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20 Subscriptions That'll Make Your Life Easier In 2022

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1. Blue Apron is a guaranteed way to keep your dinners interesting, delicious, and above all, simple. Their balanced meal kits offer chef-created recipes that'll make your tastebuds sizzle and your belly feeling happy after every bite.

shrimp pasta dish from Blue Apron
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What you'll get: Meal kits are available in servings for two or four people and offer up to four meals per week. Choose between their "signature" recipes (which include a rotation of meat, fish, and Beyond Meat) or their "wellness" and "vegetarian" options. 

Get it from Blue Apron starting at $9.99.

2. Every Plate also helps eliminate the stress of meal planning by offering an assortment of 13 different mouthwatering recipes for you to choose from, week after week.

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EveryPlate

What you'll get: Each box comes with a recipe card and all of the ingredients you need to make three to five tasty, filling dinners depending on the plan you choose.

Get it from EveryPlate starting at $4.99+/serving.

3. Blueland rethinks how you purchase cleaning products and the waste each produces. The Blueland team sends you reusable bottles and cleaning tablets that dissolve in water, saving you time, money, and best of all, preventing more plastic from entering landfills.

The kit
Blueland

What you'll get: Depending on the cleaning kit, you'll receive reusable cleaning bottles and vegan, cruelty-free cleaning tablets and/or powder for dishwashing, laundry, or multi-surface cleaning. You can receive refills every month or schedule your delivery out as far as every four months based on your cleaning needs.

Get The Clean Suite kit (pictured above) from Blueland for $83 and check out the rest of Blueland's products here.

4. MeUndies is here to deliver underwear to your door! And once you feel how comfy they are (and see how many fun patterns they offer!) you'll probably never buy underwear any other way. Period.

Two models, one wearing a dumpling-print bra and panty set and another wearing dumpling-print boxers
MeUndies

What you'll get: Each month you'll get to pick a pair of undies that match your personal style. Shop just for yourself or match with your S.O.

Get it from MeUndies starting at $14/month for women and $16/month for men.

5. Atlas Coffee Club allows coffee lovers to enjoy robust sips of java from around the world, delivered straight to their door — no more time spent pacing the coffee aisle at the grocery store. So, are you in or are you in?

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Atlas Coffee Club

What you'll get: Every two weeks or month you'll receive coffee from around the world based on your roast preferences. Choose between whole bean or ground coffee, and a half bag, single bag, or double bag, depending on how much you drink.

Get it from Atlas Coffee Club starting at $9/bi-weekly or monthly.

6. Or, if tea is more your thing, Simplicity Tea will send you two expertly crafted loose leaf tubes for your drinking pleasure every month.

Four tubes of tea: lemon cloud, romance, hazelnut cinnamon, and mango mate
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What you'll get: Your choice of two loose leaf teas from this woman-founded brand! They also offer a personalization quiz so you can set your preferences ahead of time and ensure nothing goes to waste.

Get it from Cratejoy for $11+/month (available in two sizes).

7. BarkBox because your dog is always getting jealous when you get your subscription boxes in the mail and they're not allowed to chew them open for you. This changes the game. Bonus: these toys keep your peppy pup distracted for a little while so you can finally get some work done.

The kit
BarkBox

What you'll get: Each month your dog will receive a themed box full of toys, snacks, and other presents catered to the size, breed, and preferences of your dog. 

Get it from BarkBox starting at $23/month.

8. Purple Carrot — ahem, all my vegans out there? Rejoice! The meals in this service are 100% plant-based. And there are plenty more options than the veggie side salad it feels like you always have to order when you're out to dinner with friends.

the purple carrot box surrounded by vegetables and a recipe card
Purple Carrot

What you'll get: When you sign up, you'll be prompted to choose between meals for two or four people. Then, each week, you'll be able to choose which three dinner meals you'd like, plus anything extra you want to tack on, like breakfast, dinner, or dessert. You'll have the option to customize your meals to be gluten-free, high protein, or "quick and easy." There are also pre-made meal options if cooking isn't quite your forte or, you know, you'll be short on time.

Get it from Purple Carrot starting at $71.94/week.

9. Stitch Fix allows you to work with a stylist who will curate a selection of pieces and send them straight to your doorstep. You can buy what you like, send back what you don't, and best of all, you only pay for what you keep!

The box
Stitch Fix

What you'll get: A personalized box with five items picked out by your personal stylist based on your preferences. Purchase all the items suggested for 25% off, or return the items you don't want, for free.

Start your subscription at Stitch Fix with a $20 styling session. Your stylist will send you your box and you only pay for the items you keep.

10. Decorated adds some *pizzazz* to your home with seasonally-inspired decorations and curated pieces to keep your home lookin' on brand, no matter the time of year. Let someone else do the interior decorating for you.

Decor on a table
Decorated

What you'll get: In each box, you'll receive between six and eight full-size seasonally inspired items, which could include anything from throw pillows and decorative trays to printed art and DIY projects.

Get it from Decorated starting at $79.99/every three months.

11. Birchbox so you can try out a range of makeup, skincare, and haircare products and put them to the test *before* purchasing the full-sized products.

