Festivities, family, and food. It’s the most wonderful time of the year. For those organizing the festivities, hosting the family, and cooking the food, it can also be the most stressful time of the year. Between preparing meals, receiving party-goers, and getting...
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From Turkey to Cranberry Sauce and Everything In-between: How to Clean Up Thanksgiving Dinner When Everything Goes Wrong
The holiday season is here with all of its holiday messes. Along with your favorite dishes, the Thanksgiving table provides a healthy serving of stubborn stains. Whether you’re trying to clean cranberry sauce or pumpkin pie off of your tablecloth, area rug, or both,...
Health.com Says Charlie’s Soap Is the Best Laundry Powder For Sensitive Skin
Charlie's Soap's Fragrance-Free Laundry Powder has been named the Best Powder detergent for sensitive skin by Health.com. The product has a short ingredient list and is free from synthetic fragrances and dyes, making it less likely to cause skin irritation or...
How to Clean Mud Stains Out of Clothes
Fall is here, and it brought its stormy weather messes with it. The next time your kid comes in with muddy clothes after playing in the rain, don’t panic. With a little help from Charlie’s soap, mud stains will be a thing of the past. Try out these simple steps to get...
How to Clean Your Kid’s Shoes
Childhood is a time for kids to explore the world around them—the muddy, slimy, messy world. Shoes are some of the most likely clothing items to collect dust, dirt, and stains, not to mention germs and sweat. Keeping them clean can seem impossible, but don’t...
How to Remove Chocolate Stains
Smores, ice cream sundaes, chocolate chip cookies: some of your kid’s favorite treats are also the messiest. Chocolate that begins in tiny, toddler hands ends up in unexpected places. Every parent knows how it goes: the mess starts with the shirt, and eventually, it’s...
How to Remove Crayon From Walls
6 Methods for Removing Crayon from Walls As your preschooler knows, art has no borders. While you sponsor their creative endeavors, you’ll likely end up with dozens of little masterpieces—some of which might be all over the white walls of your living room. Until your...
How to Wash Stuffed Animals
A Guide to Washing Stuffed Animals Where kids go, their favorite stuffed animals are sure to follow. As every parent knows, stuffed toys live in the splash zone, exposed to all the grime and germs that are a part of a child’s daily life. Clean stuffed animals may seem...
October Social Media Giveaway
It’s that time of year; the kids are back in school, days are getting shorter, and the holidays are sneaking up on us again. To celebrate this annual craziness, we want to hear your war stories about the biggest messes your kids have ever made. We’ve got prizes for...
Do I Really Need to Separate Whites and Darks?
It’s an age-old fear: you go to move your linens from the washer to the dryer, only to discover a singular red sock snuck through and turned the entire batch pink! Sorting whites and darks is a practice as old as laundry. It’s meant to prevent the discoloration of...
Teach Your College-Bound Kid to Do Laundry
At this time of year, thousands of high school graduates are gearing up to head to college. College brings many exciting experiences—but living independently for the first time can be a massive adjustment. As a parent, you may be concerned about your kid surviving out...
How Often Should You Clean Laundry Baskets or Hampers?
Ah, laundry baskets, the way station where dirty clothes swap germs. Seriously – laundry bins take on a lot of dirt, grime, and bacteria. Whether you have a top-of-the-line home-decor minimalist laundry sorter or a simple drawstring hamper bag, your laundry basket...
How to Keep Towels and Sheets Soft After Multiple Washes
Out of all fabrics, towels and sheets are the ones we want to stay the softest – but they’re often the ones that get the brunt of daily wear. With repeated uses between washes, towels and sheets collect lots of grime and germs – but, after multiple washes, even the...
NBC Plugs Charlie’s Soap as the Best Eco Friendly Laundry Detergent of 2023
Charlie's Soap has been listed as one of the top-rated eco-friendly powder laundry detergents in a recent article by NBC. Experts recommend paying attention to ingredient lists, ecolabels, and packaging type when shopping for eco-friendly laundry detergents. Charlie's...
Do You Really Need to Use Fabric Softener?
As one of the leading producers of eco-friendly laundry detergents, Charlie’s Soap always has our customers’ best interests in mind. One of the most pervasive myths in the laundry industry today is that fabric softener is necessary for getting clothes clean and...
Should I Be Using a Low Suds Detergent?
A common myth pervading laundry rooms everywhere is that fewer suds = dirty laundry. Between high-efficiency (HE) washers, agitator machines, and an assortment of different detergents, it can be challenging to know which products are best suited for your laundry...
7 Secrets to Great Smelling Laundry
We’ve all been there - you pull your laundry out of the dryer, and somehow your clothes smell worse than before you put them in the washer! The reason this happened can be a bit of a mystery - but fear not - we’ve got the secret to great-smelling laundry. An April...
Runner’s World Says Charlie’s Oxygen Bleach is The Best Natural Laundry Sanitizer
Charlie's Soap has been featured in an article by Runner's World as one of the best laundry sanitizers in 2022. The article highlights the importance of using a laundry sanitizer to keep clothing hygienic, especially during the pandemic. Charlie's Soap Oxygen Powered...
How to Clean a Stinky Washing Machine
Your washing machine cleans your clothes and gives everything that much-loved “fresh feeling.” However, in time all the dirt and grime from your clothes will eventually build up. If you’ve even been curious how that bad washer smell gets into your washing machine,...
Are Green Cleaning Products as Effective as Regular Products?
These days, many of us are thinking about ways to lessen our impact on the environment. To this end, environmentalism affects the way many people live their lives, but it also affects their shopping habits. Purchasing green products instead of traditional cleaners is...
Cold vs. Hot Water for Laundry: Does It Really Matter?
Most people have developed their own systems for doing laundry over the years. Some folks swear by using bleach with every load of whites, while others simply won’t touch it. In like fashion, certain people will only air-dry their clothes, while others use dryers with...
Powder vs. Liquid Laundry Detergent : Is There a Difference?
Especially for busy parents without much free time, doing laundry multiple times a week can be a real hassle. That said, you want to ensure your clothing gets as clean and fresh as possible every time you do a load of laundry. Part of this process is ensuring you have...
Charlie’s Soap Named Best Laundry Booster by Bobvila
The BobVila article recommends various laundry detergents to combat hard water stains and mentions Charlie's Soap Booster & Hard Water Treatment as the Best Detergent Booster. The article praises the product for containing biodegradable phosphates that soften the...
Helpful Tips for Choosing a Baby-Safe Laundry Detergent
When you become a new parent, your top priority is keeping your baby safe and healthy. One of the first places to start in creating a healthy environment is choosing a baby-safe laundry detergent. Because of the chemicals used in traditional detergents, babies often...

















