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Home » Food & Lifestyle » It’s Human Nature to show sensitive hands some Tough Love when doing the dishes

It’s Human Nature to show sensitive hands some Tough Love when doing the dishes

September 12, 2014 Paris B 17 Comments

Dishwashing liquid. Not a conventional item to see on a beauty blog, I’d warrant but it’s not entirely irrelevant either 🙂 You see, I do my own dishes (I don’t believe in dishwashers) and not long ago, I discovered that I have sensitive hands. Yes, princess hands even, because at the mere touch of a strong detergent, the skin on my hands will dry out and peel.

It’s part of the reason why I started wearing kitchen gloves. It protects my hands from a lot of harshness, but it primarily protects my hands from looking like a scaly reptile’s. Well, until now 😀

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I’m not a very green person so when I saw this natural Tough Love dishwashing liquid from Human Nature that claimed to be gentle on hands, I was more interested in that than the fact that it was natural. Most that claim to be gentle aren’t. That’s a fact. I’m a living testimony of that.

But you know what? It’s a very good dishwashing liquid. Not only because it is as gentle as it claims to be, it does clean impressively well with very little, and makes my glasses shine. So I just had to wax lyrical about it! 🙂

To test if its claims of being gentle on skin was true, I forsook kitchen gloves when doing my dishes for over 2 weeks. It was not without some trepidation because when I get my dry scaly skin, it takes me weeks to recover. I was taking a huge risk here. But happily, I didn’t experience the dryness I associate with using detergent and I knew then I was in love. Yes, in love with a dishwashing liquid LOL 😀

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The one I have has a Lemon-Calamansi scent, which is a sweetish, citrus scent that isn’t the sharp artificial lemon scents that you usually get from most cleaning materials. It is pleasant but it does take a little getting used to, for those of us who have been using commercial cleaners before this.

You don’t have to use a lot as I find it fairly concentrated. I squeeze a little onto a sponge, lather it up with water and then wash my dishes. It seems to cut oil and grease quite well, although very soiled or oily dishes may need more product. What impressed me was that it actually cleaned oily plastic containers well, and that is a feat for any dishwashing liquid!

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As for my wine glasses, it left them with a lovely shine that I found impressive. Ok, I haven’t used a lot of natural kitchen cleaners so in my mind, I get this impression that they don’t work as effectively and maybe I’m just easily impressed 😛 But I loved using this one and I loved that I didn’t have to don my gloves just to wash out a glass or two.  I let my friend try this and even they were impressed. I was afraid I wouldn’t get it back 😛

That said, I still do wear gloves. It used to protect my hands against harsh chemical detergents but now it mainly protects my hands against dirty crockery. Sometimes, it can get icky clearing up after eating 😀

Here’s the ingredient list and some blurb on the back of the bottle about the product.

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I love this dishwashing liquid but I will tell you one downside. The price. It comes in 2 sizes, but it doesn’t come cheap. I paid about RM5 for my Sunlight dishwashing liquid and I thought it was expensive. So, finding out that Tough Love Dishwashing Liquid costs RM19.90 for 250ml does come as quite a shock to the system. If you do a lot of washing or have someone do it for you, then you will find it a bit too expensive to upkeep. If you use a dishwasher, you shouldn’t even have read this far! 😀

But if you do your own washing and like me, have sensitive skin on your hands then do consider trying this out. I’m planning to continue using this for the sake of my hands, and I guess, helping the environment a wee bit doesn’t hurt either 🙂

Do you do your own dishes? Are there brands of natural kitchen/household cleaners that you like?

I do because I don’t really see the point of a dishwasher and I’m paranoid it never really gets very clean 😛 I’m new to using natural household cleaners but for now, I’m very happy with this dishwashing liquid. I’ll probably suck it up and get the big bottle once I’m done, unless you have another natural and gentle brand to recommend me! 😀

Paris B

Human Nature Tough Love Dishwashing Liquid Price: RM19.90/250ml | RM35.90/500ml Availability: Downtoearth.com.my (They sometimes have promo prices or deals)

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  1. LeGeeque says

    September 12, 2014 at 8:40 am

    I, err, toss everything into the dishwasher except for my more precious stemware. Ikea ones just go in but I handwash my Riedel wine glasses. I think the trick to getting stemware to shine is really to wash and dry immediately not allowing water spots a chance to stain the glass. As for red wine glasses, squirt a tiny bit of dishwashing liquid + bicarb soda and soak it for a few hours. It’ll get rid of sediment as well as any red wine stains. The key is to not let it dry before you attempt to dry it. I’ve, unfortunately, a lot of painful experience in cleaning wine glasses 😛 (I’ll tell you of a time my sponge got stuck in a decanter)

