Mumbai: Menstrual Hygiene is still taboo in India, and as per a 2014 UNICEF report in Tamil Nadu, 79 per cent girls and women were unexposed to hygienic menstrual practices. The unhygienic prevalence stood at 66 per cent in Uttar Pradesh, 56 per cent in Rajasthan and 51 per cent in West Bengal. This menstrual hygiene day, Pee Safe launched a Pass the Cup campaign to overcome
Being home, free of the worry of staining and reduced discomfort, and the sudden awareness of the broken relationship with nature that Covid-19 brought is nudging women towards alternative menstrual products. Reusable sanitary pad and menstrual cup makers have reported significant growth in sales, between 30% and 80%, since the lockdown started.
“I was home, with a clean toilet at hand. Why not try a more eco-friendly option?” said Prachi Shevgaonkar, 23, who runs a startup in Pune. She made the switch to reusable sanitary pads five months ago. Like Shevgaonkar, Sanya Arora, 21, a management student in Delhi, also started using reusable pads last year. “My mother is a nature lover and believes in following a sustainable lifestyle. She got Covid-19 last year and the extent to which our relationship with nature is broken became evident. For me, there were two triggers a wish to follow in my mother’s footsteps and Covid-19,” she said.
Pee Safe enters Gillette Venus and Veet space with sub-brand Furr
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It marks the entry of Pee Safe into the female grooming segment.
Leading Gurugram-based personal hygiene brand Pee Safe has now forayed into the female grooming segment, with razors and a hair removal cream. First came the toilet seat sanitiser spray, then Domina (a female condom brand), and now, itâs Furr.
Vikas Bagaria, Pee Safeâs founder, seems to be on a mission to normalise, and initiate, conversations in the personal care and sexual hygiene space. Furr is a female grooming brand that will initially offer razors and a hair removal cream, but with a catch. Rather than romanticising smooth and hairless skin, Furrâs proposition is to leave the choice up to the customers. As its tagline goes, âLet your Furr go or grow!â
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