I have seen the Pink Parcel subscription box around quite a lot on YouTube and other social media and found the concept quite interesting so I decided to give it a go.
In this post I will be talking about the value for money and the concept of the box as well as writing short reviews of some of the products inside. Enjoy :)!
Firstly I want to talk about the box as a whole, I think it is a brilliant idea - inside you get everything you need for your time of the month - you can choose whether thats tampons, pads or a mixture of both. You get a small cloth bag 'For Now' (which you can carry around in your hand bag and re fill), a box 'For Later' and a box 'For Night', you get a box 'For down there' (this normally contains some sort of refreshing wipe or intimate wash), You also get a small box 'For you' full of treats for yourself to help you get through. When I opened the box I also saw sat on top a £60 wine voucher, a pink parcel leaflet which has details about all the products inside and a pack of Little fab bags (disposable bags used for tampons and pads). I have never seen anything like it before and after seeing this one I did a search online and there are only a few others available - I do not think that the other available products are as unique as this one because you get treats inside as well as your monthly bits. I worked out the value of the 'For you' box to be around the £55 mark including the samples, I will break down the prices as I review the products from inside. The box as a whole including the pads/tampons and all the extras is around £125 - now considering you pay £9.99 plus postage I think thats a pretty good deal! Over all I am impressed with its value for money, however you will see during my reviews that I wouldn't necessarily spend these amounts on these products normally. I will definitely be purchasing another box, but think its going to be annoying if I really enjoy one of the expensive products (perhaps I will have to splurge if it's worth it).
Now on to the product reviews....
True Brit Nail Polish: Time of the Month - £12.50
I absolutely love the packaging for this nail polish I think it looks great, the box is a lovely metallic golden colour and then the details on the polish bottle are silver. You can tell easily from the box and the bottle that the brand is british. I was not sure on the colour at first its a very pale grey not that I didn't like it but I wasn't sure how it would suit me! Once I applied the first coat I was slightly disappointed, I am not the best at nail polish on my right hand but it was very thin and patchy. I applied a second coat and found it looked much better so this isn't a polish you would be able to use if you were in a hurry! The polish took an incredibly long time to dry and I did end up ruining two of my nails before it dried. I did like the colour once it had dried, I thought it looked really pretty and was quite impressed, however at £12.50 per bottle I would expect this to last a while, 24 hours after I applied the polish it had already started to chip and by the time 72 hours was up most of the polish had chipped and them peeled away. On the plus side it did not ruin or stain my nails in any way and I think it would be easy to put another coat on and cover the chips up. I wasn't overly pleased with this product and I don't think I would buy it again, however I am intrigued to see whether all the shades do the same thing.
This was a limited edition shade for pink parcel but I could not find it on their site...however you can buy the other shades here.
Badger Sleep Balm - £4.99
I love sleep balms, I find sleeping a really hard thing to do no matter how tired I am!! The Badger sleep balm comes in such cute packaging and in my opinion you can tell exactly what it does from the tin! The scent is lavender and bergamot - now I have to be brutally honest and say I've no idea what bergamot smells like but all I could smell was the lavender anyway. The scent was fairly subtle but strong enough that you could tell it was there. The best thing about this balm is that it is a natural way to encourage a good sleep naturally - no medication or chemicals are used so there are no worried about any side effects! I can't say it helped me sleep but I did enjoy the scent, right now I am on call all night for my 6 month old so I have good and bad nights all the time, I did find it pretty relaxing though. Honestly I felt that if this product does help (which I won't know for a few sleeps) I would definitely purchase this in the future.
You can get the mini size (21g) for £4.99 at feel unique here. You can also buy a larger size (56g) for £7.99 here.
Cougar Perfect Pout Lip Plumper - £29
Wow! This product looks so sleek - the packaging is lovely, not too much going on either. At first I thought this was going to be a brightly coloured lip plumper because of the bright lips on the front and was quite scared! I was glad to find that it was a clear gloss though and couldn't wait to give it a try. The peppermint in the gloss tingles on your lips which feels really nice as well as smelling good. After researching I have found that the perfect pout lip plumper also has an active ingredient called Volulip which is what actually plumps the lips. I applied this product and took pictures after different amounts of time, I saw a small difference but I think my lips are quite big anyway. The gloss itself was VERY sticky which was literally the only thing I did not like about it, my hair got stuck to it and it just annoyed me. The gloss wore off after a few hours, so it is quite long wearing, the tingling stopped after about 30mins which is when I stopped taking the pictures. Honestly I like this product but I am not sure I would spend £29 on something to make my lips look bigger when they are quite large to begin with - I am sure this is targeted at people with smaller lips than me.
You can purchase the perfect pout lip plumper and find out a little more about Volulip here.
Rococo Bee Bar Honeycomb Crunch - £1.50
All I can honestly say about this chocolate bar is I couldn't taste much honeycomb, the bar is very thin and therefore the pieces of honeycomb are not very big. The chocolate was nice, it reminded me of calendar chocolate - which is my favourite type of chocolate because it means Christmas!! I love the packaging I think it is so cute, and I think its easy to tell what flavour you are getting from there. However, I don't think this is anything stand out and would not pay £1.50 for this either.
You can purchase this chocolate bar or buy others in the range here.
Fudge Kitchen White Chocolate & Raspberry Cube - £10 for a box of 12
Such a sweet little cube packaged so nicely, I did enjoy it but in all honestly it just tasted like fudge to me with the most annoying bits of raspberries (the seeds) inside. The fudge was not flavoured so the raspberry and white chocolate did not come through well. The fudge itself was very creamy and looked good quality. Again, I did not dislike this product but I would not pay £10 for a box of it either. I had a look on their website and they have a lot of other things like home kits and fudge experiments which I think would be so fun and more worth the money.
You can purchase this and other flavours and gifts here.
Also inside the box this month.....
Lottie London Concealer Brush - £5.00 - find it here.
English Tea Shop Chocolate Rooibos & Vanilla Tea - find that here.
Simple Soothing Facial Toner - get that here.
Fab little bag - purchase them here.
I hope you enjoyed this review, I am thinking of reviewing a couple of products out of each box when I get them - let me know what you think :).
Thanks for reading
Sophie Jo x
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