honest review on Honest products by a mother-in-chief

The other day I used an Honest diaper (size 1 8- 14lbs) for the first time and.....

I loooove them! I'd mentioned in my previous post that I had a review on Honest diapers and products  since I'd received a girl's discovery kit so here we find ourselves. I gave it the overnight test and it passed with flying colors. Although it does not have the blue stripe when wet, figuring she was wet wasn't an issue because if there's one thing a baby will do it is pee in a diaper. The design on it and how different (you choose the designs yourself) each diaper is almost has me wishing they are a bottom on their own or at least it was warm enough for her to hang out in a diaper when chilling. 

Baby slept the whole night 8 hours in the one diaper and it held up pretty well. Even though she wakes up to feed once or twice in the middle of the night, I didn't change her until morning. (NB: this is an executive decision I makes changer-and-feeder-in-chief when weighing whether I want her to continue in the sweetness of her sleep or to wake her up past sleepiness to change a diaper). There was no leaking or even a teeny bit of dampness along the top or trim of the diaper.  

Other products in the kit were the following:

WIPES:

These wipes are so far the best wipes I've used to wipe baby and a single one goes a very long way. They are medical cloth grade so they feel like a thin cloth and are biodegradable. They also have a texture or small round "bubbles" which means they really pick up EVERYthing when you are cleaning baby off from a booboo!

face + body lotion:

This lotion is very light, probably too light for the winter, on a melanated baby whose skin I like to keep moist and sealed against the cold. I dripped a bit on my hand and it has NO smell. Like none at all. Not like this unfragranced products that have a  "no fragrance smell". I smell like person where I rubbed it on. That'll be especially good for babies with allergies and good for mine in the spring going into summer.

hand soap:

The liquid is clear and smells unmistakably like lavender.  It felt not as thick as the shampoo + body wash, but I couldn't say it's watery. Good, to the point product, not much poetry to say about it and it gets the job done. 

shampoo + body wash:

squeezed a drop of this onto the back of my hand and it's clear and smells a bit like orange...not much of the vanilla coming through until I rubbed it around on my skin. I swirled it around and it became white like soap does

multi-surface cleaner:

This spray says it's white grapefruit scented, [but] that smell is very faint. I'll most likely use this to clean up the changing pad I clean about 2 times daily. I wonder how heavy duty it can be and won't get much opportunity to find out. Maybe one day.

organic healing balm:

This balm is made up of about 7 oils including olive and coconut. Again, no smell here, but because of the oils contained therein, it has that oil/petroleum non-smell. No fragrances from the oils used in it came through - don't know how they managed that. I applied it and like how it both seeps into and sits on the skin so I might use this the same way I used vaseline on baby after bathing now.

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I now have received the big box with the full size bundle for size 1 diapers and  didn't know that I was going to be getting it until I checked my bank account to see that I'd been charged for it. It's a really big box and when it was brought I wasn't home so I had to take the slip to the convenience store down the street not knowing what it was especially such a big box. I know what I order so it was odd. The very friendly Ethiopian guy helped me get it into the car since I was carrying baby and it's YUUUGE...or I have small hands. I had to keep it in the car until I could ask someone to carry it out of the car for me. (City living). 

So there you have it, an honest review on Honest products. All in all, it is a well executed brand and the thoroughness of thought can be seen throughout every detail including the tiny stamp on the outside of the box and printing on color on the inside. It's definitely pricier than the other brands we are all more familiar with and I reviewed HERE, but you can see why. They would make a good gift to a new mom and for now I might focus on getting through the stacks of diaper boxes and wipes I already have from baby shower and beyond. We'll see. 

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*@afropolitaine