My Picks Part 2: Household Cleaning
Of course, if you find that cleaning everything with vinegar and baking soda works for you…go with it! But, sometimes it’s nice to have a cleaner that you didn’t have to make, and that smells nice!
Hand Washing Dish Soap
Some people do use an organic liquid castille soap for washing dishes, but with my hard water, I can’t do it. If you can do it successfully, great. I unfortunately need a detergent to cut through the grease and not leave soap scum residue all over my plates. Fortunately I’ve found a great option!
Better Life DISH IT OUT Natural Dish Liquid, Unscented gets top scores with EWG’s new Health Cleaning Guide. And rightly so! It uses only glucosides as its detergents (the safest way to go if you’ve gotta use a detergent) and doesn’t have anything bad! I currently have the Clary Sage scent and it smells delightful and works great!
I just learned about this one and I’m so excited to try it out! It’s almost too good to be true…a certified organic dishwasher soap!
Squeez by GreenShield Organic. You can find this line of products at most Whole Foods stores and at Lowe’s! And speaking of GreenShield…they’re my top picks for the following categories…
Kitchen Cleaner
GreenShield Organic Kitchen Cleaner
Bathroom Cleaner
GreenShield Organic Bathroom Cleaner
Toilet Cleaner
GreenShield Organic Toilet Bowl Cleaner
Glass Cleaner
GreenShield Organic Glass Cleaner
All-Purpose Cleaner
GreenShield Organic All-Purpose Cleaner
I use this one a lot. I use it to clean my countertops in the kitchen, to clean up sinks, mirrors. Great stuff.
Alternative to Scrubbing Bubbles
When we went organic, that was one of the things I really missed—my Scrubbing Bubbles. With the Scrubbing Bubbles you just sprayed it on and as you wiped or rinsed it off, the soap scum disappeared. When I stopped using it, it was back to using the old elbow grease on the soap scum in the bathtub. And it was hard to find a good method for cleaning the bathtub. Baking soda and scrubbing brushes, steam cleaners…nothing really did a good job without a ton of effort. But then I found this: method bathroom cleaner. Now, do keep in mind that this is not a perfect product ingredients-wise. It still contains synthetic fragrance, and a couple other questionable ingredients. However, the fragrance didn’t trigger my asthma like Scrubbing Bubbles does, and is a heckuva lot better ingredients-wise. They’re up-front about their fragrance in that it’s partially synthetic, but state that it is free from phthalates, NPE’s and carcinogens and also has been tested for skin irritation and allergies. To my delight, it did exactly what the label said. You can spray it on your shower tile or bath tub, let it sit for just a little bit, and then just wipe it. The soap scum just comes right off, no scrubbing needed. All with no overwhelming fumes. What a dream!
Laundry Detergent
Soapnuts, yo!
Have you tried soapnuts yet? You can use them as a laundry detergent, hair wash, all-purpose cleaner–so many things you can do with them!
GreenShield also has some good ones.
For more information about the chemicals in personal care products to avoid, visit our blog at http://bubbleandbee.blogspot.com and our Chemical of the Day Blog: http://chemicaloftheday.squarespace.com
2012-10-02 14:08:25
Source: http://bubbleandbee.blogspot.com/2012/10/my-picks-part-2-household-cleaning.html
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