Plastic Cardboard Tampon Applicator

At blume we offer cardboard applicators that are rounded for easier insertion and are 100 biodegradable non threatening to your body and the planet.

Plastic cardboard tampon applicator. Cardboard naturally has a more rigid feel to plastic so you need to be prepared for this difference. The cardboard tampon applicator is one of the first applicators to be invented and is an applicator that is made out of cardboard that helps you insert your tampon. The first recorded u s. Applicators are the small tubes used to insert the tampon and place it inside the vagina.

Tampax regular tampons with cardboard applicator are for light to medium flow days during your period. But this is a minor adjustment. Tampax tampons have an absorbent core and a protective skirt for additional back up protection while their cardboard applicator features an anti slip grip for easy insertion. Our applicator is entirely recyclable or compostable.

Cardboard is the most eco friendly applicator a tampon can have. Patent for tampons from 1929 included a design for a telescoping cardboard applicator tube. The grace green essential collection was developed as a direct response to health and environmental concerns about plastic levels and concerns around dioxin pollution caused. Others suggested stainless steel or even glass.

The two main categories of tampon applicators are cardboard applicators and plastic applicators. Tampax tampons offer long lasting protection. Non applicator tampons are exactly the same product. They simply come without that applicator.

Want to know how to insert a tampon with applicator. Watch our video to learn the first step opening the wrapper. Cardboard applicators have been designed for. Susie hewson a veteran of the feminine hygiene industry and founder of the plastic applicator free tampon manufacturer natracare believes the switch from cardboard to plastic had more to do with.

Grace green tampon applicators are made of 100 gots certified organic cotton and come with a specially designed cardboard applicator with a soft rounded tip for soft easy insertion. Some companies have introduced plant based applicators but these behave like plastic and do not biodegrade. Making the switch to a cardboard applicator. There may be variations in size color and shape within these categories but they all function similarly.

The difference is in the detail. Now if you re new to cardboard applicators it s useful to be aware that they do not glide like a plastic applicator.