***Maggies Soap Nuts review and 6 WINNER giveaway***

A while ago I stumbled upon Soapnuts. I had never actually knew that anything like this actually existed! The idea is brilliant, but I wondered just how well they actually work??  Do they actually get your clothes (or other things) clean? I was so excited when Stacey over at Maggies Pure Land offered me a chance to try out a 12ct bag of their soapnuts and a 64oz jug of their Lavendar Tea Tree liquid soap nuts.

When I got the package in the mail I was so excited to try them out. Soap nuts are a completely renewable, environmentally friendly, biodegradable material, that can be put into your compost once they are used! So you don't have any huge plastic laundry soap containers to throw away after you are done with them (and if you are using the liquid soap nuts you can just re-use the container when you make more soap nuts liquid instead of throwing it away). All you have left after using them are the empty shells from the soap nuts that will decompose.

For those cloth diapering mamas out, there liquid soap nuts (and the regular soap nuts) are EXTREMELY effective for washing and eliminating stink in cloth diapers! They eliminate all lingering stinkies and will strip the diaper of detergent build up. They also help increase absorbency of your diapers. You have a "soap" here that washes, strips, and increases absorbency all in one!

Soapnuts are a highly effective way of cleaning, yet gentle at the same time. If you or your little one have super sensitive skin, these will work great for washing clothes or using for a cleaning substance around your house. Soapnuts leave your laundry incredibly soft, fresh, and clean compared to other detergents. You get all of this without having to use laundry soap/household cleaners that are full of chemicals, dyes, and other nasty stuff that is added to cleaners and detergents. The mildness of soap nuts keep the colors bright on your laundry and help maintain your fabric for a long period of time. The soap nuts can be used for any temperature of laundry water, although the saponin in the nuts (soap) is released best in warm water initially.

 My first time trying out the liquid soap nuts I used them to wash stinky stinky cloth diapers. I put 2 Tbsp of liquid soapnuts (or 5 soap nuts that are cracked open and placed in the provided sack) in the washer with my laundry and let it do its job.  After they were done the diapers came out perfectly clean, no stains, no stinks.  Since I have used the liquid for general laundry, towels, and household cleaning and it has worked great for everything that we tried.  The regular soap nuts lasted for 3+ loads of laundry without having to replace them.  You can re-use then until all of the Saponin (soap) is gone out of them.

Another thing that I love about the soap nuts is that it takes the stink out of clothes that get left in the washer too long......and we all know that happens more than we want to admit. I had a load of stinky towels that I had washed who knows how many times with regular detergent and the stink WOULD NOT come out. One wash cycle with the soap nuts and all of the stink was gone and they were perfectly clean!

How to Use:(from the website)
Put Maggie’s Soap Nuts into the included, reusable cotton sack. Tie it closed.  Add the sack to your washing machine and follow clothing manufacturer instructions.  Return Soap Nuts to the earth by adding them to your compost!  It’s that simple!
Maggies Soap Nuts:Put 5 Maggie’s Soap Nuts into the cotton sack, tie a knot and drop it in your
laundry. Leave the sack in the machine through the complete wash and rinse
cycles.
Reuse up to 5 times in hot water, even more in cold water.
HE washers: Use 2-3 Maggie’s Soap Nuts. Put the sack in the machine with
your clothes. Reuse 2-3 times.
Hand washables: Soak a few Maggie’s Soap Nuts in a cup of hot water for a few
minutes. Add the liquid to your cool hand wash.
Baby photo - Heavy Soils: Use more Maggie’s Soap Nuts. Add fewer clothes to
your machine so your fabric has lots of room to agitate.
Stains: Blot generously with a soaked Maggie’s Soap Nuts until stain is
removed. Wash normally.
Sparkling Whites: Separate your colors. Sun dry if you can. Use
environmentally-friendly bleach or spot remover if needed.
Special Hint: In cold water your nuts will last up to twice as long, use them until
they no longer feel slippery when wet.
Happy Washing!

Maggie's Soap Nuts-Liquid Cleaner:
Suggested Use: Use 1 oz. for normal loads of laundry. Use more for heavy soils
or extra large loads. Less for light loads.
HE washers: use 1/2 oz.
Hand washables: Use 1 Tablespoon in a sink full of water.
Stains: Apply directly and generously to the stain and allow to penetrate for
several minutes.
Sparkling whites: Separate your colors. Add oxygen bleach if necessary.
Woman photo - Fabric Softener: Maggie’s Soap Nuts naturally soften and add
body to your clothes. You’ll love how your clothes feel after washing with
Maggie’s Soap Nuts.
Leave fabric naturally soft. Happy Washing!

WIN SOME HERE!!! Now for the best part!! Stacey over at Maggies Pure land has offered SIX (6)  readers a chance to try out either their liquid or regular soap nuts!!!

• Mandatory Entry: First you need to be/become a public follower of my blog (on right sidebar- click follow) and then head over to Maggie's Pure Land and tell me if you would like to try the liquid soap nuts or the regular nuts.  Come back here and leave me a comment saying that you follow and what you would pick.  Make sure to do both parts! (Mandatory entry has to be done before ANY others are valid)

Be sure you leave me your email address in your comments so I can contact you if you win.  

EXTRA ENTRIES: 

-Subscribe by E-Mail, RSS, or grab my blog button (2 entries each)

-Blog about this giveaway (3 entries-Must link back to this giveaway and to Maggie's Pure Land)

-Tell me how you found this giveaway and/or comment on any non-giveaway post (one entry per)

-Enter in my other current giveaways (1 entry per) 

-Purchase anything from Maggie's Pure Land from June 24th to July 20th and recieve 5 extra entries. 

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Ever tried Soap Nuts?
6 WINNER giveaway from Maggies Soap Nuts & @Gravsie3
#giveaway #clothdiapers
Enter Here:http://bit.ly/d8i2Yo (7/20)

This giveaway will close on July 20th, 2010 at 9pm CST and is open to U.S. addresses. The winner will be drawn via random.org - Winner will be contacted by email when their name is drawn and will be given 48 hours to claim the prize before another winner is drawn. I will also post the winner to this blog when name is drawn.     “Other than receiving a free sample product ,

I was not paid for any of the opinions or reviews expressed on this blog.

 Thank you to Maggies Pure land who gave us a 12ct bag of soapnuts and a 64oz jug of liquid soap nuts for free in exchange for our review!