Lunapads
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Lunapads is a woman-owned small business based in Vancouver, Canada that manufactures washable, cloth menstrual pads and underwear, and distributes a commercial menstrual cup
via its website. They are also the company behind Pads4Girls http://lunapads.com/about-us/donate-pads, a project started to help resolve the issue of girls in developing nations missing school due to a lack of adequate sanitary protection and resources available to manage their periods.
base topped with a central pad made of one layer of nylon and two layers of 100% cotton fleece
with bands at either end to hold liners.
Liner Inserts are 2 layers of 100% cotton fleece. This liner-on-top design allows the wearer to replace used liners with fresh, while still using the same base pad or panties.
Lunapanties are period underwear, designed to function on their own as a menstrual product. A nine-inch long panel of 100% cotton fleece is sewn permanently into the gusset
, with cotton bands at each end to hold liner inserts. Lunapanties are most frequently considered a menstrual product, but are also worn as maternity
underwear (prenatal and post-partum), and used by those who experience light or stress incontinence.
Menstrual cup
A menstrual cup is a type of cup or barrier worn inside the vagina during menstruation to collect menstrual fluid. Unlike tampons and pads, the cup collects menstrual fluid rather than absorbing it...
via its website. They are also the company behind Pads4Girls http://lunapads.com/about-us/donate-pads, a project started to help resolve the issue of girls in developing nations missing school due to a lack of adequate sanitary protection and resources available to manage their periods.
History
The products were designed and created by fashion designer Madeleine Shaw in 1993. Shaw wrote the first business plan for Lunapads in 1994, and in 1995 opened a store and small production facility. In 1999, she met Suzanne Siemens, an accountant, at a community leadership course. Sharing a similar business vision, they combined their skills to develop Lunapads as an international company.Description
Lunapads are a liner-on-top style cloth menstrual pad as opposed to the more common "envelope" style. The pads have two parts; a Pad Base which snaps around the underwear of the wearer and a Liner Insert which is inserted under two bands on either end of the pad. Each pad consists of two layers of 100% cotton flannelFlannel
Flannel is a soft woven fabric, of various fineness. Flannel was originally made from carded wool or worsted yarn, but is now often made from either wool, cotton, or synthetic fibre. Flannel may be brushed to create extra softness or remain unbrushed. The brushing process is a mechanical process...
base topped with a central pad made of one layer of nylon and two layers of 100% cotton fleece
Wool
Wool is the textile fiber obtained from sheep and certain other animals, including cashmere from goats, mohair from goats, qiviut from muskoxen, vicuña, alpaca, camel from animals in the camel family, and angora from rabbits....
with bands at either end to hold liners.
Liner Inserts are 2 layers of 100% cotton fleece. This liner-on-top design allows the wearer to replace used liners with fresh, while still using the same base pad or panties.
Lunapanties are period underwear, designed to function on their own as a menstrual product. A nine-inch long panel of 100% cotton fleece is sewn permanently into the gusset
Gusset
In sewing, a gusset is a triangular or rhomboid piece of fabric inserted into a seam to add breadth or reduce stress from tight-fitting clothing...
, with cotton bands at each end to hold liner inserts. Lunapanties are most frequently considered a menstrual product, but are also worn as maternity
Maternity
Maternity or motherhood is the social and legal acknowledgment of the parental relationship between a mother and her child.It is specially related with the protection of the baby and the mother within and after the childbirth.-See also:...
underwear (prenatal and post-partum), and used by those who experience light or stress incontinence.