ShopSmart Reveals How to Get Makeup Stains Out

Yonkers, NY – It’s a lot easier to wash makeup off your face than it is to erase it from your clothes. The May 2012 issue of ShopSmart magazine, from the publisher of Consumer Reports, has advice that can help you prevent and remove makeup stains and deodorant marks from your clothes in an instant. [Read more]

Consumer Reports Tests Reveal Which Stain Treatments Really Work

Two products from the same manufacturer score at the top and bottom of the Ratings

Yonkers, NY – Stained clothing can be a bummer, but are there products out there that can remove even the nastiest grime? Consumer Reports tested out stain treatments applied before laundering and found a couple that worked well on a variety of stains.

Each stain treatment was evaluated for its effectiveness on coffee, blood, wine, sebum, motor oil, and grass. CR Best Buy Resolve Laundry ($0.10 per oz.) was the top scoring treatment and worked well on all the stains. Shout Advanced Action ($0.21 per oz.) was almost as good and can be applied up to a week before laundering. It worked well on all stains but wine. The full test results are available in the July issue of Consumer Reports and online at www.ConsumerReports.org. [Read more]