Thursday, July 24, 2014

My new Fav Cleaners

A couple of years ago I decided we needed to make the switch from store bought cleaners to ones that didn't contain so many badforyou things....I  bought Melaleuca and I looove the products that we used from them such as Solumel, Melagel, and No Work shower spray. I bought into the makeup line and really liked those also. These are very nice products but inorder to keep my membership I found I was paying more each month then I really needed to or could afford and so I opted out. I am still using up my supply of products and we are almost out...so what was I to do now? I really hated buying back into products with overwhelming smells and bleach chemicals that I didn't want in my house or around my children especially one with asthma. We noticed a big change in her after switching and I didn't want to go back.

I started making our own laundry detergent using the Duggar recipe with a few minor changes of my own. A ten pack of ivory soap, one large box of washing soda and another of borax were all I needed for my new venture. That was over a year ago and I am still using the aforementioned ingredients with PLLLEENNNTY left. That's a money saver for sure! The only thing that was disappointing was the lack of fresh, clean smell that I love....I remedied that by buying Downy Unstoppables in-wash scent booster. I sometimes add it directly to my new batch of laundry soap or add it to my wash load. Voila! fresh smell! :)
Now I needed more cleaners....so more research was called for. Enter Blue Dawn dish detergent. This stuff is great!  Mixed with white vinegar and baking soda there is not much that I can't clean with this stuff :)

I just add a half in half mixture to one of these scrubbies and keep it in the bathroom. This stuff is great for soap scum...you can spray it on and let it set for a few minutes (but don't let it dry) and then wipe it off! I prefer the scrubbie thing because more often than not I get doing something else and wait too long and it has dried on and then takes more effort getting it off :)



I use blue dawn to scrub all my floors and as a stain remover. I have yet to try it as a window cleaner and for washing the dog but I'm pretty confident it will work well!

Last but not least I use coconut oil not only for cooking with but also as a face scrub mixed with baking soda and I rinse it around in my mouth called oil pulling and folks this stuff really does whiten your teeth as well as pull out toxins from your body :) I use it in my hair every so often as a treatment to moisturize it.

So far all this has saved us a great deal of money in cleaners and that alone makes me smile! Go ahead and try it for yourself and let me know what ya think!


2 comments:

  1. I make my own cleaners too!! I'm glad that I'm not the only one. Sometimes I think that I'm the only weird "hippie" out there. hee hee I had tea tree oil and/or lavender essential oil to the baking soda, soap and vinegar mixture for extra disinfecting power and a little bit of scent.

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  2. Sorry, I meant I ADD tea tree oil... instead of had. Oh, my "mummy brain" !!

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