Hey there. I use Surcare, because I react to even the slightest amount of perfume in washing powder. You can get it in all the supermarkets - tesco, sainsburys, co-op, but the powder is the best version. The liquid wasn't as good, I found.

I was allergic to ecover, too and didn't think the laundry balls were that good when I tried them. . But maybe that's just me.

Hope that's helpful.
MG

Hi Julie169, read your message about Boots wash liquid, I have phoned them today and have been told it is being back in the shops at the end of the month, although they tell me they have altered the formulation for health and saftey reasons. It now has added silicon and soap, plus something else but the guy I spoke to didnt know what. Ive asked them to send me a full ingrediant list, they said they would call me back one day this week. If I hear any more, i will let you know. From Craftaholic

Gosh this thread is 5 years old. I realised when mention was made of ariel non-bio which afaik hasn't been around for well, years

I swear by Filetti but it has been unobtainable recently

my friends children have always had sensitive skin and so she uses fairy non bio powder, but a few months ago she ran out and the shop only had the tablets. She never thought anything of it until the kids started to come out in a rash all over their bodies.
It soon went a way when she changed back to the powder.

ime, Persil, even the non bio one, makes me and my dc itch like mad. I recomended the M and S non bio earlier on this thread. I popped in yesterday and they seem to have changed it So back to the drawing board for us

Hy academic mum

Years ago I was told the only washing powder to use for my children was Persil auto non bio. It made a big difference. Also, Comfort pure is the safest one to use.

Hope this info helps.

I also use Eco-balls on occassional washes. They are best for stuff which is not very dirty, but just needs a bit of a clean through than for really dirty stuff. Otherwise we don't use fabric softener it makes the fabric more "sticky" so detergent residue is more likely to hang around, we use the extra rinse cycle and we use supermarket own brand non-bio powder (the less perfumed the better). Whenever we have tried to use biological wash powder, both ds's skin flares up something awful.

My LO's eczema got worse after Eco-balls. Not convinced about the "no detergent residue" thing, if you look at the waste water it is sudsy just like regular washing powder.

I swapped from Fairy to the M and S sensitive non bio. Not perfumed at all, which can take some getting used to, but so far it's been great for us. It's on buy one get one free an awful lot too, so I've stocked up in the last few weeks