Posts Tagged MomSpit

When I first heard about the product called “MomSpit,” it simultaneously intrigued me and grossed me out. For a company to use a variation of “saliva” in its name… well it shows a lot of moxie.

Indeed, MomSpit has personality. The cleanser was designed — by moms, naturally — to remove milk moustaches, ketchup smears and dirt smudges from face and hands (and arms and legs and just about any other body part else your kids might spill food on or get dirty). In marketing materials, the company says the no-rinse foaming cleanser is “inspired by the original.” What mom hasn’t wiped her own spit on her kid’s face to get rid of maple syrup before sending the child off to school?

I’ve used MomSpit on my own kids’ mugs, and it works — just like spit or a swipe of water. Besides being about 100 times more hygienic than saliva, MomSpit was created for instances when you’re not around a sink with soap and water. Say, in the car or strapped in a plane.

MomSpit seems to best dissolve food and drink smears when they aren’t, um, too chunky. A dollop of caked-on spaghetti sauce requires using something with a bit more grit, like a paper towel or baby wipe. But I’ve seen chocolate, ketchup and Kool-aid smudges disappear quickly with MomSpit.

The best part? The fig and green tea scent is heavenly — so good I think the company should start selling the fragrance in body lotion (for moms).  MomSpit isn’t drying like alcohol-based hand sanitizers or wet wipes (note that it’s not a sanitizer and doesn’t profess to kill germs). The product comes in 7 oz. and 2 oz. sizes, so the smaller one is carry-on approved.

Buy a pack of the three different scents — fig and green tea, lemon and white tea and unscented — in the 2 oz size for $20 at Amazon.com. Also see the list of other online vendors and brick-and-mortar stores selling the product at the MomSpit website.