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Recently in Scotland, Lidl have been running a promotion where customers get a wee bonus for shopping there, some money off when you spend £x amount or a free item. One week it was this product.
We’ve been a washing powder family for many years, Persil
bio usually. I’m naturally clumsy so there is usually a trail of powder from
the massive vat of it under the sink to the machine, and in all of the wrong
parts of the dispensing drawer. Lidl bestowed on us a huge bottle of this
washing liquid, which we lumbered home with, having decided to nip in for a few
bits whilst out with our toddler in his pram but leaving with a week’s worth of
deli meats, fourteen plant pots and an electric blanket. [editor's note: a similar tale resulted in a similar acquisition of 3L of Formil Biological Washing Liquid.]
After resting up to recover from the carrying back of the beast, I was most taken aback to discover that you don’t have to
put the liquid into a ball like in the 1990s and in fact it goes straight into
the machine dispenser once you flip a flippy thing. (This might just be our washing
machine.) It cleans your clothes and for clumsy feckers like me it is easier to
transition gloop compared to powder from washing substance container to
machine. So this may be more of a Lidl changed my life, or at least my washing
habits, kind of review.
It’s a lurid green colour but if used with the “summer
breeze” Lenor fabric conditioner that is currently making an appearance on Lidl’s
washing products shelves you get a delightful lemon and lime effect in your
dispenser, which is enough to brighten anyone’s day.
[Editor's note: we were forced to use this for a Saturday's worth of washing after we ran out of Ariel Excel Gel. I loved it. It smells exactly like you'd imagine clean linen to smell if something was called "clean linen". However, this strong, homely, heart-warming smell is exactly why we won't be buying it in future - alas the smell is too strong for my partner].
Wow 😮, wow❗My family love that smell. We have used it since 2002 and we no longer find the bigger one in green and Purple on the shelves.
ReplyDeleteThey have introduced smaller bottles which makes me pour the same amount as the bigger ones into the dispenser even though it states it's concentrated.
I'm really disappointed that this very product is off the shelves. It does laundry great and the after wash smell, oh, it's Heavenly.
It's a shame some can't tolerate it or dislike it.