Acne is one of those things that can totally ruin your look or your mood. It can be the most irritating thing to have. There are just all those pimples that seem like they will never go away and no matter how many products you try the pimples just keep coming back. I used to be a hopeless girl and I thought that I would always be cursed with acne. But then I finally found something that made my acne disappear. It is a combination of three things.

The first thing I did was I changed my eating habits. I stopped eating sugar and unhealthy things. I started eating way more fruits and vegetables. I also started drinking lots of water. Changing the way I ate was the main thing that made my acne start disappearing.

Another thing I did was I started washing my face with tea tree oil face wash. Tea tree oil is an oil that makes blemishes fade. Right after I started using this face wash I noticed a tremendous difference.

The third thing that helped get rid of my acne was sunshine. I went to the beach a lot or just sat out in the sun for a little bit. The sun is good for your skin because it persuades your body to produce vitamin D. Vitamin D heals scars and blemishes. Of course too much sun isn’t that good for you. But a little bit will definitely do you good.

So just to summarize, my acne went away after eating really healthy, using tea tree oil face wash and going out in the sun.

Maybe yours wont completely go away after doing exactly what I did, since every body is different. But I guarantee that if you eat healthy and you use tea tree oil you will see a definite improvement.

Being on your period is not always a walk in the park. Sometimes it can cause you to feel very uncomfortable and it becomes very easy to be annoyed or irritated. When you are on your period your body doesn’t feel so great all the time. When you don’t feel well and on top of that someone is telling you to do something that you don’t want to do you can become irritated about it. It is not unusual for girls to become easily angered or irritated when on their period.

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Since you experience all sorts of discomforts when on your period it’s not that easy to be happy or relaxed. If someone comes at you with a wrong word or wrong comment it can easily lead into an argument that you wouldn’t get into if you weren’t on your period.

For example, you wake up, you realize you just started your period which now means you have to wear an outfit to school that will hide your bloated stomach and on top of that you have very sharp stomach cramps. You also notice when you look into the mirror that you just broke out with three huge pimples. Oh grand, this will be a lovely day. And not to mention, today just happens to be the day you are supposed to be performing in the school play alongside your crush. Isn’t life just awesome some days? And then when you get to school all your friends are like man you look different today..what happened? Did you wake up on the wrong side of the bed? And that’s all it takes to just make you explode and storm out of class with all your friends thinking you are crazy. But guess what? The reason you got so annoyed by such a little thing is because you feel terrible and it’s hard to be happy and relaxed when your body feels terrible.

So don’t think that you’re crazy or that something is wrong with you when you get easily irritated while on your period. It happens to the best of us.

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For every girl the things that you can get while on your period are different. Some girls experience discomforts and some don’t experience any discomforts at all. One of the most common discomforts girls experience are stomach cramps. These are muscle spasms that occur in the lower stomach area due to the different things going on in your body during the menstrual cycle. A supplement that helps with stomach cramps which is completely natural is called Calcium Magnesium. This supplement relaxes your body, and can be bought in any regular supermarket as well as at Wal-mart.

There are a lot of other discomforts that can occur. Some include, lower back pains, nausea, hot and cold flashes, food cravings, headaches, sweating way more than normal, bloating, breaking out, bad hair days, side pains, feeling faint and possible blackouts.

Even though it may be hot where you are some girls will tend to get cold either right before their period or on their period. And if they are in a place that is cold they will get hot. This is normal and is nothing you should worry about, it will go away after your period is over.

Some girls experience lower back pains of all different sorts. Some pains are very sharp and last only for a little and some are not so sharp and last for a while. Something that helps with the back pains is doing some light stretching or swimming.

Some girls experience tremendous food cravings. For example, some girls must absolutely have chocolate. Its incredible, your body just wants some specific food. Some girls crave salty foods or ice cream. Its nothing bad and you shouldn’t worry about it.

There are probably more discomforts that one could experience in addition to the ones that I mentioned. But something to keep in mind is that sometimes you can have all the discomforts at once, or maybe you just get some of them and there are those times when you could get none of them. If you don’t experience any discomfort while on your period or before it, that is totally fine and is something you should be happy about.

One tip that I can give from experience is that while you are on your period you should get plenty of food and rest, also drink lots of water. I discourage taking any sort of medication to ease the pain from your period. If you just eat healthy and take Calcium Magnesium you should be fine.

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Your period will not always come on the same day as it did the month before. Sometimes your period might come a little earlier or sometimes it might come a little later. Some girls might not get their period for 2 months and then get it again.

