Most people don’t care too much about the detergents they use to clean their clothes. After all, laundry is not a chore enjoyed by many and as such it is approached mechanically.
However, you’ll notice that there’s been a shift in preference to natural products in general, detergents rather than the mechanical types. Why is this? What makes natural laundry detergents popular? Let’s find out.
Before first,
What is the difference between Natural Laundry Detergent and the Regular Laundry Detergent?
Natural laundry detergents are created using natural occurring ingredients, while the regular laundry detergent is made of synthetic products and chemicals.
Natural detergents are primarily popular because of the advantages they offer compared to the chemicalized detergents. These include:
They are Good for Your Clothes
While they act strongly against dirt and stains, natural detergents are quite gentle with fabrics. They allow for clothes to be super clean without coming apart.
You may notice that some regular detergents can cause your clothes to fade (like that one black T-shirt). This isn’t as much of a problem when you go natural.
Regular brands also tend to have an artificial blue dye that brightens and whitens fabrics without necessarily cleaning them properly. Clothes tend to remain cleaner and more intact with natural detergents.
They are Sensitive to Your Skin
Natural detergents are not only gentle on fabric but on skin. Any residual detergent that may not have been rinsed away comes into contact with the skin.
For people with very sensitive skin or conditions such as eczema, natural products will provide a more positive experience.
They are Better for Children
Fun fact: Until babies are about 2 years old, their skin tends to be thinner than an adult’s by up to 20%. They are therefore predisposed to sensitive skin.
When you wash their clothes with a natural product, you do not have to worry about irritating their skin with the chemicals that may be in other detergents.
They are Easy on Your Washing Machine
Being made of organic ingredients, natural detergent has the added feature of being more biodegradable and therefore better for your washing machine and drainage system.
As an added bonus, the natural formulas will play a part in cleaning your machine at the same time they are cleaning your clothes. Satisfaction across the board.
They are perfect for the Environmental
The biodegradability feature carries its pros along to the environment. The natural components in organic detergents not only dissolve easier, but they do not pose harm to the aquatic ecosystem.
Regular detergents can have harmful components such as phosphates that may affect the earth when they seep into the water supply and the dirt.