Finnegan's Footprint - Sweet Pea OS Pocket Diaper, Pail Liner and Balm Baby Spray Review!

Disclosure: I received these products in exchange for my honest review. All opinions and experiences are my own and may differ from those of your own. 

Finnegan's Footprint

Finnegan's Footprint is an online eco-friendly family boutique that is committed to bringing your family the highest quality natural products. Finnegan's Footprint is currently an online shop only, but they are looking to open a brick and mortar store in the San Antonion area. You can also find them at local craft fairs and such. 

Finnegan's Footprint carries a wide variety of products from clothing and home cleaning product to bath and body products and of course cloth diapers. You can find these products at Finnegan's Footprint; Piccalilly, Grandma El's, Babytime by Episencial, Begin Again Toys, eco-kids, Hip Peas, Eco Nuts, Diaper Dogs, Dive Cups, Luna Pads, Sweet Pea Diapers and so much more! 

These are products that the momma who owns Finnegan's Footprint, personally uses with her own children and she is very passionate about them all.

What We Received for Review

When we received our package from Finnegan's Footprint, it was definitely an awesome mail day! We received a Sweet Pea AIO, OS Pocket diaper ($16.99ARV), a Sweet Pea Pail Liner ($14.99ARV) and a bottom of BALM! Baby SPRAY that BOTTOM ($14.99ARV). 

Sweet Pea OS AIO Pocket Diaper

 

Sweet Pea is a Canadian company and they refer to this diaper as an all in one, which can be confusing to us American's. This is a pocket diaper. Being a one size diaper, this will fit from approximately birth through potty training or roughly from 8 pounds through 35 pounds. As you can see in the photo above there are two rows of rise snaps to help make this one diaper fit from birth to potty training. The outer of the diaper is a waterproof barrier to keep wetness inside and it is lined with a soft micro fleece for a gently touch to baby's skin and it pulls moisture away for their skin to help prevent diaper rashes.

The diaper has openings at the front and back for easy stuffing, adjusting of the inserts and this also allows the inserts to agitate out while in the wash. I personally still take them out for washing, but I know many other who do not. Also if you line dry your diapers there is a tag in the back of the pocket that would make line drying a breeze. All Sweet Pea OS Pocket Diapers come with two microfiber inserts, one small/newborn and one large. You can use just the small insert for newborns or both inserts for older babies and toddlers.

 

This is our first Sweet Pea diaper and I was immediately pleased with the quality and professional stitching of the diaper. The elastics are nice and tight and stretchy, they are also even. All of the snaps are secure and backed with a second layer of PUL to prevent them from pulling through. I love the generous pockets! I don't have dainty little girl hands and some pocket diapers are really hard for me to stuff. I had no issues with stuffing these so I'd say that gives them a plus on the daddy friendly side. 

 

The inserts are made of microfiber, but seriously, they are so absorbent! You probably wont believe me, so you'll have to try them for yourself and see! Ezio is 3 years old and about 33lbs, he is an average wetter. The majority of the time that he wears this diaper, we do use both inserts, I often have to change him before he's completely wet both inserts. During the day we've gone up to 4 hours, but only because that is the absolute maximum amount of time that I'll leave him in one diaper. He probably could have gone at least another two hours. Last night we used this diaper as a night time diaper for the first time since receiving it and oh my, I was so blown away!! He slept a full 12 hours and when he woke up, he was not damp by his legs and the inserts were only wet half ways back! So awesome and very exciting to not have to change his sheets.  

The fit has been great! It fits snugly around his legs, but not too tight. He also has so much room to grow in the belly. The rise of the diaper is also a perfect fit and definitely long enough for him to continue wearing for quite some time yet, hopefully he'll be potty trained by then though.  

Pail Liner

  

The Sweet Pea Pail Liner is a waterproof lining with an elastic top to secure it in your diaper pail. We use a kitchen garbage can for our pail. This pail liner can fit in a 14 gallon kitchen garbage can, it measures 24 X 28". Pail liners are great. Just toss your dirty diapers in the pail and come wash day, simply dump the diapers into the washer and toss the pail liner right in the washer with the diapers.  

