Product Endorsements

Occasionally, one comes across a product or two which you love and want others to know about. These three products have had a positive impact on my life by either making things easier or more enjoyable, and I would be happy to learn that my blog readers have tried these products as well.

Peonys's #1 product of the year is...

The Diva Cup.


I picked up the Diva Cup last February when I went to visit Ms. Yellow Pants in Portland, OR at one of the neat groceries there called New Seasons Market. Anyway, I had my period while I was out there and stopped by the store to pick up tampons. Being that I was on a brief holiday, I was taking my time in the store and noticed the Diva Cups next to the tampons. I read the box, compared the price to a box of tampons... and thought to myself... if the Diva Cup works for me it is a pretty good savings over the course of just one year. So, I took the risk and bought it. And, I've been using it ever since.

What is a Diva Cup? , you may ask. Well, it is pretty much a rubber cup which you insert into your vagina to catch your period. It fits right in and is totally not noticeable once you get used to it (which for me was like a day).

What I like about the Diva Cup is three things: 1.) it is much less hassle than tampons, 2.) it is better for the environment and 3.) I believe that it is better for my body. I highly recommend the Diva Cup to any woman who is open to getting more in touch with her period, who is curious to really know how much flow she's got (as the cup has ounce measurements on it), and who would like to take another step in becoming more environmentally friendly. It's a grand product which I hope someday will become mainstream.

Product #2 for 2008:

The Fire Hydrant Shower Head from:

My man and I have been suffering with lame-ass showers for about 2 1/2 years in our new home. We love the house, we just didn't love the shower and we had been dealing with it for far too long. One day, after have yet again another disappointing shower with water just dripping out of the shower head, I did myself a search on the internets. I came across a shower head that a number of people claimed made their trickle-y shower into a high pressure spa like experience. I wanted to be optimistic, but such claims seemed too good to be true. Yet, we were in a bad situation, so we went for it. And, thankfully, we did get a fantastic shower head. It is inconceivable to me how just changing a shower head could really make such a difference, but it did - and has. We go the new shower head about 4 months ago and it is still making us very happy.

And, product #3...

Comfort Zone with Feliway

So, the story with this item is that our lovely kitties somehow moved from being ok with each other's presence to absolutely hating one another. They would fight, hiss, growl. Fur was constantly flying.. making being home a very anxious experience for my man and I. It was ugly. We did what we could to temper the kitties, but it just wasn't working until I got this diffuser that releases a cat pheromone which helps them to relax. Now, things are pretty much back to normal for Raka and Ku. See...


You can just see how happy they are now, right?

And those are Peonys's endorsements for 2008.