Minimalist panty liners
August 25, 2015 7:12 PM Subscribe
I am looking for some very specific panty liners that I've bought before--I can't remember who makes them, though. Description is inside. Does this sound familiar?
And if you can't identify this specific liner, can you recommend a brand that has at least the starred criteria?
-*unscented
-*no deodorizers or anti-bacterial chemicals (or anything like that) added
-*very thin
- doesn't look like a mini-pad (with different layers of material, an absorbent middle). instead, it looks like just one solid sheet of material
-comes unwrapped in a cardboard box (i.e. individual panty liners aren't separately wrapped)
-entire back of the liner is sticky (versus sticky stripes or whatever)
And if you can't identify this specific liner, can you recommend a brand that has at least the starred criteria?
-*unscented
-*no deodorizers or anti-bacterial chemicals (or anything like that) added
-*very thin
- doesn't look like a mini-pad (with different layers of material, an absorbent middle). instead, it looks like just one solid sheet of material
-comes unwrapped in a cardboard box (i.e. individual panty liners aren't separately wrapped)
-entire back of the liner is sticky (versus sticky stripes or whatever)
I don't know specifically but it sounds similar to the U by KotexLight or Regular if you can't find the specific one you're thinking of. They are in individual wrappers though.
posted by Crystalinne at 7:25 PM on August 25, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by Crystalinne at 7:25 PM on August 25, 2015 [1 favorite]
You are looking for the Kotex Lightdays liners.
edit: the ones I have are NOT the U by Kotex - those don't look the same at all. Unfortunately I can't seem to find the ones I'm talking about; I wonder if they were discontinued in the last year?
posted by joan_holloway at 7:28 PM on August 25, 2015 [5 favorites]
edit: the ones I have are NOT the U by Kotex - those don't look the same at all. Unfortunately I can't seem to find the ones I'm talking about; I wonder if they were discontinued in the last year?
posted by joan_holloway at 7:28 PM on August 25, 2015 [5 favorites]
You want Kotex Lightdays/Natural Balance (not sure if they're the same thing rebranded), or the store brands that are "compare to Kotex!"
posted by yeahlikethat at 7:29 PM on August 25, 2015 [4 favorites]
posted by yeahlikethat at 7:29 PM on August 25, 2015 [4 favorites]
They sound like Always to me, too. The non-individually-wrapped ones tend to come in cardboard boxes instead of the plastic pouches.
posted by mgar at 7:34 PM on August 25, 2015
posted by mgar at 7:34 PM on August 25, 2015
I think they're Always. I also bought and liked these and then couldn't find them. However, it seems that Always has changed its packaging for these. The panty liners now come so that the backing paper is kind of a wrapping paper and they're folded up in their backing/wrapping paper. The packaging now looks like this. It's annoying that they come wrapped now, but they are functionally the same.
posted by If only I had a penguin... at 7:35 PM on August 25, 2015
posted by If only I had a penguin... at 7:35 PM on August 25, 2015
Nthing Kotex Lightdays. Unlike the U by kotex they aren't individually wrapped.
posted by quaking fajita at 7:35 PM on August 25, 2015
posted by quaking fajita at 7:35 PM on August 25, 2015
They also sound like Always liners to me. The ones I get are not individually wrapped, but are in a cardboard box.
posted by bedhead at 7:50 PM on August 25, 2015
posted by bedhead at 7:50 PM on August 25, 2015
Do you remember little wavy lines embossed into the pads that sort of stitch the whole thing together? If so, definitely Lightdays.
posted by tchemgrrl at 7:50 PM on August 25, 2015 [3 favorites]
posted by tchemgrrl at 7:50 PM on August 25, 2015 [3 favorites]
I have Kotex lightdays, Kotex For U, Kroger brand version of LightDays, and Always liners in my cabinet now.
The Kotex Lightdays are cut into one solid oval shape and the edge is cut- you can see the interior cottony stuff, the edge is the same color as the top, the bottom has a papery-feeling rather than a plastic feel, and the adhesive is spread all the way to the edge of the bottom. It is about 6 inches long.
Kroger Lightdays are curved like the letter 8 ("dips" in near the middle), but are precisely the same as the Lightdays otherwise.
The Kotex Just for Us are curved like the letter 8 and the edge is cut. You can see the interior cottony stuff. The bottom of the pad is a plastic-feeling crinkly white material. The adhesive covers most of the bottom but ends about 1/8 from the side. It is about 1/2 inch shorter than the Kotex Lightday.
The Always are curved like the letter 8 and the cotton pad is covered in a thin gauzy blue layer of covering, and you can't see the inside stuff when looking at the edge. The gauze covering extends around the sides (going out about 1/8 inch from the side of the cotton pad) and continues across the entire bottom of the pad. There is no crinkly plastic or paper bottom, just the gauzy stuff. The adhesive ends about 1/8 inch from the edge of the liner. It is the same size as the Just for U.
