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Natural Cleaning

  • by Holly Brook
  • 01 Nov, 2018

The Benefits of Cleaning with Natural Products

A Selection of Natural Cleaning Ingredients.

What are Natural Cleaning Products?

 Cleaning products generally tend to be full of synthetic chemicals and additives. These chemicals and additives can trigger and irritate allergies and other health problems like asthma. 

Natural cleaning products don’t contain any of these irritants and their ingredients are naturally sourced and non toxic. They are really effective at cleaning without being harmful to our health and environment.

Chemical test tubes.
Harsh chemicals found in cleaning products can damage our health and the environment.

Why Clean with Natural Ingredients?

There are so many cleaning products on the market these days that our cleaning cupboards are often overflowing and we can’t find the right product at the right time.

Using natural cleaning products is a great way to minimise how many different products you need and also comes with added benefits, like knowing exactly what the ingredients are and where they come from.

Here are some of the reasons we like using Natural Ingredients;

  • All natural ingredients, no additives, no synthetic chemicals, no petrochemicals, phosphate and bleach free, and biodegradable so it’s safe to use throughout the home.
  • Cruelty free.
  • Each product has multiple uses and when used together and at different strengths they create even more.
  • Limits the amount of different products you need to clean your whole house inside and out, taking up less space under the sink and less plastic waste going to landfill. You can store your homemade products in reusable containers.
  • We know they work! People have been cleaning natural products for centuries so they’ve been well and truly tried and tested!
  • Cost effective, all the ingredients for natural cleaners are inexpensive and last a long time, especially when you’re combing and storing them for future use.
Blades of grass
Natural Ingredients are beneficial to our health and the environment

Some of the ingredients used for Natural Cleaning;

  • White Vinegar
  • Bicarbonate of Soda
  • Soda Crystals
  • Borax Substitute
  • Citric Acid
  • Lemon Juice
  • Oxygen Bleach
  • Alcohol
  • Cornstarch
  • Soap

All of these products used alone or combined can tackle any cleaning project!

The Citric Acid found in lemons make them ideal for tackling alkali based stains.

We’ll be posting about the different uses for natural ingredients  in cleaning and also sharing some recipes for products we’ve tried and tested.  

If you haven’t seen it already check out our post on how to make Natural Toilet Cleaning Fizzers using Bicarbonate of Soda, Citric Acid and Essential Oils. These Fizzers are effective at cleaning and deodorising the loo and freshening the bathroom at the same time!

Homemade Natural Toilet Cleaning Fizzers
In our shop we stock the following Natural Cleaning ingredients;
Bicarbonate of Soda   (In powder, liquid and cream form)
Borax Substitute
Citric Acid  
Soda Crystals ( in powder and liquid form)
Liquid Soap Flakes
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