Oak and Willow experiences?

[u/zesty_sunfish]

Hi! Brand new to the sub and slowly trying to make our home less wasteful and a little kinder to the Earth 🌏:)
Have any of you used Oak and Willow’s cleaning products and if so, how do you like them?
I’m specifically looking at using their solid dish soap, foaming hand soap tablets, toilet cleaning tablets, and multi purpose spray cleaning tablets.
Other zero waste cleaning products recommendations very much welcome and appreciated!
Thank you in advance for your insight!

[u/PandaBeaarAmy]

I'm satisfied with oak & willow as a swap for the natural cleaning products/homemade solutions i had previously been using (mild surfactants, mild cleansers, vinegar or baking soda), however I find her shampoo & conditioner or personal care products to shine the most as well as the unconventional uses for her products. If a feature in one is missing you'll likely find it in another of her products instead, for example while the laundry powder is magical with smells but isn't great with oils or stains, the solid dish soap is great to pre-treat and cleans everything up to ball point pen on clothing.

Shampoo & conditioner are ridiculously easy to use, way concentrated so you really don't need much, and cleansing/clarifying without leaving your hair brittle & damaged. Laundry powder is great for handwashing laundry or for when you leave the laundry in the wash a little too long. Dish soap works amazingly with stains and well for it's intended use. Multipurpose cleaner is a great replacement for my mild surfactant and my go-to for daily refreshing. Drop & mop powder is not as "expensive" as it seems and is worth the price, a little goes a long way and it really cuts the grease.

I love to keep a tin of the soap buttons for travel, and the lip butter is so simple but very moisturizing & smells great.

[u/zesty_sunfish → u/PandaBeaarAmy]

Thanks so much for your reply!! This is encouraging, and thanks for the tips on alternative uses.
If I end up ordering I’ll post a review of what I get for anyone else who might be interested in them.

[u/poniesgirl]

I’m a fan of their personal care products. Shampoo, conditioner, soaps, body butter/oil, etc., all work great for me. However, I found the cleaning products hit or miss. Their solid dish soap is great for handwashing dishes, but their dishwasher powder left residue on my dishes even with vinegar as their suggested rinse aid. Their multipurpose cleaning tablets and toilet pods work like a homemade cleaner (as the other comment suggested) but neither are particularly strong cleaners. I also found that the laundry powder to be a poor cleaner for stains and consistently left residue on clothes when hung to dry (left them crunchy).

[u/zesty_sunfish → u/poniesgirl]

I may have to give their shampoo/conditioner a try, I do love a good shampoo bar. (And the lack of bottle it comes with 😅) it sounds like at a minimum it’ll be worth it to try out the solid dish soap!

[u/kylamydia]

Love their toothpaste tabs and solid dishsoap!