A HUGE part of being and staying healthy is using all natural and nontoxic products in the home. Recent studies have shown that cleaning your home with harsh chemical cleaners can be as dangerous to your health and lungs as smoking a pack a day! Obviously these effects will vary depending on how often you clean your home. I clean about once a week but… I can’t be the only one that lets time go by then think “wait when was the last time I cleaned?” anyone else do that? … Even if I only cleaned once a year, those chemicals and their effects on my health are not something I want in my home!
Have you walked down the cleaning isle in a grocery store or drug store recently? There are TONS of options! However, not all of them are healthy for you. They will most likely contain harmful chemicals such as Phthalates (disrupts the body’s endocrine system), Perchloroethylene or “PERC” (a neurotoxin), 2-Butoxyethanol (can contribute to narcosis, pulmonary edema, and severe liver and kidney damage. YIKES), Ammonia (leads to lung issues and breathing problems, chronic pneumonia and asthma, will create poisonous gas when mixed with bleach)… These are only a few of the most common ingredients in those cleaning solutions that line the shelves!
So what can we do about this? How do we know which products are safe? My number one tip: Read the ingredients! Second would be to look up the company; check out their mission statement, other products and if they are open about where they get the ingredients to create their cleaners. There are loopholes companies use to not have to list certain harmful ingredients on the bottles, which is why you should ALWAYS check out the company before buying their products.
I don’t use anything you can find in the cleaning isle. I’ve tried a lot of the “all natural” cleaning products and either haven’t been happy with how they perform or later found out that the product is actually “greenwashed” (when a company or organization spends more time and money on marketing themselves as environmentally friendly than on minimizing their environmental impact.)
I FINALLY found a cleaner that is all natural, plant based, and the company is extremely trustworthy and open about the sourcing of their ingredients! It’s 100% safe for me, my family and the chicks as they’re living inside! One of the best parts is, it’s only one bottle! One bottle does it all; creates an All-purpose cleaner, a bathroom cleaner, a wood cleaner (floor and furniture), a kitchen cleaner, even a dish soap! I don’t have a cabinet or closet cluttered with cleaning product bottles!
My cleaner is infused and fortified with powerful cleansing essential oils such as Wild Orange, Clove, Cinnamon, Eucalyptus, and Rosemary. These oils provide protection against certain environmental factors and also enhances the cleaning power of the product. I love this cleaner! It performs well, smells amazing and saves me money! What more could you ask for?
This was one of the first things I switched to when detoxing our home, and now I want to share it with you! You can get your very own bottle right here! For more information about it, ask me or click here.
