August makes personalized period care using ethically and sustainably sourced organic cotton.

 We’re August, a lifestyle period brand working to make period care more sustainable, fun, and empowering. While most period products take 500-800 years to decompose, our pads are fully biodegradable within 12 months, and our tampons are designed to optimize comfort and absorbency, and have BPA free applicators with a rounded top for easier insertion. We believe in sustainable, inclusive, carbon-neutral, traceable period care that actually works.

We are not just about the period products you can personalize and subscribe to...August is so much more than that. We stand for fearless conversations about periods, period pain, period blood, and overall menstrual health, and that shows in our commitment to supporting our fast-growing global online community. We’re also tax-free! We don’t believe in that tax, so we cover the "tampon tax" for all subscribers who still live in one of the 20+ states that have the tax. And for every purchase with August, we donate products to menstruators in need or donate a % of their sale to an organization of choice.

Nadya Okamoto

Nick Jain

August

pads

panty liners 

tampons

Health & Wellness

Feminine Care

Sexual Wellness

Reproductive Health

I found these products were really uncomfortable and didnt work nearly as well as other brands that are sustainable and non toxic. The marketing is really good but the products are not worth is. 

I have a subscription for these products and I will say I LOVE the pads and panty liners but find that the tampons have leakage, especially with heavier flow. Also, the pads stick together sometimes which can rip the packaging but this does not discourage me from buying. 

Saw these at Target and although some of the promoting had been annoying, I thought to myself that I should give it a shot. Worst choice ever!! Buyer beware: this pad has caused the MOST LEAKAGE ever!!!! I’m 22, I’ve been menstruating for sometime now, and this morning, on the 5th day of my period (which means my flow IS NOT HEAVY WHATSOEVER) I wake up to a large bloodstain on my WHITE SHEETS. I get up to check the back of my undies because that’s where I find my leakage to happen 99% of the time. NOPE! This product has a preference for leaking in the FRONT for whatever weird reason. I usually put a towel underneath when I have my period to avoid having to scrub out the blood stains from my sheets, but since the flow has been little to nonexistent, I decided to forego the towel, and man what a mistake. Love scrubbing out the large dried up blood stain on my white sheets :(. I’ve never experience this kind of leakage with a pad, why does it leak in the front???? I’m honestly really disappointed with the product, it talked itself up for being “extra absorbent”, maybe extra repellant, because why the hell is blood just easily seeping through the front of my panties??? Extremely disappointed, and I’m really hoping this stain will come out, but so far even with my hydrogen peroxide and bottle of Shout, I’m having no luck :(((

I feel like the packaging takes too much space and I think it'd be actually better to store them in a biodegradable bag instead of the box. 

I love their branding and mission. I like the community-building aspect of the brand and makes the period no longer a dreading experience for me. And I actually love their products too. The pads absorb really well although they are thinner than other brands' products. 

Love the packaging and sustainability efforts. A tampon is a tampon at the end of the day :)

I've used their tampons - love the packaging, so cute and the product itself is comfortable and easy to use. No complaints!

I really love the mission behind this brand! Their focus on personalized products and sustainably sourced materials is wonderful. 

I don't think I tried the right product for me but I definitely want to try more from August! 


My dream would be that the tampon and pad packaging is biodegradable or recyclable too but I'm not sure of the limitations there. 

August had a great unboxing and I like how all of the product boxes fit neatly inside so there was no waste. The packaging is sleek and cool and isn't anything like traditional period brands. Also really resonate with the mission. 

WORST PADS EVER! I tried a variety of pads and they are not nearly as absorbent as advertised- blood just sits on top really. Also, they’re hardly sticky so constantly moving around in my panties. All of this, on top of the fact that I can’t just pick them up at the store… it’s a no from me! 

Really great sustainable tampons and I love the brand's mission! The only tampons I buy right now.

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