Wisk Experiment: Lipstick Stains

November 10, 2010 By 4 Comments

Grass stains and ketchup stains are pretty common around my house, but I was most excited to learn about Wisk’s ability to get rid of oil stains.

I’m not sure how, but several of my shirts have somehow ended up with huge oil stains on the front. I think that it’s actually happening in the laundry, which is irritating! But if I use Wisk in every load, it will automatically break up the oil stains before they can migrate to my shirts!

To try out Wisk’s oil stain fighting power, Annalyn and I performed another experiment. {To give Wisk full credit, they intended for me to pamper myself with this project. But let’s face it: she’s way cuter than I am and makes a great lab assistant!}

Step 1: Apply pretty pink lip gloss.

Step 2: Blot excess onto towel.

Step 3: Acknowledge that this has made a mess.

Step 4: Pour Wisk directly onto stain.

Step 5: Enjoy counting and dancing as you let it sit for half a minute or so.

Step 6: Rinse in warm water until all soap is gone.

Step 7: Be amazed at the clean towel.

Because I had lipstick on before applying the lip gloss, I think my stain was a bit heavier duty than the experiment expected. But Wisk still removed almost all traces of the gloss. And once I tossed it in the laundry, it came out completely clean.

As my time with Wisk is coming to a close, I’m happy to report that it really is a great, stain-fighting laundry detergent. And, have I mentioned lately how good it smells?

What kinds of stains do you find on your clothes most often? What’s your favorite laundry detergent? And are you a lip gloss person or more of a matte lip color girl?

This post will be linked to Things I Love Thursday at Diaper Diaries.

Disclosure: This sponsored post on behalf of Wisk laundry detergent was facilitated by One2One Network. While I will be compensated for this post, the experiences and opinions expressed are my own.

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Tailgating with Wisk {and ketchup}

October 7, 2010 By 13 Comments

When I was in college, I worked – very briefly – for McDonald’s. Did you know they have a special tool for smashing down the trash? It kind of reminds me of the trash-picker-upper that Yogi Bear used.

[Side note: When searching for an image of Yogi and a trash poker, I discovered that a Yogi Bear movie will be coming out this winter. And it's starring Tom Cavanaugh of my beloved Ed. I don't like this. Don't like it at all. Ed - I mean, Tom - better not be going the way of Brendan Fraser!]

Using that trash smasher – and working at McDonald’s in general – gave me the opportunity to inhale more old ketchup odors than I ever wanted. The smell still makes me gag a little. (Although I love eating ketchup with fries and on hamburgers. I just can’t smell it after the meal’s over.)

So you can just imagine how excited I was to perform a laundry experiment with ketchup, of all things. Lucky for me, I have my lovely assistant to help out!

According to Wisk (and they would know), there are tons of types of stains, but most fall into the protein, carbohydrate or oil categories. A few weeks ago, we looked at how Wisk handles a protein (grass) stain. Today, we’re testing Wisk’s stain-busting power with a carbohydrate stain.

Now, Wisk could have sent me a pan of brownies to smear all over the bright white t-shirt they gave Annalyn. But that would be wasteful. So, we were left with a more common – and more stinky – carbohydrate: ketchup.

Annalyn stirred the ketchup with a basting brush.

Then she painted it all over her new white shirt!

It was gross. "Ewww! Yuck!"

Then I poured some Wisk on the stain and let it sit for about 5 minutes.

I rinsed it in lukewarm water, wringing it out after all the soap suds were gone. (It was at this point I realized I may have used a bit too much detergent…) And then…voila!

Wow! It's clean!

We love Wisk!

It has been so fun to introduce Annalyn to science AND laundry with this project. How have you taught your kids about doing laundry? Do you do science experiments at your house?

This post will be linked to Things I Love Thursday at The Diaper Diaries.

Disclosure: This sponsored post on behalf of Wisk laundry detergent was facilitated by One2One Network. While I will be compensated for this post, the experiences and opinions expressed are my own.

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Summer Science with Wisk

August 31, 2010 By 34 Comments

If I had to rank all the subjects in school, science would come in last every time. But somehow, armed with a tiny lab coat, beaker and pipette, science became fun when I recruited Annalyn for a little laundry experiment.

The new Wisk with Stain Spectrum Technology™ fights all kind of stains. Apparently – not that I’m telling you science nerds anything – stains fall into several basic categories such as proteins, carbohydrates and oils. This week’s experiment focused on the protein kind.

