Stain, Stain Go Away
The newest accoutrement to my bag this Fall will not be the latest from Dolce and Gabbana’s makeup collection (although I am dying to try the lipstick after seeing it featured all over the pages of Vogue) or the newest gray nail polish, but the Tide To-Go Pen. That’s right–not exactly the most glam accessory I’ve accumulated over the years, but I’ve determined it to be indispensable, even more so than my Nars Orgasm blush, which has always been my top choice for Deserted Island beauty products.
While the Tide To-Go isn’t exactly new to the market, I only became aware of it a few weeks ago when it saved me twice in the course of 3 weeks. Exhibit A: I was eating a salad yesterday with balsamic vinegar and my speared piece of lettuce was midway to my mouth, when it flopped all over my formerly crisp white button-down. All attempts to run to the bathroom and dab it clean with cold water failed, and I despaired that I lost yet another shirt to a dark stain (see also light blue Lacoste polo, soy sauce stain 2008, RIP.)
Upon seeing my dismay, one of my colleagues handed over her Tide To-Go. Shaped like a marker, with a white felt tip, you are supposed to press down on the tip all over the affected stain area. This releases the magical formula of biodegradable cleaning agents, which go to work, wetting the area. You gently lift the stain off by dabbing the excess liquid. In my case, a mere 5 minutes later, and my shirt was back to being pristine white. I had a similar success story with another white skirt and some chocolate icing. A few presses of the Tide To-Go and my skirt was back to being as good as new.
A pack of 3 of the pens is currently retailing for $8.99 on Drugstore.com and I’m told that the pens work miracles on all sorts of stains including Tea, Wine, Grape Juice, Chocolate Syrup, BBQ sauce, Ketchup, and Coffee.
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I don’t go anywhere w/o one of these in my bag! It’s a miracle product- my friend once spilled buffalo hot sauce all down her white shirt (she dropped a wing!). We used the T2G and poof, 15 mins later, it was GONE!