Picky reviews are no longer "honest reviews"

I used to love Picky and I loved doing reviews for them. The tasks were clear and easy to complete by sharing links of post on IG/TT. Since the giveaways became "brand collab", it's been a pain to complete any task for them, while many of them do not give any pay at all. It takes hours to revise and revise and revise the posts. And most importantly, the "honest review" are no longer honest. The most recent product I received has a long list of requirements. The most absurd one is they don't want me to show the SPF number but must say it contains SPF. The SPF number is printed on the package box AND on the front of product itself. How do I take a video of a product without showing the front of a product? Am I suppose to modify the product and packaging for you? It could have been so easy for them to cover the SPF number before sending the product out to testers. Why do any brand wants you to cover up the SPF number printed on a product? Is it because it actually doesn't reach the number it claims? Is it false marketing? Being so sketchy, I don't feel comfortable sharing this "review" on my social media. I feel that I'm not being honest to my followers. Picky is significantly going downhill.

3 Comments

Hendrika01

Dry/Resilient

I totally agree with you. I have been a super picky member since the beginning and loved doing their campaigns. My last campaign I got revision requests over and over while everything was mentioned in my review. Because of that my review was submitted late. Picky support reacted a week after and with just standard replies. I am over it and won't be participating anymore as I don't feel my participation is being appreciated

EsTheTester

Oily/Resilient

O wow I didn’t know they will request revisions. All the products given are like $5 $10 . Your time is way more valuable than hours of editing.

Alimama

Dry/Resilient

I feel you.

mariahreviews

Dry/Resilient

That’s so weird they don’t want you to say the SPF number! That’s like the #1 question anyone would have before they purchase sunscreen and is important info. I do know what you mean with some of these scripts - I don’t mind if they want me to say a fact like “This contains hyluronic acid for hydration” but some of them seem to be wanting you to make claims that could be false i.e “this cleared up my acne!” which I don’t feel comfortable doing if it didn’t happen

Alimama

Dry/Resilient

Exactly. They are more like ads than reviews now.

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