About two months ago I was reading a blog about KlutchClub. I thought it sounded pretty interesting and it hadn’t gone viral all over the blog world so when I was approached to try it out I was pretty interested. I know a lot of people don’t care for review posts but I got this product for free and I’m going to give you an honest LOLZ review (as I normally do).
KlutchClub is a similar idea in that every month they send you a whole slew of products from various companies. Being in the indecisive person I am, it’s great for me…it’s like playing the lottery or scratch cards but I never win. I received the package about 2 months ago, but since I have been traveling the last two months I needed extra time to review it and try everything. No, I don’t post reviews before I try every single part of the product that I’m physically able too.
Here is a photo that was on their website..I’m not a photographer or relatively good at any photography except for coffee a day or selfies so I thought this was better.
The box I got is called the “Energy Box” and had all of the following inside:
Manitoba Harvest Hemp Hearts (2 oz.)
Wyman’s Blueberry Juice
Amino Vital Endurance Packet
Nature’s Gate Pomegranate Sunflower Cleansing Bar
Shakeology protein mix
Juil $50 Gift Card
Green Tea Hawaii 3 single servings green tea & 1 single serving coffee
Psssssst Dry Shampoo (
Acacia Strength Tone Lengthen Workout Sampler DVD
GNU – Bar
Moving on.
Food stuff:
The first thing I noticed in the package (maybe because it was on top) was the Hemp hearts. A sample pack of raw shelled hemp seeds. To be honest, I had absolutely no idea what they were..I had heard of foodie hemp in passing but that’s it. They tasted pretty good and kept me full during the day at work. I put them in yogurt because I’m that creative. The package had 330 calories (25 grams fat, 5 grams fiber and 18 grams protein) so being diabetic this was a really optimal stat for me. Anyways, they were good, kept me full and boost great stats.
There were quite a few protein powders in here (which I like after long runs…and that is it…no protein shakes randomly in the day…or for breakfast…gross). So I waited a few long runs to test each. The shakelogy is 150 calorie (18 grams of protein powder) which I had after a 15 miler. It tasted as good as protein does. It did it’s job for my muscles. (There were 3 packages in there).
There were also 2 packages of endurance Amino vital-An amino acid supplement. I had never tried anything specialty like this. I had one of those packages with each of the shakeology (like a little team). I didn’t notice any special differences in muscle recovery but I do know they tasted amazing. (I really like orange and chocolate though…the chocolate was the protein powder and the orange was the flavor of the amino drink).
Also in the box was a flavor and fiber bar. I know you guys have heard of these and they are good and have a lot of fiber. I had it on the airplane. I like the texture a lot…so chewy. Not much to say about that, I like bars on the go which is when I’m traveling. Now that I’m not in class anymore, I don’t need to worry about eating a big crunch apple in a lecture hall. I used to eat bars more in lecture halls because they were quiet.
One product I was not able to try was the blueberry juice. Juice has always made me very sick (diabetes). I gave it to my 16 year old brother and he liked it a lot. He said it tasted like blueberries…go figure.
I gave the green tea to my housemate only because I don’t care for tea. I had the bonus instant coffee and it tasted like normal coffee to me. (if you follow me on instagram I dedicated today’s #coffeeaday to it).
Beauty stuff:
Dry shampoo: Ladies love dry shampoo. I wash my hair every other day and I used this the other days (in place of my other dry shampoo). “PSSSSSST!” is the ORIGNAL dry shampoo. I guess that makes it better…which actually I found it to be a bit better so I ended up buying some in place of my treseme.
The next two products were by Natures Gate and body wash as well as cleansing gel. I really enjoyed the lemon gel because I enjoy the smell of lemon. The papaya didn’t brighten my skin as stated but then again you probably have to use it for a while.
Finally the mud mask. I have never gotten a mud mask but there is a first time for everything I guess. This was an interesting experience…I watched plenty of mud mask you tube videos beforehand. What was my verdict? My skin felt the same after the mud mask then before…just clean.
