Beauty fridge are they safe for 11 year old do have in her bedroom.

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DD 11 has asked for a beauty fridge for her bedroom to keep all her lotions and potions on since January!!

I have said no all the way throughout the year but am starting to soften as we get closer to Christmas.

I had a couple of concerns, she had said she wanted to put a couple of snacks in there and I wasn’t sure (as she is a bit of a snacker) I wanted to encourage food in her bedroom but mainly I wasn’t sure how safe they were, to have running throughout the night…

Has anyone bought one for DC and has any advice or any reviews of which to go for.

There are worse things she could ask for, just get it for her.

As an aside, they are a gimmick. I've been into skin care from a very young age and the only time I'd use a fridge would be for home made potions or ingredients I would mix in the kitchen anyway so no need to have them in a bedroom. Which doesn't happen often. I also lived in very hot countries and not once did I feel the need to use a fridge for my products. I use a mix of products and some are very expensive, but even those do not warrant any fridge space.

Do people never buy anything pointless or unnecessary then? You all buy only the very most basic and essential products? You will be buying your kids one pair of shoes, a new cardigan, and a bottle (reusable, obviously) of water for Christmas?

Because almost everything I have is unnecessary really. But I can bet most people on this thread have a telly - unnecessary. More than one jacket/coat - unnecessary. Phone other than the most basic £30 model - unnecessary. Any jewellery - unnecessary. Unless you’re all living in one plain outfit with only one roll up mat to sit or sleep on, and nothing for entertainment or enjoyment in your home.

But it’s because this is seen as a ‘shallow’ item, a product associated with female beauty products, that it’s being denigrated as unnecessary and pointless and an awful thing to buy.

I'll bet this 22 year old isn't paying the bills, and he can have whatever he wants in his bedroom when he has his own home. Until then, he lives by his parents rules.

At 22 I’d hope he can buy his own mini fridge and be trusted to eat popcorn anytime he likes.

Wow so much judgment.

Personally not for me but I’d be happy to get my DDs one if they asked. I think it is great your 11yo cares about her skincare. I have been working with my 8 & 10yo DDs on their skincare. It’s not about having loads of products but understanding how to keep their skin healthy and clean. I want them to get in good habits before their teen years.

I'd get her it if she wants one. My DD16 has a mini fridge in her room for snacks and cans which I guess puts me firmly in the shit parent category. Shes had it for a couple of years.
Beauty fridges are probably just a gimmick but so is a lot of the stuff that gets bought for Xmas presents.

You can still ride a bike and climb trees with a mini fridge in your room.

And as for no snacking after teeth brushing - the mini fridge won’t stop her snacking. Realistically most junk type snacks aren’t even fridge snacks!

Fire hazard? That would be my worry.

What a load of rubbish.

I think you definitely should get that fridge, but make sure you wrap it up in pictures of the Pakistan floods, the drought in China, wildfires in Europe, and tell her that here's the future you are gifting her.

Maybe save the vitriol for our government and big corporations?

Also consider whether this is the way to win people over? (The answer is no.)

And generally catch yourself on.

I didn’t miss your point. Most 11 year olds have or are about to enter secondary school - it would be unusual for them to be ‘blissfully unaware’ that some people have skincare regimes or wear makeup. Fantastic that your 11 year old just loved playing out and the only thing on her skin was mud, but that doesn’t make it intrinsically the better option, or somehow wrong or sad for another child to want a mini fridge.

🤦🏻‍♀️ FFS! At no point did I say an 11yr old couldn’t have a mini fridge. I don’t care if the OP buys her 20 flaming fridges. I volunteer with this age group and skincare is not a concern ever mentioned. However I OP wants to buy her 11yr old the entire beauty counter of her nearest Selfridges that’s her choice.

I still think it’s sad and odd. That’s my opinion. Done.

Wow the judgement on this thread. I guess all of you must never have got your kids what they asked for, for Christmas whether you thought it was crap or not and they will all be opening up beeswax Tupperware on Christmas Day.

People need to bore off

Good for you. It isn’t sad or odd. It’s a perfectly normal gift to ask for. I would be examining why you think it’s ‘sad and odd’ and much preferable for girls to be riding bikes and dirty, as if that’s somehow morally superior to having a little fridge. Surely both things are not only compatible but equally acceptable?

I love mine. It's small and in my bathroom..
Fits eye masks, sheet masks, and my jade roller. I love it. ❤️

Ok perhaps sad and odd were not great words to choose. Kids are all different and my DD(20) was unique in lots of ways.
It is also almost a decade since she was that age and things change.

I regret using sad and odd. Especially odd. By sad I meant it seems sad that they grow up so fast and worry themselves about their looks. I would have hoped they got a couple more years before that kicked in.
DD and her friends certainly had body issues but not until they were maybe 13/14 and more to do with bras and periods not wrinkles.

But if a mini-fridge is what she wants then I don’t see that it would be unsafe if the guidelines are followed.

Does she watch a lot of beauty type videos on YouTube? Can't think where else an 11 year old would get the idea from

They look like those little portable fridges that have been around for ages. They are VERY loud and not good at all for a bedroom. They also give out a lot of heat at the back. I wouldn't trust a child not to put something behind it and cause a fire.

These are heavily marketed to that tween age group. The same with the beauty products.

Big corporations need new buyers so they start the brain washing early that females are forever flawed but only one new product away from fixing the flaw.

No child need beauty products.

It's interesting that people see this as a tween worring about her looks rather than fun self care. I use my face masks and serums to relax me. I wouldn't assume her DD has image issues.

Not a judgement on you OP, but in view of the state of the planet and the problems meeting energy demand in many countries, who the hell thought coming up with a beauty fridge was a good idea?

I thought the same, and OP said she’s not interested in makeup.

I hope all the posters talking about the environment hop on all the other Christmas present threads, raging at people buying their kids plastic toys. And I’m sure their children will be getting a plastic free compost kit and some beeswax wraps for Christmas.

Also interesting that the stereotypically “boyish” activities are seen as more worth than stereotypically “feminine” interests.