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Ellie Subscription Box Review February 2017
Ellie box did not disappoint! The women’s fitness inspired monthly subscription box for February 2017 was chock full of fantastic gems.
Let’s not beat around the bush…it kicked ass in the value department!
In each Ellie monthly box, subscribers will receive 5 fitness related items. Typically, that includes an entire active wear outfit.
Score! Ellie’s February 2017 box had an entire outfit. Now when I Say outfit…I mean outfit. Helloooo there February box. Leggings, sports bra, and shirt.
Let’s break down this February outfit. I’m not sure if there is a fitness category genre per se around each month, but there is certainly a color theme going on. February was green.
First up the sports bra. Now, I’m not a sports bra lovin type-a-gal. It’s not something I have ever purchased for myself. I’ve always found that I manage just fine with a good ole standard brassiere (add an accent and that’s fancy talk).
Ellie February 2017 Marika Sports Bra
I’m not sure if my distaste for them is because I don’t participate or engage in enough high impact exercise; or because I always get stuck in them and can’t get the “f” out of them. Either way I guess the reason behind it is irrelevant for this purpose.
Anywhoo, thanks Ellie.com, I guess technically I’ve now purchased my first sports bra. Aesthetically speaking, it’s green & black, and has the perfect blend of pizzazz peeking through modesty.
The pizzazz comes from the bright green color; I’d venture to call it neon but not as obnoxious. The modesty is a result of the black overlay with mesh inlets. Now, in regards to sports bra fashion subject matter, it’s my expert opinion, thanks to the reticent black overlay of fabric, one can see just enough of the attention seeking green. No too little and not too much.
And it’s comfy. I put it on and fit snug around the rib area but not tight. I don’t like the thought of sweat drenched bands of fabric up against my skin. But truly, it was actually really comfortable on. Which is a good thing being odds are as you read this, I’m still stuck in it.
Ellie March 2017 Marika V-neck Tee
The shirt is a sleeveless V-neck. The back has two mesh panels on each shoulder area which allows for the black accent of the sports bra to peek through. The entire shirt is the neon green color and please know I do mean neon when I say neon.
However, it’s not atrocious for a couple reasons. First because green is my favorite color even in all its neon glory! Two because the sports bra and leggings balance each other out. When all pulled together it screams super-fly.
This brings me to the leggings. First you must understand, I live and die by the mantra “it’s all about the black pants”.
This goes for ALL pants, that includes you too, active-wear leggings. Black pants
Ellie February 2017 Marika Legging
are critical in my wardrobe. These particular leggings are not black. Sure they have the color black in them, but they don’t count as black leggings because of a few nefarious missing factors. There must be grounding base black that will draw attention away from the unfavorable portions.
Otherwise you are simply a large room with no decorative grounding area rug.
Now, I realize there are plenty of women who can pull this off – many fit and hungry people (whom I often silently enviably curse). I however, am not one of them.
I fully reconciled in my mind, at the moment I pulled these sleek bad boys from the box that although as cute as they were, they would never find themselves upon my body.
They remind me of a piece of fancy Art. Artwork that often puzzles me because it comes with a price tag that would pay for my house.
Personal note: I’ve never wholly understood Art, but respected it enough to know it didn’t belong on my body.
Ellie February 2017 Ballys Jump Rope
The kicker…I put them on in the spirit of being transparent in my reviews, and well I’ll be damned…they didn’t look horrid. Because of their artistic splattery paint look, no ONE section of my bottom half stood awkwardly out of proportion from another. Job done!
The items that accompanied the outfit…A quality jump rope, and a hold/cold foot massager; both Bally Total Fitness brand. The jump rope I assume is because you were just inspired 30 seconds ago by the leggings to jump your ass off; and the foot massager because all that jumping is hard on the tootsies.
Let’s bring it all down town, Julie Brown (if that made you smile because you get it, I think we’ve met).
Ellie February 2017 Ballys Foot Massager
A monthly subscription to Ellie is $49.95 a month.
I went online to do some comparison shopping.
A Marika active wear outfit consisting of leggings, sports bra, and top, would run you about $140.00, retail. Now, there are some offers floating around that could potentially bring that cost down, but even so, the best I could find without hours spent searching, still have you spending around $85.00 doll hairs.
BOOM! And we haven’t even added the two other items to the value!
Really, is there any need to prolong this? I think not!
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