A Happy Green Life Laundry Wash {Review/Sponsor Spotlight} #SummerCloth

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Yippee! Another wonderful laundry detergent to share about! First of all, who wouldn’t love this logo? The name makes me smile and I also love their tagline “one part nature one part sunshine”. I just think it is adorable!

A Happy Green Life was started by Amanda Wucher-Aller and Kristin Ward in 2012. Their goal is to provide products that enable people to live a “green” lifestyle and to show them that being eco-friendly is easy. The best part is that being environmentally responsible doesn’t mean that you have to spend a ton of money. Going “green” can actually save you a lot of money! A Happy Green Life started making natural laundry wash because both moms were cloth diapering their babies. This posed the need to create something that would be effective, but also safe and gentle. They also realized that it would be a hassle to have to buy different laundry detergents for the diapers and the rest of their laundry. So after vigorous testing, they created the Happy Green Life line of detergent that can be used on any load of laundry.

A Happy Green Natural Laundry Wash is formulated to be green and effective and is designed to work on cloth diapers as well as remove ground in dirt and stains from every family member’s clothing. The laundry wash is made of Sodium Carbonate, Sodium Bicarbonate, and Sodium Percarbonate. The chemicals are mixed together then specially formulated essential oils or fragrance oils are added and then re-mixed. Both essential oils and synthetic oils are used in creating their scents. The scents though, make up just .05% of the laundry wash and are created to evaporate over time and not build up on your clothes. They are designed to smell strong at first but then the scent will decrease through the week. All of their ingredients have been chosen because they do not build up in your clothing. Their laundry wash doesn’t contain optical brighteners, phosphates, or soap; all of which are bad for the environment as well as your laundry. You can also use the laundry wash is both hot and cold water.

There is a list of scents to choose for your laundry wash that are made with fragrance oils (valued at $10). You can also choose buy 100% natural laundry wash for $5 more made with just essential oils. If you are concerned at all about scents, you can always order “unscented”! A Happy Green Life also offers $5 flat rate shipping!

I was sent the Natural Laundry Wash in Hot Pink Lime. I normally try to stay away from fragrance oils, but every now and then I do find that I have a product that does contain fragrance. To be honest I wasn’t paying close enough attention when I picked the scent, but I also feel at ease knowing that the scent only makes up .05% of the laundry wash…which to me, isn’t a lot!  I picked this scent because it sounded amazing:

 The refreshing accord of Kaffir lime, Japanese grapefruit, tangerine, and lemon; middle notes of bergamot and strawberries; sitting on base notes of brown sugar and oakmoss

I used the natural laundry wash on my towels to try it out. I was just about to get my kids out of the tub, so I added all the dirty towels and the detergent to the wash and left the lid open as it filled. My plan was to put my kids towels in the wash as soon as they were done using them. After I got them out of the tub, I walked down my hallway and stopped…it smelled amazing! My laundry room is upstairs, so it made the whole hallway smell like sweet limes! I went in the laundry room and put my face over the open washer and took a big whiff! Ahhhhhhh!

I added the kids towels to the wash and started it. Well, once my towels were done washing I opened up the washing machine and the scent was still there. After the dryer, the scent had gone down a little more. Sine I use mostly natural laundry detergent, I am accustomed to having less scent in my laundry. I love that it smelled great in the beginning but I am also perfectly happy for there to be no scent when it is done! The wash worked well! My towels came out feeling fresh and fluffy. I keep trying new washing methods with my towels because they sometimes smell after they come out of the dryer. I was impressed with A Happy Green Laundry Wash because my towels didn’t have that smell. I have also used the wash on my kids clothes and had the same result. The clothes came out clean and smelling fresh!

I have had a great experience with A Happy Green Life and I would love to try out their other products:

Natural Neutralizing Powder

Natural Kitchen Soap

Natural Aroma Spray

They also have dryer balls that are made exclusively for their company, as well as unpaper towels and wipes.

In addition to A Happy Green Life’s products, they have a blog where you can find tips for living a happy green life: www.ahappygreenlife.blogspot.com.

Connect with A Happy Green Life on their website, Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest.

A Happy Green Life will be giving away one Natural Laundry Wash in the Summer Cloth Diaper Giveaway Hop {#SummerCloth}. Come back June 21st to enter! Interested in getting an extra entry? Visit A Happy Green Life and leave me a comment telling me what scent you would choose or another Happy Green Life product you would like to try.

Thank you to A Happy Green Life for providing the products mentioned in this post for review. Although I received these products at no charge, all opinions expressed in this post are my own.