Managing your period at school: a teen guide
Getting your period at school can feel like a big deal. But with a bit of planning (and knowing you’re not alone), you’ll see it’s totally manageable. Here’s how to...
We're Celia and Alec and we founded DAME because we believe our daughters deserve better. Our products are lovingly made without nasty chemicals and single-use plastic, and we like to smash a few taboos along the way.
We dangled a synthetic major brand tampon and our organic tampon in water. Ours is the one on the right. Fibres intact, naturally.
1.3 million plastic applicators are flushed down UK loos every day. So we launched the world's first reusable tampon applicator on Kickstarter. It's far smoother than any other applicator and has saved over 22 million going to waste.
Since then, we've created a whole range of period care products with the highest sustainability and performance standards at their core. Organic, reusable and toxin-free - we see that as a starting point.
THE INDEPENDENT
toxic ingredients have been found in traditional tampons and pads.
how long a tampon user will have one inside their body when added together.
farmers die each year due to pesticide exposure, according to the UN.
Creating a world where periods hold no body back.
We use our business as a force for good, legally seeing our societal and environmental mission as a core business objective.
We've been assessed by a third party to be Vegan, this means nothing we use in the making of our products are animal-derived.
We invest in renewable energy and regenerative farming, which sequesters carbon and creates positive impacts for communities and ecosystems.
When a customer sent us a picture of them dancing with their tampon string out, we asked if we could put her on the side of 200 London buses. It was rejected, but we fought hard and it was the first time a tampon string had been used in public advertising, setting a new standard.
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