They also gave a 50 dollars off Juil Soles but let’s be honest I live in upstate NY and sandles are needed for about 1 month out of 12.
Anyways-what a wordy post.
Here are the cliffnotes:
My favorite product was actually the Foodie Hemp Seeds. They had great nutritional stats that kept me full (very full at first) throughout the afternoon at work. I didn’t vomit from them which is a plus.
My least favorite (that I tried) was either the papaya body wash (my skin is still dull) or the amino acids (my muscles recovered at the same speed with/without.)
Would I recommend Klutch?
Actually yes I would. I’m one for playing the lottery though and the thrill of not knowing what you are getting excites me. I had an overall good experience with my contents in the box.
Question for you:
- Have you ever tried a Russian roulette grab bag coming to your door?
- 2. Do any of these products look interesting to you?
“I didn’t vomit from them which was a plus” bahahahahhaha you never fail to shed light on a topic. This is really cool and I like that you only accepted it because the entire blog world wasn’t doing it yet. Just wait, next week we’ll see upwards of 30 bloggers reviewing the same exact package.
LOL, we will see. That was how it was with Pv Body…a rush of people within a week!
This is a great product review. I like that you included both the positives and the negatives.
And I totally feel you on the crunchy snacks in class– Those are THE worst!
Well, not vomiting is always a sign of a quality product :-p
And is it weird that I’ve never tried dry shampoo?
I hadn’t until my hair changed texture a little bit and it made it extremely dry to wash it everyday.
I have never heard of hemp hearts before and they sound interesting to say the least. So out of curiosity, why do you only do your hair every other day? If I don’t work out I’m fine not washing it but if I get gross and sweaty running / working out I couldn’t imagine not washing it.
Living in Upstate NY where the weather is in the negatives most of the time, it makes your hair so dry that it’s damaging. Don’t get me wrong, when I swim I always wash my hair…when I feel it’s gross I wash my hair (and I shower daily…with two a day workouts I’d shower twice) but I just don’t add shampoo every day. Now that you know about my daily hygiene habits LOL..
Ohhh!! SO you still rinse it! I was seriously just thinking you were like meh lets let the sweat dry and I was confused how you could pull that off haha
I’ve heard a little bit about hemp hearts here and there. But I need to calm my foodie self down because I can’t be spending anymore money on random foodie items at the moment. Haha, I’m definitely remembering them for the future!
I love your little bro’s review of the drink. Tastes like blueberries. Nice. Sounds like you got a pretty good box!
LOL exactly..so many foodie products are so expensive and ain’t nobody got money for that!
The food sounds good, but beauty products intimidate me a little.
And good call with the sandals–CNY sees summer weather two months out of the year, tops!
That sounds awesome – hurray for the sandal coupon. I actually like product reviews – I want to know what’s worth spending money on and what’s not.
I like product reviews a lot if I’m interested in the product. Blogs that just post reviews every other day quite bore me actually. LOL
This box is stock full! Most of the boxes come with a few items and usually slither samples as I call it! I’ll have to try this one out! Thank you for sharing and being honest about the products love and shine courtstar
There was a TON of things for it being such a small box. I was completely surprised (and impressed!). So many boxes like this you feel aren’t worth it but the amount in here was.
Nice reviews. I love PSST dry shampoo. Its the best
i don’t love dry shampoos at all, but when I do use it, I use PSST brand. i’ve tried similar monthly box subscription services. One was Birchbox, it’s just beauty stuff, it was fun, not too expensive, and had decent sizes of really high end beauty stuff. I ended my subscription because I’m just not THAT into beauty products, I did find a few things i really liked, but plenty of the stuff I never even tried out. (I have curly hair and rosacea/sensitive skin, so that rules out me using many of the samples the box included.)
