Mastering Winter Laundry: Tips and Tricks for a Cozy Wardrobe

As winter blankets the world in a frosty embrace, our wardrobes undergo a seasonal shift, demanding special attention to laundry care. The colder months bring unique challenges for keeping our clothes clean, fresh, and ready to face the chilly days ahead. From battling stubborn stains to preserving the softness of fabrics, mastering winter laundry is an essential skill. In this article, we'll explore effective tips and tricks to ensure your winter wardrobe not only withstands the elements but also maintains its comfort and style throughout the season. Combatting Winter Stains Winter often means encountering a different set of stains, from mud and slush to hot chocolate spills. To combat these, pretreat stains promptly using a stain remover appropriate for the fabric. For...

Why washing machine is one of the most important appliances in our homes

The washing machine is one of the most important appliances in our homes. It saves us time and energy when doing laundry, and allows us to clean our clothes effectively. However, like any other appliance, a washing machine requires proper maintenance to keep it in good working condition. One of the most important factors that affect the lifespan of your washing machine is the type of washing powder you use. In this blog post, we will discuss how to keep your washing machine in good condition with the right washing powder. Choose the Right Washing Powder The first step to keeping your washing machine in good condition is to choose the right washing powder. There are many different types of washing powders available on the market, and each one is designed for a...

Finding The Perfect Dishwashing Detergent For Sparkling Clean Utensils

As we go about our daily lives, we use a variety of utensils for different purposes - from cooking to the eating. With regular use, these utensils tend to accumulate dirt, grease, and bacteria that can be harmful to our health. This is where utensil cleaning soap comes in as a reliable solution for keeping our utensils clean and germ-free. Utensil cleaning soap is a specially formulated soap that is designed to clean and sanitize utensils of all kinds. It is available in different forms such as liquid, powder, and bar, and is formulated to be gentle on utensils while effectively removing dirt, grease, and bacteria. Here are some of the benefits of using utensil cleaning soap: Removes Stubborn Stains and Grease - Utensil cleaning soap is formulated to remove stubborn stains...

How much detergent is too much detergent

When is it too much detergent? After your wash, do you always end up with a pile of stiff, starchy garments? There’s a good chance you’re using too much laundry detergent. Laundry detergents are used to remove stains and dirt but using a lot of detergents can result in a mess. This is caused by the detergent residue that hasn't been completely rinsed out, and it can transform your previously soft wardrobe into a crunchy, scratchy, and uncomfortable-to-wear load of clothes. Too much detergent can ruin your clothes. This might be a funny statement but the more detergent you use the dirtier your clothes can get. How much detergent should you use? To effectively clean your clothes, use no more than 2 tablespoons per load—and that's only for large...

Laundry- The never ending story

Do you find laundry to be very overwhelming and your most hated chore? Well, you're not the only one. Studies claim that laundry and ironing are the most disliked chores among rural and urban households. More than 85 percent of Americans, according to the Census Bureau's 2020 American Housing Survey, can do it without leaving their homes. Nonetheless, despite the best efforts of technology, the problem persists. There is always more laundry to be done. Laundry is time consuming as well. With a lot of people spending a lot of time in laundry, there seems to be a lot of scope for making lives easier. Washing clothes is an essential part of daily life. Laundry is a time-consuming and laborious task that almost always falls on women in many cultures. According to a...

HOW TO CLEAN YOUR SINK WITH DISHWASHER

When it comes to our household things, we focus on cleaning most of them, but we often forget to clean the sink properly and thoroughly. And that is where the highest amount of germs that will be present in the whole house next to the washroom is a sink. Lots of people forget the fact that their sink needs proper cleaning and give extra time to it for cleaning. Let this blog be a reminder to you and don't worry, this blog isn't just going to be like a reminder but we are also going to be talking about why is cleaning a sink important, and how to clean a sink in a step-by-step process. WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF CLEANING YOUR SINK? Your kitchen sink is the place where you clean your dishes, clean up the mess, prepare your meals. But the main question is how often do...

HOW TO DRY CLOTHES FAST IN RAINY SEASON?

The rainy season is wonderful, however, drying garments is really tough during this time. It's causing a lot of trouble these days. The clothing might often take up to four days to dry. You won't be able to carry your beloved outfit since it's damp. That is why we are going to provide you with some rainy-day dress washing tips. Learn how to properly dry your garments. 1. Let It Drip! Do not dry your clothing until you have dripped the greatest amount of water from them after you have washed them. Of course, after dress washing the clothing in the machine, you must dry them two or three times until the water drips out completely. However, you must first let excess water drop before placing them on the stand to dry. 2....

How to prevent cotton clothes from shrinking?

