How We Test and Rate Products
We only rate products that we have personally tried and tested, and as a reminder, we don’t accepted any gifted products or sponsorships for the products we recommend on our Shop accounts. We pay for everything we test with our own money.
We rate each product based on aesthetic, quality, function and price as follows.
Aesethetic
We’re rating the product on how it looks, whether the design is sleek and pretty. Sometimes products can be ugly, or they can just be plain boring.
Quality
This is down to how the product is made, and the craftsmanship involved, as well as how the product feels when we’re handling and using it.
Function
How well does the product actually work? Does it do what it’s meant to do? Does it solve a problem or issue that we had before?
Price
This last one is rated on affordability. We review products with a large scale of prices but generally, if it has a crazy high price compared to similar items on the market, it will lose marks here.
Overall Rating
Once we take into account our thoughts on these factors, this is what the overall scores mean.
This will be shown in the coral/pink box in the listing and over the photo of the item in some articles.
9.6–10 Exceptional
Now hardly any products that we review will get this rating, which means that if one does it’s a really great find. Our ride-or-dies, always in the bag, would immediately repurchase if we lost them vibes. They score top marks for aesthetic, quality, function, and at a good price.
8–9.5 Great
These products are really great. We either use them a lot or they really surprised us when we tested them out. Good value for money and well made.
7–7.9 Good
Hopefully most products we review will at least get this rating. It’s a solid rating, something we probably use a lot, but haven’t exactly blown us away.
6-6.9 Okay
This is probably the minimum score that we would be recommending a product for, but there are generally better options out there. Maybe these products are very specifically for a certain person or use, or are cheap enough that they serve a purpose.
0-5.9 Bad
We try to not review products that would have this rating. If a product does have this rating, it’s because we thought it was going to be much better than it was, or it’s a viral product we’ve been asked to test over and over.
