Soap nuts are a gentle, effective and incredibly versatile option which can be used for laundry, household cleaning and even body care. A natural, chemical free detergent for your washing machine. Suitable for people with sensitive skin. Excellent for cool, easy care washes as well as hot cotton and linen washes.
Quantity:
Typically 1kg of soap nuts will last for up to 120 clothes washes.
Features:
- Multiple uses around the home
- Great value for money. For laundry it can be from 4p per wash
- Hypoallergenic: great for babies, sensitive skin and excema sufferers
- Certified organic
- Home compostable once used and can be re-used multiple times
Uses:
- Laundry: Use 4 - 6 shells by placing them in a small pouch/sock straight in the laundry drum. The same shells can be re-used up to 4 times.
- Household cleaning: Make a multipurpose cleaning liquid by heating soap nuts on the stove and dissolving in water to create a concentrated liquid which can be used to clean surfaces around your home.
- Body care: Create your own liquid soaps and even use to make bars of soap.
- Natural slug repellent: Blend with water and pour around plants for a toxin free, natural slug repellent in your garden.
FAQs:
- How many uses? Up to 4 times for laundry cycles. Once the shells lose the waxy/shiny layers and look more like rough shells they can be composted
- What are they? They are the shells of a berry which are in the lychee family and naturally contain saponin and fatty acids which are great for removing stains and cleaning.
Organic certified by USDA, India Organic and EcoCert.
Made in India. Transported by sea freight.
Read more about soap nuts on our blog post, "Go nuts for soap nuts".
