Soapnuts!

[anothersquish]

Well I have just done my first wash with soapnuts...why did I not do this before??!!

I decided to "test" them and I threw in my pale coloured "horse" jeans that were filthy and they have come out completely clean! Im so impressed!
Everything just has a fresh clean smell, nothing artificial smelling, its so lovely!

I have a big bag coming I ordered from In A Soapnut Shell on the way and I cant wait. I would love, love, love to only use chemical washing liquid on the very dirty stuff and soapnuts the rest of the time. They will work out cheaper by miles and I feel much better about it.
I cant believe how soft the stuff is too, no need for softner.

Can you tell Im impressed?

 

[Mrs Muffin]

Ooh I want to try some now. I bought two bottles of Ecover for £7 at the weekend so will have to use those up.

 

[mummy_mi]

Yeah I love soapnuts, perfect for nappies and works well on general washing too, although I do add a smidge of fabric softer to general wash, just for the smell!

You cant get simpler then them, especially as you can use the same lot for a week before binning them, no more detergent build up!!

 

[boltonlass]

Ohhh I had some of these ages ago for general washing and was impressed, not sure why I stopped using them. Gonna have a rummage under the sink see if they are still there - if not im going to order some and give my nappies a go in them.

 

[Zarababy1]

ooo might have to give em ago!

 

[purpledahlia]

Im glad to read this, im gonna try my lot out and if goes well order more, on a much tighter budget now so this would save me some money!

 

[anothersquish]

Honestly I have no idea why I was putting off using them, I think I figured they couldnt possibly work as well as the chemical stuff, lesson learnt, they are fab.

 

[lorrilou]

think i might just give them a go too especially if i can save some dosh!

 

[Lu28]

I keep thinking I should try these out, think I will now! Do they really save money too? On a tight budget here as well

 

[anothersquish]

I was working it out, yes I am crazy. I weighed 8 half shells and then divided the 500g by that to work out how many groups of shells I would have and then times that by 4 (the least number of washes the shells will do) then divided the £7 by that...came out at like 4p a wash. My gel works out at 10p a wash if I use 1/4 cap and its on offer.

 

[Lu28]

I was working it out, yes I am crazy. I weighed 8 half shells and then divided the 500g by that to work out how many groups of shells I would have and then times that by 4 (the least number of washes the shells will do) then divided the £7 by that...came out at like 4p a wash. My gel works out at 10p a wash if I use 1/4 cap and its on offer.

Thanks for the info, it'll help DH think I'm not totally nuts!

 

[MummyKaya]

*goes off to order soapnuts*

 

[Rachel_C]

Thanks for the info, it'll help DH think I'm not totally nuts!

Just totally soap nuts. Wow I need sleep!

I did like using them (though missed the nice synthetic smell, bad me ) but I kept forgetting to take them out before tumble drying them and they crumbled away to nothing so didn't work out cheaper for me!

 

[Lu28]

Just said it to DH who said if I wanted to go all new age on him, that was fine by him!

 

[anothersquish]

haha, you should have seen the look my OH gave me when he spotted the soap nuts...funny!

 

[Rachel_C]

I tried explaining what they were to Arif and he just looked at me like "What do I care about the washing? You do it all!" so I shut up!

 

[thechaosismex]

Ooohh was going to ask about these when you said you ordered them. I had a sample in my mama pack and havent got round to them yet! *goes to do washing*. How much comes in a bag?

 

[Lu28]

Where's the best place to buy them?

 

[anothersquish]

www.inasoapnutshell.com
£4 in P&P for 200g
£7 inc P&P for 500g
£11inc P&P for 1kg...bargain

 

[Zarababy1]

in a soapnut shell do a free trial too 75p p&p iv orderd it!