Just today (before reading this post) I signed up for a trial of NatureBox, it’s a monthly box of healthy snacks. It’s a little different though because you can choose what you want in it or you can have them suprise you. I found a coupon code for $10 off, so figured I’d give it a shot.
I’ve heard of Birchbox which seemed pretty cool too. I’m into beauty things but probably not enough to buy a month subscription either.
Hmm the blueberry juice sounds good. I would also be down to try the hemp seeds.
I got this box as well, I loved the hemp hearts!! They didnt make me vomit either lol!
That is where I first heard of it (on your blog) and the only other blog I’ve seen review it. Must be a health thing
I think it’s so funny they sent a sandals gift card to someone in NY in winter, lol. My coworker sells Shakeology, and I always wanted to try it but I’m the type of person who likes to just pick up a few packs in the store to see how it works before committing to something (and what he sold seemed like it wanted a commitment). I have not had hemp hearts… but that does sound interesting.
so i got hemp seeds send to me recently and I have to agree, they are pretty unique to use. I am kind of digging their texture.
I like the idea of these kind of subscription boxes for the same reason as you… I’m horrible when it comes to trying new products, so having them kind of forced on me is actually a good thing
That being said, I apparently live in the wrong place because a lot of these boxes don’t come to Canada. Snow does, though… lots and lots of snow.
Thanks for posting this! I’ve always wanted to try a random box of fitness/food stuff. ( I love scratchoffs etc too
) However, it seems all the blogging world shows is boxes that cost over 50 dollars. Uhhh..no thanks. This however is affordable and now I’m really thinking about trying it
Thanks for being honest. I’m REALLY glad you use each product before hand before you review and you’re honest about, not all bloggers are. Thanks for keeping it real.
I’m signed up for Birchbox, which i need to stop because it’s useless and PV Body where you get a new set of work out clothes each month which is pretty awesome considering I refuse to spend money on expensive workout gear.
I’ve never used dry shampoo before… maybe I should try it? It sounds interesting.
Thanks for the honest product reviews, always appreciated!
Excellent review – I love that you actually went into detail about the products rather than just going ‘they’re all awesome (send me more free stuff).’
Any of the protein powders/bars would interest me – I’m ‘that’ protein shake in the morning person
The hemp seeds look good but a bit calorie dense for this volume eater 
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I think you should enter the reviewers business. So honest and most importantly FUN to read! I have never tried dry shampoo before so I find that the most interesting. But then again I have never had hemp seeds either or protein powder or amino drinks. basically this whole box sounds like a new experience waiting to happen
These kinds of things are fun. I just won a giveaway for a box of random snacks and everything that came in it was delicious!
I love these kind of things. It gives a chance to try a whole bunch of little things and not have to buy them. The hemp hearts are kinda good. I bought a bag and sprinkled some in my salad. I actually forgot I had them! The dry shampoo is definitely interesting. I’ll be honest I love the days I don’t have to wash my hair.
My sister got me a subscription to birchbox for Christmas. I love it mostly because I didn’t pay for it. Essentially each month it’s like a free box of unknown sample goodies coming my way. (If I did pay for it, I might be annoyed that my $10 that month went to a perfume I didn’t care for, a nickel’s worth of eye cream, and a no crease hair tie)…but since I’m not, it’s exciting and fun.
I have tried a Bumble & Bumble and L’Oreal dry shampoos before and maybe because my hair gets ridiculously oily after a day anyway, but they really seem to make my hair more greasy. Pssst dry shampoo is worth a shot so I can stop having to wash it daily.
Oh man, I love a good thrill & surprise.. My luck I’d get stuff that I’m allergic too, or just have no need for.
I think it’s so great that this particular box has a mixture of both food products and beauty products! It’s like a well-balanced life box haha. Thanks for the honest review!
I reviewed a KlutchClub box awhile ago, and I would have liked your box a lot better than mine! Mine was a spa month box and I really could only try a few of the products. I definitely try to test out as many of the products as I can, but there are just some things I won’t eat or drink.