Tara Olivo, associate editor04.27.22
A new hemp-based line of period care products has launched this month, adding another body- and Earth-friendly option to the growing natural hygiene market.
Val Emanuel, a Southern California native, conceived the idea for Rif care (Regenerative International Female Inc.) a few years ago while looking into some of the terms and ingredients in feminine hygiene products that she didn’t understand.
“My ex founded a company called Circular Systems, and he works a lot with hemp—he’s been working with textiles for 25 years,” she says. “I was traveling the world with him and I realized there are so many applications for hemp that we weren’t utilizing yet. One industrial use I thought could be great is as an absorbent material, so that’s how the original concept came about.”
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Val Emanuel, a Southern California native, conceived the idea for Rif care (Regenerative International Female Inc.) a few years ago while looking into some of the terms and ingredients in feminine hygiene products that she didn’t understand.
“My ex founded a company called Circular Systems, and he works a lot with hemp—he’s been working with textiles for 25 years,” she says. “I was traveling the world with him and I realized there are so many applications for hemp that we weren’t utilizing yet. One industrial use I thought could be great is as an absorbent material, so that’s how the original concept came about.”

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