Beauty subscription boxes are all the rage these days and we can totally see why. First, you get hand-picked beauty products by experts in the field, then you get to try stuff that otherwise you would've never looked at, and all of it comes to your door step on schedule - like a surprise gift that keeps on giving.

While both of these boxes are beauty subscription services, they are very different and thus hardly comparable, but I will try. I have tried both and would like to share some observations and what to expect from both.

December is one beautiful time of the year and not only because Christmas is coming, but because it's the first month of winter and that's when various subscription boxes arrive, be it monthly or quarterly.

I decided that subscription beauty boxes are my new obsession. I totally love this idea of letting someone who knows beauty industry better than me, pick some products for me and let me try before ordering full size.

If you have ever tried beauty subscription service of any kind or even if you haven't, you might have heard about Macy's Beauty Box and GlossyBox. I did more than just hear - I tried them both, just one time for each, and would like to give you my first impression about both.

This box is a monthly subscription that includes 5 luxury product samples, a surprise item, and a nice cosmetics bag or brush/roll that is fit for a collection.