Daily adventures of being "Mom"

Lulu's in the Fluff - Review!

Posted by Steph , Friday, July 16, 2010 11:46 AM

Something I learned about cloth diapering that I didn't know before I started myself. Not all detergent is cloth diaper safe!

The wonderful people over at Diaper Jungle rated the commercial cloth diaper detergents on the market. Now I couldn't find anything at my local stores so I went searching online and came across Lulu's in the Fluff! I saw they had some wonderful reviews and ordered a bag myself to try prepping my diapers with.

First thing that threw me was the scent. It smelled great! I probably inhaled some of the dust when I took a big sniff. I couldn't wait to get started. I prepped my diapers with hot wash with no detergent then hot wash with Lulu's with a cold rinse then dryer on low, then back to the washer. I did this about 10 times.



Eh, make that 11 times!

Now I normally use dreft on D's clothes, and you can smell it when you take them out of the dryer, with the diapers I couldn't smell anything! It was disappointing until I went back onto the internet and learned that it didn't smell like a scent because it's clean rinsing. Which is a good thing! You don't want detergent mucking up your diapers and making them less absorbent. So Lulu's is a nice clean-rinsing detergent. Perfect for diapers! Now I started off with Lulu's so I didn't have a chance to do a "Glamour sleep" which is when you let your diapers soak in Lulu's to pull out all the gunk.  But we did have a very poopy diaper, I threw it in the wash with Lulu's (after plopping the solid into the toilet) and crossed my fingers, it was a doozy, and I hadn't had to wash a bad diaper like that yet. but lo and behold it came right out of the wash smelling of well, nothing but clean!

After all the prepping and washing I still haven't made a noticeable dent into my bag of Lulu's. I'm sure I'll be using this one for a long time. I can't wait to try out their other scents though, Dimpled Booty (a citrus-y scent) and Zippity Doo Dah (a Grassy Lemony scent)! They also have an unscented option. You can buy Lulu's at these retailers.

I'm currently in love with Lulu's I don't feel the need to go experimenting. As the saying goes, if it ain't broke don't fix it! Lulu's smells great, works great and you get your bang for your buck, what more can you ask for?