Hiya Guys!
I hope you are all doing well and are ready for Autumn, I know I certainly am! There is nothing better than cosy nights in wrapped up in a big warm blanket with a hot chocolate, whilst it's dark and cold outside.
As I am sure you've heard me talk about many times, this year I have really started to focus on living a more eco friendly lifestyle - whether this is by massively reducing my meat and dairy consumption to cutting out single use plastic in our household, both myself and my boyfriend Alex have been making a really big effort towards this.
I wanted to do a post today about Ecoegg who are a company who focus on eco friendly laundry products, I bought an Ecoegg Laundry Egg back in July and I have not looked back since! I will never use conventional laundry products again, I wish I'd have found Ecoegg sooner. I will also be doing a give-away for an Ecoegg product at the end of this post!
Ecoegg Laundry Egg
The first Ecoegg product I tried was their Laundry Egg, which I bought in July and I have to say that this product is the most practical eco friendly product I have bought with regards to everyday usage and how much waste we have reduced. It is a reusable product that you use in place of laundry detergent and fabric conditioner - simply pop it into the washing machine drum along with your washing and it's that simple!
The Laundry Egg includes the egg itself as well as the pellets that go inside the egg, there is a instruction manual included which advises how many washes the pellets will do before having to replace them. They last around 70 washes, then you simply purchase the refill pellets and top up your egg.
Ecoegg have found that if you switch from liquid detergent and fabric conditioner to a Laundry Egg you will save up to 40 bottles of plastic each year (based on 7 washes a week). If everyone made the switch to a Laundry Egg can you imagine how much we could reduce plastic waste!
Another benefit is the amount of money you will end up saving in the long run. The only laundry product I have bought since using the Laundry Egg is one bottle of Ecover Fabric Softener which I use for my towels as I find that using the egg alone leaves the towels a little harder than I like them. Other than that I just use the egg on it's own for all my washing. Many people have asked me if it cleans clothes as well as the conventional products do and seem worried that it wouldn't smell nice or may come out stained. In the 4 months I have been using the Laundry Egg I haven't had to re-wash any clothes due to smells or stains - it cleans my clothes as well as any other product I've used before and leaves clothes smelling lovely and fresh - I use the Fresh Linen scent.
You can buy the Laundry Egg in two scents - Fresh Linen and Spring Blossom, they also have a Fragrance Free option. They include no harsh chemicals and as well as being kind to the environment they are kind to your skin, perfect for those who have to be careful with which laundry products they use due to having sensitive skin or a skin condition.
You can purchase the products on their website or in most Waitrose stores.
Ecoegg Instant Stain Remover
I can't recommend this product enough, Ecoegg kindly sent over their Instant Stain Remover for me to try out alongside my Laundry Egg and I absolutely love it! I rarely need stain remover as I find my Laundry Egg gets out most marks, however if I had a tougher stain I always used a 'soap bar' type stain remover that I would rub on before putting in the washing machine.
On the day my Instant Stain Remover arrived, it was like fate - as I managed to get paint all over my black t-shirt when trying to touch up the paintwork on the landing at our house. I was using one of those little tester rollers and when squeezing the paint to come out it fired out in all directions all over my face and t-shirt! How planned this sounds is so funny - but it was honestly a lifesaver.
I did this once before and tried getting it out with the bar and washing it however it didn't come out and I was absolutely gutted. However as soon as it happened, I ran it under the tap and sprayed it with the Stain Remover then popped it straight into the washing machine with my Laundry Egg and it came out! I was honestly SO chuffed.
Just like the Laundry Egg this product includes no harsh chemicals and has been dermatologically tested and is hypoallergenic.
Ecoegg Dryer Eggs
The final Ecoegg product that I have tried is their Dryer Eggs, along with the Stain Remover I was kindly gifted this product to test out. In our house we have a washer/dryer and honestly hardly ever use the dryer unless we really need to. I'm not sure whether it's because it's a washer/dryer rather than just the dryer on it's own however when I've used the dryer option in the past, it seems to take forever to actually dry the clothes - it got to the point where we would have it on for an hour however the clothes still came out damp so we then dried them on the clothes horse.
So when I received these Dryer Eggs I was really looking forward to testing them out as Ecoegg claim that it reduces drying time by 28% which is a huge difference since dryers are one of the most expensive Household Appliances. I have used the product a few times now and I am really surprised at how much they really work! I now find that when I put the clothes in the dryer alongside the dryer eggs, the time it usually takes to get clothes fully dry is reduced quite a bit and I can now allow clothes to dry rather than taking them out damp and drying on the clothes horse. I always did this as I couldn't justify how long it used to take my clothes to dry.
These are such a good investment if you regularly use your dryer - something as simple as popping them in the machine with your clothes can reduce the drying time and in the long run save you money! Just like the Laundry Egg the Dryer Eggs come in two scents as well as Fragrance Free - the fragrance sticks add a delicate scent to your laundry.
GIVE AWAY
Ecoegg have very kindly given me a set of Spring Blossom Dryer Balls to give away to someone, I am holding this give away over on my Instagram, so if you click HERE it will take you to my page and you can go ahead and enter if you'd like to be in with a chance of winning these for yourself.
As always, thank you very much for reading. If you have any questions about Ecoegg, feel free to ask away and I will try and answer the best as I can. Let me know your thoughts on Ecoegg and if you use any other eco friendly laundry products I would love to know!
Amber xxx
Thanks for sharing really awesome content with us.
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