Yes, this site is real and its not a scam. This company sends out what they call voxboxes, which have, most of the time, full sized products of what ever they are reviewing at the time. To get a voxbox, you must post reviews on their site. The more reviews you post the higher the chance you will be chosen for a voxbox. I have received 2 voxboxes since Ive been on the site. Ive been on influenster for about 3 months. When a box comes out the will send you a survey if they think you might qualify. You fill out the survey and if you qualify you will be picked to be sent that particular box. Just a fyi, just because you get a survey doesn't mean you will automatically get the box. Once the box arrives you will need to review the products and do the other tasks they are asking you to do. So, yes, this is a time consuming process. Yes, you do get products to try but the review process can be quite lengthy. I received a coergirl box which had a eye shadow palette, lip product, and mascara in it. I also received the jingle voxbox which had quite a few items in it. You won't be sent products you won't really use. It goes off of what you are reviewing. So if your a male your not going to get tampons. They do send out some high end cosmetics at times. I have seen them send out YSL and Marc Jacobs.