This will save you time with no longer having to wash out the stinky pail. I do still recommend to sprinkle some baking soda or an essential oil in the pail and/or pail liner, especially if you wash every 2-3 days. I always make sure to do this during the hot summer, we do have central air and keep the house cool, but I like to prevent strong stinks and flies. You can get Sweet Pea pail liners to match your Sweet Pea diapers or just pick the color or print that you like the most. 

BALM! Baby - SPRAY That BOTTOM!

I am so happy that Taeylor (the momma behind Finnegan's Footprint) introduced me to this absolutely amazing spray! I am at least half ways through this bottle already. We seriously use it for just about everything topical and it works amazingly! 

BALM! Baby offers eco-friendly and vegan baby products. This bottom spray is made of a strong infusion of the earth's most healing herbs into Hawaii's most healing oils. This is BALM! Baby's convenient spray and is one of their best selling 100% natural and organic diaper balms and first aids. It is made in Hawaii. You can use this spray for just about everything, including, but not limited to, eczema, diaper rash, bug bites, scrapes, sores from runny noses, razor burn, dry lips, sunburn (but please be sure to draw all heat out first with cool rags!) and more. It is CLOTH DIAPER SAFE!! It comes in a 4 oz. recycled aluminum bottle with a spritz top. 

Some of my favorite pluses, aside from it being cloth diaper safe is that it is also vegan, GMO free and NUT FREE! As many of you know, Ezio is allergic to tree nuts as well as many other things. 

Cade wear disposable pull-ups to bed as he refuses to wear a diaper, but I can't blame him. However, he gets a pretty nasty rash on his bum from them so we use this nightly and it cleared up his rash with in a few days to a week of continuous use. I also use this daily on Ezio who gets random eczema patches and also hives from his food allergies. It helps to relive the kiddos' bug bites as well which is awesome. 

Ingredients

Witch Hazel (Alcohol FREE), Extra Virgin olive oil*, infused in noni, calendula, chamomille, comfrey & rosemary, St. John’s wort extract, chickweed extract, neem oil vitamin e T-50, Organic Essential oil blend of orange, lavender & tea tree. 

This is seriously our magic worker! I love it more than any other cream, ointment, etc. that I've ever tried! Plus, it's safe for Ezio to use, which is pretty hard to find things that are completely free of his allergens.

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Accessorize Your Stash Giveaway! US 8/28

Welcome to the 2nd Annual Accessorize Your Stash in August Giveaway Hop!
Hosted by So Easy Being Green and According to Jenny!
Are you ready to accessorize your cloth diapers stash? A great group of bloggers have come together to help you do just that – with Cloth Diaper Accessory Giveaways! If you love cloth diapering, then you'll love hopping around to see what each blog has in store for you and your Fluffy Stash! 

Prize Pack #1

Buncha Farmers - 2 Stain Sticks

MeresAll Natural - Hiney Honey Bum Balm

CupcakeCovers - Cloth Diaper Starter Kit (Pail Liner, Wet Bag & Wipes)

Total Value of $59.90

Prize Pack #2

Rosalie Jane Creations – Anchors Aweigh Wetbag

Buncha Farmers - 2 Stain Sticks

Snappi& EpiBi Liner

WoolziesDryer Balls

Total Value of $62.60

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Now that you've entered to win my Accessorize Your Stash Giveaway, you're not going to want to miss the fabulous Grand Prize for this Event. It's full of all the accessories you'll want for your stash, including a Diaper Sprayer, Planet Wise Wet/Dry Hanging Bag, and Cloth Wipes and Detergent from BALM! Baby. 

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Buncha Farmers Stain Sticks & Manuka Soap {Sponsor Spotlight}

A group of farmers and local artisans in the Greater Toronto Region, Durham Region and Region of York in Central Ontario, started the BunchaFarmers company in the summer of 2006. Their first store was opened on one of the members Farms in Stouffville. There were some disagreement on in which direction the company should go and some of the members dropped out, the remaining few shareholders opened a new location in Queensville on another farm that had a country store. They began developing organic and natural products for Wholesale and distribution. This crew of farmers also operates three Farmers' Markets.

