{"id":28946,"date":"2022-03-08T01:00:24","date_gmt":"2022-03-08T05:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/?p=28946"},"modified":"2026-05-25T00:15:04","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T04:15:04","slug":"box-review-yumetwins-kawaii-box-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/box-review-yumetwins-kawaii-box-1\/","title":{"rendered":"YumeTwins Kawaii Box: June 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Note:<\/strong> This review was originally written and published in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>I rarely buy non-book boxes, but when I saw this box advertised I had to check it out! I&#8217;m a lifelong lover of kawaii merch and was obsessed with Sanrio when I was in elementary school. I appreciated this box&#8217;s mission to bring every day kawaii items outside of Japan and I decided to treat myself to a box. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/yumetwins.com\/blog\/yumetwins-june-2019\" target=\"_blank\">June\u2019s theme was Party Animal<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/boxreview_yumetwins1-page.png?resize=400%2C400&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-30366\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/boxreview_yumetwins1-page.png?w=400&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/boxreview_yumetwins1-page.png?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/boxreview_yumetwins1-page.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>What I Got<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Glitter Character Keychain<\/li>\n<li>Moving Bunny Ears Hat<\/li>\n<li>Sakura Kitchen Set<\/li>\n<li>Sanrio Letter Set<\/li>\n<li>Sparkly Kawaii Bowl<\/li>\n<li>Sumikko Gurashi Coaster<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Review<\/h2>\n<p>I thought this box was really cute, though I would not consider most of these items to be &#8220;party&#8221; themed by any stretch. Our family&#8217;s favorite item was the bunny ears hat, which was fluffy and had moveable ears. My kids were stoked for the hat, so I gave it to them to enjoy. Most of the items were practical and the snack bowl and coaster were used long term.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, the actual value of this box is debatable. While the items were certainly very cute, it came at a premium cost. When I checked the YumeTwins store on their website, I found that all of the items in the box purchased individually came up to a few dollars less than the actual cost of the subscription, I found this to be a major turn off. The hat was definitely the high dollar item.<\/p>\n<p>The marketing strategy for YumeTwins is to build \u201cstreaks\u201d where subscribers build points. Cancelling a subscription will cause you to lose your streak, and all of your points with it. This was also another major turn off, especially since the point extras cost quite a bit of points to obtain. Between this and the monthly random chance giveaways felt really gimmicky. Despite my critiques of the reward system, it\u2019s a decent box if you&#8217;re looking for some curated kawaii items.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2>Let&#8217;s Discuss!<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Do you like subscription boxes at all?<\/li>\n<li>What do you think of the Kawaii box?<\/li>\n<li>How do you feel about the point streaks and giveaways I noted?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr>\n<p><center><strong>Where to find it<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/yumetwins.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YumeTwins<\/a><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Note: This review was originally written and published in 2019. I rarely buy non-book boxes, but when I saw this box advertised I had to check it out! 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