Lunapads Blog

Who doesn’t love a good deal? While you are going to save money no matter what with Lunapads and the DivaCup in the long term, I thought that it might be fun to create a list of all the ways that you can save even more when you shop with us. Here we go!

1. Sign up for our monthly newsletter. It’s easy, and not only will you get a $5 off coupon sent immediately to your inbox, you will be officially in the loop about all our fantastic monthly specials, new products, contests, giveaways, calls for sample testers and (to use Lunagal Sara’s term) random awesomeness.

2. Join our Facebook Page, and follow us on Twitter.  Similar great offers to the newsletter, only you get to know even faster!

3. Talk to us on our blog. This is where we post most of our giveaways, and all you have to do for a chance to win is post a comment. Subscribe via RSS or you might miss out!

4. Read awesome magazines like BUST, Mothering and Bitch. Watch for exclusive discount promo codes in the Lunapads ads!

5. Buy 3 or more of your faves. Receive discounts of $1 each with pad + liner sets of Lunapads, and $2 each for Lunapanties when you buy 3 or more.

6. Consider purchasing a Lunapads or DivaCup Kit. Our unique customized Kits help take the guesswork out of buying, and also save you 5-15%!

7. Don’t stop there: get $3 off a Moon Pad Bag when you purchase any Kit (includes DivaCup Kits - woot!)

8. In a similar vein, save $1 off Divawash when you purchase a DivaCup or DivaCup Kit.

7. Start a Buying Club with your Lunagal-pals. Buying Clubs receive 20% off every order of $300 or more.

8. Skip the shipping: Vancouver types can choose the “local pickup” option (you get to visit us!), and don’t forget that shipping is free for North American orders over $75.

9. Get a period makeover in our blog! Tell us what you’re currently using and what your cycle and lifestyle are like, and the Lunagals will work their makeover magic. Chosen entries receive a $15 gift certificate.

10. Ask the Period Fairy (verrry nicely, she can be a bit testy sometimes) Seriously - make a wish for any product on our site valued at under $50, and tell her via Twitter (use hashtag #periodfairy) or on our Facebook fan page. Every now and again she just randomly shows up here at Lunapads and grabs a few things for her fans. Wait, is that a fluttering of (organic fleece) wings I hear?

Note: Special discounts and promotions are totaled up in your shopping cart. Click the “Show Discounts Applied” link at the top right once you get there to see how much you’re saving!

Happy shopping, Lunagals!

Time for our next Women’s Month giveaway - and the winner is… women who do not (yet) use Lunapads!

Concerned that washing your pads might be too much work, not as comfortable as everyone else who tries them seems to think, or just not… quite… there yet? No problem - here’s your chance to win some, on da house!

Comment on this post (or Facebook, as that also seems popular) telling us why you’re curious but what’s holding you back to enter to win one of 3 FREE Sampler Packs. Winners will be announced in our April newsletter. This is a great opportunity for you already-there Lunagals to get your fence-sitting pals OFF the fence and ON to someplace way more comfortable: Lunapads!

It’s no secret that we live in a society where the majority prefer it if women keep their menstrual cycles, well…..a secret. We say to heck with that! We think women should be open about their periods and free to discuss and share it in whatever way they see fit. That’s why we’re having a photo contest on facebook! We’re asking Lunapads users to take a photo of their pad stash and upload it to the “I Heart My Lunapads” Facebook group. If your photo receives the most “Likes” from the group members you’ll win one of three Travel Kits! All you have to do is take a photo of your Lunapads stash or you and your favourite Lunapad and upload it to the group photo album. The group members will then vote for the winning image by hitting the “Like” button below their fave photo. If your photo wins the contest here’s what you get:

• An awesome pStyle “stand to pee” device in the colour of your choice
• A Peri Bottle to rinse your pStyle with
• A pack of 12 Wysi Wipes
• All packed in a Lunapads Travel Pouch!

You have until August 28th to enter the contest and winners will be announced September 1st.

