Greener Living products is a company that strives to bring the best organic cleaning products to the market. With organic soap nuts as the base ingredient, the possibilities of a long line of cleaning products is endless. For now, the raw organic soap nuts, and the organic soap nuts liquid makes up the company’s entire line.
Organic laundry detergent, simply defined, is a laundry detergent that contains all organic, natural ingredients. While many laundry detergents claim to be eco-friendly & environmentally friendly, not many can actually claim the status of being certified organic.
Being certified organic guarantees two main things:
1. If the products are grown, no chemicals, pesticides or other harmful chemicals have been used in the fertilizing, growing or harvesting of the plants. This chemical free process must be proven for several years and monitored by certification officials before the certified organic status will be given.
2. If the product is produced from several other products, each of the ingredients must be either certified organic itself, or an allowable processing agent under the organic certification rules and regulations. The facility that the product is produced in must also undergo regular inspections to ensure that the processing of the ingredients is chemical free. A paper trail audit is also done regularly to ensure all ingredients maintain their certification.
3. For animal products, the animal, from birth, must not have been given any antibiotics, hormones, or other chemical injections. They must also have been fed certified organic feed for their life span & never have consumed any animal byproducts. A paper trail must also be maintained & the entire stock at the location where the animals are raised must be certified organic.
There are many companies throughout the world that can certify products organic. Two of the well-known ones are ECOCERT & USDA.
ECOCERT had its roots in France, beginning in 1991. It has now expanded to over 80 countries & has become one of the largest organic certification companies in the world. It now certifies around 30% of organic produce around the world.
The USDA (United States Department of agriculture) has been around for a number of years and is the primary organic certification agency in the United States. Many products certified organic by the USDA are marketed around the world.
When a laundry detergent is certified organic, it means that you can trust that no chemicals will come into contact with your skin through your laundry detergent.
Though many laundry detergents claim to be eco-friendly & environmentally friendly, there are few that can claim certified organic status. Most laundry detergents contain harsh chemicals, which can irritate the skin & cause allergic reactions.
There are a few certified organic laundry detergents on the market. One has been tried and tested for hundreds of years and has been around well before any chemical detergents existed. This laundry detergent is soap nuts. Soap nuts grow on sapindus mukorosi trees in tropical countries like India and nepal. They have been used by native residents for hundreds, if not thousands of years. The shells of the soap nuts contain natural saponins, which have detergent properties when they come into contact with water.
Soap nuts can be purchased in many retail locations or online.
If you are considering going the organic route, you should give soap nuts a try right away. They are a truely organic laundry detergent.
Seeds of Sapindus shrubs and trees are commonly named as Soap nuts. Though they seem to be, and look almost like nuts at a first glance, actually the second name Soapberry suits them much as these are dry bulky fruits in reality.
A temperate climate suits the plants well. Making soaps with the seeds will require crushing them and this soap has been a century’s old traditional equipment for washing clothes and maintaining personal hygiene in many localities. The seeds have a trend of being used as natural medicine for treating a range of severe conditions such as Epilepsy and excessive Salivation. Though there hasn’t been any scientific research claiming the berries to be a treatment for such health issues, there are some scientific experiments to prove these seeds useful in treating Migraines. It’s also evident that these seeds/ berries could be useful in making Spermicides also.
The berries have a very frequent use in different medicines in Ayurveda, a centuries old traditional natural treatment system accustomed in India. Shampoos are produced from the seeds and they can effectively treat lice if their insecticidal qualities are processed / activated. They have good records in being used for the treatment of skin conditions such as Eczema and Psoriasis. The skin diseases like these can have very severe effect upon using commercial soaps and detergents and thus a natural remedy is much preferable in such cases. Eczema, a skin inflammation accompanied by another disease Asthma, can be extremely problematic and hereditary. An auto immune disease such as Psoriasis appearing on skin might not be contagious but commonly causes an inflammation on patient’s skin that is unsightly and using regular commercial detergents unconditionally can make it worse.
An organic laundry detergent known as Saponin is the plentiful and most effective content of Soap nuts. Soap nuts/berries ripe and are collected for use throughout the months of October to December. Weather is one of the vital factors which effect to give maturity to the fruits. In worst cases farmers may have to collect premature low quality Soapberries containing Saponin’s lower concentration.