I prefer the Kotex but my local chains all stopped carrying them for some reason (I am crying to learn that joan_holloway thinks they may be discontinued) which is why I have my favored hoarded Kotex Lightdays and have several similar kinds I bought as possible new options.
Yours in menstrual science,
Holyrood
posted by holyrood at 8:13 PM on August 25, 2015 [14 favorites]
The Kotex Lightdays are cut into one solid oval shape and the edge is cut- you can see the interior cottony stuff, the edge is the same color as the top, the bottom has a papery-feeling rather than a plastic feel, and the adhesive is spread all the way to the edge of the bottom. It is about 6 inches long.
Kroger Lightdays are curved like the letter 8 ("dips" in near the middle), but are precisely the same as the Lightdays otherwise.
The Kotex Just for Us are curved like the letter 8 and the edge is cut. You can see the interior cottony stuff. The bottom of the pad is a plastic-feeling crinkly white material. The adhesive covers most of the bottom but ends about 1/8 from the side. It is about 1/2 inch shorter than the Kotex Lightday.
The Always are curved like the letter 8 and the cotton pad is covered in a thin gauzy blue layer of covering, and you can't see the inside stuff when looking at the edge. The gauze covering extends around the sides (going out about 1/8 inch from the side of the cotton pad) and continues across the entire bottom of the pad. There is no crinkly plastic or paper bottom, just the gauzy stuff. The adhesive ends about 1/8 inch from the edge of the liner. It is the same size as the Just for U.
I prefer the Kotex but my local chains all stopped carrying them for some reason (I am crying to learn that joan_holloway thinks they may be discontinued) which is why I have my favored hoarded Kotex Lightdays and have several similar kinds I bought as possible new options.
Yours in menstrual science,
Holyrood
posted by holyrood at 8:13 PM on August 25, 2015 [14 favorites]
Holyrood's Always don't seem to be the same ones I took the pic of. Holyrood's sound more like a thicker liner or very light pad. The one's I took the pic of have adhesive to the very edge, no gauzy layer (they're too thing to really have visible layers). I find with the Always liners really merge into the fabric once they're stuck on. And they don't have any of the paper-y-ness that you get with some liners -- I hate it when the edges of liners scratch against me. These don't scratch because A) they never separate from the fabric and B) they're just not paper-y/scratchy texture.
posted by If only I had a penguin... at 8:29 PM on August 25, 2015
posted by If only I had a penguin... at 8:29 PM on August 25, 2015
U by Kotex super thin liners are great- they really are thin, and the adhesive goes edge-to-edge. I wish they weren't individually wrapped, but they're otherwise perfect. Bonus: because they're so thin and sticky, you can also use them as armpit shields to help protect a shirt or blazer from sweat.
posted by pseudostrabismus at 8:42 PM on August 25, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by pseudostrabismus at 8:42 PM on August 25, 2015 [1 favorite]
There's an organic brand which I just googled to remind self-"Organyc". I didn't know the name but they are in beige recycled looking box and are very "clean"...no scent, no extra plastic wrappers etc.
posted by bquarters at 9:24 PM on August 25, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by bquarters at 9:24 PM on August 25, 2015 [1 favorite]
Can see if I have any left at home, they are Always, and there's no "insidey stuff", it's just like a piece of thin fabric/tissue with an adhesive back, probably half a millimeter. It's not the same as the 1mm always that go in a tiny trifold blue plastic envelope.
posted by Iteki at 2:18 AM on August 26, 2015
posted by Iteki at 2:18 AM on August 26, 2015
Always Discreet Dailies, they come in one and one-and-half droplet strengths which are the two I described above. Have a look on google img.
posted by Iteki at 2:22 AM on August 26, 2015
posted by Iteki at 2:22 AM on August 26, 2015
To add to the (confusing) mix, my U by Kotex
Daily Lightday Liners seem to match up exactly. I have a box of 129.
Could it be a regional thing? I'm in Quebec, for reference.
posted by eisforcool at 3:38 AM on August 26, 2015
Daily Lightday Liners seem to match up exactly. I have a box of 129.
Could it be a regional thing? I'm in Quebec, for reference.
posted by eisforcool at 3:38 AM on August 26, 2015
I get generic Walgreens/CVS/Walmart pantiliners that are exactly like this. They're the only kind that I like. I'd look for whatever generic brand your store carries, and you can see on the box if it's the correct kind. (I don't think most store-brand generic pantiliners are even made in any other style.)
posted by easter queen at 9:58 AM on August 27, 2015
posted by easter queen at 9:58 AM on August 27, 2015
Update from the anon OP:
Thank you all for your input. I'm glad to see other women spend as much time thinking about panty liners as I do! In the end, I got U by Kotex Lightdays Liners, Regular, and they fit the bill exactly. Not sure if they're the brand I was originally thinking of but they're working out just fine.posted by LobsterMitten at 10:46 PM on September 14, 2015 [1 favorite]
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