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Woolite® Extra Dark Care with Your Friends!
As I opened the sample and poured the Woolite Extra Dark
Care into the washing machine to SAVE my favorite jeans, I thought WOW this
detergent smells great! That is always one of my top criteria so we can check
that box for one of the things Woolite Extra Dark Care has going for it. So far we are off to a good start!
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Woolite Extra Dark Care preparing to SAVE
my favorite jeans!
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You may be asking yourself, why are there no pictures of friends???? Let me explain.....
My jeans are off to a good start now that the samples are here,
but getting the samples was a bit of a struggle. I signed up for the sample and
share in June 2012 and had started to plan my party around 4th of
July when I knew I would have a lot of friends over for a big party. I also had
two baby showers in July and figured that would be a great opportunity to share
samples with some of the busy moms. Unfortunately things do not always go as
planned and I received the samples on August 16, 2012…..just 4 days before my
report is due.
Timing is not great because my besties are both out of town
on vacation and my co-worker I had hoped would help is on work travel until the
end of August. I gave samples to some friends but I doubt I
will get any feedback from them before the report is due on the 20th. With so
many friends out of town, a "wash your jeans" party is pretty much
out of the picture as well.
Despite this setback, I am going to try to be creative and
try the Woolite product on both mine and my husband's jeans. He is very
particular about how his jeans are washed so he will be a great critic of the
woolite product. Rather than stop there I plan to also wash some of our work
clothes that we might normally dry clean. Since some people will want to try
this product on more than just jeans (i.e. all of their laundry) I plan to also
wash workout clothes, whites, and other household items to see how well the Woolite extra dark care holds up. I know this plan is in not the true spirit of
what the sample and share was about but I feel I am doing the best I can with
the 4 day window I have to complete the action and the report. Considering
the challenges to get the samples out to us crowdtappers, I hope Crowdtap and
Woolite feel that my effort is time well spent!
Jeans
This is the main event for the sample and share so I wanted
to get as many colors and types as possible. My husband’s are both darker with
nice stitching on the back pocket. It is crucial that there be no fading and
especially no destruction of the stitching. Let’s see the before and after to
see if the jeans were saved!
Husband’s Jeans Before
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Husband’s Jeans After
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“brighter” and the color looks “richer”. The awesome scent
from the detergent did not come through like I hoped but that is really not a
big deal (especially to my husband). The jeans came out of the dryer feeling
soft and most important….in one piece! The stitching was not damaged and the
jeans look GREAT! So far I am a happy camper! My husband was pleased as well!
I am not as picky with my jeans as my husband, but I
definitely do not want my jeans to fade or tear when I wash them. More
importantly, I always hang my jeans out to try and HATE that stiff “crunchy”
feeling jeans get. I am hoping Woolite Extra Dark Care will fix that problem.
Let’s go to the before and after pictures and see how my jeans held out from
the wash.
My Jeans Before
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My Jeans After
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I air dried my jeans all day and unfortunately they had some of that stiff feeling I was hoping would not happen. I guess that is just part of air drying clothes. To solve this problem I put the jeans in the dryer for 10 minutes on Air Fluff mode. There is no heat so jeans don't shrink. Once I did this the jeans were soft and ready to wear. Despite the minor setback with the stiffness from air drying, my jeans all looked great! Similar to my husband's jeans, I feel the color was brighter as if a little life was put back in my jeans. Nice job Woolite!
Work Clothes
Having a product to wash jeans safely without fear of
destruction is GREAT. However, why not also use that same product for sensitive
work clothes that might normally go to the dry cleaner (where I already spend
too much money!). I took some of my husband’s work shirts, my work pants and
work capris, one of my favorite delicate work shirts, and a work dress. Let’s
look at the before and after to see how Woolite Extra Dark Care did.
Works Shirts Before
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Work Shirts After
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The color of both shirts stayed true and I was pleased with the results of the wash. We have had bad luck with my husband's work shirts being ruined in the dryer so I always air dry work shirts. The shirts were a bit stiff after air drying but that is nothing a few minutes on air fluff mode in the dryer will not cure.
Work Pants Before
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Work Pants After
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Delicate Work Shirt Before
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Delicate Work Shirt After
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Looks perfect! All stitching remained in place, there are no tears, and I did not have to take this shirt to the dry cleaner to get it clean!
Work Dress Before
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Work Dress After
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Workout Clothes
I am a bit of a gym rat and I want to look good while I
workout so I thought I would try Woolite Extra Dark Care of my favorite workout
gear as well. Let’s check out before and after.
Woolite Extra Dark Care tackling my favorite gym clothes!
Workout Outfit #1 Before
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Workout Outfit #1 After
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Workout Outfit #2 Before
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Workout Outfit #2 After
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The material of my workout clothes is pretty hard to destroy so usually
any detergent will work. However, I am glad to see that Woolite Extra
Care does a good job with all of my favorite workout gear as well as jeans.
White Clothes
I know that the name of this product is EXTRA DARK CARE but let's say I am lazy and do not feel like having more than one detergent in the house. I am on a roll here so I washed some of my white cotton tanks and t-shirts. Let’s look at the pictures to see if
Woolite Extra Dark Care can take on whites!
White Tanks Before
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White Tanks After
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White T-Shirts Before
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White T-Shirts After
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Call me crazy but I think the whites looked brighter after the wash! It sounds funny to say that a detergent for Extra Dark clothes would brighten whites but it did! I'm impressed. Note: I used one sample of the Woolite Extra Dark Care detergent on a Warm setting. I did NOT add any bleach.
Final Thoughts
As frustrating as getting the samples was, I am happy that I was able to sample this new detergent and share with my jeans loving friends a way to stop destroying their denim! I know the intent of this event was to get feedback from friends, but I think I took the challenge and met it in my own unique way. By using the product on a variety of different clothes and other laundry, I feel I have shown the strengths and weaknesses of the product. I feel Woolite Extra Dark Care is a great detergent working best with dark colors (as advertised) but also working well for all laundry needs. The scent is fantastic! Maybe Woolite should consider putting this same scent into a fabric softener if one does not already exist.
OK.....that is enough blogging for today. I am off to Target to use my coupon to get my bottle of Woolite Extra Dark Care!
