Fab Finds:: Soap Nuts + Giveaway

Comments closed. And the winner of the Soap Nuts Giveaway is...

Lynn, who said...

"... Not sure about the soap nuts, but if I win I will definitely give them a try!"
Posted August 19, 2009 3:20 PM

Congratulations! To claim your prize contact freshmommy@me.com.

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As is no secret, and you may have noticed by now, I'm totally down with doing things the natural way. I love cleaning with good-for-us products, having the things we use on our body be safe enough to eat, making hummus and applesauce, and picking from the limited vegetables we've grown in our garden.

But I'm not a complete do-it-yourself-er... there are many things that I don't do, and take the easy way out.

So a few months ago, when I was about to stock up on the natural ingredients necessary to make my own laundry detergent, I found myself tired at just the thought of it. Little did I know that at the time, I was pregnant, and that may have been the reason for my fatigue. Nonetheless, I backed out on my determination to make detergent and bought another bottle.

It was then I received an email from my mother telling me about this cool product she found, and thought her slightly-granola daughter might be interested in it.

Well, she didn't actually say the slightly-granola part.

I ordered a starter pack right away, and have been in love with doing laundry ever since.

Except that I don't like to do laundry, and still have a few piles waiting to be washed. But the laundry that eventually does get washed, and often at the hands of my husband, that laundry is clean, fresh and free of any added chemicals!!

I know, it looks weird, strange even. And I wasn't sure what I was getting myself into when I ordered a box of nuts to wash my family's clothing. But the fact that Soap Nuts really are completely natural (grown on trees is about as natural as you can get) had me ready to try.

There have been a couple of times that we've had an especially dirty, wet and stinky load to be washed and I decided to use my old stand-by chemical detergent... only to end up re-washing the load with Soap Nuts because it didn't smell clean enough.

I just recently learned that Soap Nuts also come in a liquid form, probably for those who feel that throwing a couple of nuts in their washer won't do the job.

Although, if they can clean and freshen the clothing, blankets and towels from a 4-day rain filled camping trip, then they can pretty much get anything clean.

Upon hearing that 60% of baby's eczema and 40% of children's eczema is triggered by detergents and that Soap Nuts have been used as an age-old treatment of eczema and psoriasis, I knew I had to tell you all about it.

Oh, and one more thing! Leave a comment, any old comment at all, on this post, and be entered to win a trial size Soap Nuts pack!! I truly feel that if you just try Soap Nuts, you'll like it just as much as I do, so I want to get it into your hands.

So, what are you waiting for? Say what's on your mind.