Cup Cleanse by Cora with Natural Stain-Fighting Ingredients - pH Balanced Without Dyes, fragrances, Drying sulfates or parabens

This was my last-ditch effort to find a cup wash that got my cup clean and removed any odors, without leaving an awful, perfume-y, floral or herbal scent behind.It works best with warm water, and I use an old toothbrush to scrub the cup. Just a dime-sized amount of Cora, about three minutes of scrubbing and a quick rinse, and my cup is almost as good as new! No sickly sweet smell of jasmine or (gods forbid) roses or whatever other 'feminine' stink companies put in everything made for women. And no other smells, either!I'm tickled pink that I found this!

Cora cup cleanse uses mostly natural ingredients and is free of the sulfates, parabens, fragrances, and dyes I try to avoid in products. I have sensitive skin and this fits the bill! I also like that they donate to education and products for underserved girls. The packaging is beautiful too! While the ideals are great, I wasn't super pleased with this product. It smells clean and leaves the silicone on my cup feeling good, however, it didn't feel or look any cleaner than what regular soap or boiling can do. There was no lather (which isn't always an indication of cleanliness I understand), but it also left more stains than the regular soap I use. The gel was also very thin, so I had to use a lot to clean. It is a very expensive product that seems to do a worse job than just regular soap and water or boiling. While it's nice to use and smell, I will not be buying this product again.

Almost all the cup washes I've found contain some kind of menthol or eucalyptus, which isn't great if you're sensitive to such scents/tingles. I love that this one doesn't. It smells clean but not perfumey or fragranced. I use it at the end of each day and at the start/end of each cycle (before boiling it). I do wish it had a lid that could be popped open with one hand. When holding my cup in one hand it is difficult to open and dispense this with only one hand, I often end up having more dump out than I intend.

I've been using a Diva Cup since 2012. In all that time, I never bothered buying anything special to clean it, I would use shower gel or handsoap as needed, and boil it every month when I was done using it. This CORA cup cleaner was purchased as part of a program that would send me a gift card for leaving a review, so that's the reason I tried it out. I don't have anything bad to say about it other than the fact that it's $11-12 that I never felt the need to spend and probably still wouldn't. But if you want to buy something that is specially designed for this purpose, this is a nice enough product. The smell is light and pleasant. You don't need much each time, so the bottle will last a long while. It was easy to dispense. I can't say it helped the existing stains on my cup, so I can't speak to whether it would keep a new cup from getting discolored in the first place. I like the clean ingredient list.

This worked better than I thought it would, as the menstrual cups I had previously cleaned with only non-antibacterial dish soap or bathroom pump soap were clearer and whiter after using this cup wash. I like that the ingredients are explicitly stated on the packaging—I accidentally splashed some soap in my eye and it didn’t burn! Not that I’m recommending you do that, but it speaks to the gentleness of the cleanser. 4/5 stars because Cora cups are pricey for women of limited income means and 11.99 for a cleanser is also cost prohibitive.