Can someone PLEASE recommend me a washing detergent for sensitive skin?!

As the title says...

What is good for sensitive skin but also cleans really well? Prefereably a liquid but a powder is okay too.

DS and DP have terrible eczema and although changing the washing detergent may not be the answer, it can't hurt!

TIA xox

have you tried bi carb soda??

I ONLY use the 'eco store' brand;) Its all plant based so doesn't affect the skin ;) You can buy it at safeway/woolworths

I too have excema. I use Hurricane - the yellow one. When I tried the apple one, it made me itchy (or it was just good timing and I was doing something else wrong!).
I think bi-carb would be worth a try too, there couldn't be much in there that would cause excema to flare up.

Mine is very bad atm - I'm blaming the dust and dry weather.

We use OMO Sensitive. We also do a extra rinse cycle to get out as much powder as possible. These two things together seem to help ds's skin. He used to have really bad eczema but it has improved as he got older but he still gets it on his back. OMO Sensitive isn't cheap but I have found cheap washing powders terrible on his skin.

I can only use Radiant or Omo & Omo Sensitive but half the amount it says on the packet. Any other washing powder makes me itch. I also do an extra rinse just to make sure all the powder is gone.

Oh yeah, use waaaay less than it says on the pack! ;)

My DS2 comes out in a rash with heavily perfumed washing powder so I switched over to Purity Sensitive laundry liquid and we haven't had a problem since :)

I use the sensitive skin eco one for clothes, but just use bi carb on nappies. DS is very very sinsitive with his nappies.

I use Aware (supermarket) or Eco Store.

They are both great - especially because you only use 2 tablespoons in the wash. The Eco Store one is basically just mineral salts so nothing nasty. You can get it online if you cant find it at your supermarket.

I used to get terrible excema and still do if I am really stressed but I use Radiant sensitive powder and only about 1/2 what it recommends. I also do a second rinse cycle or upsize the load between wash and rinse when I am about (so that there is more water used in the rinse cycle)

DD has bad eczema and I use ecostore too. I use only half a scoop on DD"s clothing.

Thanks guys! So I'll start using less detergent and add an extra rinse cycle...gee the simple things I never seem to think of!

AJP, how do I use bi-carb? :redface: I've been using vinegar as fabric softener and odour neutraliser but that's as "natural" as I am lol.

Thanks for the suggestions - I've been using the yellow hurricane liquid forever (hehe Jleigh!) but I'll try some others to see if there's any improvement in the boys' skin. So I'm starting with Purity liquid for sensitive skin (coz it was on special and very inexpensive) and if I see no improvement will try another and so on.

DS gets terrible nappy rash :( so I would really like something mild to wash his nappies with. Would love to see how the bi carb affects it.

i use the eucalyptus powder and half the amount only. put it on an extra rinse too. it's stopped my eczema

I use bi carb the same way as washing powder, but not as much. 1/4 - 1/2 what I would use powder.

DD was diagnosed with eczema when she about 18mths old so i used LUX FLAKES which i would dissolve the tiniest amount (not amount stated on box) in boiling water out of the kettle. Then when she was about 2 i started washing her clothes, etc in DUO powder (i buy the big 10kilo box from BigW, when on special i buy two boxes) :D

I found she got a nasty reaction to liquid Radiance, liquid Dynamo & powder reg Omo & Surf, even the tiniest amount made no difference as she would get eczema.

Another suggestion here, my GP recommend i bath DD only once every two days in QV Flare Up Bath Oil (can get from Priceline) ... which i do. A friend who's DD gets eczema recommended that i give DD a bubble bath once to twice a week as a fun treat as my DD is a fun-loving 3year old in a product from Aldi, it's a 1litre shower gel fragrance ' Tropical Fizz ' (states that it is Soap free)$4.99 ... and my DD has never had a reaction to it (it smells devine) :D

Google "soap nuts" and google "magnetic laundry system". No need for washing powder at all! I've only recently heard of the magnetic one.. a friend's SIL uses them. I have heard of soap nuts before, and I'm pretty sure some here on BB use them. They are one of those things I've been meaning to try but don't get around to.

Liz ... reminded me that my sister would wash her son's clothes when he was a baby & toddler as he had sensitive skin in just water & nothing else and his clothes were always clean :D

As Liz said - soap nuts. DH gets a rash from laundry powder and we now use soap nuts which seem fine. They are also cheap and totally natural (it is just the shell of a nut but it soaps up in the wash).
HTH

Wow I've never heard of soap nuts, nor the magnets! Amazing stuff! Well it's got me convinced...now just wondering which one to trial first :think:

You can actually buy trial packs of the soap nuts online. I think I went through the MamaAum website

We only use Amolin here.

Well what if I start off with using mostly bi-carb mixed with a little bit of washing liquid? Being the skeptic I am...I just can't imagine bi-carb alone cleaning DP's grotty work clothes and DS's pooey nappies and food-stained clothes... :hide: (Plus yesterday I went out and bought washing detergent and want to use it up :p)

In the meantime I'm going to order some soap nuts!

Avoid powders altogether.

We use Earth Choice & only use a tiny bit.

Have you tried Desitin for nappy rash? Not for washing clothes, for on the bum. You get it at chemists & it works better than any other product I've tried & it works within 24 hours.

FAK but if no one has suggested it try Purity

Satya, no I've never even heard of Desitin but will give it a try thanks!

Macca79, yeah I am using part Purity part bi-carb and using vinegar to neutralise and soften.

Hope it helps their skin!! Have noticed in the last few days ezcema is getting bad on poor DS's eyelids. He also gets it behind his ears, behind his knees in the creases and on his thumb knuckles as well as a patch on his face :doh: My poor baby!

Thanks guys xox