Stain Stick

Buncha Farmers Stain Stick ($4.42/bar)  is all natural, made with all-natural, biodegradeable ingredients and enhanced with borax to soften the water and aid in the cleaning process. This stain stick does not contain any artificial dyes or perfumes, it does have natural scents from eucalyptus and deodorizing power of litsea. This stain stick works great on grass, red wine, ketchup, blood, grease, underarm stains, stains and dinginess in cloth diapers, etc. It can even be used on walls!

You can scrape off a little bit of the bar and throw it right in with your regular was. I made a 'concoction' of Soap Nuts and Buncha Farmers with a recipe I found on Buncha Farmers Inc. Facebook Group! You can rub directly on the stain with a little water and lather it on or you can melt some n hot water and spray or rub it onto carpet surfaces, car seats, etc.

I use the Soap Nut and Buncha Farmers concoction as our laundry detergent and cloth diaper detergent. Our boys have sensitive skin and this works great on their diapers and after a week of using this on our diapers we have yet to have a rash!! Usually if either of the boys is going to have a reaction to a detergent used on their diapers it presents it self, often in full force, with in just a few hours. The diapers smell nice and clean with out the heavy scent of other detergents. 

I have so many things I want to try BunchaFarmers Stain Remover on, just have to find the time and I will definitely share the magic with all of you! I am looking forward to removing stains on my couch, Cade's car seat is pretty gross and even has a little bit of mold growing on the underside of his car seat cover. I am also going to give the stain stick remover a shot on the drawings Cade thought were necessary to do on the walls! I've tried a few other things to get the random crayon, marker, pen, etc off of the walls and dressers with little to no success and a ton of effort. 

Manuka Soap

Manuka Soap ($3.99/bar) is made with healing honey/Genuine Manuka Honey from New Zealand. The Manuka Soap is available in three different scents, Lavender, Lemongrass and Oatmeal, all of them are natural soaps that are perfect for those with sensitive skin or even if you just feel your need more moisturizing body and/or hand wash. The different scents of the Manuka Soap have their own benefits, such as the Honey & Lavender being a calming and soothing soap, Honey and Lemongrass helps to deodorize and refresh and the Honey and Oatmeal is non scented with the benefits of oatmeal and honey to help soothe sensitive skin as well as eczema. I love using oatmeal and honey on both of the boys' as they both have sensitive skin and eczema. All of the Manuka Soaps from BunchaFarmers are handmade in Ontario, Canada, using only the finest of ingredients. You can view the ingredients here.

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Disclosure: I received the above products in exchange for my honest review, all opinions and experiences are my own and may differ from those of your own. I received no monetary compensation for this publication. 

Make Your Own Cloth Diaper & Laundry Detergent {Only 2 ingredients!}

We recently ran out of the cloth diaper detergent that I was using on our diapers. Both of my boys have sensitive skin and eczema, making it very difficult to find something that their bums will do okay with. There are only 3 cloth diaper safe detergents I can use on their cloth diapers, Eco Nuts being one of them, however I wish the Eco Nuts would leave a little better smell to the diapers. They don't smell stinky or dirty, they do smell clean, but a plain natural clean and I'm not at all used to that. 

I've been thinking about making my Eco Nuts into a liquid form and seeing if that would help the smell a little more. My washer does not get all that hot and you need hot water to release the saponin (the soap) from the Eco Nuts. While visiting the BunchaFarmers Facebook Group I can across this recipe for a concoction of Eco Nuts liquid soap and BunchaFarmers Stain Stick Remover, so I thought I'd give it a shot! 

You take about 6-8 Eco Nuts, break them up into smaller pieces so that more of the saponin can be released easier. 

Put them in a pot of boiling water, reduce heat a bit to avoid over flow (the saponin in the soap nuts can cause quite the fierce boil over). 'Cook' for about one to one and a half hours. 