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    • Paris B says

      September 14, 2014 at 1:21 pm

      I agree about drying glasses immediately and with a lint free cloth. The shine is spectacular! Of course, good glasses help with shine too 😉 I tried using a dishwasher once overseas. When it was done, I still found bits of food crusted on the plate. Put me off so badly 😛

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  2. Monstro says

    September 12, 2014 at 9:12 am

    I definitely need this! Thanks for sharing, I’ve had to avoid washing dishes for years due to my eczema. Can’t seem to get rid of it because every now and then I forget to wear gloves or it’s simply impractical to avoid other forms of detergents when outdoors or at friends’ houses. Will get this, thank!

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    • Paris B says

      September 14, 2014 at 1:22 pm

      Gloves, Monstro! 😀 But I get what you mean. I find it such a hassle to pull on gloves just for a glass or two. I still wear my gloves of course (must protect the princess hands! 😛 ) but I also know I can just wash a plate or glass or two without paying the price for weeks thereafter 🙂 Try it and I hope it helps you too!

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  3. giddy tigress says

    September 12, 2014 at 9:41 am

    I just got a bottle from them too. Will be trying it and reviewing it soon…I’m quite afraid it will make my skin flare up too!

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    • Paris B says

      September 14, 2014 at 1:22 pm

      Hopefully it doesn’t! Hope you’ll like it as much as I do 🙂

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  4. Victoria says

    September 12, 2014 at 2:13 pm

    Thanks for sharing 🙂 I wash my own dishes too although its not much since I do not cook at home. I am currently using a dish washing liquid from the brand TLC and its pretty good as well because it does not leave your hands too dry.

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    • Paris B says

      September 14, 2014 at 1:23 pm

      I’ve seen the TLC around 🙂 But woe to us unlucky folk who have to do our own dishes. Sob sob 😛

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  5. babysaffron says

    September 12, 2014 at 2:24 pm

    Hi….i used this….

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    • Paris B says

      September 14, 2014 at 1:24 pm

      Hiya! Do you like it? 🙂

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  6. Robert C. says

    September 13, 2014 at 2:00 am

    Am I the only one loving their way of writing? I mean it might be a personal preference but products that have humor or being not-so-serious-ish, in their discriptions always attracts my attention 😀 .For example, \”rub-a-dub-dub\” and basically the whole thing haha!

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    • Paris B says

      September 14, 2014 at 1:25 pm

      YES! I love when brands don’t take themselves too seriously in their blurb. It’s so refreshing! 😀

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  7. Amanda says

    September 13, 2014 at 6:40 am

    I can’t live without my dishwasher 😀 There are only few things I’ll hand wash – wine glasses and Le Creuset pots.

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    • Paris B says

      September 14, 2014 at 1:25 pm

      Ooh le Creuset! If I cooked a little more, I plan to invest in one 😀 I love the colours

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  8. ShopGirl says

    September 14, 2014 at 5:23 pm

    How timely for you to be writing about being good to your hands when I was speaking to a doctor recently who told me that he does not look at the face of women to determine their age but their hands. Yes, their hands!
    He said that women spend thousands on anti-ageing for their face but often neglect that their hands are the dead giveaway of their biological age.
    Needless to say, he was able to guess my age quite accurately – give or take a couple of years. His smart analysis and this post reminds me that I need to give my hands more TLC so they won’t give me away hehe

    Hmmm…however, at 19.90 for a250ml bottle of dish washing detergent, that’s almost heading toward the value of some of my drugstore skincare.

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    • Paris B says

      September 14, 2014 at 6:22 pm

      Indeed! Hands (and the neck) tell a woman’s age far more quickly and easily than the face thanks to neglect. Hence, I always make sure I take my skincare all the way to my neck. I’m not good with looking after my hands unfortunately, since I dislike hand creams, but I’ve been trying and so far, I think I’m holding back the tides of time 😛 This one’s pricey, I’ll admit but many ‘green’ things are – still once you have kitchen gloves on, hey, hands are protected from anything! 🙂

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  9. Emily Tan says

    September 17, 2014 at 5:31 pm

    Now THIS I WANT. #toolazytoweargloves

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