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What Is Actually Hiding Inside Your Monthly Cotton Tampon Box?

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  Ten years ago no one I knew checked the back of our tampon boxes. We just grabbed whatever was on offer and put it in our basket. However, now in my group chat we will send articles about this. Whilst this is a lovely addition we all now check the labels on our cereal and our shampoo, but rarely on our tampons which go inside one of the most absorbent parts of our bodies. The vagina is thinner and will absorb more than our skin on our arms. Whilst not all products inside a regular tampon will be harmful, it’s still important to know what’s inside and have control. This is where non toxic period products come in. What’s Inside A Regular Tampon? Most conventional tampons will be a mix of cotton and rayon. Sometimes they will be mostly rayon. Rayon is a man-made fibre, made from chemical processing of wood pulp. Tampons will also have a string, applicator and wrapping. They may also have a fragrance. However, unlike food products, brands in the US do not have to specify every ingre...
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Are cotton based period products worth the cost? And will your skin feel the difference?

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  The first thing that will catch your eye is the price. Whilst the products are only a few pounds more than the cheaper options, you will wonder how they can be much different? With money being tight for many people, this can definitely be a worry. However, when researching organic toxic free feminine products you will quickly start to wonder why they are more expensive and actually start to question what you are missing out on with the cheaper options. Why are they more expensive? Firstly organic cotton is more expensive to grow. No synthetic pesticides, certificated farming practices, more testing and smaller batches. When looking into the manufacturing process of the products, many clean brands will not have plastic topsheets, fragrances or fillers. Whilst not all higher priced products will be worth the cost, there are brands who will just add "natural" to the front of their product and charge extra. This is why it's important to look for real certificates such as G...
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How Safe are Your Period Pads? What Nobody Told You About Them.

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  We hardly ever give it a second thought. You pick up a pack of pads from the shelf and add it to the cart and then continue shopping. I did just the same for years. That little pad rests on some of the most absorbent, sensitive skin you ever had, hour after hour, month after month, for – um – for about forty years. That's a considerable amount of touch. So, what about the contents? If you've been looking for the organic menstrual pads , then you probably have that uneasy feeling about the regular ones. Good instinct. Let's dig into it. What's in a Normal Pad? It's not only cotton and love, I'm just being honest. Traditional pads typically consist of a combination of plastics, synthetic fibers, super absorbent polymers, glue and possibly perfume. The top sheet that is soft? Usually made of polypropylene, also known as plastic. The backing is also made of plastic. There are some which are bleached with chlorine-based processes and that can result in the presence...
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Are Regular Tampons and Pads Actually Safe for Your Body?

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  I think the majority of people don't ask. You pick up a box at the store, put it in your shopping cart and move on. I used to do this for years. A pad or tampon, though, is placed against some of the most absorbent skin in the body—hours each month, for decades. Well, it's good to take a peek inside. You don't have to be a trendy person to want to change to non toxic period products , it's just curiosity about what you are using on your body. But a shock to me, really what I found. The Stuff Nobody Prints in Big Letters Regular sanitary napkins and tampons contain synthetic fibers, plastics, adhesives, fragrance and any type of bleach the factory has used. Fabrics: rayon/polyester top sheets, polyethylene backing. Not a salad, per se. Fragrance is the elusive one because a single word on the label will encompass a complete perfume mix of chemicals that the brand doesn't have to identify. Disclosure of ingredients in menstrual products has been fairly inconsistentl...
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Why Your Body Deserves Organic Toxic Free Feminine Products (And What To Do About Vaginosis)

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 I'll be honest, I didn't think twice about tampon ingredients until a friend of mine got a nasty infection and her doctor asked point blank what brand she used. That question stuck with me. Turns out a lot of mainstream pads and tampons are bleached with chlorine, sprayed with fragrance, and packed with synthetic fibers that don't exactly play nice with sensitive skin. That's really where the whole push toward organic toxic free feminine products started making sense to me. It's not some trendy wellness fad, it's just common sense once you know what's happening down there every month. What "Toxic Free" Actually Means, Because The Label Gets Thrown Around A Lot Companies slap "natural" on everything these days and it means basically nothing legally. When we talk about organic toxic free feminine products, we're talking about items free from dioxins, synthetic fragrances, chlorine bleaching, and pesticide residue from non-organic ...
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Why Are Organic Toxic Free Feminine Products Better For You?

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 I didn't think much about what went into my period products for, honestly, most of my adult life. You use what's on the shelf, right. Whatever's cheapest or whatever your mom bought when you were fourteen. Then a friend of mine got some weird skin irritation that just wouldn't quit, and her doctor asked her point blank what brand of pads she used. That got me digging. And what I found kind of ticked me off, if I'm being real with you. What's Actually Hiding In Regular Period Products Most conventional tampons and pads aren't made from what you'd assume. A lot of them use rayon, synthetic fibers, and cotton that's been grown with pesticides, then bleached with chlorine to get that bright white look we're all used to. That bleaching process can create trace amounts of dioxins, which are not something you want anywhere near your body, let alone somewhere as absorbent as, well, that area. Manufacturers aren't required to list every single in...
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Why Are Organic Toxic Free Pads Suddenly Everywhere You Look?

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 If you've scrolled through Instagram or wandered down a pharmacy aisle lately, you've probably noticed something. There's a whole new crowd of period products screaming organic.  Toxic free at you from every box. And honestly, I get why people are skeptical. Marketing does this all the time, slaps a green leaf on a package and calls it a day. But this one's actually different, and it's worth slowing down for a second to figure out why so many people are ditching the pads their moms used and switching over to organic toxic free pads instead. I'm not here to sell you anything. I just want to walk through what's actually going on, because once you know what's in a regular pad, you kind of can't unknow it. What's Actually Hiding In A Regular Pad Most people never think twice about what a pad is made of. Why would you. It's just cotton, right? Wrong actually, and this is where it gets uncomfortable. Conventional pads are usually made with a ...
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