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Sooper-Dooper Stain Remover!!

Ok- so I know I am always ranting and raving about 'All Natural' 'Homemade' 'Organic' 'Healthy' and what have you....but every now and again I stumble across something that is NOT totally natural...but it works miraculously so I have to share it.  At least until I come up with the All Natural Alternative to it. :)

So here's the deal.... a week ago my 20 month old decided she wanted to wear some makeup.  She managed to find an old bag of makeup I no longer wear and decided to try lots of it on....

She was COVERED.  It was all over her pants and sweatshirt, her face and hair.  Notice the attempts at the eyeliner?  I guess she tried really well, and basically knew what she was attempting to achieve...but it didn't turn out so well for either of us.

Anyways, I quickly removed her soiled clothing and threw them in the hamper to be forgotten about for a week.  On Sunday I did a load of laundry for her and when it was all done and I went to fold it, I remembered the foundation covered clothing.  They were pretty terribly stained.  I know that many of my daughters clothes wind up with juice stains or various other stains, but this was the worst I had seen..


I was pretty bummed that I had forgotten about the makeup so I did not pre-treat it and then I was even more bummed that the wash did not remove the stains.  I was thinking I was probably stuck and the pants might as well be thrown away....but just for the heck of it I decided to look up some homemade stain removers.  The one I found was so simple--and though not 100% natural, I decided to give it a try.

The Recipe:  1 part Original Dawn Dish Soap (the plain old blue stuff)  vs 2 parts Hydrogen Peroxide. Mix it together and pour it onto the stain.


Let it set for a while...the longer you let it set, the better I am sure it will work...but I'm pretty impatient when it comes to waiting for things like this, so I only waited a few minutes. I took a white rag and began rubbing small circles around the stains.  When I was done, the clothing was pretty soapy so it was hard to see if anything actually worked.  So, I at first assumed like many other things--that it was a farce.  So I went to the sink, rinsed the pants out and hung them up to dry for a while.  I forgot all about them (seems to be a common occurrence in my life)  until this morning.  I picked them up, they were still a little damp, but mostly dry...and this is what I had...............................


A MIRACLE!!!

They are not absolutely perfect...there is a small spot on the left (pictured right) knee...but that is where I had started running out of solution and did not spend much time scrubbing...
But other than that, all of the foundation stains came out!!

I cannot believe it!! This will be my favorite go to stain remover (at least until I find a recipe for a totally natural one that works as well).  I cannot believe that it removed an oily set in stain that was forgotten for a week and then run through the laundry and still hadn't budged.

Super easy recipe, that really WORKS! Give it a try!


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