Every effort we make as consumers to avoid buying and using toxic chemicals will help our family's and our environment. Please protect the health of your loved ones by limiting your exposure to toxic chemicals by using natural alternatives to commercial house hold & personal care products whenever possible.
You can have a fresh, clean and healthy home without all the chemicals. This article will share with you the safe alternative products that you can use to make your home fresh. They are safe & gentle but work well. See for yourself.
Discover the pleasure of using fragrant essential oils to create perfumes, bath salts and body lotions. Compare these natural ingredients found in some personal care and house cleaning products that you buy at the store.
Natural Alternatives
Air fresheners -Most air fresheners and deodorizers work by masking the unpleasant odor with synthetic fragrance. This coats your nasal passages with an oily film, or desensitizing your sense of smell. Use essential oils instead. Lemon oil helps to remove unwanted odors from the air. Use an Aromatherapy scent ball plug in diffuser.
Gentle Air Freshener
Drop 6 drops of lemon and 2 drops of clove essential oil onto the scent pad in the diffuser and plug it into the wall. This is a delicious combination to make your home feel both fresh and cozy.
Citrus Room Deodorizer
9 drops lemon
7 drops pink grapefruit
6 drops red mandarin
2 ounces of purified water
Combine oils and water in spray bottle. Shake well and spray to combat odors and infectious microbes.
Stress-Be-Gone Bath Salts
This combination is relaxing and rejuvenating. It's the perfect pick me up to use before a festive night out. Combine salts in a large glass bowl, add the essential oils and mix thoroughly. Spoon into glass jars. On your gift card add ¼ to ½ cups of salt per bath. Enjoy. Decorated the glass jars with holiday material & bows.
Ingredients:
1 ½ cup sea or table salt
¾ cup of baking soda
10 drops of essential oil of lavender
8 drops of essential oil of ylang-ylang
12 drops of essential oil of bergamot
Natural Jasmine Perfume
1 drop of Jasmine essential oil
2 drops of clove essential oil
1 drop of Sandalwood essential oil
10 ml vegetable oil or grape seed oil
Surface Clean up
Use baking soda on a wet sponge to remove crayon stains from washable walls, It will take off most marks including grease, pencils and markers.
Glass and Plastic- Make crystal really sparkle by giving it a short soaking in baking soda and warm water. Make scratch marks in stoneware less visible by applying a thick paste of baking soda and water
Let sit for a few minutes before washing. Freshen your dishwasher by adding 1/2 box of baking soda. Just run the normal cycle. Use can also use baking soda to clean your coffee pot.
Hello,
My name is Jody Kelly. I live in the state of Illinois & have been a certified natural health professional since Dec. 2001. I have studied alternative health for 25+ years. I'm very interested in Nature & herbs. Through my herblogy classes, I have learned to formulate my own products such as herbal skin care for those stubborn rashes, natural body butters, bath salts, cough syrup, upper respitory oils, massage oils & many more helpful items for natural health.
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