time to do this *screams* ahh hit my mic and I have a cold oh wow what was I thinking?
I'm doing a video today all right.
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This is Kim from Put A Cup In It and today with my coffee cup
I'm going to do a long-overdue review of the Lunette menstrual cup I went ahead and did a
review today and don't ask me why because apparently the conditions are
not very good for it but I kept thinking why haven't we done a Lunette review
because it's actually one of my favourite cups but I was all dolled up
because I'm going to see my gynecologist which is you, know, when you put your face
together and I was like I should just go film a review in my office real quick of the
Lunette so that's what I'm gonna do but first I'm gonna drink my coffee and say
hi, how is everybody doing? so let's talk about the Lunette. I'm on the tail end in my
period right now and I was having a few issues with some of the products that I
was trialing and I ended up just going back to my trusty lunette size 2 because
I was getting frustrated and that happens sometimes when your job is to
put various things in your vagina to test them out not all of them are gonna
be winners and sometimes you just want to put in a cup that works and one of
the cups that always works for me without fail is the lunette size 2 and
the lunette, I've actually been using for gosh I want to say probably 7 years more
than 7 years, and I've actually been using that same exact cup and if you're
new to the menstrual cup world that's a long time so a lot of the brands that we
talk about on put a cup in it are kind of new and kind of fresh and exciting
because you know they're new and we're like oh my gosh there's a new brand but
you know I feel like we've left out lunette from this mix because they've
just been around for so long we take for granted that they exist and I don't take
it for granted because it's one of the cups that works so well for me but
in terms of like doing a review it's just been so long since I started using a
lunette that it's you know it doesn't cross my mind to do a review of it. It's
almost like it's too late which is definitely not the case and I wanted to
give them proper credit for being there when I need them which is often if I'm
frustrated by a new product and I just want to have a few hours with a cup that
doesn't leak on me. If you're unfamiliar with the brand Lunette it's made in
Finland and of course it's been around for I mean probably a decade at this
point I should have done some research but they've been around at least for
seven years because that's how long I've been putting one in my vagina.
Lunette comes in two sizes they have the size 1 the size 2 but if you're
looking at Lunette, and it does come up in our quiz results quite a bit
especially the size one, it's just a really great average starter cup. I love
it because it's on the firmer side of average, not too firm where it's
something that we recommend if you're like super mega athletic but it is you
know it has a touch of firmness so when you were squishing it and even I would
say the size 2 is firmer than the size 1 when I give them my squish test with
my hands it opens up really well when you're putting it in especially as a
newbie it wants to open up and that's very important because if you have a
softer cup and you're brand new and you're not dedicated to the cause and I say
that because if you're new and you're really into it and you're excited about
using a cup and you've been doing a lot of research you probably understand that
if it's the softer cup and it doesn't open you have to do some things to make
it open but if you're just buying something off the shelf and Lunette is
actually sold in quite a few stores on the shelves and you're trying
to put it in it just works and that's what you want from a cup that's readily
available that's out there for consumers to find on a shelf in a store in person
versus something that's you know on a shelf that needs a lot more help or
something that's on a shelf and it doesn't fit the average user. And there
are some cups that are on shelves that are too long for users but lunette is
one that if I found on a store shelf and I had just tried it I almost guarantee
you it would have worked well for me having know nothing about my anatomy
and that's probably the case for a lot of people I like that lunette is one of the brands you can find in
lot of places and this color, the pink that they have, is umm a collaboration
they did with a store in the UK that was sold and called Monki and I have no
idea if I'm saying that right *Oh kitty stop* andI love this color and actually
their yellow is my very favorite cup color ever no one does yellow I love
yellow I think it's so fun and it makes me feel like sunshine in my vagina. Mine
is actually a discontinued color that I have and this is one of their orange
shades which again is quite fun and then the blue and they also have a purple
which is somewhere over there and if you do see it in the store shelves on store
shelves it looks like this so you get a window to see what the cup really looks
like they find your sizing it says model 1 light to normal flow, model 2 normal
to heavy. So lunette has done their sizing based on flow is what I'm
learning on the box. I actually thought that was not the case so maybe they've
changed things or maybe I was just misinformed. That's interesting, and then
on the back it gives you a really easy quick overview of how to use it.
The lunette is medical grade silicone so it is safe to use just like any other
medical grade silicone cup for up to ten years. If you're using a lunette or any
cup and it looks like it's chalky or sticky or there are cracks or anything
that would compromise the silicone that's when you need to get rid of it.
But again I've had my flu nut now for almost eight years and no sign of wear.
It actually looks practically brand-new because a few months ago I did
a peroxide soak and that made it look like the color it was when I got it
which is a color that they don't make anymore I was like what is this I
had forgotten what color it was because it was so stained that sounds gross but
that's just that's the truth you put it in your vagina it catches blood you wash
it but it does stain um you know. Lunette's suction holes are decent, they're not
the biggest but they're not the tiniest either so I find if I'm using this cup
and there's gunk that catches in the suction
holes I just fill it with soapy water put it upright on my hand turn it and
put it deep in the sink and and squish out the soap and that was the trick that
lunette taught me. There's not a lot to say about the cup itself because it is just
such a good cup that just works but I love that they've been really ahead of
the curve on a lot of issues and other cups are just sort of catching up. Other
cups just don't care but Lunette's always really been a supporter of things
that Put a Cup In It it personally believes in and you know i don't have to
list everything out but i think if you go to their instagram page if you go to
our instagram or some of our other social networks we really overlap on the
things that you know we believe in and we're passionate about and I think
Lunette is right there in it and so we always appreciate when brands look
around to see what's what's going on in the world and want to make sure everyone
feels welcome and included and safe when they're buying a product or when they're
using a product and that's not the case with every cup brand so that's something
we love Lunette for. If anyone's curious about how lunette compares to some of
the other brands I pulled out some- this is the Saalt size 1 with the Lunette
size 1 and Saalt is a little narrower at the tip the the stem is different but
that's what they look like this is the Lena size S and that again has a
rounder bottom so I think it has a bit more capacity and that flared out rim so
this one's just more of a firm rim this is a little more sloped this is a little
more sloped these are all cups that fit me very comfortably and the firmness is
really right where I want it to be so I will say that lunette is somewhat of a
trendsetter in that way that a lot of cups have come after them and you know
modeled themselves after it and there's not a lot you can change in the design
of cups but I think Lunette is one that came out quite early on. If you have any
questions about the lunette cup feel free to ask them in the comments I'm
happy to answer because I have been using the Lunette for so long it's not
my only top cup- people ask all the time what's your favorite cup or what are
your top three cups and if I were to say top three Lunette
would be in that batch. That's all I could think to say it's such a normal
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