Start Your New Year with Reusable Cloth Menstrual Pads from Pink Lemonade Shop!

We hope that you had a fabulous New Year celebration! 

Cheers to a fabulous 2016!

This year we want to start you off right and give you the opportunity to start your cloth stash or add to it! Gone are the days of scratchy, chemical filled, disposable products...we want to introduce you to your new best friend, Pink Lemonade Shop pads. 

We offer a handful of cloth pad sets so you can try out a variety of sizes and see what’s best for you and your cycle.  We’d recommend starting with a set similar to this with an 8 inch, 9 inch and 10 inch pad.  This should have you covered from light to heavy flow days and gives you a chance to see what your preference is when it comes to size.  Snatch up a wetbag of your choice and you’ll be able to store your stash on the go or at home until wash day!

Looking for an option for every day freshness or introducing your tween to cloth pads, check out our liners! Our cloth pantyliners come in 6 inch Original or Wide, 7.5 inch Regular and 7.5 inch Thong.  Our liners are great for every day freshness and even very light incontinence protection.  Our liners are available individually or in sets - in a variety of fabric options.   Snag a wetbag for carrying on the go or at home and you’ll be set! 

Have you considered cloth pads as part of your postpartum care? Yep! We have a pad for that too! So be gone with the harsh, rough and scratchy disposable pads and underwear when you’re most sensitive! Our 13 inch postpartum pads are great for overnight flow and postpartum.  Many ladies enjoy about 10 pads for their postpartum stash, starting with the 13 inch right after birth and down sizing to our 12 inch and 11 inch pads as their flow lightens up.  This is great because many woman are able to use the 11 and 12 inch pads on heavy days in their regular cycle!  Pair your stash with a wetbag of choice until washday and you’re all set!

Ready to start your cloth stash or expand your current stash? Enter the giveaway below for your chance to win a $15 Pink Lemonade Shop Gift Certificate! 

This giveaway is open to U.S. and Canada Residents. See giveaway form for full disclosures.

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Black Friday Deals & Door Busters! PLUS Small Business Saturday and Cyber Monday!

SALES November 27th – December 1st

15% off with the code BLACKFRIDAY15. Minimum $20 purchase. Not valid on past/previous purchases, PMS Subscriptions, or on Gift Certificates.

20% off orders of $125 or more with the code BLACKFRIDAY20. Not valid on past/previous purchases, combined purchases, PMS Subscriptions, or Gift Certificates.

BLACK FRIDAY SPECIALS

FREE Gift With Purchase on orders of $60 or more! Limited to the first 60 qualifying orders. Limited to one per household. Orders must total $60+ prior to shipping charges and after discount code is applied. Not valid with past/previous purchases, combined purchases, PMS Subscriptions, or Gift Certificates.

Black Friday Doorbuster Sale: Surprise 6” Minky Mini Liners (Original Width) $4.50. *May not be purchased in conjunction with a sale code, limit of 3 per household.*

Special Black Friday Stocking: Friday November 27th, 12pm Eastern.

Small Business Saturday (November 28th)

Gift Certificate Special – Purchase a $25 Gift Certificate and receive an extra $5 added to it for free! No code required, additional $5 will be added within 48 hours. Limit of 2 per household.

CYBER MONDAY

Doorbusters and Deals to be announced on our Facebook page!

GIVEAWAY EVENT

Our Favorite Things Giveaway Event: Saturday November 28th, 12pm ET.

Round robin style giveaways with our fabulous brand ambassadors! Begins on Pink Lemonade Shop’s Instagram (@pinklemonadesue), Enter to win Pink Lemonade Shop pads and/or a gift certificate to spend as you wish! Giveaways begin at 12pm Eastern and will run for 24 hours.

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2015 Holiday Gift Guide Part 3

It's the third week of our 2015 Holiday Gift Guide, and we are super excited about what's featured this week! From freshly stocked pads, to favorites around the shop, you'll get fun ideas for your holiday gift buys!

We're hoping to make your holiday gift hunt a little easier, so we've put together a tab on our website that features our favorite in stock products for women and babies! I'll be updating this tab weekly, as well as making weekly blog posts, so if you'd like automatic updates be sure to subscribe to our Blog Newsletter! Please note that this is a separate newsletter from the regular websites email subscription, so you will need to sign up for the blog newsletter to receive updates! If you have not yet subscribed to the Pink Lemonade Shop email subscription, this will sign you up for both!