So far we have received some very creative entries and we can’t wait to see what is yet to come. For more information on the contest rules etc. and to see the photos that have been entered so far, visit the “I Heart My Lunapads” Facebook Group. Come Show us your stash!

This post is about a few random things, but is mostly just a bit of background on the funniest video we’ve made so far.  It’s probably best to just go ahead and watch it first, then come back to read the rest of the post to learn how it all happened.

Was that funny or what?  My favorite part is the soundtrack in the elevator.  Seriously, go there - the food is really good, too!

Some background: when I first started dating my husband, he was living in LA, so I often flew down for little visits with him. We headed to the Encounter restaurant in LAX for dinner one time after he picked me up and loved it.  Subsequent trips to LA have not allowed for repeat visits, but it always provokes fond memories and a laugh when we happen to be there.  Suzanne and I were recently passing through LAX and I told her the story about it, not realizing that we would be stuck waiting for 5 hours there 2 days later.  When that happened, I insisted that we head over for lunch. To our delight we discovered that the Encounter was still going strong, lava lamps, kooky elevator soundtrack and all!

Inspired by a magnificent red lava lamp, we decided to make a video with a new product that we had just discovered: Wysi Wipes.  In case you don’t have the patience for the video, Wysi Wipes are handy-dandy little personal wipes that require only a bit of water to work their magic, and are biodegradable to boot.

As DivaCup users and Moms, we immediately appreciated their potential usefulness.  One of those situations where what looked bad a first actually turned into something pretty good.  Enjoy, and don’t forget that for April we are offering 2 free Wysi Wipes (packaged in a Pochette) with all orders over $50, plus Wysi Wipe 12 packs are intro-priced at $2.99!

We are pretty excited to be offering the pStyle as the latest addition to the Lunapads collection. The pStyle is an ingenius device which allows vagina owners to pee standing up. That’s right! Stand up and pee ladies, go ahead you know you’ve always wanted to. While you’re at it, here is a song for you to practice your “pStyle pose” to:

For more about the pStyle and why you should be excited about it see Sandra’s post here.

I don’t know where all of you are at with weather these days, but winter has been hitting us majorly here on the Canadian west coast.  Down in the city that can mean that things get downright ugly (our lovely white Christmas has degenerated into slush mini-lakes and a bitter wind), but if you head up to the mountains, the conditions are fantastic and getting better all the time.

We’ve had a bunch of testimonials from skiers and snowboarders who love their DivaCups and I thought that I’d highlight it for any of you who like the slopes but may still be on the fence about trying it.  One of the best things about skiing with the DivaCup is that, unlike a tampon, you can leave it in all day - how good is that?  It’s been many years now, but I can still remember the days of frosty, smunched-up tampons at the bottom of my pocket and it’s safe to say I’m not missing them!

All DivaCup orders (including DivaCup Kits) in January will also receive a free Pochette.  Safe and happy shredding!

I love to travel, and did my share of world roaming in my early 20s. The interceding decades (gasp!!) have been more to do with building Lunapads and raising a family, so my wanderlust hasn’t had as much expression. Lately, though, some great opportunities have come my way, and I am excited to talk about what great travel companions the DivaCup and pStyle are.

Here’s a funny story: back in the days before I started making Lunapads (I was a dedicated tampon user until I was 25), during a bout of the aforementioned wanderlust, I found myself in a village in Northern India with a freshly-started period and no supplies. Did I grab a sock, or improvise with a handkerchief? I am faintly embarrassed to admit that in those days I had yet to broaden my imagination to be able to conceive of an alternative to my monthly “necessities”, and wandered in a panic throughout the local market in a hilariously unsuccessful attempt to communicate my need to the local shopkeepers.

I’m not sure whether tampons have made it to Pushkar by now, but back then, not so much, and I was frankly stumped. Was there some secret women’s store somewhere? Just where were the women of Rajasthan hiding their pads and tampons? (Dear reader, are you laughing at me yet?) To be kind, let’s just say that my lack of imagination was matched only by my Western, disposable, privileged mind that simply couldn’t figure it out. Fortunately I ran into a well-stocked Australian sister traveler who took pity on me, and all was well.