Cotton is one of the best fabrics for clothing because it is naturally breathable, comfortable, and long-lasting. Cotton naturally wicks moisture away from the skin, allowing you to stay cool in any season. It’s like all clothes, needs regular care to stay in good condition. Because it has a tendency to shrink, but there are a few tricks you can use to keep your favourite outfits from losing its perfect match. So, take care when washing them, whether by hand or in the washing machine, and you'll be able to avoid the agony of shrivelling them. If you're interested to know then here's a list of things to keep in mind when washing them. Check fabric labels before you buy It's probably better to start with what you buy if you want to know how...

How to wash Indian ethnic outfits?

The festive season is gonna end soon, and now you're left with all the pretty and pricey ethnic clothes you've invested in. Usually, people end up storing them in the closet and stashing them away before there is a wedding or a family case. Here are some hints and tips that you can use to keep them running. Sarees : Do not wash frequently, particularly after every use Make sure there are no stains and spills, especially if you want to restore the garment to its original state. Silk sarees should be thoroughly rinsed or else they will start to lose their sheen, so only dry clean sarees are subject to the same rule. You can dry them well, steam iron at low temperatures, dry them again and stack them properly. The best way to...

Tips To Clean Pooja Vessels Fast And Easy

The Pooja room for the devout among us is the centre of our homes. Cleaning the Pooja room and decorating it before lighting the lamp begins every morning, and the same routine is also carried out in the evening. Keeping this holy place clean is not an easy process; cleaning all the oil, smoke from agarbathis and dried flowers and keeping all your Pooja products glittering takes a lot of effort and care. With relatively little effort, our tips will help you keep the Pooja room utensils tidy and sparkling. Brass: With plenty of grime lying on it the brass idols and Kalash in the pooja room appear to get sticky. Soak the products and apply a teaspoon of shampoo to a bucket of hot water. Put down and let the detergent do its job for 10-15 minutes. To really get rid of the grease,...

How to Dry Clothes Quickly? - Tips for Rainy Season Laundry

Monsoons are still here, banging at the door locks. Monsoons may be the ultimate conditions to love the most, but is it really the same thing for our laundry to dry outside? It might be unpleasant with all of our beloved clothes that are drying out2 since there will be less sunlight. Here are a few methods to dry your clothing easily in the monsoon season. Let Them Drip Dry First: If you dry your laundry inside first let the clothes go dry in the shower. They're going to be partly dry this way before you add them to the bed. Now put them on the hangers and let them dry together under the fan. Often, make sure you leave the windows open such that there is still a continuous supply of fresh air. When you're using a washing machine with a dryer feature, run your...

How to wash our clothes properly to make sure the coronavirus doesn't stay?

Today, many people have been contaminated by the coronavirus pandemic in the world. This virus can persist on specific surfaces, like fabric, for a few hours, or maybe even for a few days. And if we have been able to improve our personal hygiene practises, we still need to be cautious with the clothing, which can be a carrier of the infection. Wash clothes with soap or detergent, use the warmest of the necessary water and fully rinse. Both of these actions are starting to fight the virus. Wash or clean your laundry bag to make it impossible. Allow laundry packaging in plastic containers. Wash bedspreads, towels and clothing on a daily basis. Take off your clothing as soon as you get inside. This would restrict the distribution of virus that may be on...

Tips to Maintain Clothes

Like every other entity in your life clothes play a major role and they deserve to be maintained properly. If not it is necessary for us to point out what are consequences that are gonna occur. The predominant population has this perception that cloth maintenance is very much confined to washing them. That is literally cleaning the clothes from all the dirt that has been accumulated over a short span of time. The bitter truth is that most of do not indulge in proper practices of maintaining the clothes. If carried out properly you would not have to encounter issues like discolouring, torn clothes, and any cloth related problem for that matter. Here are a few tips that will help you to maintain your clothes properly. Use Proper Detergent There are good possibilities that many...

Wet Cleaning vs Dry Cleaning

Things should keep in mind when washing clothes: what the colour of the clothes are, and what material they are made out of. Not all fabrics can handle the same amount of water pressure or level of tumbling. Separate light and dark-coloured clothes. When you wash your clothes, especially new clothes, some of the dye used on the fabric will run out of the clothes. Any clothes that are white, cream, or a light, pale pastel colour, should go in the ‘whites’ pile, while all other coloured clothes should go in the ‘dark’ pile. If you don’t separate, your new bright blue shirt might dye all of your white clothes blue. Separate your clothes based on the fabrics they are made out of. Some fabrics, like denim or thick cloth, need to be washed on a heavier wash cycle...

Challenge No Shave November

The month of November, what so special about it? What makes it so unique? There are possibilities that these questions might have popped up in a few of your minds. If you are aware of the global trends that are related to men’s health and fashion, these aforementioned questions would not have even hit your brains. No Shave November aka Movember is a concept or a phenomenon that is practice where men do not shave their beards and mouche the entire month. It does not end with just keeping themselves away from razors and trimmers. The money that they save will be donated to awareness and treatments of prostate cancer. There are a lot of interesting facts about No Shave November which we will see in detail. The Contrary To The Belief The predominant population...

