12 May What is the difference between ‘biodegradable & compostable’?
We produce between 150kg and 190kg of period product waste in our life. There is an easy fix to lessen your waste number. ...
23 Apr A Guide to managing your period during COVID-19
We’ve seen A LOT of Tweets by you guys speaking about how dreadful your periods have been during lockdown. Here are our tips to make your period at home more manageable during this time: Breathe and try not to stress. You may have noticed that your period...
23 Apr Why you shouldn’t flush your sanitary products down the toilet
For Earth Day, we knew you’d be swarmed with posts and pictures.We decided to arrive fashionably late because let’s be honest, everyday should be Earth Day. Let’s talk specifically about plastic in pads and tampons. So, the plastic in a pad is mostly the back strip where...
12 Feb The Most Common STI’s: What you need to know!
So the acronym STI usually gets people into a sweat. Sexually Transmitted infections have been stigmatized for so long, we struggle to talk about them in public, let alone with health care practitioners. In fact, if you’re sexually active, statistics say you’ve most likely contracted...
06 Aug How long do the Sheba products take to biodegrade?
We recently got an interesting and necessary question in our Instagram comments this week and knew we HAD to write on it- (Shoutout to @rebone_mmino for the awesome question). Rebone asks, “How long do the Sheba pads take to biodegrade?” Biodegradation refers to the chemical dissolving...
05 Dec My First Period
There are many names we call this monthly cycle we go through as females - The Red Tide, Your Womanly Time or Your Period - all of which are used to express that you are going through menstruation. For decades it has been a topic almost...
02 Dec What’s actually in your box???
As a person that menstruates has it ever occurred to you that your usual box of sanitary products doesn’t have an ingredient label? We know you’re probably having a look right now… Yes, we told you. Your shampoo has an ingredient label, so do products such as...
30 Nov How to handle your period while on holiday
While you may go on holiday, your period does not. This means that you may be forced to accommodate an extra traveler, Ma Flo. You might even have to plan your holiday around her. How selfish can one be? Menstruation should never keep you from...