1) 9 Inch Hydrangea Hand Dyed Bamboo Velour Day Pad with Fleece back

Hydrangea is one of the most gorgeous colorways available at Pink Lemonade Shop, not only is it one of our most requested colorways, but it's also one of the fastest sellers! Featured above in one of our most popular sizes, the 9 Inch Day Pad is perfect for your moderate period days, menstrual cup back up, or can even be used for daily use as needed. Hydrangea features beautiful and vibrant hand dyed pinks, purples, and blues on our ultra luxurious Organic Bamboo Velour! 

Available now for $10. 

2) Logan and Lenora Go Spot Go Wet + Dry Clutch

The Logan and Lenora Wet + Dry Clutch is the perfect clutch for using in your purse or to carry in addition to! This clutch is not only fashionable, but sensible, with the large wet pocket for carrying your soiled pads, and the spacious dry section for clean pads! If you're not on your period and still want to use this fun pouch, it's perfect for storing makeup, snacks or your kids, and so much more! 

Available now for $18.50

3) 8 Inch Night Rainbow Poly Jersey Light Pad with Fleece back

Poly Jersey is a newer fabric choice to the shop, and is quickly taking residence as one of our best selling, and most highly requested fabric types! Night Rainbow is absolutely gorgeous and features a rich blue background with vibrant rainbows, rainbow clouds, and rainbow colored raindrops. If you''re looking for a pad that will cheer you up during your period, or be the perfect gift for a friend or family members, Night Rainbow is the perfect choice!

Available now for $8.

4) Mariposah Bamboo Muslin Swaddle - Bandit the Raccoon

If you're expecting or know someone who is, or need the perfect gift for your newborn, a Mariposah Swaddle Blanket is the way to go! It's cozy, it's cute, and it's the gift that keeps on giving! Once baby is out of the swaddle stage, this fabulous swaddle blanket can be used as a light blanket in over baby in the car seat or stroller, it can be used as a nursing cover, a changing pad, and so much more!

Available now for $17.

5) Buttons AI2 Cloth Diapers

Making the switch to cloth for your little one as well? Buttons Diapers are the perfect choice in diaper system for your sweet baby! These diaper covers aren't just fashionable, but sensible too with their waterproof design and double gussets to keep messes in! Don't forget the Buttons Diapers Inserts too!

Available for $11

To see the full selection of in stock featured 2015 Holiday Gift Guide items, click here!

What product from this list is your favorite? We'd love to hear from you!

2015 Holiday Gift Guide Part 2

It's the second week of our 2015 Holiday Gift Guide, and we have some beauties featured this week! From freshly stocked pads, to favorites around the shop, you'll get fun ideas for your holiday gift buys!

We're hoping to make your holiday gift hunt a little easier, so we've put together a tab on our website that features our favorite in stock products for women and babies! I'll be updating this tab weekly, as well as making weekly blog posts, so if you'd like automatic updates be sure to subscribe to our Blog Newsletter! Please note that this is a separate newsletter from the regular websites email subscription, so you will need to sign up for the blog newsletter to receive updates! If you have not yet subscribed to the Pink Lemonade Shop email subscription, this will sign you up for both!

1) 8 Inch Hand Dyed Naiad Bamboo Velour Light Pad with Fleece back

One of our personal favorites, and fan favorites, Naiad is one of the most gorgeous colorways available at Pink Lemonade Shop! Featured above in one of our most popular sizes, the 8 Inch Light Pad is perfect for your light period days, menstrual cup back up, or for daily use as needed. Naiad features beautiful and vibrant hand dyed purples, blues, and greens, on our ultra luxurious Organic Bamboo Velour! Available now for $8. 