If you didn’t have sex and your period is late than that is totally fine. There is nothing wrong with getting your period a little late. If you did have sex and you were supposed to get your period, but it hasn’t come. You should get it checked out and just make sure you aren’t pregnant.

Some girls have irregular periods, meaning that some months they do get their period and some months they don’t. Girls can be irregular and then switch over to being regular. It just depends on how you nourish your body and how your body develops.

Sometimes your period could come later one month due to a change in your diet. If one month you eat really healthy and then the next month you eat a lot of junk food your period could change when it comes just due to the different types of food you are eating. Also another thing that could affect your period coming late is if you travel to a different place that has a different climate.

So just remember that if you period doesn’t come right on the day you expected it to come, that is totally fine and it will still come. If you have your period and then you don’t get it for a couple months you should go see your doctor and just make sure that everything else in your body is running well. But just know that sometimes you wont get your period and that is nothing to be worried about because your body is still developing and is going through a lot of changes.

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Well thats a very good question. You have probably heard all sorts of things about what you should do when you first start you period. You have probably read loads and loads of articles and your head is just spinning with information which you don’t know what to do with. Or maybe you haven’t heard anything about periods. Maybe you haven’t read any articles and you really just have no idea what to do. Either way, I will give you some basic information that will help you out.

The first sign that you can see when a girl first starts her period is a brownish discharge that is a little slimy. This is completely normal. Soon after the discharge blood will come. The blood might look brownish reddish or it might just look red. One thing that you could experience is stomach cramps. Some girls get stomach cramps and some don’t. You don’t have to have to get stomach cramps, some girls get them and some don’t.

When you first get your period I recommend using a pad. Thats what I did. I used pads for the first couple of times and then switched over to tampons. If your flow is very heavy at the beginning you could use tampons since it might be uncomfortable to use pads with a heavy flow.

When you are on your period you wouldn’t want to just use a panty liner. You would want to pair it with a tampon, since a pantyliner is too thin to be worn by itself during the period.

It is really up to you if you want to use pads or if you want to use tampons right away. Most girls that I know used pads at first and then started using tampons. If you want to start off by using a tampon and you are unsure of how to use them, you can refer to our post “ How to Insert a Tampon”.

First off, don’t worry or be embarrassed about wearing pads. It is totally fine to wear pads and not tampons. Granted tampons do make a lot of activities easier such as, sports, swimming and dancing. But if you feel like you aren’t ready to wear tampons yet, than that’s okay.

Most girls start off with wearing pads and when they feel ready or they must for some reason wear a tampon they then switch over to tampons. Some girls wear pads for their first year of their period. Some girls just for the first week. It all depends on what one feels is right for them.

If you feel embarrassed about wearing pads and you really do want to wear tampons then you should just try out tampons. If you don’t know how to insert a tampon ask someone who you trust that can help you or refer to our post “ How to Insert a Tampon”.

Some people wear pads because they are scared to use tampons and they just are not ready. That is totally okay, you just need to know that tampons are nothing to be scared of. You do not need to be embarrassed about it. Every one is different. Also every one’s cycles are different. For some people pads just work better and for some tampons just work better.

One thing to keep in mind is that if other girls are making fun of you for not wearing tampons and still wearing pads, then you should just not pay attention to them and don’t go into agreement with them. Your period and what you wear doing your period is a very personal thing. And no one should make fun of you for it. Just keep your head up and be strong!

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No. You do not have to remove your tampon when you go to the bathroom. The reason that you don’t have to remove it is because urinating or releasing solid waste does not affect your tampon in any way. But through the pressure of either a) urinating or b) releasing solid waste the tampon may become loose or be pressed a little bit out of your vagina. Which means that the tampon isn’t going to sit correctly anymore, which could cause it to leak. In most cases whether you feel it or not a tampon does shift when you go to the bathroom. So changing your tampon after you go to the bathroom is a good idea. So some people like to change their tampon after going to the bathroom, even if their tampon hasn’t been in for that long.

Another reason why some women change their tampon after going to the bathroom is because after urinating the string of the tampon becomes wet with urine. Having a wet string dangling from your vagina can be uncomfortable, but that is just a matter of opinion.