The Importance of being white!!

Relax! The post has got nothing to do with racism. And it is such an irony that this post comes on the birthday of the great leader Nelson Mandela! While we have nothing in particulr about any color, we have to give in to the fact that when it comes to clothes, the white ones are more preferred to any other color or shade! As in one of the comedies by Chinna Kalaivanar Vivek, it’s not for no reason that the doctors, advocates, political stalwarts, greats like AVM brothers and even SuperStar Rajinikanth prefer white in their public appearances. While white clothes are preferred over many other colors, it is an irony that what, in itself has many colors. While some of it is intentional, others are surely not. This not-so-white white negates the effect of...

What's in a name??

This is a question all brands perennially face – be it centuries old one, or be it a startup founded day before yesterday. When ours is a brand that 20 years strong in the industry, we do have a story, or rather, a history behind a simple name – Challenge! The word is not as simple as it sounds to be. It’s got much more to it than the sound – there’s a deep profundity in the name. When we incepted the name, what we had in mind was the issues that women of the day faced – those were the days when washing machines were a luxury, and women were given the default responsibility to wash clothes. And the ‘salavaikkal’ was a default setup in each home. Those were the days when white...

Garment Care Tips

Most of the time, damage to clothing can be attributed the way we use it. Try these tips below and do your part in preserving your fine garments: Always apply lotions, makeup and hair spray before you put on your clothing. The alcohol and other chemicals present can cause damage to your garment. Toothpaste can contain bleaches that can remove color from your garments. Even a small amount of toothpaste can cause coloration on your garment to be permanently damaged. Garments that are worn directly against your skin such as dress shirts and blouses should be cleaned each time you wear them. After repeated use, soil and stains become much harder to remove and often become permanent. Never, ever, rub a stain! Rubbing can cause damage...

The Auxiliary Awesomeness - Dishwash Bars

While food, clothing and shelter have remained the basic needs of human beings; there have been auxiliary needs that have risen around the basic needs! We have established perfection around these auxiliary needs, and the need to better that perfection only increases as we become more and more civilized, or uncivilized! One of those sidekicks that evolved with food is the need for dishes, and consequently, soaps and detergents to clean them! With the likelihood of diseases and the endurance of germs increasing, it becomes progressively difficult to formulate soaps and detergents for dishes that are heavy on the dirt and germs, and light on the skin and vessels. Challenge Soaps and Detergents, with pride, brings you the best soaps and detergents for your dishes. We have brought...

The Food Fad...Forever!!

We have evolved, and we have grown to be civilized...but the need for food has never stopped, or hasn’t evolved - we have never evolved with that feeling. When we are hungry, we want to eat - period! This feeling has been beautifully captured in the song by Ilayaraja “பசிக்கிது பசிக்கிது தெனம் தெனம்தான்!! தின்னா பசியேதும் தீர்ந்திடுதா!!!” While the need for food has not evolved much, the way we take care of food has evolved a lot! Humans have come to realize the importance of mouth-care. So much importance has been given to oral-care that it has been used as a factor to woo women into falling in love with men!! We at Challenge Soaps and detergents have also realized the importance of oral-care, and the need for it as much as the...

How to remove blood-stains – Challenge Helps

Blood stains are really a pain – be it the causative of it, or be it removing it! Removing blood stains, if not done properly, might irreversibly damage the clothes, rendering the most awesome-looking dresses awful and unwearable. We do not like things that way (not that anybody would, but Challenge Soaps take a special pride and care in clothes) – which is why we have come up with this solid method on how to remove blood-stains from your clothes. A dried blood stain on your fabric can still be removed. There are different removal methods to use but make sure to use a method fitted for the type of fabric you have. You wouldn’t want to cause damage to your fabric. And whatever method you use, make sure to pretest the solution you are going to...

The History of Detergents

Not long before in the history of mankind, detergents were unheard of. All what the then-civilized gentlemen and ladies needed was just a wash with water…and nothing more! As we grew up, and a lots of things like Industrial Revolution and World Wars kicked in, the demand for soaps and detergents started to increase, not just in terms of volume, but also in terms of the intensity of the dirt and stains that they fought. Therefore, the detergent or the detergent soap had not only to be an effective wash-chemical but also an effective stain-remover! This mandated the washing powder formula to be something entirely different than what it classically was! Just like many other technologies that we take for granted, this was, again a contribution from...