A significant increase in the product’s market is visible and that’s because people want to have more specific benefits or usefulness out of their hard earned dollars. The Soap nuts are much less expensive compared to traditional detergents and proper usage can save cost in any size or type of anyone’s laundry. Expert advises suggest that almost 320 batches of regular personal laundry could be handled with Soap nuts worth $30 only. The new users of this natural cleaning material can as well have these significantly tremendous results by using Soapberries.
Let us now learn using the natural product. You’ll simply need to fill in a wash bag with only one handful of Soap nuts and then add the wash bag to the laundry. The same bag can be reused for three to four times varying upon how much dirt the laundry load may contain, and the size of it, and also the settings of temperature. This way of washing saves more as fabric softeners won’t be needed anymore if this natural washing agent is used. Clothes washed with soap nuts are clean, fresh and soft after they come out. Local stores near you should be able to provide you with good quality products.
It is safer to use this unique natural product for the laundry of any member of the family and even for the kids who have very sensitive and pricelessly precious skin. In case you’ve switched to reusable diapers instead of disposables, you can wash the diapers with soapberries as it has the ability to act as a naturally active antibacterial agent and undoubtedly will clean the cloths. You shouldn’t be late to try out and start a safe, natural, echo friendly and quite reasonable way of washing clothes effectively and save money as well.
We are very excited to have recently launched our new Greener Living Soap Nuts liquid Organic Laundry Detergent. It contains no man-made chemicals, and is in the process of being USDA certified organic. We were thinking about how to celebrate our new launch and figured there isn’t a much better way than to give away some free products. Read on to find out what the prizes are and the details of how to enter.
The first prize is the image you see on the left hand side. It contains a 32 oz bottle of liquid organic laundry detergent, a set of scrub pads, a stain remover stick and a soap nuts bath bar. It is a great package to satisfy most of your basic cleaning needs.
The second prize will be a 32 0z bottle of soap nuts liquid organic laundry detergent, as seen on the right hand side. Its only ingredients are soap nuts liquid, citric acid, organic lavender oil, organic tea tree oil & organic lemongrass oil.
The third prize, as seen below, will be a set of coconut scrub pads. The scrub pads are made up of just coconut fibers and a non-toxic glue. After a few months, when they are ready to be disposed of, you can simply toss them in with your compost.
How to Enter the Product Giveaway:We have a number of different ways you can enter the contest:
1. Tweet a link to our main soapnutslaundry.com page, telling about the giveaway. After tweeting, just post a link in the comments linking to your tweet.
2. Use your Facebook status to spread the news about this giveaway. Once again, please use the soapnutslaundry.com link and post a link to your Facebook account in the comments.
3. Post a link to soapnutslaundry.com on your blog or website, telling about the giveaway. After that, post a link to your blog or website in the comments for proof. This is also beneficial to you, as your comment will show the link to your blog or website, giving it more exposure and link juice.
4. Use one of the many kinds of social media to promote this giveaway. Digg, Delicious, Reddit & Stumbleupon name a few of the possibilities.
5. Subscribe to our soap nuts youtube page. There is only one video on it at this time, but more will follow. Once again, prove you subscribed by posting your youtube username in the comments of this thread.
6. If you have a creative way that promotes our website that is not mentioned above, give it a try & let us know. If we agree with your method, it’s worth an extra entry for you.
For those who really want to win this giveaway, there are up to 5 entries per person. Make sure you make a new comment post for each entry. All entry comments that do not follow our guidelines will be deleted.
This contest is open to all residents of Canada and the USA. It will close Saturday, September 17th at 5:00 PM Central Standard time.
Winners will be chosen with random numbers generated by random.org
We look forward to seeing your entries. The more times you enter, the better your chances of winning.
Good luck!
3rd prize goes to post # 24 – Laina Lamb
2nd prize goes to post # 3 – Megan Nalley
1st prize goes to post # 18 – Denise Tedeschi
To claim your prizes, please email us your mailing address @ info@buysoapnuts.com
Due to the massive amounts of spam, I have turned comments off on this blog now.