After 'cooking' your Eco Nuts, strain the soap you've just made into another pot. After I strained all of the Eco Nut shells out I took a spoon and pressed it against the Eco Nuts to get the remaining saponin out. 

 

 While I waited for the Eco Nuts, I grated about 5 tablespoons of the BunchaFarmers Stain Stick. I don't have a grater, but a butter knife worked just as well!

After draining the Eco Nuts, I returned the liquid to the pot and back to the stove. I added my grated Buncha Farmers Stain Stick and stirred it while heating it to help melt it. In the photo above the milky looking liquid is the melted Buncha Farmers and the darker liquid is the Eco Nuts saponin. It does mix together quite well, I mixed it better after taking the above photo.

I let the concoction cool for a bit and then filled three ice cube trays with it, two of my trays were quite small so I had a bit left over. Just pop them into the freezer and once they have become frozen all the way through you just pop them out into a zip lock baggy and place back in the freezer. I found that these melt pretty quickly. I actually had to put the two smaller ice cube trays back in the freezer to refreeze them as they melted while I was popping out the larger tray. This recipe makes enough for about 21-32 loads using only 6-8 Eco Nuts. A medium box of Eco Nuts is only $9.99 for 100 loads, when using Eco Nuts whole you get about 10 washes out of them, making a liquid soap out of them with the bunchafarmers DOUBLES the number of loads you can do with the same about of Eco Nuts. A stick of BunchaFarmers is only $4.42 and when grated a stick equals 17 tbsp, this recipe only calls for about 4-5tbsp equaling about 4 loads if my math is correct. I know there are much cheaper homemade CD safe detergents, however we unfortunately can not use those with the boys skin problems and this one works great!

I put 3-4 of the smaller or 2 of the larger ones into a cup to take them down to the basement other wise they melt in my hand on the way down there and I'm on the first floor. Just toss them in the wash and run your hot water! The amount of ice cubes you would need may depend on your water type, we live in the city, have soft water and we're only about 5 minutes away from the water sanitation plant. I also used up the liquid I had left, but didn't have enough ice cube trays for, I used about 1/3 of a cup of the liquid per load. You can keep the liquid in the fridge, but I would make a smaller batch and make sure it has an 'air tight' sealed lid. I don't think it would really last much more then about a week in the fridge, however depending on how often you do laundry you may use it up before it goes bad. I do at least 1-2 loads of cloth diapers in a single day on top of all the other loads of laundry for a family of five. I probably could have gotten away with putting the liquid in the fridge, however with two toddlers who think they should be in the fridge, I wanted to avoid them opening and spilling it all over. 

Do you make your own laundry detergent or cloth diaper safe detergent? Do you think you might try out this recipe?

Disclosure: This is not my recipe, I used the recipe on BunchaFarmers, Inc. Facebook Group from another BunchaFarmers user. I was not compensated for this post, I just wanted to share it with all of you as I have made it, use it and like it. Enjoy!

My Simple Clean Review & $10GC Giveaway WW 8/8

My Simple Clean is all about homemade green, chemical free and cost effective products that will be safe for pets as well as those with sensitive skin. All ingredients used in My Simple Clean products are readily available for you to see with nothing hidden and words everyone can pronounce and understand.

 Shea Butter Soap

The Shea Butter Soap ($5ARV) is made with Shea Butter, gylcerine, lanolin and caocao. This bar of soap is about 4 ounces and thick, it provides moisture to your skin and comes unscented or in a variety of other scents. The Simply Soap I received was blackberry scented and smelled so good! My skin felt like a baby's bottom after using this soap and didn't cause any yucky filmy feeling on my skin. I've also used this on the boys and they haven't had any reactions to it, which is awesome. 

Odor Out

Odor Out ($3ARV) comes in a glass salt shaker and has a minty orange scent and kicks those stinks in not so easily washable items to the curb! This product was created by Jamie with her teens shoes in mind as the odor would make you gag from ten feet away! Sounds like my daughter's super stinky feet! Whether she wears tennis shoes, sandals or flip flops her feet always stink, but she is my sweat monster. During the school year when she comes home from school I am ready to puke as soon as her shoes come off. I make her go rinse/wash her feet off in the tub and then I can breathe again. She has been away at great grandma's house most of the summer so I have not tried this yet on her shoes, but definitely will be once the school year starts... especially on gym days! 