How to Remove Ink Stains - Challenge Helps

The first thing to know about ink stains is that they fall into a few different categories. Water-based ink stains are easier to remove. These are usually inks like washable markers. Permanent ink stains can be a nightmare to remove. These include most permanent highlighters and markers. Ballpoint ink can be tricky to remove, but responds well to treatment – sounds like taking over England’s bowling attack! Water-Based Ink Stains Lay the stained clothing on top of a clean dry towel or cloth. Apply water to the stained area and blot with another clean cloth. While you blot, the stain will begin to transfer onto the cleaning cloth. Apply a small amount of liquid laundry detergent onto the ink stain and allow the fabric to sit for between 3-5...

Cloth Washing Tips

The key to a great wash of clothes start way ahead of even actually soaking them! It starts right at sorting clothes for wash. Those little instructions you see on collar-tags or waist tags are really important. Clothes are, in way, like people - bad company spoils them! ;) Here are Challenge Soap’s Tips to ensure a better sorting: By fabric: Separate delicate fabrics that require a gentle cycle from heavier items. By colour: Separate whites from colours, and pastels from dark colours. By soil level: Soil can travel from one garment to another so wash heavily soiled garments separately. Lint: Check pockets and remove tissues before washing. Wash heavy lint shedders, especially blankets, chenille bedspreads, rugs and wollens separately, and...

Colors and the Emotions

Colors are not just a mere eye-reception characterized by the wavelength alone. Colors carry with them, a very humane quality called emotions!! From the image, it’s quite evident that the color you wear talks a lot about who you are, and also about your mood on that particular day. We have to admit that we are generally proud of what we wear, and we mean it when we wear it!! But what happens at times is that we kinda miss out on wearing the color we want to - not because of you but because of the fading in colors, and not because of the cloth but because of the washing detergents ie. the soaps and powders we use. We at Challenge are concerned about the fidelity of colors, and we strive to retain them after every wash as much as...

The Pride of Mumbai

Just next to Mahalaxmi railway station on the Western railway is the famous Mahalaxmi Dhobi Ghat of Mumbai. It can be easily see from the flyover of Mahalaxmi station. You can make out its one of the places to visit in Mumbai, as you can find many tourists with their huge cameras, trying to capture the sight. Dhobi Ghat is an open air laundromat, with rows of concrete wash pen, each fixed with flogging stone. Said to be formed in 1890 to serve the city's British and Parsi community, it achieved the world record for largest number of people hand washing simultaneously at the same place. So when you are crossing the Mahalaxmi station flyover next time, just have a peek into one of the world's largest laundromat, its worth a watch.

Hats off Rohit Sharma!!!

Today is an unforgettable day in the history of cricket, and even more so in the history of Indian Cricket. There’s one more person who’s entered the record books, and it is a record that will not be broken that easily!!! We at Challenge Soap take pride and pleasure in congratulating the legendary Rohit Sharma, the man of double double centuries!! It’s a proud moment for the game, and for the nation!!! We at Challenge Soaps share a passion and the feeling with Rohit Sharma… and that’s what made us what we are now!! It’s about everything he has taken up: class, consistency, judging the situation, rising to the occasion, and above everything, economic-efficiency!! If you think about them, it’s all what Challenge Soaps...

The Essential for the Millenial

What was once common knowledge is no more—since the decline of home economics, it seems that millennials are ill equipped to handle some of the most basic tasks, such as caring for their clothing. Pamela Norum, a professor in the Department of Textile and Apparel Management in the University of Missouri College of Human Environmental Sciences,studied more than 500 female baby boomers and millennials (between ages 18 and 33) regarding clothing care. She found that four major areas took a hit in the younger generation: sewing, hemming, button repair, and general laundry knowledge. While it’s unsurprising that baby boomers are more knowledgeable when it comes to clothing repair, Norum is concerned that carelessness might be contributing to the 14.3 million tons of...

Mastering Winter Laundry: Tips and Tricks for a Cozy Wardrobe

Why washing machine is one of the most important appliances in our homes

Finding The Perfect Dishwashing Detergent For Sparkling Clean Utensils

How much detergent is too much detergent

Laundry- The never ending story

HOW TO CLEAN YOUR SINK WITH DISHWASHER

HOW TO DRY CLOTHES FAST IN RAINY SEASON?

How to prevent cotton clothes from shrinking?

How to wash Indian ethnic outfits?

Tips To Clean Pooja Vessels Fast And Easy

How to Dry Clothes Quickly? - Tips for Rainy Season Laundry

How to wash our clothes properly to make sure the coronavirus doesn't stay?

Tips to Maintain Clothes

Wet Cleaning vs Dry Cleaning

Challenge No Shave November

The Importance of being white!!

What's in a name??

Garment Care Tips

The Auxiliary Awesomeness - Dishwash Bars

The Food Fad...Forever!!

How to remove blood-stains – Challenge Helps

The History of Detergents

How to Remove Ink Stains - Challenge Helps

Cloth Washing Tips

Colors and the Emotions

The Pride of Mumbai

Hats off Rohit Sharma!!!

The Essential for the Millenial

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