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Ummm - sanitary towel brands, anyone?

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toffeebutterpopcorn · 11/04/2021 10:16

A brand that recognises and helps women (maybe charitable tie ins) etc?

Any recommendations? Needs to be particularly robust (we are taking The Shining level of flow here).

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toffeebutterpopcorn · 13/04/2021 20:31

Ok peeps. Road-tested the Raels and they are pretty damn good. Comfortable, good size (so changing bedsheets not necessary), absorbent...

Please god don’t anyone tell me that they... you know what...

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QueenPaw · 12/04/2021 16:10

I use raghag from Etsy for normal days and honour your flow for flooding days Grin

SirVixofVixHall · 12/04/2021 14:22

I thought I might try the Hey Girls period pants, but being a middle aged woman I feel a bit weird wearing knickers with ‘Hey Girls’ in big letters round the waistband elastic.

WhattheCBGeebie · 12/04/2021 11:50

Oh dear I love my disposable bamboo pads but I love JK Rowling too!

What's a girl to do? Easter Confused

Polly99 · 12/04/2021 11:09

I stopped buying Always after I read African women's accounts of burning and itching when using Always under #myalwaysexperience. Sounds like they provide a substandard product in Africa which is pretty shitty.

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toffeebutterpopcorn · 12/04/2021 10:30

No apology? Yes I am that mean...

awwww hit their sales did it? Insulting and mugging off your client base will do that for a brand. Especially when women started looking that the products they push to developing countries that have been reported as causing flipping chemical rashes.

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Whatwouldscullydo · 12/04/2021 09:46

I've just been to the Always website. Gosh, there has been a turnaround. It's all about women and girls!

With any luck they had their eyes opened on reddit or something

HazeyJaneII · 12/04/2021 09:12

I use Bodyform (easy to avoid scented products) when things are Carrie level.
Washable ones on other days.

FourEyedFreak13 · 12/04/2021 09:03

TOMT are really good and eco friendly 😊

FlaviaAlbiaWantsLangClegBack · 12/04/2021 09:00

Bodyform is the only brand you can reliably grab in most shops and supermarkets without worrying you're going to end up inflicted with magic tree or toilet cleaner scent.

What kind of maniac adds scents to sanpro in the first place?!

WildishBambino · 12/04/2021 08:57

I liked Natracare, but this load of scientifically illiterate rubbish about intersex people being neither male nor female hacked me right off.

www.natracare.com/blog/do-intersex-people-have-periods/

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toffeebutterpopcorn · 12/04/2021 08:51

I have forgotten what hacked me off about Natracare - it’s in a thread here so I’ll have a look.

So far the Rael is holding up well - a decent size for nighttime, comfortable and no changing the bedsheets necessary! And not ‘scrunchy’ or scratchy.

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YouSetTheTone · 12/04/2021 08:41

That Bodyform advert is truly brilliant! I’d like to hug the team who came up with that. Powerful about things that only women can experience, which is utterly relevant to a product aimed AT WOMEN.
Gutted about Natracare because I actually really like the feel of those pads and the packaging. I’ve become increasingly sensitive to plastic-y type material and anything scented is a big no.
I’ll give Bodyform a go though.

Natsku · 12/04/2021 06:52

For anyone looking for menstrual cups, MeLuna are good, lots of talk about women on their website, including talking about inequality that women face.

EdgeOfACoin · 12/04/2021 06:22

I've just been to the Always website. Gosh, there has been a turnaround. It's all about women and girls!

fantasmasgoria1 · 12/04/2021 06:14

I have a moon cup but use kotex night time pads too because my flow is extremely heavy.

EdgeOfACoin · 12/04/2021 05:53

@Whatwouldscullydo

Which is strange given they were kinda the ones who started it all..

Mind u always and tampax do seem to have quietly gone back...I guess they realised alienating their customers was a bad idea

Really?

I thought Always and Tampax were all about the menstruators. Didn't Always remove the Venus sign from its packaging so as not to offend anyone?

I've avoided buying anything from either company ever since.

Another vote for BodyForm.

Judashascomeintosomemoney · 12/04/2021 02:07

@toffeebutterpopcorn

Earth wise - the disposable ones are Natracare so that’s a miss from me.
What’s the issue with Natracare? Must have missed that? I shop around for DDs as natural fabrics and non perfume are what they want. Like a brand that’s pays it forward too. Have used lots of different brands from Natural Collection website but it’s an ever ongoing quest.
WithLargeTableMouse · 12/04/2021 02:01

*sorry, I meant this is of No help to you op.

WithLargeTableMouse · 12/04/2021 02:01

I was very pleasantly surprised when I bough lil-lets recently by the tag line on the box that read something like ‘designed by women, for women’. In fact I was honestly a bit emotional reading that, obviously partly due to PMT Blush I’m not sure on their suitability for heavy flow as the tampons I bought recently were tiny even though they were meant to be super.
This is of help to you of course op but I was just pleased to see the word Women on there!

Ireallymustgotobed · 12/04/2021 00:08

Hey Girls are good, give a free product away for every one sold. Based in Scotland and talk about girls and women in their website. I haven’t used their disposable stuff, but their menstrual cup suits me better than a moon cup.

ImFree2doasiwant · 12/04/2021 00:04

@toffeebutterpopcorn i use washable pads from honour your flow. They are the only pads that coped with my horrendously heavy periods.

WhattheCBGeebie · 12/04/2021 00:01

Flo bamboo pads. Only available in multi packs unfortunately. Night pads are good, day pads still good but had a few near misses on heavy days.They donate to orchid project and bloody good period.