Hey, Don't Pull Your Hair Out! (Johnson's Head-to-Toe Baby Wash)

Member Name: jusophine

Product:	Johnson's Head-to-Toe Baby Wash
Date:	12/10/01 (287 review reads)
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I’m not really the type to get in lather over a toiletry product, but I do want to tell you about a product I’ve been using on my kids for over 2 years, Johnson’s baby ‘Top-To-Toe’ wash.

What The Manufacturers Say;
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The product is “A mild all over baby cleansing wash. It is perfect for direct application to skin, for use as a foaming bath and also for washing baby’s hair. The unique ‘No More Tears’ formula is as gentle to the eyes as pure water.”

It’s claimed that the product is non-drying and non-irritating, soap free, milder than baby soap, pH balanced, and offers gentle cleansing for baby soft skin.

With so many claims, I thought it was about time I properly evaluated the product in the name of Dooyoo consumerism, so pay attention, here comes my report.


Testing Circumstances!
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It’s 17:00hrs, 2 hours to go until the kids go to bed. It’s the time of day when parents of young children start to feel that weariness creep up on them, that, ‘If I can just make it through the next 2 hours, I promise to give myself a nice glass of chilled Chardonnay’. Kitty, the 11 month old, is on the kitchen floor, doing a great job of sweeping up the dog hairs with her legging covered knee caps, as she crawls round and round in circles, eventually homing in on her target, the dog’s bowls. With no time to stop her, she’s in there like a flash, finger’s seeking out soggy discarded dog biscuit, which she tosses into her mouth with glee, before letting her finger’s ‘dive’ into the water bowl for a quick frolic, which result in water going every where. Retrieving the half chewed biscuit, and with barely time to extract her from her water play, I plonk her on the other side of the safety gate. Now she is in the dinning room, her eager little eyes are da
rting around, looking for further mischief.

Meanwhile, I realise my 2 year old is missing, and spot the back door is ajar. Reaching the patio, and seeing the Guinea Pig hutch door is open, I am filled with dread; Fergus is in the flipping hutch again! Pulling him out, I accidentally bang his head of the roof of the hutch, its proportions are more Cavy than our own species, and I wonder what the nursery staff will make of his latest bruising. Having picked the Lilliputian sized droppings off the palms of his hands, and dusted the sawdust off his kneecaps, I decide that bath time should be immediately re-scheduled for the next 5 minutes.

The Tests Involved
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‘Top-To-Toe’, comes in a handy pump dispenser bottle, so it’s easy to squirt just the amount you need into the bath water to get some seriously frothy bubbles on the go. Once both the kids are in the water, you can then use more to wash them and shampoo their hair. If you use a sponge, you really only need a small amount, but if you do over do it, no worry, it’s as mild as Johnson’s say it is.

Of course in my haste to get both kids washed and hair shampooed, and because I am a very bad mother indeed, some of the suds go in Kitty’s eyes. I wait for the resulting scream, but nothing happens. All I get is a frown and a few blink. This stuff really is mild!

Tackling Fergus’ hands, I notice that they are already spotless from a few minutes play in the water. The product does not claim to be anti-bacterial, but what’s wrong with soap and hot water? Next it’s time to wash his hair, I know he will scream whether he gets suds in his eyes or not. He absolutely hates it, and there’s no point trying to say that a product his mother likes to use on him will make any difference, but it does get the job done.

I find that the kids need their hair washing because they have jam, Marmite, or unspeak
able matter in it, not because it’s greasy or dirty all over, therefore, you need a mild shampoo that’s not going to dry their scalps out. ‘Top-To-Toe’ fits the requirement just fine.


Results
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It’s now 18:30hrs, just another half hour to go. Tea, sausages and beans, is over. The remains of Fergus’ are sitting in a bowl on his little table. We have managed to get through tea time without spilling too much food, getting most of it in the right place, and avoiding Kitty’s usual trick of running her sticky finger’s through her hair. I am out in the kitchen, preparing beakers of warm milk, and thinking about which storybooks I’ll read to them tonight. Those little angels, just next door, are all ready for bed, wearing clean pyjamas, and smelling all scrubbed and scrumptious. ‘Top-To-Toe’ has a wonderful clean fruity scent, which makes the kids so kissable! Their hair is nearly dry, and a soft sheen is developing nicely. I can send my little ‘rays of light’ off to bed knowing they are fully cleansed, in the knowledge that they will awake the next day, clean and ready to go.

Suddenly I hear a crash. Racing into the dining room, I am confronted by carnage. Kitty, in trying to pull herself to stand against Fergus’ table, has pulled the whole lot over. The remaining sausages and beans have pebble dashed her face, and splattered her once gleaming locks. Fergus is crouching next to the dog, hand feeding her remnants of sausage from the floor, whilst the other dog sets about licking the tomato sauce from Kitty’s face.

I take a deep breath, visualise that glass of wine. So close, and yet…so far. Back to the bathroom. Turn on the taps. Another couple of squirts of ‘Top-To-Toe’, and a feeling of de’javou . The only positive thing is that a) The kids hair and skin won’t get dried out from another wash, b) The bath
won’t need cleaning now!



Conclusion
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If you have daily challenges that require mild yet gentle cleansing, this product could be the one for you. If you have 2 naughty, mucky little sprogget’s, don’t waste any more time. Go and get some. If you have all the above, with the resulting high blood pressure and frayed nerves, go and take a look at the wine section on Dooyoo, and pick yourself a good’n, it may be more use to you than a baby body wash!

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