Here is everything that is in it, layer by layer. Every material, named.
Five layers, from the side that touches your skin down to the side that touches your underwear. What each one is, and why we asked for it.
The only layer that touches you. Air through bonding lofts the fibres so flow passes straight through instead of sitting on the surface. We chose it over a perforated film because it feels like cloth. Nothing is added to it: no fragrance, no lotion, no dye.
Catches flow as it arrives and spreads it along the pad instead of letting it pool in one spot. This is the layer that decides whether a pad still feels dry a minute later. We put one in every variant, including Girls.
The pulp takes flow in fast. The sodium polyacrylate turns it to gel and holds it under pressure, so it does not come back up when you sit down. TCF means the pulp is bleached without chlorine or any chlorine compound. That was our specification, and the core is undyed.
Not elasticated cuffs. Both long edges are sealed and sit a little higher than the centre of the pad, so flow runs along the length instead of off the side. The rise is small enough that you will not feel it. On all four variants.
Stops anything passing through to your clothes, while the pores let warm air and vapour out. A pad that seals completely stays hot, so we specified a breathable film across the whole range.
Each one was a decision.
Nothing added to make it smell of anything. Fragrance means more chemicals against skin all day.
The coloured strip some pads carry in the centre. We looked into it and could not find evidence that satisfied us, so we left it out.
Our pulp is TCF, bleached without chlorine or any chlorine compound. Written into our specification.
Left the colour it naturally is.
No formaldehyde based finishes on any layer.
Not used as a whitener anywhere in the pad.
No natural rubber latex anywhere in the pad.
We met manufacturers in person at the fairs in Wuhan, Shanghai, Nanjing and Geneva, and walked the floors of several factories, before we chose one.
TCF pulp, an acquisition layer in every variant, a breathable back sheet, no anion strip. Those were decisions, not defaults.
Every variant has its own NAFDAC number, printed on the pack and repeated here so you can check it.
Built for the days you would rather not think about it.
Wash your hands before and after.
Peel the paper strip off the back of the pad.
Press the pad into your underwear, sitting it slightly further back for more cover behind.
Peel the wing strips and fold the wings underneath.
Change it every three to four hours on a heavy day, sooner if you need to.
Keep a spare and a pack of wipes in your bag.
Approved by NAFDAC
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8 pads. Delivered to you.
1 Daily, 1 Super, 1 Night Guard. Regular days, heavy days and nights in one order.
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