Pre warning - men, I'm sorry to be sexist but I'll be mentioning blood and ladybits in the same context, so if you don't want to hear about those things don't read. Just give me a Very Useful and walk away ;) I jest, of course, but please be pre-warned that I'm talking about periods here! Okay, I've been using my Mooncup now for nearly three years and I wouldn't go back to tampons (or pads) for anything. My efforts to persuade others to try it in the real world invariably are met with accusations of being a "hippy", but you lot seem a lot more open minded so I shall share my experiences! I had two reasons for getting a Mooncup - to save ...  Read the complete review

Periods can be an uncomfortable, messy and annoying part of life and I'm sure that I'm not the only one who faces 'that time of the month' with a certain amount of resigned dread. As the frequency of TV and magazine adverts show, we are always on the look out for something to make the whole experience more comfortable - towels and tampons are regularly upstaged by the newer slimmer, more shapely and more absorbent designs and the whole thing can become an thoroughly annoying, not to mention expensive, experience. Then there's the remembering to always carry spares, the frequent changes in yukky public toilets, not to mention the worry of leaks, smells and TSS... ...  Read the complete review

Arooogha! Aroogah! Red Alert! Warning! ====================================== Read this before you read on! Right. Before we start I should warn you that this is a review about sanitary products. That means I'm going to be breaking the last taboo, yes, that's right, I'm going to be talking publically about periods. It's a long review, too so it means I'm going to be dealing with the subject for a long time which may be considered in poor taste. It also means I'm going to go into a higher descriptive level of anatomic detail than calling it my southern hemisphere so if you're a chap or squeamish, or both don't read this - although ...  Read the complete review

Warning: This review is not for the squeamish. It is impossible to write a meaningful review of this product without being graphic and blunt. There will be talk of blood, menstruation, messiness, toilets, pain and other generally unsavoury things. So feel free to move on without reading or rating if you're not feeling up to it. No offence will be taken. Still here? Ok, don't say I didn't warn you. I had heard of Mooncup a couple of times over the past few years - I'd seen references to it at Glastonbury festival and on the odd website, but I'd not taken much notice. After reading several fabulous reviews on various websites, it eventually became ...  Read the complete review

~Finding the Mooncup~ I was in Boots the chemist two weeks ago whilst having a visit from my dear "Aunt Flo" and was amazed by the variety of sanitary products there are and of these there are maybe 1-2 reuseable/biodegradeable alternatives which although more expensive are actually the way forward in my honest opinion. I generally get through 25 pads in one period which means that I am dumping 300 pads a year into landfill which is a staggering amount and when you think about the number of women in the world doing this then it gets rather scary especially seeing how they take hundreds and hundreds of years to degrade. So I decided to try something ...  Read the complete review