Tropical Traditions Powdered Laundry Detergent Review/Giveaway ~ Closed ~

I have a confession to make.

My husband does the laundry.

He is a wonderful help to me in every area of the home, but he owns the laundry. I help him by starting a load or rebooting the laundry, but he is such a routine guy that he does a great job about keeping Mount Washmore climbable.

I think he enables me.

So, you might be wondering why I choose to review Tropical Traditions Powdered Laundry Detergent (when I could have chosen another product)?

I'm just a little excited for the little one I am carrying! And I thought this would be a great excuse opportunity to dig out and assess my cloth diaper stash. Cloth diapers are, after all, expensive, and my stash has been through 2 babies. So, I will need to start adding to my stash a little each month before baby is born.

Plus, I needed a little incentive to do something. My first trimester is never very productive. (Can you tell? Have you missed me?)


Tropical Traditions Powdered Laundry Detergent is an environmentally safe, non-toxic detergent.

The ingredients: soda ash, sodium percarbonate and mild surfactants.

I know that you cannot just use any detergent on cloth diapers, so I did some research and found that these ingredients are "cloth diaper safe."

 It also contains a non-chlorine destainer and deodorizer, which would be an added bonus for cloth diapers. =)

I used 1 scoop per load. With powdered detergents, I usually let the washer fill a little and agitate it to dissolve the soap. And I got bubbles! I've made my own "environmentally friendly" soap in the past and it doesn't bubble. (Bubbles make it work better, right?) :p


The detergent is unscented, so what I got was odor-free clean smelling cloth diapers. Any kind of odor (even smelly good odors) makes me nauseous during my first trimester, so I love this stuff! 

Here's my newborn stash:
  • 10 All in Ones (AIO's) 
  • 12 Indian Prefolds
  • 5 Pro-Wrap Covers


Considering they outgrow this size so quick (6-10 pounds), I think this is enough. What do you think? (If I wash daily?)

Okay, I have this thing about adding vinegar to the rinse cycle, so I also did a load of freshly pee stained sheets and bed covers (I use blue pads).  I am really sensitive to smells and especially because I was still in my first trimester when I did this experiment, it was really hard not to use the vinegar! (For some reason, the vinegar doesn't bother me). But everything came out smelling odor-free, except the blue pads (but only I could tell). It might just be the material in the blue pads though because everything was washed together and everything else smelled fine.

Then I had fun washing cute little onsies (all neutral colors, since baby's gender will be a surprise!).



I washed Elli's pink baby . . .
. . . Which made for a very happy girl:

Then, I washed all the sheets in the house, a few blankets that were put away for the summer, Elli's car seat cover, some rugs. . . any and everything I could wash, EXCEPT the regular laundry! You know, all the other stuff that needs washed too. =)  

Before I make this review any longer, as I am in the habit of doing, I'd like to give you a chance to win a 5 lb container of Powdered Laundry Detergent!


To enter, leave me a comment telling me what you would wash with it if you won! If you would do a regular load of laundry, that is okay. ;-)

~This giveaway is now closed~ Congrats to Anna

For extra entries:
  • Tell me of another product that you would try from Tropical Traditions, if you could choose any. 
  • Tweet about this giveaway and leave me a link to your status.
  • If you subscribe/follow my blog give yourself an extra entry. 
  • Blog about this giveaway for 5 extra entries. Leave me a link to your post! 
  • Tropical Traditions also has a Referral Program, so if you place an order with them as a first-time customer, please select “Referred by a friend” and in the box that says “How did you hear of us?” enter my sponsor ID number 5835118. By telling Tropical Traditions that I referred you, you will receive a complimentary copy of the book Virgin Coconut Oil: How it has changed people’s lives and how it can change yours! by Brian and Marianita Shilhavy with your first order! This book is filled with testimonies and research showing how healthy coconut oil is, and it also includes over 85 recipes showing how one can incorporate coconut into their diet. This is worth 10 entries, so please leave me 10 separate comments if you do this! Note: I am not paid for referring customers, but I will receive a free jar of coconut oil!  If you need help ordering, please see my referral program instructions page.
Your comment is your entry. Please leave me an email address so I can contact you if you win. You will then have 48 hours to contact me with your information or I will choose another winner. 

This giveaway is open until Thursday July 15th 8pm MST and is only open to US residents.  (TT will ship internationally, but not for giveaways.)

Thanks to TT for sponsoring this review and giveaway! 

Disclosure: Tropical Traditions provided me with a free sample of this product to review, and I was under no obligation to review it if I so chose. Nor was I under any obligation to write a positive review or sponsor a product giveaway in return for the free product.

74 comments

  1. How cool! I would definitely wash my daughter's clothes, as we've found out that not only does she have food allergies, she just has super sensitive skin, too.
    Jill
    MsJill81 (at) hotmail (dot) com

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  2. Oh, and I follow your blog! :)
    Jill
    MsJill81 (at) hotmail (dot) com

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  3. Sign me UP! I soooo want to try this stuff! Love ya!

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  4. I get the Top. Trad. newsletter!

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  5. I would use it on our regular laundry. I wonder how it does with stinky towels?

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  6. I subscribe to the TT Newsletter.

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  7. I'd like to try the TT coconut flakes.

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  8. I would use it on regular laundry!I would love to try it!

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  10. I'd use it for regular laundry, and for the curtains that I've been saying Im going to wash soon....

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  11. Julie

    I would use it on regular laundry!I would love to try it!

