Hello friends, and welcome to another video.
Today I'm going to be taking on another strange period product.
And this time, it's a swimsuit.
So, I've been hearing about this "period swimsuit" for a little while
and some of you guys have tweeted at me and commented, requesting that I try it out.
So, I decided to get it and see what it is.
From what I can tell, it seems to be a swimsuit with a reinforced crotch - like a built in pad, basically.
It's described as "leak-proof" swimwear. So it's not water tight, but it's supposed to keep it all in.
It's actually from the same company that makes the period leggings that I tried a couple of months ago
which I had mixed feelings about because the crotch was just a little bulkier than I'd hoped it would be.
And the company was a little wishy-washy on whether you were supposed to wear the leggings by themselves
or with another period product. Which kinda defeats the purpose in my opinion.
But never the less we have the swimsuit now. And we're gonna try it out.
So they had a few different styles but I settled on the black one piece.
After my experience with the leggings, I'm really hoping that it isn't quite as turkey-neckish in the crotch area
Just because with the leggings, at least you can kind of wear a tunic top to disguise the crotch.
But with a swimsuit, when you're on the beach, it's just kinda like "wham, bam, thank you ma'am."
So, this is what the instructions refer to as the "gusset".
It's like the "crotchal" region of the inside of the bathing suit.
And it's actually a fleecy material.
it looks pretty much the same as the one on the period leggings, so we'll see.
Now I'm a tampon user so usually when I have to wear a bathing suit on my period,
I'll just pop one of those bad boys up there but maybe this could safe guard against any leaking possibilities on that front.
In general though, I think this swimsuit is mostly geared towards those who wear pads
or other external period products.
where the options currently are like wear nothing or wear a pad into the water and hope it doesn't blow up like a balloon
so if this things works it could be a good alternative
i'm gonna try and replicate that experience so i'm just gonna wear this swimsuit by itself
with no other period products
now i'm actually gonna be traveling this week, so i'm gonna take this swim suit with me
and we're gonna try it out in some undetermined body of water somewhere in the united states
alright let's do it
okay so it is day 4 of my period out of 7. I'm traveling - I'm in Sandusky, Ohio
because i'm a guest star on the girl's night in tour
and i'm going to be wearing my period swimsuit today
we are going to Cedar Point, which is - i believe an amusement park
but there's also, you know, a water front opportunity like a beach front on lake eerie
weirdly this worked out because i feel like a great lake is the perfect place to wear your period swimsuit
because i was kinda terrified to wear it to the beach in LA because that is an ocean and then there are sharks there and i also feel
kinda weird wearing it into a pool like i know there is chlorine in a pool it's still feels like more of a contained environment
versus a great lake has no sharks and also is very large okay so let's go try it on. so when i put in on at the hotel
the first thing i noticed was how soft it was
it's not necessarily like cute but it's a pretty harmless one piece black bathing suit
don't really have any complainants about how it looks or feels on the body i act like that the crotch was less noticeable than the period leggings
there is still like a separate gusset panel which i'm like not super jazzed about like i wish it was more built in
overall but it doesn't look as bad so i think that's a pretty important factor we're heading out to cedar point in a little bit and
we'll see how this thing does in the wild
so after leaving the hotel i was basically wearing it as underwear
and i will say that in motion the gusset is pretty comfortable
it doesn't like chaff when i walk so that's always good alright so we are at cedar point so far i actually feel decently dry
definitely like a drop or 2
but you know in general feeling pretty good
so let's see what happens when we get to the beach. it took me a little while to find the lake i have been walking for a little bit
and i don't exactly know where i'm going
but there's a lake around here i know okay you just i think i have finally found it
i think i'm actually walking up to the beach right now
got some nice watter to walk into
looks like we got some innocent beach goers, who dont know what im doing
Alright, so at the beach i took my dress off that was over the bathing suit
and the bathing suit, well looks prety normal when its dry
did that with out putting my camera down, okay so im just in my swim suit, im feeling pretty good right now
I know that i have bleed into the swimsuit already, I hope that I don't see any blood like floating to the top
when i walk into the water,
and i also hope that my pad doesnt just inflate like a diaper, um
but let's just walk in
at first i wanted to get into the water slightly away from other people
just because i kinda wanted to do my own thing
but i kinda got freaked out by a leaf that brushed against my leg
i am actually such a scaredy cat , i was like walking pretty comfortably
in knee deep water and then i felt a leaf on my foot and i was like
"baaa" and now im nervous to get deep in the water where there is no one
near by, so maybe i should get closer to other people
so i was finally ready to submerge my gusset in the water
so im just gonna sit down and we are just gonna see what happends
ooo ok butt submerged, ok oh the pad is totally submerged
im submerged up to my waist basicly, so the pad is completely under the water
its a little bit colder down here
so i did not see any clouding or leaking actively happening as i sat down in the water
i will say that the lake water is not very clear, but i didnt see any blood float to the top
i also did not notices the gusset inflate like a raft, it did get wet, obviously
but it didnt really get any bigger, that said, it did get heavier
it does not expand expediently like a diaper would,but it definitly looks like, way down
and soggy when i stand up, it almost just like a wet piece of fleece
after about thirty (30) minutes in the water,
I wasn't jazzed about how it looked,
But I had to get out [of the water] sometime
I will say though that I don't think anyone on the beach is giving me a second glance
besides the fact that I'm filming myself
So I don't think anyone's noticing the droopy crotch
as much as, of course I am noticing it on myself.