Monthly Birchbox
Monthly Birchbox
Birchbox

What you'll get: Five handpicked mini beauty products to test out each month, along with an informational card on how to use them. Products can range from makeup to skincare to haircare, each catered to your own preferences. Plus, they're all wrapped up in an adorable keepsake box that you can use for storage or decor!

Get it from Birchbox for $15/month.

12. Care/of Vitamins makes choosing the right vitamins for yourself less of a daunting task. And once they help you narrow down which are right for you, they'll send them to you monthly — which means *actually* taking them consistently will be much easier, too.

package of vitamins
Care/of

What you'll get: After taking a quiz about your basic information and what you're looking for in vitamins (specific needs, general health, or ~discovery~) and what areas of your life you're looking to improve (i.e. sleep, energy,, etc.), you'll get a recommendation about which vitamins are appropriate for your specific lifestyle. You'll get those you select in the mail monthly.

Get it from Care/of for $5/month. 

13. Home Chef is a unique meal kit service in that you can select meals based on how much time they take to prepare — which means there's something for the people who despise cooking as well as the budding ~home chef~ (lol).

An example home chef subscription box with produce and meat
two smartphones with the home chef app pulled up showing weekly menus
Home Chef

What you'll get: You can choose from the OG Home Chef box (meals that take 30+ minutes), the Fresh and Easy box (which requires little to no prep at all), and the Fresh Start box (carb- and calorie-conscious options approved by a dietician). Before placing your order, you can also check off if there are any meats you don't eat or anything you're allergic to. After that, you'll have 30+ meals to choose from every week from things like garlic parmesan-crusted filet mignon with roasted parsnips to cauliflower, kale, and chickpea skillet with Pomodoro sauce and garlic bread.

Get it from Home Chef for 6.99+/per serving.

14. Lola delivers your choice of feminine hygiene products straight to your door — because your S.O. NEVER buys the right thing when it's their turn to do the shopping. And you'll never have the panicked "am I out of tampons?!" thought again.

Lola

What you'll get: A box of six regular and six heavy pads, tampons, or menstrual cups. The tampons are made with 100% organic cotton (tampon and string). Pads and liners have 100% organic cotton top sheet and core. 

Get it from Lola for $9/month. Check out the rest of the period products here.

15. Quip equips you with a fresh supply of toothpaste, floss, mouthwash, and brush heads so that you'll always be stocked up to keep your grill looking nice and shiny between dentist visits.

four metallic quip toothbrushes stuck to a mirror in their holders
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What you'll get: Choose from a number of bundles and starter kits that you can supplement with additional refills month after month. 

Get it from Quip for $25+ with $5+ refills every three months.

16. And Huppy, a toothpaste tablet subscription that naturally whitens your smile and freshens your breath so you can stop wasting time contemplating all the different kinds of toothpaste at the drug store and just stick to one that you know gets the job done.

four bags of toothpaste tablets
Huppy

What you'll get: Their tablets come in completely biodegradable or recyclable packaging, so you can feel just as good about helping reduce plastic consumption as your teeth feel after chewing one of these minty tablets. Huppy is an Asian-owned small business on a mission to provide sustainable options for ~fresh breath~. Choose between flavors peppermint, charcoal mint, and watermelon strawberry.

Get them from Huppy starting at $12 (available for delivery every four months).

17. Billie makes sure you never run out of replacement heads for your razor — which will come to the rescue when you go to shave and remember you forgot to pick up razor blades on your last errand outing. No worries, Billie's got you covered.

Hands holding a "Billie" box with a periwinkle razor peeking out
Billie

What you'll get: It comes with a razor handle, two blades, and a magnetic holder to keep your razor clean at all times. They'll also ship you four replacement heads on a schedule that works best for you. 

Get it from Billie starting at $9.

18. Daily Harvest will have you believing fruits and veggies are actually WAY more delicious than you ever thought. Packed into creations like smoothies, harvest bowls, soups, chia bowls, and more, they're all quick, easy to make, and aesthetically pleasing, too!!

someone holding an acai smoothie bowl
a model holding a mint smoothie
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What you'll get: When you sign up, you'll choose if you want your meals delivered weekly or monthly and in quantities of nine, 12, or 24 at once. You'll always have more than 80 options to choose from and you can swap your selections, skip a week, or cancel your subscription at any time — no hoops to jump through here!

Get it from Daily Harvest for $5.99+/per item.

19. Function of Beauty is a shampoo and conditioner subscription so that, again, you don't have to waste precious time running to the drug store when you realize you're running low.

a variety of their products all in orange coloring
Function of Beauty

What you'll get: A set of shampoo and conditioner (available in two sizes) customized to meet your hair's needs. You can select the delivery frequency that works best for you. They've also expanded their product selection and now offer skincare and more hair goodies if you want to expand your subscription. 

Get it from Function of Beauty starting at $36 (for both shampoo and conditioner).

20. KiwiCo offers project-filled crates that'll not only educate and inspire your child but keep them *busy* for more than five minutes, too — which will deffffff help make your life a little easier this year.

What you'll get: Each month you'll receive a stage-based crate of your choice filled with hands-on science and art projects, magazines, collectibles, and more.

Get it from KiwiCo starting at $17.50/month.

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