I currently use Odor Out in my garbage can. With a household of five, lots of food and sometimes the use of disposables out garbage can definitely can wreak up the kitchen if not the house! Yuck! I just sprinkled a little bit of the Odor Out in the bottom of the garbage can, placed the garbage bag inside and I haven't noticed a real issue with odor coming from it. I am also going to sprinkle a little bit in the bottom of my diaper pail, which might at least eliminate the odor in my pail liner which is delaminating and sure does stink. I end up having to wash it w/every load of diapers. 

Simple Clean Laundry

Simple Clean Laundry ($8ARV) comes in a 6 cup/72 load super concentrated super thick soap, load size depends on your machine. Jamie has deiscovered a lot of uses for this other then just for laundry. It is also a great odor remover of things such as diesel, gas, sweat and other things men may have on their clothing. As well a pretreatment stain remover for oil, grass and ink. How amazing is that?! Just wait til you hear the ingredients, no chemicals, dyes or perfumes! Only sodium tetraborate, sodium carbonate, hydrogen peroxide, organic hemp oil, organic olive oil, organic jojoba oil, citric acid and tocopherol. It is also biodegradable. I receive a two load sample of this laundry detergent and my clothes smell amazing! This detergent is also cloth diaper safe and imagine such fresh smelling diapers. Oh, I wish I could share the fresh and clean laundry smell with all of you! It's not like other detergents that are cloth diaper safe and leave your diapers and clothing smelling like dirty water, this actually leave a clean scent.

Paw-Perroni

 Paw-Perroni ($5ARV) come in a dozen of regular bones or two dozen of mini bones and paw shaped treats, they are allergen friendly dog treats and only contain, brown rice flour, quinola, veggie cheese, turkey pepperoni and beef broth (homemade w/NO sodium). They are obviously fresh, strong delicious smell for the fury friends and soft making them great for even the older dogs who may have bad teeth and a hard time chewing the harder treats.

 

  

Monk is just a puppy and of course loved the Paw-Perroni! He couldn't get enough of them!

 Lucy, Monk's mom is not a picky eater and eats things that most dogs wont and definitely loves candy! She also loves the Paw-Perroni! 

 

What better then a yummy treat for your fury friend? When you purchase dog treats from My Simple Clean $2 of every treat sold goes directly to 4 Paws For Abilities, an organization that changes the lives of special needs children and their families on a daily basis. These $2 from every treat purchase will be donated directly to the organization to help them build a larger building to help them expand and be able to continue doing the awesome things they are doing for these sweet children and their families. My Simple Clean offers a variety of dog treats. 

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Disclosure: Mami's 3 Little Monkeys received the above products in exchange for our honest review, all opinions and experiences are my own & may differ from those of your own. I received no monetary compensation for this publication.

Biokleen Free & Clear Laundry Liquid, HE Review & Giveaway! US 7/26

About Biokleen

Biokleen was founded by Jim Rimer in 1989. Jim was a previous sales representative of cleaning chemicals in the commercial and industrial industry, in which he became more and more aware of the dangers of the products he was selling and the ingredients they contained. He saw first hand his chemicals were creating health problems for his customers, causing negative effects, including cancer, to families and pets in their homes and businesses where these supplies were being used. Jim was really selling poison and this realization shook him to the core. Jim had a drive to take the stand and make a difference, which helped to motivate him to study chemistry. With Jim's new-found knowledge and driven passion he formulated his first cleaner using natural and non-toxic ingredients. Even to this day, Biokleen continues to develop and create innovative products that will always measure up to Jim's beliefs and standards of effectiveness, concentration, non-toxic and environmentally safe! 

