Scarlet didn’t start as a business plan. It started inside my own body - years of stage 4 endometriosis, adenomyosis, failed treatments, surgeries, early menopause symptoms and the quiet expectation to “just get on with it.”

I spent too many years pushing through pain, sitting in waiting rooms that didn’t have answers, and using products that felt outdated, ugly or simply not designed with people like me in mind. At some point, survival turned into clarity: if the care I needed didn’t exist, I’d have to make it.

The Backstory: Pain, Grit and the Gap No One Was Filling

My path wasn’t neat. It came with laparoscopies, hormone treatments, a hysterectomy, early menopause symptoms and care that swung between patchy and dismissive. I was constantly improvising - hot water bottles, wheat bags, bulky plug-ins, anything I could find to take the edge off.

But pain also gives you perspective. Eventually, frustration turned into a kind of creative rage. I wanted care that was both effective and beautiful. Supportive, not shame-filled. Designed, not improvised. There was a gap. A big one. So I built it.

Why I Created rae

I partnered with Melbourne engineers because the solutions available to me - cords, microwaves, fiddly buttons and flimsy materials - weren’t cutting it.

I wanted something I could actually live in. Something designed for people who work, commute, parent, recover from surgery, fight for answers, or simply want to go about their day without lugging a heat pack around like a Victorian-era heroine.

We built the rae Heat Pad to solve that: wireless, wearable, discreet, rechargeable, safety-certified and genuinely beautiful. Not medical. Not clinical. Just smart, human care for everyday life. It’s the product I needed years ago.

Why Scarlet Exists

Scarlet is my answer to the frustration so many of us carry: the lack of good period and pelvic care, the silence around it, the cheap design, the embarrassment baked into the category.

Scarlet exists so your care can feel like it was created by someone who gets it - because it was. Every product is lived-experience led. Every detail comes from years of knowing what doesn’t work, what hurts, what helps and what actually makes a day bearable.

What’s Next

This is just the beginning. My focus now is on three things:

• More design-led self-care: Products that respect your life - portable, beautiful, effective and built with intention.
• Better education: Resources that cut through shame and confusion so you can understand your body with clarity.
• Advocacy that moves the needle: Changing the conversation around period and pelvic pain so nobody has to “push through” alone