#this is just a pile of fake fur but my god sewing fur is a nightmare and this will make my dreams come true so much easier

[britcision]

Hey by the way, that “they last for five years”?

I made the switch to reusable pads in 2012-2013 cuz I got a Bartholin cyst (lube gland, sucks ass) and had to use pads every single day cuz of the Juices™️

I still have more than half of the pads I bought 12 years ago (the company has vanished forever) and the ones I don’t have are because I, a dumbass, lost them

I literally used and hand washed about six pads every day for four years. (1-2 per day, a day and a half to air dry) They are a little worse for wear now; the snaps on two have pulled out of the fabric, but still slide back into place so I haven’t bothered replacing them or fixing them with 30 seconds of sewing

Two of the very oldest and thinnest now have small holes fraying in the material at one end, because of heavy hand scrubbing

5 years is an extremely conservative estimate for these puppies, I have continued to acquire more because hey you know what’s not fun? Daily handwashing with arthritis

(I do tend to double-cycle them through the laundry machine but it’s mainly because all my old ones are white and uuuuuh stains collect over time)

I got some Carionas (3 of the babies and 3 mediums) to try because the second company who did pads I like and got some from also went out of business

(Absolutely no one is doing just the cotton padding of the first set that I really really prefer, but they’re also not doing the I-Swear-To-God-3cm-Pile-Fake-Fur which was the Worst Thing Ever to put down there it was genuinely upsetting

The kinda fleecy thing they’re all doing now is inoffensive so I’m not mad and I haven’t had any of those get holes yet, but they are all at least 6 years younger than my cotton buddies)

Also, fun fact: before the Carionas, you could buy these pads in pairs. Sometimes three in a set.

I do not know why, and more than once suffered from a company going bust before I could get up to 6 pads

Please keep the Carionas in business, they have enough in a set you can just machine wash them with the laundry instead of having to constantly hand wash the bastards

For sizing, the Medium Cariona is a little bigger than the largest of any other brand I’ve seen; their little Pantyliners are the same size but a little broader than the smallest I’ve seen

I used to bleed like a stuck pig for 3 days, and have never needed anything larger than the Medium for the full day (and honestly remain conflicted on larger pads cuz these already feel real big on me? Yet also the sheer coverage is juicy 👀)

Oldest to youngest for both sizes I have, with the very oldest being that lil top left guy (grabbed you the fraying one, this sucker is 12 years old and saw much hard labour), then bottom left, bottom middle, and the two grey ones are the Carionas

I’m not sure what will happen to the Carionas over 5 years, since they’re grey because they contain charcoal to remove any trace of scent. That might leech out I guess? But they’re still going to trap your blood and still be way better than disposables, so when you decide it’s time to retire them is up to you

Important note: do not wash them with fabric softener. They’ll be less absorbent, and much more likely to feel really really weird. You’ve got a lot of nerves down there. You will feel it more than you think.

(You might like it? Ymmv)

i learned that with the passage of the CARES Act, menstrual products are now considered eligible expenses for your health insurance, FSA, HSA, and HRA funds. (x)

[queen-mabs-revenge]

do i spend €15 for this coat so I can steal its collar for my bomber jacket?