2) Baby Age Blocks - Foxy

Baby Age Blocks make the absolute perfect gift, and the colorway Foxy is perfectly gender neutral. Whether you're expecting or have children, or know someone who needs the perfect holiday or even baby shower gift, Baby Age Blocks will be a hit! Use as photo props or decor in a nursery and add a bit of fun while showing your pregnancy progress, or your child's age or grade! Available now for $29 (also available in gender specific colors)

3) Mod Dots Small Single Pocket Wet Bag

In our opinion, you can never have too many wet bags, and Mod Dots by Planet Wise is the perfect addition to any wet bag collection! Use them for storing your soiled or clean pads in, in your gym bag for sweaty clothes, keep in the car with necessities or emergency items while you're out and about, store in your purse for messy situations (if you have kids, you never know!), and so much more! Available now for $9.50

4) 13 Inch Aruba Minky Post Partum Pad with Fleece back

Our 13 Inch Postpartum Pads are not only perfect for postpartum bleeding, but for your heaviest period nights as well! Aruba is a new favorite in the shop and it's the perfect addition to any stash! Its bright teal color makes it the perfect coordinate to Teal Capri and Teal Florence! Available now for $14. 

5) Hand Dyed 'Pink Lemonade' Bamboo Velour Nursing Pads with PUL backs

If you're planning on nursing a little one, or has a sister or bestie who is nursing, our Nursing Pads will be a hit! Hand Dyed with our gorgeous Pink Lemonade Colorway, these nursing pads offer a PUL back making them not only leak proof, but ultra comfortable! Our nursing pads also make the perfect stocking stuffer! Available now for $7.50.

To see the full selection of in stock featured 2015 Holiday Gift Guide items, click here!

What product from this list is your favorite? We'd love to hear from you!

2015 Holiday Gift Guide Part 1

We are so excited (and a little bit in disbelief!) that it's already November! The holidays are rapidly approaching and if you're anything like me, you've already started your holiday shopping! When it comes to buying for my sons, it's easy peasy, but when I move onto family members such as my mom, or even buying for one of my besties, the search for the perfect gift becomes harder and harder. What do you get for a loved one who says they don't want a Christmas gift? What do you put on your own wish list when a loved one asks you what you want this year? 

We're hoping to make your holiday gift hunt a little easier, so we've put together a tab on our website that features our favorite in stock products for women and babies! I'll be updating this tab weekly, as well as making weekly blog posts, so if you'd like automatic updates be sure to subscribe to our Blog Newsletter! Please note that this is a separate newsletter from the regular websites email subscription, so you will need to sign up for the blog newsletter to receive updates! If you have not yet subscribed to the Pink Lemonade Shop email subscription, this will sign you up for both!

So in celebration of the holidays, we will be featuring a few of our favorite products here on the blog as well as the Gift Guide tab! Visit the blog to see a closer look at the products we've highlighted for the week and why we chose them! Who knows, they may just be a perfect fit for someone you know!

1) Monkeyfoot Designs Medium Single Pocket Wetbag - Sea Beauties 

This gorgeous wet bag is not only fun, but extremely practical too! Store your wet or your dry pads in it, or use it for every day activities such as toting your child's snacks around, using it in your gym bag for your sweaty clothing, keep it in your car with essentials for on the go or first aid, and so much more! In our opinion, you can never have too many wet bags and Sea Beauties is a must have! Available for $18.50

2) 9 Inch Ice Dyed Bamboo Velour Day Pad with Fleece back

The color palette alone is enough to make this pad a must have! Aside from the gorgeous and vibrant collective of colors, this pad is perfect for period use during the day or on your lightest night! Organic Bamboo Velour is also luxuriously soft and ultra comfortable! Available for $10

3) Sweet Pea Microfiber Pocket Cloth Diaper - Owls

Perfect for baby boy and baby girl, Sweet Pea diapers are one size and extremely comfortable for your little one! These also make the perfect stocking stuffer or are a great gift for an expectant mom to be! Available for $17

4) Set of 5 7.5 Inch Cotton Woven Pantyliners

Perfect for your lightest period day or everyday use! This sweet set is whimsical, feminine, and comes with the most beautiful shades of pink! We like to think of this set as the perfect bundle or starter kit for young women, or for those who are building their first cloth stash! Available for $35

5) Emergency Car Kit - Set of 2 Cloth Pads and 1 Wetbag

We can't say enough good things about our Emergency Car Kits! Why be caught off guard without back up while your'e out and about?  With our Car Kits you'll always be prepared! Not only is this set perfect to keep in your glovebox or door's pocket, it's a great starter set for your friend or family member who is ready to switch to cloth or is building a stash! Available for $27

To see the full selection of in stock featured 2015 Holiday Gift Guide items, click here!

What product from this list is your favorite? We'd love to hear from you!

