Would you like to test Pink Parcel and bettybox with your daughter? NOW CLOSED

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Pink Parcel and bettybox have asked us to find Mumsnetters to test their monthly subscription boxes with their daughters. To take part, you’ll need to be a Mumsnetter who uses femcare products and/or have a daughter using femcare products.

Some information from Pink Parcel and bettybox below:

Pink Parcel: “Pink Parcel is the UK’s No1 period subscription box that unites periods and pampering to make your time of the month fuss-free and fabulous. Delivered to your door monthly on a day of your choosing each box contains over £40 of femcare and beauty products including a luxe curation of cult beauty brands, herbal teas and artisan chocolates. You can select your choice of tampons, pads or a mix of both from all your trusted femcare brands. This super convenient box ensures you’ll never run out of femcare products again.”

bettybox: “bettybox is the perfect pick me up for girls. As well as all their trusted femcare products, they can expect sweet treats, make-up, stationery and more all from brands specially selected for teens. Choose from all your favourite femcare brands and receive your monthly box with treats worth up to £30 delivered for free directly to your door. You’ll never have to worry about running out of pads again!”

If selected to take part, you’ll need to give your feedback on a thread on Mumsnet as well as completing a short survey. All who complete the required feedback will be entered into a prize draw where one MNer will win a £300 voucher for the store of their choice (from a list).

Please click here to sign up.

Thanks and good luck!

MNHQ

Standard Insight T&Cs apply

Exactly @specialsubject

What a load of rot.

chocolate helps with the loss of blood in the body

Oh, come ON. All the chocolate is doing is shoring up the insidious ideas behind emotional eating. 'I've got my period. I deserve sugar'. Just be honest at least.

And where are all these women too embarrassed to buy sanpro in the shops? I know not a single adult female who isn't able to do this. How have they coped till now?

Fair play though for taking some of our scorn on the chin.

I too domt know a single woman, or even teenage girl who has anybissue whatsoever chucking a pack of sanpro in the supermarket trolley. My own male partner and even 13 year old son shock horror will quite happily run up to the corner shop and het some for me. i really dont think people are embarassed by periods anynore.

Not sure why there’s so much hate? It’s a beauty/lifestyle subscription box which happens to incorporate sanitary products?
Not everyone wants to be rinsing out mooncups
I like that mine gets delivered every month because I usually forget to buy sanpro in until I actually get my period, at which point I have to rush to the local shop which charge a ridiculous amount. I like a monthly box anyway and feel this offers the best value for money.

This kind of thing will not be value for money, pink and packaging costs. There's no law against overpricing but such suppliers should expect to have the piss taken.

I wonder if they will respond with the evidence about their claims for chocolate and herbal tea?

Thank you KatherinaMinola ! I am duly enlightened!

Yes, when I worked in A&E we always treated major blood loss with a twix

Credit to them for replying though

I spend 70p per period on my sanpro. I don’t need the “convenience” of it being delivered because it is available in every supermarket and corner shop. If I want chocolate or a biro, these are also readily available.

What is this nonsense?

Though props for acknowledging that only women bleed and not saying your daughter/son/non binary teen/gender fluid pansexual demiboi

It's san pro not 'fem care'.

Why is it all chocolate and make up? Can you get one with an electronics set, lego or a motorbike?

Why is it PINK? I refuse to buy anything designate pink because it is for a female.

My daughter and I would love to try this! My dd is autistic and I think this would really help how she feels about periods , lovely idea

Or you could take responsibility to do that for yourself, without the endless tat...

This thread is unintentionally hilarious, talk about a polarising concept

I'm firmly in the 'wtf it's an expensive pile of crap brigade'.

The marketeers have really done a good job brainwashing society.

Chocolate helps with the loss of blood...

I got right through medical school and missed that bit.

This worries me. I know about period poverty, in third world countries, where girls can't afford to attend school when they're menstruating. And I'm sure I've read about people in the UK who also struggle to afford tampons and towels. Isn't there a danger this will make some girls think they have to spend more money and feel more inadequate when they can't?

I used to use a mooncup but can't any more due to a prolapse. My homemade box would be: vitamin b tablets for 1 week a month, painkillers for 2 days, drink peppermint tea and eat value chocolate. Total cost including sanitary protection = £4.

I like a monthly box anyway and feel this offers the best value for money.

come ON!

Ok list everytbing in it then we'll compare it to how much tampons, sanitary towels, chocolate and tea bags cost in the supermarket, or even corner shop, which are quite competitive these days.

Not saying its not a choice to order in an expensive box of stuff because you like it, or want it or cba to go and get it but there is no way it offers value for money.

Me and dd would like to take part me 33 daughters 15 and 13

I like a monthly box anyway and feel this offers the best value for money.

come ON!

*Ok list everytbing in it then we'll compare it to how much tampons, sanitary towels, chocolate and tea bags cost in the supermarket, or even corner shop, which are quite competitive these days.

Not saying its not a choice to order in an expensive box of stuff because you like it, or want it or cba to go and get it but there is no way it offers value for money.*

This website reviews Beauty Boxes and includes where possible the RRP prices of the products. The link below reviews December's pink parcel and includes the prices on a lot of the items. Obviously the sample sizes would cost less than the full size but some of the items are full size anyway.

The sanitary products are probably not cheaper than ASDA but I think it is a pretty good deal for the beauty products. My plan was to sign up for a year to try out new stuff and then quit. But I have actually really enjoyed all the stuff and am continuing to use it.

But if you don't want more nail polish, eye shadow, chocolate truffles, beauty masks... Etc then you won't like this.

whichbeautyboxuk.com/?p=21997

The idea behind our box is to try and remove the taboo around periods and make something not always so enjoyable a more positive thing to look forward to

Really, taboo? Make something not enjoyable something to look forward to?

My period is totally inconsequential. My life continues as normal. I’ve suffered with endo and had bad stomach cramps in the past - and it’s still inconsequential, I just add paracetamol or codine in the mix.

My sanity products are delivered to my door every month with my supermarket shopping. No fuss, no ‘embarrassment’, no additional packaging (which is bad enough already), no rubbish I don’t need.

These boxes are turning it into a big event, something to make a fuss over. I’d much rather my daughter sees it as just another day of the month.

Signed up.

remove the taboo 🤣🤣🤣

I don't need £40 worth of shite to put a positive spin on my periods. My children cover that.

And has anyone thought about the boys? We don't want them left out. What about a weekly box of naughty photos, sweets and tissues. To, you know, remove the taboo of wet dreams.

@Theresnonamesleft There is a form to fill out? Where it says click here to sign up in OP above

"The idea behind our box is to try and remove the taboo around periods"

By selling people overpriced sanitary pads and crap they don't even need?

"Herbal teas are great for settling stomach cramps"

What bizarre ignorance is this? Teas don't help period cramps and can't because those cramps are in the female reproductive organs, not the stomach!

"chocolate helps with the loss of blood in the body"

No, it doesn't. Please stop.

Maybe the aim here is to replace stigma with ignorance.