-Recent update at bottom.
As I have gotten rid of my less natural stain removers baby girl seems to have gone on a very messy kick and I swear everything she is wearing is getting covered in stains. Our whites have also been looking dull lately and I finally decided I should do something about it. I have never bought OxiClean or used bleach on our laundry, but we have always just kind of watched our whites get dingy. I’ve had it, so I started researching some different more natural options for stain removers and brighteners. I had three that I am interested in buying that I will link.
Branch Basics Oxygen Boost. $10
https://branchbasics.com/shop/pure-oxygen-boost-limited/
Molly’s Suds Oxygen Whitener $12.49
https://thrivemarket.com/p/mollys-suds-oxygen-whitener
OxiClean baby $7.96
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00CXVM7RI/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o04_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Truthfully the order these are written in are probably the order of which I wanted the most, but I actually ended up buying the OxiClean baby because it was the cheapest and had free shipping which neither of the others did without making a decently large purchase. I did find noticeable differences in stains on baby girl’s clothes just after one or two soaks in the product (even in clothes that have already been washed and dried with stains), and can’t wait to continue to use them and see how much they improve my whites. I went with the baby version rather than just regular OxiClean because it has much less harsh chemicals in it and scores a B on the EWG. I would still like to try the other options but was happy to have a more natural version of something that will hopefully help my laundry start looking better.
Also just as a small testimonial, a few days ago baby girl got food all over a cute little white onesie she has. Like not the regular crumbs but a raspberry popsicle, and I was pretty sure her shirt would have to go in the trash. I decided to put this stuff to the test, and soaked the shirt overnight and holy smokes am I impressed. I can only see a tiny mark up close and I’m pretty sure if I do one more soak it will be completely gone. This is huge for saving her clothes as she manages to get food on like every outfit she owns. I may need to invest in those full body bibs, because even her silicone catcher bib did not cut it on this day. I’ll have to add some before and after pictures as I remember to take them.
My only hesitation with using OxiClean Baby is that they don’t list their ingredients on the box, which I feel is concerning. After searching through their website I did find that the ingredients are disclosed online and that it is made out of sodium carbonate, sodium carbonate peroxide, and C12-15 alcohols ethoxylated. This probably won’t be a constant on my shelf as the last ingredient mentioned rates as a D individually on EWG, but I feel like because of the high overall rating for the product on EWG it is a good option to buy until I can splurge on the others. I also love knowing that it is better than using regular OxiClean that I probably would have gone and bought if I hadn’t known to look at the ingredients.
UPDATE 6/13/20: Okay, so we have been using this for months now mainly for soaking stained clothes. We did finally invest in that full body bib for the babe which has SAVED us, if you have a baby or toddler please just buy one right now. You will thank me later. Also we are purely trying to finish off our OxiClean Baby because Tanner seems to be allergic to it or something. Anytime I use it on anything he touches his eyes start to hurt, so it is not working out for us and we will be looking elsewhere for a stain remover or brightener. It took us a long time to realize what was causing his irritation since I switched out so many products in our house at the same time. Just as a word of caution I would suggest being a bit more careful than we were and intentionally switching one thing at a time so you can make sure you don’t have bad reactions. 🙂
Sources:
https://www.ewg.org/guides/cleaners/190-OxiCleanLaundryBabyStainSoaker
WELL BALANCED 