Let’s start with the reality too many people live with: period cramps aren’t just “a bad tummy ache.” Dysmenorrhea can feel like a vise squeezing your lower abdomen, pain knifing into your back and thighs, a steady throb that steals focus, sleep, and joy. Some push...
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Post-Holiday Detox
The New Year represents an opportunity to start fresh and rid your body and mind of anything toxic that was in your life during the past year. By now you’ve probably made your New Year's Resolutions and promised yourself to kick-start 2015 in a healthier manner, so...
Be the Woman You Want to Be in 2015 & Vote for Your Favorite from 2014
It's our favorite time of year! Not only because of the holidays but because of a very fun tradition we started last year - the crowning of a #FierceWomandOfTheYear. Throughout the year, we dedicate at least one blog post a month to a value that is of great importance...
5 DIY Holiday Gifts For Your Gal Pals
The holiday season can be a wonderful and joyous time of the year, but also an extremely stressful one when it comes to gift giving. Over the years you have probably made a lot of new friends, co-workers, and perhaps you even have a new significant other. If your...
Where does the term PMS come from?
Aunt Flo, the crimson wave, leak week… whatever you call that special time of the month, periods are never that much fun for anyone. One week before your menstrual cycle you may find yourself a bit more on edge and irritable than usual, and this can be attributed to...
FWOTM: Amel Najjar, Inspiring Peace by Providing Children with Medical Care
We all know how impressionable children can be, while at the same time providing rays of hope and light for the future. So, when a child is inflicted with a loss of a limb due to a tragic roadside bomb or born with a congenital defect that her home country does not...
Go Gluten-Free This Thanksgiving
According to the Celiac Disease Foundation, gluten is a “general name for the proteins found in wheat (durum, emmer, spelt, farina, farro, KAMUT® khorasan wheat and einkorn), rye, barley and triticale. Gluten helps foods maintain their shape, acting as a glue that...
Taking Back the Vagina
Cunt. Pussy. Snatch. Box. Cum Dumpster. Cock Holster. There are dozens of words that have taken the place of "vagina"-- a word of recluse that has now developed a strictly biological/formal tone. The word vagina has always been shrouded in attempts of modesty and by...
Strange but Unique Products for Women
Throughout centuries women have gone to extreme measures to be beautiful. Fast-forward to our current society, and not too much has changed. Inventors and marketers alike have been capitalizing on this insatiable quest that women have to find “miracle” beauty...
Your Menstrual Cycle and the Moon
Today’s society is very contradictory when it comes to women and their health. On one hand, you are constantly told to go to the doctor, get your breasts checked, and take your vitamins. On the other hand, you are expected to be able to juggle work, family and friends...
Five Fierce Woman Halloween Makeup Ideas
Halloween is a very fun and festive time for children and adults alike, with pumpkin picking, costumes, and candy. We here at Maxim Hygiene know that dressing up is one of the most enjoyable and important parts of the holiday. We've compiled five Halloween makeup...