Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This undated publicity photo provided by Birchbox shows a typical monthly beauty sample shipment. Consumers can subscribe to ...

Once, businesses would hand out free samples in malls or throw them in with other purchases. Now, several businesses have sprouted up devoted to sending out a box of samples to customers once a month ...

This undated publicity photo provided by Birchbox shows a typical monthly beauty sample shipment. Consumers can subscribe to companies like Birch Box to receive monthly shipments of beauty product ...

CHICAGO — It's a beauty product fan's dream: a monthly box sent to the door filled with samples of lip glosses, face creams, hair treatments and nail polishes. The trend started a few years ago with ...