Though targeted for women 50+, I’ve found these boxes to be quite good for women of all ages. Not that men can’t enjoy them too, but generally speaking, most of the products are designed with women in mind.
Clove Pink Overview
Cost: $49.95 CAD + Tax
Value: 3-5 quality non-toxic personal care essentials of unknown value
Frequency: Bi-monthly
Cancellation Policy: Cancel after minimum commitment
Payment: Bi-monthly
Focus: “The membership for women 50+ who want their body and home toxin free.”
Ships From: Red Deer, AB
Inside the Box
Before this season’s box came out, we were allowed to pick between the regular flavour and the limonetti flavour. Despite not usually liking lemon-flavoured things, I decided to leave it to chance because the reviews for this flavour were quite good. I also really like lavender-flavoured things and the regular flavour doesn’t have lavender in it. So fate sent me the lemon ones. They’re actually not bad if I don’t think too much about the lemon. The texture is nice and though they’re quite sweet, they’re not too rich. I would probably buy these again, but maybe try the other flavours.
These Manitoban treats retail for $8.99 and are gluten-free, dairy-free, peanut-free, corn-free, soy-free & certified Kosher. Sometimes I wonder how necessary it is to label these “free” things on products. Sometimes it’s obvious that they don’t contain those things. Like when you see a bag of frozen fruit labeled “vegan”. Well no shit, it’s fruit. Speaking of: these aren’t vegan as they contain egg whites.
I must be (though not surprisingly) a little behind on trends. I had never heard of a Swedish dishcloth before, but yesterday I went into the retail part of town my friend and I saw a whole carousel of them. These are apparently made from all-natural materials and are 100% compostable and apparently dishwasher safe?! They are purported to replace both paper towel and dish cloths. I don’t understand this because I use each for very different things. I use paper towel to clean things off the floor, animal expulsions, and other things I don’t want touching my dish or cleaning cloths (or vice versa). Based on this, I will continue to use paper towel for those things, and see how this works as a general cleaning cloth.
I’m assuming it’s made of cellulose. I have sponges that are made of cellulose. Man were those hard to find. I had to specially order from a “nature” website just to get biodegradable sponges not made of plastic. Anyway, they arrive very thin and dry and when they get wet they puff up. I’m assuming this will be something similar but crossed with Shamwow, which I bought at a home show 15 years ago. I still have them and never use them. I do like the design on this cloth.
Goldilocks is a company based out of Victoria, BC. You can buy these little cloths direct from their website for $7, or buy a Swedish Swedish dishcloth for almost double in Fort Langley.
This face cream will be good for the upcoming Canadian winter as it is meant for dry and dehydrated skin. Entitled “Berry & Bouquet” it smells strongly of rose (which is the second and penultimate ingredient), but only shows strawberries and hibiscus in the image. Hibiscus is the last ingredient. Fairly deceiving. It absorbs quickly and doesn’t leave a sticky or greasy film afterwards, which is always nice.
Pure Anada is company from Manitoba that sells this face cream online for $19.50.
Kogi Naturals is a company from Duncan, BC. The soap contains quite a few different oils, including palm oil. The soap smells quite citrusy, which can likely be attributed to its grapefruit peel oil, but also contains peppermint and lavender. If you have been following my blog, you’ll know how much I appreciate soap. I still think my favourite soap this year is from Deep in the Trees, which I got in one of my Maple bundles. We’ll soon see how this one compares!
The bath salts and the soap retail for $6 each.
Samples are often underrated. The lip gloss smells so good, which is pretty on par for Pure Anada. They’re not earthy scents. They’re much more fruity, typical “girly” scents. I can’t say much about the other samples as I don’t want to open them yet.
Overall Impression
The items in this month’s box would put you back $47.49 before tax. I’m not including the samples in that, because they’re samples. This isn’t bad when I’m paying $52.45 with tax and shipping. I think as Clove Pink grows, they’ll be able to increase the value of their boxes compared with what we spend on them. I do really appreciate that they only buy from Canadian companies. This month they did accidentally send me another welcome bonus box, so 1/3 of my annual subscription already has double the value due to the extra boxes.
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