Dive right in! Like the weather, the Daily Star's FREE newsletter is a scorcherA woman says period blood facials leave her skin “glowing”.Mary Miranda believes fluid has “healing” properties and also uses it to paint pictures and water her plants.But the 36-year-old, from Chicago, USA, hasn’t always felt as comfortable about her menstrual cycle.During her teenage years, her periods were very painful and could last for eight days at a time.The bleeding was very irregular and only came three or four times a year, which she initially didn’t realise was abnormal.Even when she was taking birth control, Mary's period pain didn't ease and in 2006 she was diagnosed with an ovarian cyst.Doctors conducted a salpingo-oophorectomy to remove her right.
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