Although it’s become an everyday staple, fabric softener may be the most misunderstood laundry product of all. We assume, because of its name, that it will make our clothes feel soft. But, really, ...

Learn how fabric softener works, when to use it, and how it can enhance your laundry routine. Fabric softeners work in the rinse cycle to coat fibers with softening ingredients that make them feel ...

Learn how fabric softener actually works, and when you should—and shouldn't—use it. Getty Images / Vladdeep Fabric softener, also called fabric conditioner, is a laundry product containing lubricating ...

If you’re dealing with a constant cycle of dirty clothes and a questionable grasp of laundry basics, we feel you. Trust us: you’re not the only one who has no idea what those laundry symbols mean.

Fabric softener is notoriously divisive. In fact, when we interviewed Rich Handel, a test project leader at Consumer Reports who specializes in laundry, about the things he would never do as a laundry ...

Laundry is one of the most essential — and loathed — tasks of keeping a home. And while there are multitudes of opinions about how to do it correctly, we wanted to know how one woman in particular ...

Fabric softeners work in the rinse cycle to coat fibers with softening ingredients that make them feel soft and silky to the touch. The coating helps reduce static cling and most liquid fabric ...