I found a public shower and rinsed off
before putting my dress back on.
[maniacal Saf]: YeeEESS
A public shower YEEeeess
Washin' ma butt
I think actually
A little bit of sand got stuck in the gusset
'Cause I kinda-
I wasn't really swimming, I was more sitting...
ooh... I wonder if anyone saw me kinda reach in there and try and get it out
So after that, I just wanted to see how long the swimsuit would take to dry
Something I didn’t actually think about until just now is, is that I am now perioding into a wet gusset
I hope it can still absorb while it’s wet
ah I’m wearing a black dress.
Also, I bought this clam hat in honour of my period
*laughs*
It's a clam!
So the body of the swimsuit dried pretty quickly,
but I waited a long time for the crotch to dry.
Alright, I would say it's about 40 minutes post beach
and I feel like everything is dry pretty much
except for the gusset which still feels soggy
I don't think the swimsuit was leaking blood, but it was leaking water.
Like, I sat down on a bench and then when I stood up my whole butt was covered in water spots.
Definitely looks like I peed my pants,
which is awesome!
So, I was pretty much out of commission for doing anything else at the theme park.
It kinda put a damper on my spirits.
OK, so it's been about three hours since I got in the water.
The sun is going down. We're gonna head back to the hotel soon.
And I would say that I still have not reached, like, dry-zero.
Like, I'm still a little bit damp
I don't know that it's ever gonna get there when it's on my body.
By the time we left, the crotch still wasn't completely dry.
Alright you guys, I'm back in the hotel.
After I took it off, it took probably like an hour to fully fully dry.
The funny thing is, now that it's dry I've gotta wash it again. Then wait for it to dry again
And then put it in my suitcase.
Overall, I would say my experience of the period swimsuit was not terrible.
But there were some issues.
There's no question to me that this is, probably, better than wearing a pad straight into the water
I've never done that, but this does eliminate the inflation factor,
as well as the visibility factor of like seeing the wings of a pad on a swimsuit.
I will say that this swimsuit was pretty fine when it was dry.
Like, I don't think that the crotch was that bulky.
And I'll also say, that the absorbency when dry was pretty impressive.
Like, I didn't even feel any dampness before I got in the water.
So, as for the test of putting my butt in the water
I would say that the swimsuit felt totally fine
when I was just stationary
and there wasn't any visible leaking or expansion, which was great.
That [being] said, once you get out of the water, it's not quite as seamless.
Tyler: It's a little bulky
Safiya: It's not horrible
Tyler: it's not horrible
Safiya: but it's not ideal
Tyler: It's definitely noticeable.
Also, it seems to take forever to dry once it's wet.
See, the problem is that, that is wet fleece.
Tyler: Oh yeah, and it's bulky huh?
Safiya: It's bulky, but it's more that it's just not swimsuit material.
I think that if you are someone who really doesn't like tampons, or can't use tampons
this could be a good solution just to like go to the beach or something.
But in terms of actually getting in the water
I think it's a little soggy looking.
When it's dry it doesn't look too bad.
So if you're not swimming, it could be a great solution
but if you are swimming, I don't know.
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