Biokleen Free & Clear Laundry Liquid, HE 

Biokleen Free & Clear Laundry Liquid, HE is a 3 time concentrated laundry liquid available in a 32/64 HE loads for only $6.56! This Allergen-Fighting formula with grapefruit seed extract, which is scent free, removes tough dirt, grease, stains and odors. It is gentle enough for cloth diapers, delicate fabrics and hand washables. This laundry liquid is easy to rinse as well, leaving your cloth diapers or other fabrics with no residue left behind on the fabric. It is fragrance-free, clear of dyes and brighteners and is safe for high-efficiency machines. Biokleen also does not test on animals nor does it include any animal ingredients. 

As some of our readers may know, both Cade and Ezio have sensitive skin and eczema, they are also both cloth diapered. Cade's bum is a lot more sensitive then Ezio's. It has been a long road of finding cloth diaper safe detergents that are also gentle enough on our boys' skin. During the summer of last year there was a previous detergent we tried out on the diapers as it was pretty highly recommended across the cloth diapering Facebook groups, however it was horrible on the boys' bottoms so we had to use disposables for many months, until about December of last year when I finally had the other detergent stripped out of the diapers. I washed our diapers with the Biokleen and was absolutely thrilled!! We were finally able to put the boys back in cloth diapers! Boy, oh boy, buying disposables for two boys with sensitive skin who need to be change no less then every two hours is super expensive! For a while last summer/fall the boys were in two different sized diapers too so they couldn't even share the same pack! EEK! 

Biokleen is one of only three cloth diaper safe detergents/soaps that we can use with NO issues to our boys! We have honestly tried at least 10 different things, which almost always ended in horrible rashes for the boys or build up in the diapers, ammonia horribly bad, etc. We haven't had a single issue since switching to Biokleen! Some of you may remember from another post of mine that I always sniff our cloth diapers when I pull them out of the wash as well as when I pull them out of the dryer. I have never sniffed a barn yardy, ammonia or poo smelling diaper while using Biokleen! There is no strong scent covering the odors, the odors just are not there thanks for Biokleen. There is no residue left behind in the diapers which could cause rashes or repelling/leaks. 

Biokleen definitely has this momma's approval! We were once again able to enjoy our cloth diapers.

Biokleen also has a whole line of other cleaning products that I would love to try one of these days, be sure to check out their other products as well, I've only heard great things about everything Biokleen!

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There are NUTS in my washer and they are amazing! Eco Nuts Soap Nuts Review & Giveaway US 7/11

What are Soap Nuts?

Eco Nuts Soap Nuts are a berry that grows in the Himalayas that naturally produces a soap. This soap is called saponin which is a natural cleaner that works as a surfactant, breaking the surface tension of the water to penetrate the fibers of your clothing and lifting stains from the fabric while leaving dirt suspended int he water that is then rinsed away.

Eco Nuts are gentle on both clothing and skin, they are ideal for those with sensitive skin, eczema, allergies and psoriasis. Due to them being so milk, they are perfect for baby clothes and cloth diapers. They are All-Natural making them great for septic and grey water systems. Don't expect these shells to foam up like your commercial soaps that have artificial foaming agents. Foam simply does not represent cleaning power!

Eco Nuts are gathered from wild trees grown without any kind of chemicals, fertilizers or pesticides. The saponin actually tastes bad to the insects so no pesticides are needed. The trees naturally love poor uncultivated soil, they are organically grown by mother earth and certified USDA Organic by Oregon Tilth. Eco Nuts Soap Nuts are both de-seeded and sterilized, they are the only soap nuts on the market that are.

What if you have a nut allergy? 

If you remember from the above section, Eco Nuts Soap Nuts are actually berries. Don't let the name throw you off or intimidate you from using them. As some of my readers may remember, my 3 year old, Cade has a tree nut allergy. 

If they are not nuts then how did they gain their name you may be wondering as I was as well. They have been named "nuts" because they dry into hard shells like a nut shell. 

Our Eco Nuts Experience!

 

Eco Nuts are an Organic Laundry Soap, but with out the mess and spillages of powders and liquids. Although Eco Nuts does offer a liquid form as well. Eco Nuts are fragrance free, hypoallergenic, biodegradable (no waste to be left behind), non-toxic and kills odors making them great for those stinky cloth diapers. 