How My Journey to Cloth Began {Guest Post}

I have been a member of my oldest son's birth club group since right after his birth almost sixteen years ago. Crazy, right? Over the years, it has turned into a bunch of women sitting around in a virtual Starbucks chit-chatting over cyber lattes. About eight years ago one of those conversations was about reusable menstrual options. A few of the women mentioned using menstrual cups as well as cloth pads. Cloth pads?! I had no idea that was even a thing. I ended up ordering a menstrual cup, but I wasn't interested in trying cloth pads. Nope, not for me.  Then my younger son was born almost five years ago and I started using cloth diapers. I was all about cloth so I joined groups and Facebook pages, followed blogs and people on Twitter. Cloth diapers became an obsession and with that came exposure to more people who were also using cloth for themselves.

Here they were again, cloth pads. Nope, still not interested. Nope, nope, nope. Then a funny thing happened in October of 2013. I was asked to review Pink Lemonade Shop cloth menstrual pads on my blog. I couldn't get away from these cloth pads so I took a few days to think about it. I asked fellow cloth pad users and bloggers what they thought and finally I took the plunge. I agreed to a review.

During my review period (no pun intended), I found that I was surprised at how easy caring for cloth pads was and how much they hold. Other than never being much of a pad user, my concern had always been that cloth pads wouldn't be as absorbent as disposables and I quickly found that I was wrong. But the reason why I became hooked on cloth pads didn't really have anything to do with either of those things. Sure, they're great for the environment and the bank account, but I am now a cloth pad convert and addict because they're soft and pretty. Be honest, who loves that time of the month? I know that I don't, but if there is anything that I can do to make it a little more pleasant then I will, and that something turned out to be cloth pads. Pink Lemonade Shop pads to be specific. 

Regan is the author of The Anti-June Cleaver, a personal blog about parenting, cloth diapering, and cooking with some reviews and giveaways. To read more from Regan and The Anti-June Cleaver, visit her blog at www.theantijunecleaver.com.

Pink Lemonade Shop Frequently Asked Questions!

Last night we had a ton of fun chatting with some amazing women about cloth and Pink Lemonade Shop! There were some wonderful questions asked at our cloth chat party, so we thought it would be a good idea to have them posted here for easy and quick reference! If you have any more questions, feel free to ask below or to email us direct!

Q: How many cloth pads should I have so I don't have to wash them everyday of my period?
A: We suggest having 15-20 pads to get through a cycle, however it will really depend on the length of your cycle, your flow, and how frequently you change. Some like to wait until the end of their cycle to do pad laundry while others do pad laundry every other day!

Q: Can I wash them with cloth diapers?
A: You sure can, however, pads do not need as vigorous of a wash cycle as cloth diapers do, so we do not recommend bleach soaks or ’stripping’ your diapers with your pads. 

Q: How best to keep cloth pads from sliding all around the place?
A: We have been told my many that our pads do not move around while they are being worn, however if you find that yours are, we recommend wearing a more form fitting panty to keep it snug. 

Q: How do you treat stains?
A: Good old fashioned sun! Wash your pads as normal and then lay them flat in the sun! If the sun does not remove your stain, we carry Buncha Farmer’s Stain Removal Sticks that work wonders!

Q: Are your pads regulated by the FDA?
A: We sure are! Pink Lemonade Shop is proudly FDA compliant! 

Q: Do you have to prep cloth pads before use?
A: You do not! Pink Lemonade Shop pads are prepped, prewashed, and ready for you to use upon arrival!

Q: How long do Pink Lemonade pads last?
A: Pink Lemonade Shop pads last for years! Sue has some original PLS pads that are 8+ years old and still look nearly new!

Q: How long does it take for Pink Lemonade cloth pads to pay for themselves in savings?
A: One Pink Lemonade Shop pad replaces 75-100 disposables!

& one very specific question that we thought was a good one!

Q: I'm more concerned about what you do with your pads when the cloth diaper years are done...seems like it would be too small of a load to wash by themselves, plus do you save them all up if your period is 5+ days? Don't they get gross sitting that long before wash day? Makes sense to me to use them if you cloth diaper but what about after? (Asked by Sarah C)
A: Some women save their pad laundry to wash after their cycle has finished, there is no problem with leaving them in a wet bag. We always recommend that you pre-rinse your pads prior to putting them into your soiled storage container. If you pre-rinse your pads, you can wash your pads with any other laundry such as your regular clothing, or towels