Dealing with menopause? These subscription boxes can help
Let these products help you face “the change.”
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A woman is considered menopausal once it’s been 12 consecutive months since her last period, says Dr. Cristina Del Toro Badessa, a board-certified physician specializing in personalized and integrative medicine. She’s also the director at Artisan Beaute, a medical spa in Atlanta.
However, many people use the term “menopause” to refer to the time leading up to that — technically called perimenopause — when hormone levels begin to decline and symptoms like hot flashes, mood swings and irregular periods begin. Experts note that this stage can also bring night sweats, weight gain and brain fog.
To identify the best menopause subscription boxes, I focused on those that include products designed to help alleviate symptoms of perimenopause. According to our experts, these are the areas that subscription boxes may be most helpful for women at this stage of life.
With the above categories in mind, I focused on subscription boxes that included products designed to help alleviate symptoms of perimenopause and would appeal to women over the age of 40.
Subscribe to this box and each month you’ll get a happiness activity, along with up to eight full-size self-care or wellness products — think sheet masks, tea, candles and more — worth up to $200. Each month, the box has a self-care theme that all the products somehow relate to. Recent themes include slumber, nourish and cozy. A subscription costs $37.99 per month if you pay for a full year upfront, or you can opt for a month-to-month plan for $45 per month.
This subscription box focuses on self-care items like lotions, bath salts, chocolate and more. The box comes with six full-sized products and costs $125 per month. You can cancel at any time before your next box is shipped, or you have the option to put your subscription on pause if you will be out of town or need to take a break for any other reason. Luxe & Bloom also sell one-off boxes, if that is more appealing to you.
Since menopause can do a doozy on your skin and hair, you may find yourself needing to adjust your go-to products to address these changes. BeautyFix by Dermstore is a beauty subscription box that sends you five full or deluxe-sized beauty products per month that collectively have a $100 or more value. The products are from premium brands like Briogeo, La Roche Posay and Peter Thomas Roth. Subscriptions range from $22 to $25 per month depending on how many months you are willing to commit to.
One of our favorite pre-made food delivery services, BistroMD lets you choose from over 150 chef-prepared meals, all of which are based on recipes overseen by a dietician. The single-portion meals can be filtered based on your dietary needs — including gluten-free, heart healthy, keto and even menopause-friendly. Meals start at $7 for the 8-day meal plan or $8 for the 5-day plan and there are also healthy snacks available for an additional cost.
Prefer to do your own cooking? Make life easier with a meal kit subscription. HelloFresh made our list of the best meal delivery subscriptions thanks to its good mix of recipes in its weekly rotating menu. You can customize your diet by choosing from six preferences — like quick and easy, pescatarian, family-friendly, fit and wholesome and more. Meal kits start at $10 per serving (plus a $10 delivery fee) and you can choose between kits that serve two or four people.
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Bethany Heitman is a contributor at NBC Select and a journalist who regularly covers topics like beauty, home and lifestyle.
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