Lancashire woman's new baby is her business

A Lancashire woman has taken on the challenges of lockdown and being a new mum as well as launching an all natural gift box business for mums.
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Phoebe Mills, 28, originally from Preston but now living in Blackpool, has launched Babber Box which offers boxes of treats for new mums and babies to share.

The boxes, which can be bought as one-off orders or as part of a monthly subscription, offer high quality, tried and tested natural products with an ethical background to be shared by mums and their "babbers".

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Although the contents of a Babber Box vary each month, every box guarantees at least one item for baby, at least one lovely ‘smelly’ item containing essential oils and at least one low maintenance beauty product.

Phoebe Mills with baby FergPhoebe Mills with baby Ferg
Phoebe Mills with baby Ferg

With each box containing between three and five items, subscribers are offered something a little different every month.

Phoebe said: “Standard subscription boxes offering beauty and baby products are a huge contributor to excess plastic waste – packed full of sample products and packaging. I wanted to do something different, so I hand pick mum and baby friendly products for their value, purity and lack of ‘nasties’.”

By opting for fully recyclable and recycled packaging where possible, Babber Box is designed to be a subscription box that doesn’t, quite literally, cost the earth.

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She added: “Becoming a first time mother during a pandemic has been challenging to say the least.

Inside one of the Babber BoxesInside one of the Babber Boxes
Inside one of the Babber Boxes

“As a new mum, you’re looking for support and recommendations for quality, natural, ethical products for yourself and your baby all the time and it’s difficult to know where to go.

“With limited interaction and support from other new mums, it’s more important than ever to ensure mothers look after their mental health and feel supported. Hopefully Babber Box can play a small role in doing that.”

Babber Box hopes to look after mums and give them a bit of well-earned TLC, through lovingly curated boxes containing feel-good natural products, ethically packaged and delivered to doorsteps every month.