Did you know that Greener Living Soap Nuts are USDA and ECOCERT certified organic? This means that you can have assurance when you use them that they were grown in the wild with no pesticides, fertilizers or any other added chemicals. For me, that gives great peace of mind.
I heard on the radio just the other day that experts are now recommending that expecting mothers should not wear sunscreen. Studies have shown that the skin absorbs the chemicals and can cause birth defects in children. What does that tell you about what the constant use of chemicals can do to your and your family’s health?
My take on life is the less chemicals the better.
Think of all the chemicals you use each day in all your cleaning products. Through your skin and your breathing, you take in small amounts of those chemicals each day you use those products.
Greener Living Soap Nuts are a unique cleaning product in the fact that there are no chemicals added. Their main use is as a laundry detergent, but in liquid form, they can be used as an all purpose cleaner. Window cleaner, steam cleaner and bathing liquid are just a few of the many soap nuts uses.
Well, that’s my rant for today.
Stay tuned for more rants about soap nuts.
Also, don’t forget to visit and subscribe to our Soap Nuts Youtube Channel. More videos to come on it.
That’s all for now.
Have a good chemical-free day.
Matt Johnson, President
Greener Living Products Ltd
This is a great video that shows the harvesting and packaging procces of soap nuts. It provides much-needed employment with fair wages in countries such as Nepal and India.
How does the soap nut work in practice?
A soap nut contains saponin i.e. a naturally occurring alternative to commercially made soap. There are plenty of natural plants that contain this ingredient but few contain sufficient quantities of it to make harvesting worthwhile. This nut is the exception.
So how do you use it in your home? When doing the family washing, you place the nuts into a wash bag and put the bag with your laundry inside the drum of the machine. The saponin or soap is released when the shell of the nut comes into contact with water. It then works in a similar way to the detergents you are used to using but you should find that your clothes are cleaner and softer. You won’t need to use a fabric conditioner which is good news particularly if your family has allergies.
The beauty of this product is that not only does it reduce the amount of chemicals you are using in your home but no chemicals or fuels are needed to make the product. You use the nuts as they are harvested i.e. in their natural state. Lack of manufacturing means that there is no water pollution. The trees and shrubs are not destroyed in the harvesting process either. No animals are involved in testing the products made with this natural ingredient. It is hard to find a greener product.
There are other hidden benefits of using soap nuts. The plants grow in temperate climates and do not require great expertise to produce a good crop. This makes them an ideal product for developing countries to grow, leading to increased forrestation and employment for the local people. This will help to reduce the effect of greenhouse gases not to mention poverty in the developing world. You can save dollars by using this product as well as protecting your children from the effects of chemicals. You can also help the locals in India and Nepal by providing jobs which do not involve sweat shops or other poor working conditions.
Although very effective at cleaning clothes, saponin produces low suds which make it ideal to use in other machines as well. You can use it in the dishwasher and if you add some vinegar to the rinse your dishes will shine. You can use it in carpet cleaners to clean carpets as it will not produce loads of suds which are difficult to remove.
It is not just your home that can benefit from this natural product. Your own personal hygiene needs can be met too. You can find hand washes and shower gels made from soap berries in addition to shampoos. Some people dislike using soap nut shampoo as it doesn’t produce as much of a soapy lather as they are used to. You can get around this problem by using more of the soap nut shampoo but a huge amount of suds doesn’t mean a product works more efficiently.
If you have sensitive skin you may just find that soap nuts are the answer you have been looking for as skin reactions are unusual.
You know what? I was just thinking about how we haven’t given away any products in quite a while. Since I am feeling in a generous mood, it is time for a new contest. This contest will be bigger and better than any of our previous giveaways.
The third prize will be a 500g (1.1 lb) bag of USDA Certified Organic Soap Nuts. This prize has a value of $22.
The second prize will be a 500g (1.1 lb) bag of USDA Certified Organic Soap Nuts and a 25 ml bottle of Thursday Plantation Tea Tree Oil. With a value of $35, this prize is a real winner.
The grand prize is where the big money is. It includes a 1 kg (2.2 lb) bag of USDA Certified Organic Soap Nuts, a 50 ml bottle of tea tree oil, two coconut fiber scrub pads, and a soap nuts bath bar. The total value for this grand prize is $74.