They look strange for something I was about to toss into my washer to clean probably the dirtiest things I've ever had to wash, my cloth diapers from two stinky toddler boys! I received a 100 load box of Eco Nuts, it also included two small bag with drawstring for you to put your Eco Nuts in and then toss that into the washer. 

I read the box, which are the directions for when washing laundry with Eco Nuts, so I put 5 Eco Nuts into the bag, closed it up and tossed it in my washer with my load of cloth diapers. What I should have done was read a bit more about using Eco Nuts to wash cloth diapers, but it was time to wash some diapers and I was way too excited! After reading a bit more however, I did find out that you only need 2-4 Eco Nuts in the cloth bag when doing cloth diaper laundry, also, if your washing machines gets really hot you need even less Eco Nuts! My washing machine does not have a hot setting, the hottest setting is hot/cold and I'm almost certain the water I wash my dishes with is at least twice as hot as the washing machine. 

 

There's nuts in my washer and balls in my dryer!! What is going on here?! Oh yea that's right, something that is awesome, better for the environment and for my little monkeys' bodies!

You can even leave the cloth bag with the Eco Nuts in it through the entire wash cycle, including the rinse cycle! How so? Because the rinse cycle has much cooler water causing less saponin to be released. Very little of it is released during the rinse cycle. If you accidentally toss the bag of Eco Nuts into the dryer and dry them, no problem, they are still usable and not ruined! You can even use Eco Nuts in a front loader and HE machines.

After two loads of diapers I opened up my cloth bag with the soap nuts inside and above is what I found. Not a huge difference then what I put in to the bag, the nuts that were whole have just separated into two pieces. You can continue to use your soap nuts that are in your cloth bag for approximately 10 loads or until they begin to disintegrate, please see the chart below for a better idea of what they may look like. 

It's like a bad habit, I always have to sniff my cloth diapers and other laundry as well when I pull it out of the washer. I do so to make sure the diapers and laundry are clean smelling, especially the diapers. When I pulled out my first load I wasn't sure how they would smell, kind of thought they would smell a bit "weird" because they were washed with nuts that are actually berries and while the nuts in the box do not smell bad or weird, I still just wasn't sure. Anyhow, when I sniffed my first load of diapers that were washed with soap nuts I was in AW! I could not believe how clean they looked, felt and smelled clean!! I'm either going crazy or they were actually cleaner as well, dingy, old and well pre-loved before our use of some diapers looked brighter!

This is ONLY the second thing I have found that is okay on my boys' skin!! As some of you may know or remember from previous post both of our boys have sensitive skin and eczema. We have tried at least 7 other cloth diaper safe detergents and they all caused horrible rashes/burns of some sort or they caused bad build up, etc. I also love that Eco Nuts really do eliminate odors and do not just cover up the odors with the strong scents of the detergents. We've tried many different CD safe detergents with scents and with out, but nothing like Eco Nuts! Other detergents with out scents left our diapers smelling like dirty water. I truly am in love if you haven't been able to tell by now. 

In additional to washing our cloth diapers with Eco Nuts, tomorrow I will begin washing the boys' clothes with Eco Nuts as well. Eventually I'd like to also wash all laundry with Eco Nuts, but for now I want to preserve them for cloth diapers.

So how do you store Eco Nuts? That's simple! Just keep them in a cool and dry place! 

Eco Nuts is a 2-in-1 Natural Fabric Softener, contains no optical brighteners, no dyes, is fragrance and SLS free. SLS is sodium lauryl sulfate, a hormone disruptor. 

Eco Nuts medium 100 load box is only $11.99 that's just $0.11 per load! The large 360 load box is $34.95 at just $0.09 per load and the liquid Eco Nuts detergent 60/120HE loads is only $18.99 making it $0.31 per load in a standard washer or $0.15 per load in an HE machine. More amazing bang for your buck with Eco Nuts!

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Disclosure: I received a box of Eco Nuts in exchange for my honest review. I received no monetary compensation for this post, please note all opinions and experiences are my own and may differ from those of your own.