In our quest for a green lifestyle, we’ve tried lots of different things. Some worked for us, some didn’t. We love cloth diapers, but as hard as I tried I just couldn’t get used to a menstrual cup. We switched almost entirely over to reusable microfiber cleaning cloths, but I just can’t make the switch to using cloth baby wipes. Getting started with essential oils has opened up a whole new world of natural solutions for our home, and I know I’ve only seen the tip of the iceberg so far. Today I’m sharing eight super easy and eco-friendly cleaning hacks to help get your bathroom sparkling clean without using harsh chemicals or creating waste. I’m joining my amazing team of Oil Explorers to share our favorite tips for spring cleaning using natural products.
Category: cleaning
Green Cleaning with the Norwex Dust Mitt & Kitchen Cloths
First up is the dust mitt. In my opinion, this little beauty is the most fun to use. You put it on and just go for it, dusting any and every surface. You don’t need Pledge, chemicals, or paper towels. When you are done you bang the dust out of it (like you would a rug) and throw it in the laundry after a couple of uses. It picks the dust up without spreading it around, so your surfaces stay dust free for quite a while and nothing ends up on the floor. It can easily clean between mini blinds and the tops of ceiling fans. The dust mitt retails for $16.99 and will last for years, paying for itself in savings on paper towels and chemical dusting sprays in a few months. You can also get it as part of the Household package (my personal favorite deal) with the Enviro Cloth and Window Cloth for $48.99. Click here to shop and be sure to list me (Becca Eby) as your hostess.
My other must have item from Norwex is the kitchen cloth. This comes in two sizes (cloth and towel) and I have both. I love the small one for cleaning up after meals and wiping down the counters and Bear’s high chair, and the large one for bigger messes. As you can see below it has a looser weave than the Enviro cloth which helps it to grab onto big food particles and pick them up rather than spread them around. The kitchen cloths contain silver making them anti-bacterial. As long as you wring them out after each use bacterial growth in inhibited in the cloths and they won’t cross contaminate. You can buy the small kitchen cloth for $9.99 and the larger kitchen towel for $19.99. You can get a better deal and buy them together in the Kitchen Microfiber Collection with the Veggie and Fruit Cloth and Kitchen Scrub Cloth for $54.99.
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