- Welcome to Beauty Writer Roundup.
I'm Jas.
- And I'm Jordi.
- And today we're gonna be talking
about all things period undies.
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- So period undies are not a new concept.
They've been around for actually quite a while.
They have a bit more of an absorbent area
so you don't have to wear any other sanitary items,
you can just wear these undies and they are there to absorb.
I think a lot of people think period undies
are like this big nappy,
big thick nappy that you have to wear
but they're actually not.
These days they just look like normal undies
and they're really comfy.
- So we've got some here from Love Luna.
They're one of our newer, I guess, brands to join Adore
and they have actually been making period undies since 2018.
So I think it's like, yeah, still a little bit
of stigma surrounding the topic so it's not as discussed.
But these guys have been changing the game.
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- These I prepared earlier.
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So they actually have a few different types.
So these ones are the bikini briefs
and they have cute little lace around the edge,
but there are other ones
and it really depends on firstly what you wanna wear
for comfort, but also how heavy your flow is,
if you wanna wear them to bed, if you wanna wear them
during the day.
And I guess just really what your preference is.
So I know that the bikini ones are about two
to three regular tampons absorbency
in comparison to the fuller briefs.
- The full briefs,
which these are three to four regular tampons
and I believe they're good to wear overnight as well.
So if you wanna sleep in your period undies
'cause they do have this extended panel
that you can see that goes from the back to the front.
So obviously when you're lying down you can imagine,
especially if you have a heavy flow as well,
it's just gonna give you that extra layer
of protection so you're not panicking
that you're leaking, which you won't anyway.
But I know that's a concern a lot of people have.
Your midi brief, so this is similar I guess
to the bikini, but you've got a little bit more length there
so if you prefer to wear your undies a little bit higher.
So all of these other ones we just looked at are cotton,
recycled cotton I think.
And then the bamboo is I guess just a different fibre.
It's a more sustainable fibre.
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From memory, I think it's like 45 billion sanitary products
go into landfill every year, which is insane.
And then once they're in landfill,
they take like up to 800 years to decompose.
So I think the writing's on the wall in that sense
that obviously these are a more sustainable option.
- I think they're also a bit more cost effective.
- Yeah. Oh definitely.
- You're just like not constantly buying packets
of tampons and pads.
Like, you can buy these
and I think they last for nine to 12 months, was it?
Yeah, it's a long time.
- If you wash them according to instructions.
That's a lot of use for it as well.
- Absolutely, over your lifetime,
if you think about how many tampons you go through
or pads every month and then think about that over like,
I don't know, however long you have your period for.
Like 50, is that a long time?
50 years feels like way too long.
- I think that's too long.
- It's only for 40.
Anyways, it's a lot of tampons and pads.
Let's just put it that way.
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- I think also Love Luna described it
as you need to make this personal for your flow.
So if you know that you go through three to four tampons
in a certain amount of hours,
then you should look at how absorbent those pairs
of undies are and that's how you should guide
how often you're changing your undies.
- You kind of know your own body, right?
And you can kind of feel
if it's starting to get a little bit uncomfortable,
a little bit wet, I think it's just listen to your body
'cause there's no real like one answer.
- Yeah, if you wanna change them more often,
there's nothing against that.
- Absolutely. - Yeah.
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To wash them, immediately after you take them off,
you should rinse them in cold water until the water
is flowing off clear.
To really look after them the best,
pop them in a wash bag with your coloured washing
and you can pop it on a cold wash too.
- And to dry it, Love Luna have a really good point
about trying to dry it in like sunlight
'cause there's anti, I'm probably gonna get this word wrong,
but antimicrobial or antibacterial properties.
So it helps with, I guess just like making sure
that they're really clean if you're worried.
Yeah, don't leave me like here, yeah,
like a laundry with no light, like mould.
- I think wash them straight away.
- Yeah.
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- So I honestly was one
of those people that was a bit hesitant about period undies,
especially if I was wearing leggings to the gym
and then I tried these ones actually with the lace on them,
they're actually so comfy
and you can't say the lines and it doesn't feel,
like it actually just feels like normal undies.
- Yeah, 100%.
- I'm really surprised at at how much I love them.
- Yeah, absolutely.
They feel like just a normal pair of undies to be honest.
Like when I was trying 'em, I kind of just forgot.
And I think there's something like nice
about not having to worry
about changing your tampon and like free bleeding,
I guess is like you would call it.
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They also recommend them for women post pregnancy.
- Yes.
- They're safe for women to wear after
or during pregnancy as well where you would get
like a bit of leaking and discharge.
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All of the Love Luna range,
they're between 15 to $20 per pair.
So pretty affordable I guess like you were saying,
like if you think about long term,
how many sanitary products you're buying
and they're not cheap so you know,
it's a little bit more upfront.
But I think in the long term, it definitely pays off.
- Love Luna sizes go up to a 22, so they're very inclusive
in size and we stock all those sizes at Adore as well.
- So if you have a period, then you need period undies.
Period.
- Period. (both laughing)
Period, period. - Period.
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- Couldn't help myself. - That was good.
That was so beauty editor of you.