So just in case when you go to the bathroom and you are on your period make sure to always bring an extra tampon with you. Since you might a) notice that your tampon is actually full, before you thought it would be, b) your tampon moved out of place or c) the wet tampon string will annoy you. Just imagine going to the bathroom and realizing your tampon is full..but you don’t have another one with you. That would make a very unpleasant experience. Always be prepared. Make sure to have extra pantyliners, pads and tampons with you wherever your day takes you!

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There are two different types of applicators that you can choose from when buying tampons. One is plastic and the other is cardboard. Which one is better to use?

Well the answer to that question depends on what you are looking for. If you are looking for a tampon that inserts easily and comfortably one with a plastic applicator would be your best bet.

If you don’t mind about comfort or how easy it is to insert a tampon and you are concerned with helping out the environment, cardboard would be your best choice.

There are a lot of people these days that are starting to be more aware of the environment and are starting to do things to make it so that our planet becomes more sustainable. Plastic is a material that is very hard to recycle since it is made of synthetic materials whereas cardboard is made from natural resources such as trees. Plastic cannot decompose very easily. It takes years and years before it breaks down, so by using plastic the waste hills are just growing bigger and bigger. In order to help cut down on plastic usage a lot of people are starting to buy environmental friendly products. Such products include: tampons with cardboard applicators, recycled products and natural soaps and detergents.

You might think that a little plastic applicator for a tampon doesn’t make a difference. But just think about it, you aren’t the only woman using plastic applicators there are millions of women who use plastic applicators. If one woman in every city were to stop using plastic applicators just think of the difference that would make.

By using tampons with cardboard applicators you are making a difference and taking one step to a healthier planet.

I’m not saying that tampons with plastic applicators are bad, because truthfully they do insert easier, all I’m saying is that by taking a different look at the picture you can really help.

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You might wonder should I use reusable pads or disposable pads? You might wonder what the advantages and disadvantages are of both. Well I will give you some more info about both and then you can choose which one sounds best for your lifestyle and needs.

Reusable pads are pads that are made out of cloth that can be washed and used again. Reusable pads come in all different colors of cloth and can actually look very cute. If having cute pads is important to you then reusable pads are definitely something that you would want to check out.

Reusable pads are great if you want to be more economical. If you want to cut down on the yearly waste and the use of plastic and other synthetic materials, using reusable cloths pads is something that will help. Using reusable cloth pads will also cut your monthly expenses. Just think about the amount of money you spend on disposable pads while on your period, especially if you have a heavy flow.

Reusable pads are also great for very sensitive skin. Cloth pads don’t give you the skin orations that can occur from disposable synthetic materials. Cloth pads are also a lot more comfortable since they don’t give you that sweaty feeling that disposable pads do.

On the other hand, you might prefer disposable pads because it’s just more convenient. Also you don’t have to wash disposable pads, you can just throw them away.

Disposable pads are a lot easier to buy than cloth pads are. Cloth pads can only be purchased at special markets and from specific people. Disposable pads can be bought at almost every grocery store and gas station.

Choosing reusable or disposable pads just depends on what issues are important to you and what you are looking for when buying menstrual protection products.

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If you trace back the history of women you will find out that over the ages women have used a variety of different kinds of menstrual protection. Some of the most common forms of protection used in the early years were: grass, rabbit skins, sponges, rags, menstrual aprons and homemade knitted pads of other absorbents. Disposable sanitary napkins started to be available in the markets around the year 1895.

Disposable pads originate from nurses in hospitals, who first came up with the idea of containing the flow of menstrual blood with the help of wood pulp bandages. Manufactures of bandages borrowed this idea and started to manufacture pads from handy products that were in expensive enough to be disposed of. Others manufactures slowly joined in making disposable menstrual pads. But the prices of these pads were very high, so only the rich women could afford to buy pads.

Tampons were first invented by the ancient Egyptians, they made disposable tampons from soften papyrus. The ancient Greeks invented tampons by wrapping lint around a small piece of wood, this was recorded in the writings of Hippocrates. Some other materials used for the first tampons include: wool, paper, sponges and vegetable fibers. Later people starting using cotton for making tampons.

In 1929 the modern tampon with applicator was first invented and patented by Doctor Earle Haas. Earle Haas wanted to produced a tampon that could be mass produced very effectively. He later trademarked Tampax as the brandname for his tampon product. Earle Haas’s invention of the modern tampon didn’t come from the knowledge of the homemade tampons being used since a long time ago. The invention came from watching his wife’s and his female patients discomfort of the bulky external pads.

So when you are on your period just think about how easy you have it these days with modern pads and tampons compared to how hard women had it in the 1700’s and 1800’s.