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  12. Joesette said:

    I'd use it for regular laundry, and for the curtains that I've been saying Im going to wash soon....

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  13. Yikes! For some reason I am getting the comments by email, but they are not posting to blogger!

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  14. If for some reason, your comments don't post, I will keep track of them by email.

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  15. I would use it to wash my 2 boys clothes and maybe the clothes for my newborn who will be here in less than 3 months.

    abby43@bellsouth.net

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  16. Would love to try this! mrs.lyashenko@yahoo.com

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  17. I follow your blog! :)

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  18. I subscribe to their newsletter.

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  19. I'd like to try their coconut oil. I've tried the lotion, ccc, and bar soap, but haven't tried their coconut oil yet.

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  20. I subscribe to your blog.

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  21. I follow them on twitter.

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  22. I would wash cloth diapers as well as regular laundry if I won. What fun for you to start washing baby clothes and cloth diapers!

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  23. I blogged about it. http://mamajourney.wordpress.com/2010/07/07/tropical-tradi…laundry-powder

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  24. I tweeted: http://twitter.com/mamajourney/status/17970037108

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  25. I would be especially interested to see how this does on whites.
    bkittie@hotmail.com

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  26. i'd wash all the dresses my daughters wear each day! they musy change 10x a day! lol

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  27. i want to try their vinegar- i'm curious.

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  28. i follow TT on twitter

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  29. i get TT's newsletter

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  30. TWEETED http://twitter.com/godlyhomemaker/status/18007981975

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  31. i sub to you

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  32. i follow you

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  33. We are a cloth diapering family, so I would love to try this detergent on our diapers and of course our regular laundry too!

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  34. I would wash our family of 6's clothes. Would love to see how it works on hubby's work clothes.
    rbjj32825[at]lycos[dot]com

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  35. I would wash all the towels....I found out typical laundry detergent can leave a buildup in the towels that limits their absorbancy and can cause them to smell musty...the ingredients in this sounds like it would not have that effect.

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  36. I'd wash all the kitchen and bed linens and I'd wash all the white clothes with this laundry detergent if I won

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  37. I'd love to try Trop Traditions Virgin Gold Label Organic Coconut Oil!

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  38. Tropical traditons email subscriber

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  39. follow tropical traditons on twitter@wildorchids09

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  40. I would like to try the raw honey

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  41. I subscribe to the tropical tradition newsletter

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  42. If I won I would wash whatever was in the laundry hamper

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  43. I follow Tropical Traditions on twitter

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  44. I would definately wash my 9 mo. old's clothes in this natural-oxygen rich detergent. I love the fact that its eco-friendly, and all-natural. I do not use and try not to use any detergent with dyes,fragrances and toxic chemicals when I wash my son's clothing.

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  45. I would use it on our regular laundry. I am very sensitive to perfumes and I use unscented laundry detergents when I do the laundry. I would love to try your product.

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  46. I would wash my dog's clothing , such as, sweaters, dresses and bedding with it. They get so messy and have to be washed alot.

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  47. I would like to use the detergent to wash my family's laundry. This will be the only detergent I will purchase in the future. Thank you in advance for choosing me to be the winner.

    Ann
    shel5340@bellsouth.net is my email address

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  48. I subscribed to their sales newsletter.
    slrdowney at hotmail dot coms

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  49. I would also like to try their organic coconut chips.
    slrdowney at hotmail dot com

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  50. I would just use it for our regular laundry.

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  51. I would do a regular load of laundry. I do lots of laundry with 4 kids!

    matt4melis at hotmail dot com

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  52. I'd love to try the shampoo bar or maybe the organic soy-free eggs

    matt4melis at hotmail dot com

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  53. Subscribe to Tropical Traditions Sales Newsletter

    matt4melis at hotmail dot com

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  54. Follow Tropical Traditions on Twitter. @matt4melis

    matt4melis at hotmail dot com

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  55. http://twitter.com/matt4melis/status/18570970394

    matt4melis at hotmail dot com

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  56. follow your blog

    matt4melis at hotmail dot com

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  57. I would wash all of our clothes in it because not only do I suffer from eczema but so do all 3 of my children so we have very sensitive skin.
    Thanks for the great giveaway :)

    mrsjohnson1982 at yahoo dot com

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  58. I would really love their Organic Canadian Honey :)

    mrsjohnson1982 at yahoo dot com

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  59. I subscribe to the Tropical Traditions newsletter using this email address:
    mrsjohnson1982 at yahoo dot com

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  60. I follow Tropical Traditions on Twitter.
    Username: @missreneer

    mrsjohnson1982 at yahoo dot com

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  61. I would put this away until September, after baby number 8 comes. Then I could use it and not worry about getting more detergent made. Though that might be difficult, I'd probably dig into it just to give it a try right away!!

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  62. I follow your blog, through email RSS feed

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  63. I subscribe to TT's newletter and sales

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  64. I love tropical traditions, you introduced me to the company. We use their coconut oils, coconut cream and have a bucket of raw shredded coconut. I also love their lip balm... LOVE IT!!
    I think the next thing of interest is their dish soap.... looks interesting!

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  65. This looks great. I would put this away, until after the birth of #8. That way I could use it, and not make my own anymore!! Or atleast for the first weeks while Mom will just want to cuddle with the newest blessing!!!

    Congrats on the new little one!

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  66. I follow TT on Twitter!

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  67. I receive their sales newsletter!

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  68. I would like to try the cinnamon teeth cleaner! Thanks, Michelle!

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