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Listen, as a woman with a uterus that likes to throw a huge blowout party once a month I can safely say the worst thing is to get caught off guard with nothing but toilet paper to save your favourite undies from damnation.
So when I heard about Juuni, I was beside myself with excitement.
Juuni is a service that provides customised monthly boxes of hand-picked organic period products (as well as other goodies) right to your door.
To get started, all you have to do is build your box with what kind of pads, tampons and panty liners you like. Plus, it even comes with pimple patches and face masks!
And if it's your first period, they'll even throw in their "My Juuni" mini magazine, which contains heaps of information on periods that you might be too embarrassed to ask anyone IRL.
Juuni also has an ongoing collaboration with The Happy Boxes Project, which donates period products to remote Indigenous communities throughout the Northern Territory and Western Australia.
And better yet? They're offering you a free box to get started with. All you have to do is enter code "ALIDADDO" when you checkout.
You the next time your period decides to show up unannounced, knowing that you're prepared:
