Comments on: One Small Step: Essential Oil Instead of Fragranced Dryer Sheets

By: scott walker

scott walker — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 19:08:59 +0000

I sell PURE cleaning and Pet products to national retailers. It works, it’s safe and it’s biodegradable.

Here is my consumer question. Will someone buy a product that has enough dryer sheets for 60 days that are reusable and are sold with three popular fragrances included in the kit to choose from???

By: Everyone’s Talking Garden at Lifestyles

Everyone’s Talking Garden at Lifestyles — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 03:27:16 +0000

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By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 16:39:40 +0000

Thanks again MamaBird – I never would have known, but I think I got it fixed

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 16:29:58 +0000

The comments aren’t working? Thanks MamaBird, I’ll check it out.

By: MamaBird

MamaBird — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 11:29:42 +0000

Love your followup post (Homemade BP’s Safety 101) – helpful info and links. Very much appreciated! Comments not working on it for me so I thought I’d thank you here.

By: MamaBird

MamaBird — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 11:08:42 +0000

Hear you on studies perhaps being flawed or incomplete…I am no scientist so I tend to err on the avoidance principle (like many of us are using while the jury is out on BPA for instance), what with EWG Skin Deep-type uncertainties floating out there. But lots of people use essential oils. I’ve just been going fragrance free since reading reports of the aforementioned study and reading No Impact Man one time saying that overuse of essential oils was affecting marine life. Of course you’re right, one study doesn’t make something dangerous. But for me, just because something is natural (and/or widely used) doesn’t automatically mean it’s safe.

By: Peggy

Peggy — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 06:26:16 +0000

Dear Jennifer,

Not everyone reads comments. Go ahead and write your post : )

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 06:11:29 +0000

If you like to dry stuff you can save on fabric sheets. Something you can do is keep a reusable fabric softener sheet – i.e a washcloth. Each time you dry clothing or what have you (I dry blankets) pour a dab of fabric softener and a dash of essential oils onto the washcloth and toss it in the dryer. You can omit the fabric softener and just use oils though.

For the washer, add the essential oils to the fabric softener compartment deal – if you don’t use fabric softener, use water in the dispenser with the oil. Essential oils can break down some plastics so you don’t want to add it to the compartment alone. You can also do what I do with the dryer and sprinkle the essential oil on a washcloth, which keeps it from pooling on an article of clothing.

By now, I can see that I should have wrote a new post about this. Oh well.

By: Peggy

Peggy — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 06:02:26 +0000

Kisha, I believe Jennifer mentioned above that she uses oil in the washer since she doesn’t use the dryer. I’d be nervous about pouring the oil directly on clothes though. Use it in a mix with the fabric softener dispenser, I would think.

Linette, I can so see you line-drying sheets : )

Mamabird, thanks for visiting. I’ll have to check out your study. I admit that all the studies out there about chemicals, etc. make me dizzy sometimes. It’s easy to not want to buy anything if I spend too much time reading them. : )

By: Kisha

Kisha — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 05:33:34 +0000

I don’t have a dryer and line dry everything, and like you said Jennfer I hang clothes on the hanger before I put it on the line (one less step right?) so I’m wonderng if this would work in the washer with the fabric softener maybe?