Boogie Wipes!!! (A Review Post)

Namastè!

Aughhhhhh, this cold and flu season has been horrendous. I’ve had to quarantine Kids Namaste to make sure they didn’t share their ickiness, and I’ve been running ragged trying to keep them comfortable. My most challenging (and by challenging, I mean generally noncompliant, shrewish, and downright hard-to-treat *chuckles*) patient approves...sorta. By approves, I mean he didn't hide or run away.

One of my go-to products for comfort during a cold? Boogie Wipes!  I was super excited to snag a promo pack from them.

NOTE: While the products mentioned in this review are sponsored by Boogie Wipes, the opinions, experiences, and insights about said products are mine and mine alone.

Lookie-loo what I gottttttttt... Boogie WIpes in all three scents PLUS their brand new UNSCENTED saline mist. (Wipes are available in all three scents in Wal-Mart, Target, Rite-Aid, CVS, and Walgreens--check your local stores. The unscented mist is ONLY available in Wal-Mart.)

I first got aboard the Boogie Wipes train in 2009. My princess was under the weather (read: pneumonia—AGAIN) and I needed to get some of those fever patches. While looking for the fever patches, I came across this cute little package of purple, grape-scented wipes just for noses. Since she was having a lot of runny noses, and a lot of discomfort from dry tissues AND baby wipes, I decided to give these little saline grape wipes a try.

Fast forward 8 years later, I keep those little grape wipes--and their fresh and unscented counterparts—on deck for runny noses.

Why use a saline wipe? Wouldn’t a regular wipe do the job just fine?

Well, look at this label. The first ingredients are water, salt (sodium chloride), aloe vera, and chamomile. (I underlined them because I'm a gem.)

No alcohol.

Saline is gentle. Alcohol is not gentle. Alcohol is, in actuality, much more not gentle than those dry tissues... *sighs* Can you imagine (or remember) the sting of having a tender raw nose, but mom keeps wiping it anyway? OUCH.

When I’m wiping my kids’ noses multiple times a day, I don’t want them to be further irritated by dry tissues. Even the softest facial tissues can irritate a tender nose.

Boogie Wipes were invented by moms, and they got it right.

So…no, using a regular wipe won’t do the job just fine. Of course someone somewhere would be wagging their finger or rolling their eyes at me, the extra mom, but I firmly believe a butt needs a butt wipe and a nose needs a Boogie Wipe! (See what I did there?)

Also in my promo package was the unscented saline mist.

Misting a baby or toddler can be difficult. They don’t want to sit still, and they don’t want that stuff going in their noses. Understandable, especially considering some saline mists AREN’T simply salt and water. See this label?

ONLY water and 0.9% sodium chloride. No extra preservatives, add-ins, or unpronounceable things added in to make the can heavier.That’s a big deal to me—I don’t like excess medication, and I don’t really like extra research projects. I research every ingredient in everything my kids use or ingest. I know exactly what salt and water are, without needing to crack out a reference tome. MAJOR plus! There are ZERO alcohols, chlorines, parabens, or phthalates in Boogie Wipes. They are hypoallergenic! (But don’t flush them!)

The Boogie Wipes mist is a breeze to use also. (Rather than depress my son’s nostril, I had him tilt his head to the side.  When we finish with the mist, I (or he) wipe his nose with a Boogie Wipe.

…and he breathes easily.  

I especially like the mist for right before bed, because with his round of flu and adenovirus, his congestion has been worse at night. With the Boogie Mist and Boogie Wipes, we’ve been able to keep him nice and comfortable, and he’s been able to fall asleep without the battle.

He's ALSO learned to blow his own nose. He prefers to wipe his own face, and because the saline in Boogie Wipes is gentle yet very effective at cleaning away the nose goblins, we happily oblige. Plus he's darn cute. *heart eyes*

This company makes their products right here in the US of A. Upon further reading of the label, I found THIS little tidbit: Each purchase of Boogie Wipes products helps provide jobs for Second Chance Employees. I love this! I like supporting companies that support the community.

You can find out about Second Chance Employees here. And don’t forget to check out the Boogie Wipes site as well, for information on their products AND of course, to re-up and replenish your stash.

Up next, I'll be sharing MY personal tips to surviving the flu AND how to prevent its spread in the first place.

Namastè!

--Tayé K.