Yours Hormonally, Bella
The other day at OHNE HQ we had a conversation about our periods (shocking, I know) and how we felt about them. While Leah and Nikki talked about how they’ve come to love their periods since educating themselves on me...
Yours Hormonally, Nikki
I’ve got an underactive thyroid, meaning that hormonal problems have pretty much always been a ‘thing’ for me. I never had much luck getting my GP to help me out with managing my thyroid problems. I got so bored of being told over and over again that I was ‘fine’ when I knew my body didn’t fee...
CBD and Me: Migraines, My Own Personal Everest
I have been a Headache Person for as long as I can remember. By which I mean, pain has been such a consistent feature in my life that it has become a part of my identity, a permanent fixture in the scenery of my life. I’ve had periods of my life where my chronic headaches have got so bad I cou...
Gin Dates, Coffee Scrubs, and Coconut Oil with UpCircle’s Anna Brightman
Anna Brightman is the co-founder of UpCircle, an organic skincare company which uses leftover natural ingredients such as coffee grounds and brewed chai tea spices. We had a chat with her about cycle tracking, her skincare essentials, and why the best s...
Fighting Insomnia with CBD
Struggling to get to sleep at night? You're not alone. A whole third of UK adults are tossing and turning right alongside you. Once you've tried all the lavender pillows and chamomile teas and, hell, even over-the-counter sleeping pills in the book, you're probably at your wit's end, right? B...
How to Shave Your Vulva (Without Making it Look Like the Surface Of the Moon)
So you’ve done the maths, waged the internal war, consulted your feminist ancestors, and you’ve come to the conclusion that yes, actually, you would rather like to shave some/all of your body hair and it doesn’t make you any less of a bloody feminist, thank-you-very-much. Or maybe you never ha...
Meet Your Hormones: Maisie Hill and Period Power
You’re probably aware that your hormones have great influence over your energy levels and mood. You might know that there are times of the month when you feel ‘hormonal’. And there might be times of the month where you don’t think about it all because you feel great and you’re busy living your...
Being a Human With a Vagina 101
First things first, I solemnly pledge to not use any euphemisms for vagina or vulva in this article. Topping the list of my pet-peeves is articles about vaginas, sex, or periods, in which the authors are afraid to use the words vagina, sex, or period. Neither will I use phrases like va...
When is CBD Not (just) CBD? The Essential Oils in Anti-Teardrops 1% CBD Oil
When we created our pro-period CBD oil (the UK’s first, if ya didn’t already know) we wanted it to be more than just a CBD oil (lol at us saying “just”, as if CBD isn’t legitimately revolutionising our lives). We wanted it to be the ultimate period-perfecting elixir. A tall order, we know....
What is TSS?
Hi OHNE babes. I’m Bella and I write about periods for a living. But until less than a year ago, I thought that Toxic Shock Syndrome, or TSS, was caused by periods. Like, not by tampons, not by external toxins entering the body (despite the name), but by period blood. By our own gross peri...