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Two Awesome Homemade Cleaning Products

February 18, 2021 By Kari Leave a Comment

Tips from a toxic-free product expert on how to make two awesome homemade cleaning products. Super easy and they smell great!

awesome homemade cleaning products-1It’s pretty simple to make your own cleaning products but, it seems, a little tougher to create ones that actually get the job done! So, I knew I needed to go to the expert for the best recipes. I reached out to my friend Jill – the founder of Essentials By Nature and she has kindly provided us with two of her best homemade cleaning product recipes. I use both of these in our home and they work well and smell great!

In addition to the two recipes below, I also keep vinegar and baking soda under the kitchen sink for many different cleaning purposes. Every dishwasher load in our house includes a little vinegar and I add baking soda in with it to get those crusty burn stains out of my pots and pans. In our house, we also use Hydra Chem – a locally-made, heavy-duty organic all-purpose cleaner for bigger jobs.

awesome homemade cleaning products-2Lemon All-Purpose

  • 1/4 bottle white vinegar
  • 10 drops lemon essential oil
  • 10 drops orange essential oil
  • 2 tsp castile soap
  • purified water
  • 500 ml bottle

Directions: combine the first four ingredients into your bottle and top with purified water. Other oils to try: tea tree, lavender, or lemongrass. Another great product to add to cleaning products is D-Limonene. (Limonene is an essential oil found in citrus fruit peels. It belongs to a class of compounds called terpenes.)

Note: If you have pets make sure to check with your vet first see what oils you can and can’t use. 

awesome homemade cleaning products-3awesome homemade cleaning products-4Fruit + Veggie Wash

  • 1/4 cup apple cider vinegar (you can use white vinegar if you prefer)
  • 2/3 cup purified water water
  • 1 tbsp fresh lemon juice
  • a pinch of salt

Directions: Combine all ingredients in a smaller bottle. With this product containing fresh lemon juice, it has a shelf-life of three weeks to a month. It’s best to make this in small batches.

To use: Spray veggies and let sit for a few minutes. Rinse off and dry.

photos: Dallas Curow

 

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Home style, organization tips + DIYs. Cocktail + food recipes.
Celebrating the holidays with our three cuties 👦🐶🐶 in our 1913 home 🇨🇦
About #ATBUp:

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How excited are you to be able to have friends and How excited are you to be able to have friends and family stay over again? We cannot wait for the day we get the green light and it's safe to do so. We're ready for it! 🙌

Our Guest Room Reveal is now up at KariSkelton.com! 💃
After the enormous task of purging this stash room, the team at @simoneandivy.ca surprised us with a room reveal and it's stunning!😍 So, outside of a DIY contribution from me, this room – the design, the colours, the everything – is all them!

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Each weekday from March 1-12, one more simple, FUN social challenge will be presented. When you complete and share on social using #ATBUp, @atbfinancial will donate $1 to @mentalhealthab!

I’ll be heading up two challenges—and including Moses 🐶 and Monroe 🐶. I hope you’ll join me! 😊💛

Visit up.atb.com to enter to win prizes, and get more info about the challenges and Alberta’s Mental Health Foundation.
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