Protein stains can come from eggs or baby formula, but the best-known culprit is grass. Wisk sent me a grass-stained swatch, a science kit and some simple instructions. Here’s what happened:

First of all, I put the tiny lab coat on Annalyn. To say she got into her role would be an understatement. Later in the day, she wore her goggles to the store. I guess you never know when you might run into a science experiment.

I filled the beaker with warm water. Then I poured a small amount of Wisk detergent in the cap and filled the pipette. (Pipette?! When was the last time I said THAT word? Oh yeah. High school. College chemistry. Ugh.)

Then I drew a big A on the protein-stained swatch with the pipette.

Annalyn watched carefully as Wisk’s Stain Spectrum Technology started to work.

After a minute or so, I put the swatch into the beaker of water. Then we swished it around. (Yes, that’s the technical term. Duh!)

After we took the swatch out, we could see just how well – and how quickly! – the detergent works. Where I’d drawn the A, the stain was gone.

As you can see, Annalyn was VERY impressed.
And did I mention how GOOD Wisk smells?

This post will be linked to Works for Me Wednesday at We Are THAT Family and Wordful Wednesday at Seven Clown Circus.

Disclosure: This sponsored post on behalf of Wisk laundry detergent was facilitated by One2One Network. While I will be compensated for this post, the experiences and opinions expressed are my own.

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New Wisk with Stain Spectrum Technology

August 12, 2010 By 4 Comments

I’m not a fun mom. Really, I’m not. You know why? Because “fun” things are usually messy. And I don’t do messy.

Every once in a while, though, I cave. I give into the fraction of my personality that values experience over convenience, spontaneity over practicality, fun over clean. And I say yes to…

…popsicles
…puddles.
…pasta without a spoon.
…playing in the muddy backyard.

And it’s worth it. Every time.

But I’m not going to lie. It also means laundry – and not the easy kind.

Sometimes, when Annalyn has an accident or smears half her dinner on her shirt, I’ll run the washing machine with a partial load. It’s just easier to get it over and done with, plus opening a bag of peed-on clothes after a couple days is just nasty.

But more often than not, I just wait until Annalyn’s hamper is full and then toss everything into the washer in one big load. I don’t have time to soak or pre-treat. Seriously? I’m doing good to make sure everyone has clean underwear every day.

That’s why, when I was asked to write about Wisk laundry detergent and their new stain-fighting formula, I was all over it. You know I don’t do a whole lot of product reviews, but laundry detergent with a Stain Spectrum Technology™? Um, yes, please! I can’t wait to get my sample in the mail!

It turns out Wisk was actually the first liquid laundry detergent to hit the market back in 1955. And they had those famous (and, let’s be honest, kind of creepy) “Ring around the collar” commercials.

You know, aside from the occasional messy treat, Annalyn really is a pretty neat (some might say “fussy,” but I just say “careful”) little girl. She has been known to ask for multiple napkins and a bib during meals. So, really, her messes are few and far between – and super cute, as you can see.

I wasn’t quite as neat as a child, spitting up – and then puking – all the time from a milk allergy. And you know Walmart wasn’t around to sell super cheap (but still cute) clothes for kids. So I’m pretty sure taking care of stains was an even bigger priority – and pain – back then than it is now.

Back then, not only did my mom have two messy kids, she also had a husband who worked blue collar jobs. Mom had a lot of messes to clean up!

Yet, I know laundry didn’t pile up in her house. It couldn’t. When it came to stains, she had to soak and pre-treat them. Right away. She didn’t have a special detergent with stain-fighting super powers.

The new Wisk laundry detergent has those super powers, which means I can toss everything – stained shirt, wet pants and all – into the washer without worrying about it. Or, I can let it pile up for a day or two and then deal with it all at once.

[At least, I’m sure I’ll be able to once I get my sassy red bottle of Wisk!]

From chocolate and peanut butter to grass, dirt and blood – Wisk with Stain Spectrum Technology is engineered to target all types of stains. Available this month at major retailers nationwide, Wisk is reasonably priced, too.

And if $5.99 for 32 loads isn’t reasonable enough for you, visit Wisk.com for a coupon!

But back to my laundry. It’s actually calling my name right now. Annalyn has “water play day” twice a week at daycare, and I tossed her swimsuit and towel in with the shorts she peed in [Will potty training ever end?] and the blankets she dragged through the garage and around the yard. Time to toss it all in the dryer.

Do you think we have it easier than our parents when it comes to laundry? How do you deal with stained clothes? Ignore them, soak them or toss them in with the rest of the laundry?

Disclosure: This sponsored post on behalf of Wisk laundry detergent was facilitated by One2One Network. While I will be compensated for this post, the experiences and opinions expressed are my own.

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