and promises 3-4 or more products with at least $60 in total retail value. The VIP Box costs $48.95, includes everything in the Essential Box plus one or two extra full-sized items, and is pegged at $100 or more in value. Both include free US shipping, with taxes added where applicable. The company says products are almost always full size or luxe travel size, and the current Oct/Nov box is listed at $130.50 for Essential and $188.50 for VIP. Those figures are retail estimates, so the real worth depends on whether you would buy the items anyway. Beyond the box, Love Goodly runs an online shop, a rewards program, prepaid plans and gift options. It tags products with twelve eco labels, publishes a banned ingredients list, and supports a charity partner with each purchase, currently Uncle Neil's Home. The business is women founded, led and run. The main tradeoffs are the slower bi-monthly pace, little control over what arrives, a strong lean toward skincare over broader wellness, and plan upgrades that require emailing the team.