Entering the contest is pretty easy. There are four ways you can enter:
1. Tweet a link to this product giveaway with you Twitter account. After tweeting, just post a link in the comments linking to your tweet.
2. Tell other people about this great product giveaway with a post on your Facebook status. Once again, post a link to your Facebook account in the comments.
3. Post a link to this giveaway on your blog or website. This is also beneficial to you, as your comment will show the link to your blog or website, giving it more exposure and link juice.
4. Use any kind of social media to promote this giveaway. Digg, Delicious, Reddit name a few of the possibilities.
Depending on how badly you want to win the prizes, you can enter many times.
This contest is open to all residents of Canada and the USA. It will close Saturday, July 10th at 5:00 PM Central Standard time.
Winners will be chosen with random numbers generated by random.org
Hurry with your entries. There are $130 in prizes waiting for you to win them.
Soap nuts are the common name for the seeds of the Sapindus shrubs and trees. Despite looking and feeling like a nut, especially when dried, they are not nuts but a fruit so the other common name of soapberry is more appropriate.
The plants grow in temperate climates. The seeds are crushed to make soap and have been used for centuries to wash clothes and for personal hygiene. They have also been used in natural remedies for various conditions from the treatment of epilepsy to excessive salivation. Scientific research hasn’t shown that the berries successfully treat these conditions but current research shows that they may be effective in treating migraines. There is also some evidence to suggest that they could be used to make spermicides.
These berries are often used in Ayurveda medicine, a traditional form of medicine native to India. They are used in shampoos and given their insecticidal properties they may be effective at treating lice. They have been used for treating skin conditions such as eczema and psoriasis. Both these conditions can react badly to commercially produced soap so natural remedies are usually preferable. Eczema is an inflammation of the skin which may be hereditary particularly if accompanied by asthma. Psoriasis is an autoimmune condition that appears on the skin. It is not contagious but can cause unsightly inflammation on the skin and normal detergents usually aggravate this.
Soap nuts contain a very high quantity of saponin which is a natural detergent. The fruit will mature in October, November and December depending on a number of factors not least of which is the weather. Sometimes the growers will gather the harvest prematurely resulting in lower quality soapberries with a reduced concentration of saponin.
The market for this product has increased significantly, partly due to the fact that people are trying to find ways to make their dollars work harder. Detergents can be expensive and used properly these nuts can provide cost savings when doing your laundry. One expert has advised that he can get 150-200 loads of washing done with $22 worth of soap nuts. Obviously if you are new to using these berries, your results will not be as good as that.
So how do you use this product? Put a handful of nuts into a wash bag and add to your laundry. You should be able to reuse the same bag for three or four washes depending on how dirty the clothes are, the size of the load and the temperature settings. You also save as you shouldn’t need fabric softeners. The clothes will come out fresh, soft and clean. You should be able to source good quality produce at your local store.
This natural product is safe to use for all members of your family even those with sensitive skin. You can wash baby diapers if you have moved away from using disposables. The berries contain natural antibacterial agents so there is no concern about your wash not being clean. Why not try soap nuts today?
Hi Everyone,
Guess What? We decided it was time to do another soap nuts giveaway. There will be three prizes:
1. A 500g (1.1 lb) bag of USDA Certified Organic Greener Living Soap Nuts and one soap nuts bath bar.
2. A 1 kg bag of USDA Certified Organic Greener Living Soap Nuts.
3. A 1 kg bag of USDA Certified Organic Greener Living Soap Nuts, a set of coconut scrub pads, and a soap nuts bath bar.
You can enter more than once in the following ways:
1. Post a link to http://soapnutslaundry.com on your website or blog
2. Tweet a link to the the giveawaywith your Twitter account
3. Post a link to the giveaway on your Facebook status so that all your friends can learn about the contest
4. Use any kind of social networking to link to this bolg – digg, del.icio.us, etc
To enter, simply post a reply with a link to your link to this blog.
Make sure you post one response for each entry.
Winners will be chosen through random.org
The contest will be open until the end April 25, 2010
The contest is open to all residents of the USA & Canada
Good Luck!
