Fabric conditioner makes your clothes softer, and if you’re a non-ironer like me, it tends to make clothes less wrinkly, especially if you hang them on the line to flap in the breeze (use a Laundry Mac™ if it looks like rain!). Although they may make your clothes apparently smell nice, most standard fabric conditioners contain a lot of chemicals that can be harmful to your health, pollute the air indoors and outdoors, and are detrimental to the environment.
What chemicals are there in standard fabric conditioners?
“Quats" : quaternary ammonium compounds make clothes feel soft and wearable right out of the wash, but they're known to trigger asthma and may be toxic to our reproductive systems.
Check products for these ingredients: distearyldimonium chloride, diethyl ester dimethyl ammonium chloride, variants of hydroxyethyl methyl ammonium methyl sulfate or the vague terms “biodegradable fabric softening agents" and “cationic surfactant." They all do harm to varying degrees.
Fragrance
There are more than 3,000 fragrance ingredients in common household products—and scarcely any way to know what they are.
Conventional fabric softeners contain synthetic musks such as galaxolide, which accumulate in the body; and much more. Fragrance mixes can cause allergies, skin irritations such as dermatitis, difficulty breathing and potential reproductive harm. Research indicates that scents also cause irritation when vented outdoors, especially for asthmatics and those sensitive to chemicals.
BioD concentrated fabric conditioner contains lavender essential oil. It smells clean, fresh, and natural.
Phalates
Standard fabric softeners may contain phthalates, which disperse the scent. As with the ingredients in standard laundry detergents, phalates are known to be an endocrine disruptor and have also been linked to an increased risk of breast cancer and reproductive birth defects.
BioD concentrated fabric conditioner is made from biodegradable ingredients, and is safe for the environment. It does not contain any of the harmful chemicals listed above.
If you have a problem with clothes moths and don't want to overwhelm your woollens with the scent of moth-repelling neem you can add a few more drops of lavender essential oil to infuse your garments with gentle but persuasive lavender scents to persuade Mrs Moth to lay her eggs elsewhere.
Fabric conditioner makes your clothes softer, and if you’re a non-ironer like me, it tends to make clothes less wrinkly, especially if you hang them on the line to flap in the breeze (use a Laundry Mac™ if it looks like rain!). Although they may make your clothes apparently smell nice, most standard fabric conditioners contain a lot of chemicals that can be harmful to your health, pollute the air indoors and outdoors, and are detrimental to the environment.
What chemicals are there in standard fabric conditioners?
“Quats" : quaternary ammonium compounds make clothes feel soft and wearable right out of the wash, but they're known to trigger asthma and may be toxic to our reproductive systems.
Check products for these ingredients: distearyldimonium chloride, diethyl ester dimethyl ammonium chloride, variants of hydroxyethyl methyl ammonium methyl sulfate or the vague terms “biodegradable fabric softening agents" and “cationic surfactant." They all do harm to varying degrees.
Fragrance
There are more than 3,000 fragrance ingredients in common household products—and scarcely any way to know what they are.
Conventional fabric softeners contain synthetic musks such as galaxolide, which accumulate in the body; and much more. Fragrance mixes can cause allergies, skin irritations such as dermatitis, difficulty breathing and potential reproductive harm. Research indicates that scents also cause irritation when vented outdoors, especially for asthmatics and those sensitive to chemicals.
BioD concentrated fabric conditioner contains lavender essential oil. It smells clean, fresh, and natural.
Phalates
Standard fabric softeners may contain phthalates, which disperse the scent. As with the ingredients in standard laundry detergents, phalates are known to be an endocrine disruptor and have also been linked to an increased risk of breast cancer and reproductive birth defects.
BioD concentrated fabric conditioner is made from biodegradable ingredients, and is safe for the environment. It does not contain any of the harmful chemicals listed above.
If you have a problem with clothes moths and don't want to overwhelm your woollens with the scent of moth-repelling neem you can add a few more drops of lavender essential oil to infuse your garments with gentle but persuasive lavender scents to persuade Mrs Moth to lay her eggs elsewhere.
Bio-D Fabric Conditioner
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Recycled materials
Sustainable
Bio D concentrated fresh lavender fabric conditioner is delicately fragranced with essential oils to leave your laundry feeling soft and smelling naturally gorgeous.
Each bottle contains 1 litre.
£4.15
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A Chimney Sheep® draught excluder is a brilliant tool for any property with an open chimney. But don’t just take our word for it...
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I bought this as I wanted a non-plastic weed suppressant to use under stones and bark and this is ideal as it can be bought by the metre rather than having to buy far more than I need (though it does make it more expensive per metre). It is easy to use and I'm really pleased that it is a natural material with no plastic. I'm wondering how long it will last before it needs replacing, but for now, I'm really pleased with my purchase.
I ordered two of the 10kg...in error! There's a massive amount of wool in each bag and, to my mind, it's quite clean. It's very thick and has a high amount of lanolin in it, a good sign.
I placed it around my runner beans and French climbing beans. The wool provides support when it's windy. Round the tomatoes, the courgettes and...the potatoes. They thrive on it.
Important: the will deters slugs etc, but my advice is that it's essential to keep the wool moist. Not sodden, as the wool is superb at preventing the soil drying out.
Well worth it.
Delivery box was a bit battered on arrival so feared for the pots, but the sheep's wool had kept them safe. Brilliant non plastic option to keep seedlings watered without wasting water and the wool works to keep slugs at bay.
Bought these as the fluffy inside lining of my slippers had worn down to the rubber! I hate waste and didn’t want to throw them away as they were in otherwise good condition, so I bought these and popped them in and now I have warm and comfy insides to my slippers again - Hurrah!! Slipper life extended and waste reduced. Very glad to have found this company 😊.
We have an open fire that is only used a few times a year but don't want to decommission it.
When not in use there is a noticeable draft that comes down the chimney this includes the smell from our neighbours log burner when the wind blows the wrong way.
Enter stage left the Chimney Sheep. I measured up the chimney aperture and placed my order. Despite Royal Mails best efforts it arrived well packed and in good order.
It's a neat product and having attached the handle shoved it up the chimney. Perfect fit. Can't be that easy surely? Yep.
There is a fob that attaches to the handle that dangles down from the chimney so that you are reminded that the Chimney Sheep is in situ before lighting a fire.
I can't comment on the draught excluding properties yet as the weather has been glorious since I got it, but I see no reason it won't be effective. I no longer have to listen to the pigeons serenading each other though.
My first purchase of three ply…I will buy more….this is good stuff….does the job….soft enough…AND made in uk from uk waste paper…this is important if you are thinking green….no point buying recycled paper which has been round the world and back. We have loads of waste paper to use in the uk and loads of uk bottoms to wipe 😂
Amazing felt, thick and really good quality. Worked amazing by for my art project. I love both the colour and the texture! Excellent delivery and costumer service.
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