If you've been reading Mummy's Little Monkey, you'll know that I often get on my soapbox about kids' products that contain harsh sulfates. My little one has incredibly sensitive skin, and these chemicals (which are found in a shockingly wide range of baby products) give her horrific eczema. It took us several months to figure out that it was our washing powder, and a well-known brand of baby soap that was affecting her - by which time she'd literally scratched herself raw, leaving scars that still remain to this day.
That's why I was interested when Gina from the Writing Boutique contacted me to ask if I'd like to try some of the Alma Win range of organic, eco-friendly house cleaning products.
As she rightly points out, you'd never let your kids play with bottles of chemicals, so why do you wipe down their playing surfaces, and wash their clothes in them?? Gina informed me that the Alma Win range carries the 'ECO Garantie' certificate. They're not tested on animals, and are the only cleaning products which have been dermatologically tested, and scientifically proven not to cause skin irritation.
They use natural ingredients and bleaches, such as sodium percarbonate, rather than optical brighteners, chlorine and petrochemicals.
A few days later a box arrived with a box of the Heavy Duty Washing Powder Concentrate, the Orange Oil Cleaner Concentrate, and the lemon fragranced Natural Laundry Scent.
We've got our flat on the market at the moment, so I'm constantly cleaning up to keep it 'Showroom Tidy'. First I tried the Orange Oil Cleaner Concentrate diluted on the worktops, and our stainless steel sink. Not only did it cut easily through all the grime and lime scale, but it had a lovely citrus orange smell. So I used it to wipe down our kitchen bin, and it quickly got rid of the stinky rubbish smell. Apparently you can use it undiluted to remove stains such as wax, ball-point pen, and grease stains, which will undoubtably come in handy!
I've been using the washing powder for a few weeks now, and Lucia's skin has remained clear. The clothes always come out smelling and looking clean, and the whites have stayed bright. Perhaps my only niggle is that the natural essential oil fragrance of the powder and laundry scent isn't as perfumed as the soap powder I usually buy, but that's a very small price to pay for the dermatological benefits.
The price is little more expensive than regular supermarket brands (£7.95 for the Heavy Duty Washing Powder, and £8.47 for the Orange Oil Cleaner) but you're using much less because it's so concentrated.
I'll definitely be trying more of the Alma Win range.
See their website: www.almawin.co.uk for the full product range and prices.
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