Monday, November 28, 2011

Purex crystals...do they live up to the hype?

Let me preface this by saying I do lots of laundry, like enough laundry that I won a years worth of laundry soap because my laundry pile was so big laundry....

We've been a downey fabric softener family for a long time. I've tried all the other brands but eh they never did it for me I like scent on my clothing, not so much that I want to gag but I want to smell them. I typically use Downey simple pleasures the bottles last me a while since I use vinegar with a scented rinse oil for towels and my cloth diapers (when the littlest was still in diapers).

Recently I got a few samples of the Downey unstoppable...wow the fragrance was unstoppable, a bit strong if I used the full amount but it had a nice long lasting scent I liked it, I went to buy it, I saw the price and decided not to. I saw the Purex crystals right below and they were half the price! SCORE yeah not so much while even using the full amount in a medium load in my he machine I still don't have any fragrance, and my clothes aren't really that static free. If you want long lasting scent skip the Purex

Saturday, March 19, 2011

CJ's sewing room

So as you may or may not know we cloth diaper the little. I've been VERY happy with this choice, but cloth diapers do have a set of "rules" one of them being you can't use any old diaper cream, typically this isn't an issue as my kids don't tend to get rashes or need any barrier cream but a few weeks ago the little had an ear infection and the antibiotic's reeked havoc on him...I needed some cream and quick I ordered some CJ’s BUTTer™:Spritz o’ BUTTer in the Monkey farts scent...while it didn't clear up his rash overnight it sure did help the healing and it smelled pretty good too. I liked that it had so many different functions I could spritz some on my hands in place of lotion, I could spritz some on my hair it really is quite a versatile product.


I liked it so much I ordered some CJ’s BUTTer™ Carcass Cleaner (body wash & wipe solution) While I like the quality of this product the scent just isn't one I would get again. I opted to try Lullaby baby lotion scent and it just smells chemically to me not clean and fresh at all. This product I bought mainly as a wash for the baby and a face wash for me. I like it I didn't break out in a rash when I used it so that is a good thing! I can't use it on my face every day as it is too drying but it works great as a wash for the kids. It doesn't lather which is a bit hard to get used to but it does work and the scent it leaves behind is much better than how it smells straight out of the bottle.



This furthered my addiction to CJ's products and I broke down and ordered CJ's BUTTer lotion in the Mango, sugar & mint and I am just in LOVE this goes everywhere with me. It isn't too greasy but my hands feel wonderful after I use it and the scent is so wonderful. This is a product I can use on anyone of the boys without having to worry about a reaction or them smelling like a *girl* and I love that it is all natural. Once I run out I WILL be buying more