When your family sized load of laundry calls for less laundry detergent than your cookie recipe calls for vanilla…you know you’re going to be saving money. To be exact, this load takes two teaspoons of detergent per large load. My cookie recipe calls for two and one half teaspoons per batch.
It’s certainly a small amount of detergent, yet my clothes and linens always come out super clean.
Why should I pay for water-filled detergents when the machine adds water already? And, why should you?
Did you know that 90% of the energy used for a load of laundry comes from heating the water? Not washing the laundry—heating the water!
Luckily for me, my favorite non-toxic laundry detergent is designed to work in any water temperature, so ! can wash my things in cold tap water and save around $22 to $25 per month on my electric bill. Not to mention my non-toxic detergent is also a lot less expensive than Tide, and you only need a small amount per load.
Like I always say, some swaps just make life easier—better for your home, your wallet, and the planet!
These jeans were filthy! Would they ever come clean?
See for yourself.
I pre-treated with Pre-Spot and then gave them a good spray with my fabulous all-purpose cleaner, Soul-U-Mel, and then two pumps of Mountain Fresh Mela Power!
I think it worked. I love these products!
Before I started my healthy journey, I was oblivious at the fact that everything added to the laundry wash and dry cycle is ABSORBED into our skin.
Thinking about that makes my skin crawl…especially after recently hearing about the cancer-causing toxins found in Aveeno and Neutrogena products.
My laundry soap, scent booster, stain remover, bleach alternative, fabric softener and dryer sheets from my online shopping club are all eco-friendly,
non-toxic and scented only with essential oils!
I will never judge anyone else’s choices, because I am far from perfect. but I will try to encourage you to join me in trying to do better. If I could encourage you to swap one item to a safer alternative I would start with your laundry line. Detergent, fabric softener, melaboost, and dryer sheets!
I can’t share this often enough. I think it’s the best, You see, it only takes one pump per load. This petite container? It does 96 loads.
No junk ingredients. No fillers and it’s highly concentrated.
It’s also the only stuff I will use for products that touch my family member’s skin! Smells heavenly and is excellent on hard stains!
Every month of the year every dollar counts.
Tide — .42 cents a load.
Dreft — .41 cents a load.
Melapower — .20 cents a load.
Works better too. What more can I say?
This morning, I was watching the news and saw a commercial for Dupixent for eczema and sin rash. Most of the people in the commercial were kids, aged 12 or younger. I understand when your kids are suffering, you ache for them to feel better — often medication like Dupixent is prescribed.
For myself, I found an alternative doe my eczema with a few simple changes to products tI use everyday with no new hit to my budget.
These two products — Melapower Detergent and Renew Lotio — from the online Wellness shopping club where I shop monthly have made a difference for me and I no longer use Dupixent. My eczema has been alleviated with this laundry detergent and this skin lotion. Neither contains formaldehyde, parabens, chlorine bleach or other chemicals..I do think it’s important to get chemicals out of your home. What we breathe and what we apply to our skin is important. I’ve personally seen the difference.
Yes, this is all it takes for a load of laundry.
I know, it’s pretty impressive.
It’s a good thing because I have about a thousand more loads today after being gone for a two week road trip.
Did you know most liquid laundry detergents are full of water? Check your ingredients! Not only will you be unable to pronounce most of them but WATER is usually the first one! That’s just another reason I love this concentrate—I don’t have to pay for the water I already pay for! It’s super affordable for a container that can clean 96-loads, plus the compact size makes it easy to lift and carry. I ordered my detergent today and it will be here in two days! Amazon prime doesn’t hold a candle to this deal.
What makes it special for me is that it contains:
• No Chlorine Bleach
• No Formaldehyde or Carcinogens
• No Phthalates
• Biodegradable
• No Harsh chemicals
• No Fillers
It is so much safer for me, safer for my family and better for us all because it’s all made right here in the USA.
𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗠𝗼𝗺𝘀
Draft baby detergent, is’s good, right? Well, not necessarily. Many of you probably use a different detergent for your baby’s clothes, and you probably assume this detergent is a special formulation. This is very rarely the case
Any laundry detergent you use will leave a residue on clothing and linens, which is then inhaled and absorbed (via skin) by the people who come in contact with it…and most conventional detergents, be they marketed for baby clothes or grownup clothes, contain some combination of the following:
• synthetic detergents, which are often made of petrochemicals;
• phenols (established endocrine disruptors, of which BPA is the most notorious);
• fragrance, which often contains phthalates;
• optical brighteners, which are often made from benzene, a definite carcinogen;
• bleach, which contains chlorine (an environmental toxin–and possibly a carcinogen and endocrine disruptor);
• phosphates, which break down minerals and render detergent more effective, at the cost of harmful environmental ramifications.
Another one of the many reasons I switched stores.
The link below lists Dreft Baby Detergent ingredient by ingredient and shows the various ingredients and toxins it contains.
https://stage.dreft.com/en-us/detergent-ingredients
When we know better, we do better. Safer for your home.
Of laundry detergents.
First, let me mention the the only thing these two brands have in common is that they both wash the same number of loads.
96 loads — and that’s as far as it goes. The size difference is due to water. You’re paying for all the extra water in the package when you buy big name brands!
Not only that…
• The one on the left is powered with natural plant enzymes, is non-toxic and eco-friendly.
• The one on the right is filled with chemicals that can make you and your family sick.
• The one on the right costs 28 cents per load while the eco-friendly option is 19 cents per load! A difference of nine cents. Its may seem small potatoes, but just one load per week adds up. Besides, who really only does one load per week? My tiny package lasts me 11 months (I’m a one person plus chihuahua household) an average of two loads per week. An estimated savings of $187 on just detergent in 20 years. I think these products, detergent, fabric softener and brightener have helped my asthma over the years. With no formaldehyde or other harmful chemicals when compared to the brand-name laundry products I have been breathing easier for the past 20 years using Mela Power and companion products.
If you’ve thought about shopping for EcoSense solutions, but think that it somehow wouldn’t be worth it, or it would be too complicated, my advice is to just see for yourself!
I’m so confident… if you don’t love it, I’ll eat my socks!
If there’s one thing I would convert to better, cleaner and greener items it would be that supermarket laundry, cleaning aisle.
Did you know that it takes only 26 seconds for whatever your skin touches to enter your bloodstream?!
That’s mind-boggling.
The brand I use is made with zero carcinogens, zero parabens, and is free of so many other ingredients that you can’t pronounce.
I say, if you can’t pronounce it, it’s likely not something you want or need in your system.
And that’s my two cents.
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