Menstrual cups are better for the environment, your wallet, and in some cases, your vagina.
Before using a new menstrual cup and betweencycles, you have to pop the reusable cup into boiling water.
This process sanitizes the cup, essential for removing stains and keeping it safe for insertion.
(Remember:Disrupting your vagina’s PH balancecan lead to issues like UTIs or yeast infections.)
If this all sounds like a hassle, that’s because it is.
Or at least it was until popular feminine brandSaalt released its new Steamer.
Plus, it just took forever for me to get my cup completely clean with this method.
Once I tested the steamer, I said goodbye to the boiling pot method for good.
Not only was itsoeasy to use, but it also produced a shiny new menstrual cup withzeroresidual stains.
Then, I store it away until the next month.
As a menstrual cup advocate, it’s never been a better time to hop on the train.
Using menstrual cups doesn’t have to be a hassle, especially with an invention like this one.
Plus, our deputy commerce editor, Braelyn Wood.
actually started using menstrual cups for the first time thanks to this unit.