So, back to my new travel buddies. Unlike certain fruit-picking, concert-going PStyle fans, I had yet to try mine until some very recent plane rides and, shall we say, tricky bathroom situations in faraway places that would have been downright unpleasant were it not for being able to do it standing up. While I found it a bit odd at first, once I got the hang of it it actually made me laugh. Any traveling gals out there, do yourself a favor and get yours today!

As for the Diva Cup, how I wish that 1) it had been invented and 2) that I might have had the willingness to give it a shot at the time. Better late than never. A recent holiday found my husband and I in relaxation mode of a swimming, tennis and the odd martini variety - with my period. As fabulous, comfortable and versatile as my Lunapads and Lunapanties are, let’s face it: bikini-wearing demands a different solution. The Diva Cup totally came through for me, and I had a great time. Happy trails, everyone!

It’s cold, it’s rainy and it’s dark – but that doesn’t stop me from riding my bike! Many people commute by bike year-round (even in snowy locales!) Here in Vancouver it’s not so bad, we have much milder winters than the rest of Canada and a great cycling coalition to encourage us.

This year the Vancouver Area Cycling Coalition (VACC) has decided to put on a ‘Bike to Work Week’ in November. To help make our rides safer this time of year I had the pleasure of helping make a fun little video reminding riders that being visible to cars is super-important in keeping you safe and getting visible can be a whole lot of fun!

A play on Olivia Newton John’s ‘Physical’ – we changed it to ‘Let’s Get Visible’ and had our own ‘Olivia’ sing more bike-appropriate lyrics. You may see one Sandra Allen in a couple shots! (Oh, and I should warn you now…this song gets stuck in your head!)

Presented by: VACC, B:C:Clettes (an amazing bike dance troupe!) and Momentum Magazine (the magazine for self-propelled people)

Videography by: Gwendal Castellan (of Long Road North fame) and David Niddrie (my boyfriend!)

Ride safe! (And have fun making your own reflective hot shorts - I know I’m going to!)

My husband received this video the other day courtesy of a friend in the UK and we have enjoyed it several times since. The first time I watched it, I wasn’t sure if it was real or a spoof on an actual incident involving an oil spill off the Australian coast. Not knowing exactly where it came from (other than Australia), I have come to the conclusion that it’s just a brilliant Monty Python-esque spoof on certain people who, let’s say, don’t exactly get it about environmental issues that would be even funnier if it didn’t have some elements of inconvenient truth…enjoy!

While it hasn’t been the best summer (or spring, for that matter!) in this part of the world weather-wise, I must say that I’ve been over the moon with my garden. Being a gardening newbie, I’m still mostly about enthusiasm, with less on the knowledge and experience front, but thanks to good soil and exposure in our yard, I’m having decent success. So far, we’ve had a bumper crop of lettuce, swiss chard, beans, peas, carrots, spinach and a few tasty little strawberries. Leeks and beets are still on their way, and the only thing that has really gone sideways was a few broccoli plants that developed a nasty gray fungus.

But my pride and joy are the tomatoes (above left!). Oh, how I love fresh summer heirloom tomatoes. In prior summers you could find me lurking at one of Vancouver’s farmer’s markets, coveting the weirdest-looking, most obscurely-colored ones. I treat mine like little babies, fussing over and coddling them, picking off any nasty little flies foolish enough to even attempt to sully my lovelies. The funniest thing, though, is that they completely took me by surprise - I just had no idea that they would 1) survive in the first place 2) suddenly become taller than me and therefore need cages or 3) that I would have to think about things like pruning them (which I now do obsessively - look out, suckers!)

It’s currently raining cats, dogs and several other small mammals here and I am fearing for my precious ones - fingers crossed that we see the sun again soon, so the feasting can begin!