Le Parcel Subscription Box Review – July 2014

Hi Liz. Did you ever receive a new box from Le Parcel the next month? How were the gifts? Were they still little “cheap” gifts? I was curious because I’m thinking of signing up, but don’t want to pay $20 for junky items either.

I subscribe to this box, I figured if I am going to buy the stuff anyway why not get it with a free gift and jewelry. I got sunglasses in a box recently which were really cute! I really enjoy this Le Parcel box and will be subscribing for my daughters as well.

I am a big fan of the Period Store. I like their mission/message. I dig getting some art every month and the treats they find are great and have a great story. I also love that they carry many natural, organic and other menstrual products – sponges, cloth pads and menstrual cups. In fact, this is what got me started on the Diva Cup. They also have heat packs, aromatherapy, tea and a host of other products. It is a great way to try other products.

I also appreciate that the tampons, pads, etc come sealed in a box that has not been open. I would not want to receive a ton of loose tampons. Just a hygiene thing.

I do agree that when it comes to time-of-the-moth boxes – they are a total splurge. It is really about making your cycle fun or a way to look forward to it. Certainly you could do it yourself for cheaper, but when do we? I just do the $15 treat subscription, but like that I have the option to add anything I want ONLY to next month’s package. Their site is easy to use and their blog is awesome.

Another warning – someone on MUT said they MAC they send is a fake. They called MAC to inquiry about it and MAC said they have never even heard of Le Parcel. And there is no way a TOTM box could afford to put MAC in a box if they paid for it out of pocket. I’d be careful.

I can’t imagine why anyone would need this sort of box, TBH. If you went to the store and got all brand name items at full price, for that $20 you could buy a whole container of personal wipes/cleanser, a box of pads/tampons, liners, and even some chocolate if you wanted – and you’d likely have some product left over for the next month. I always think that the point of subscribing these boxes is to have some sort of value gained by the buyer, and for most of the TTOM boxes, it seems like you’re paying extra to not have other people see you buying feminine hygiene products.

Period for Good donates to charity… I like this one the most.

I’ve warned others here before but it bears repeating I think: I tried Bonjour Jolie, for myself and my oldest daughter. It was a nightmare experience. It took 2 months and sending more than 15 messages before mine finally arrived. And when it did, it came with $4 postage due! I had to pay extra to get the box after waiting and already paying postage. When I contacted the company, complete with photos of the postage due package clearly stamped as such, they were rude, argumentative and refused to take responsibility for the error. I finally forced them to refund the shipping charge I had to pay. My daughter still hadn’t recieved her package, ordered a week after mine. So I inquired about the status at the same time. It had never shipped at all but it took me forcing the issue to make it happen. The CS rep basically accused me of trying to scam them out of a free box! I explained that we most definitely don’t need $10 worth of tampons and pads for free but I wanted what I had paid for over 2 months earlier. She finally got her package 2 weeks later, shipped 3 days prior to arrival, and it was postage due as well! Once again I had to trek to our post office (which being in a big city is insanely busy and miserable to deal with) and shell out more cash. All said, it cost me an extra $8 to get my packages plus countless hours on hold/drafting emails and 2 unnecessary trips to the list office. By that point the box could have included the Hope Diamond and I wouldn’t have cared. So, fair warning to any who risk it. The way I understood it, this is a small, family business run out of their home. Which rather skeeved me out since the feminine products are not sealed. It rather feels like I bummed a pad from a stranger’s stash.

They used to give you only one gift per month! One month I only got one purevida bracelet and the next month I got that same tote only. They seem to have repackaged but kept the same gifts.