The Dr says NO to bleach
If you take one piece of advice from me, take this one:
Get some Dr Bronner’s in your life.
I use this stuff for, yip, pretty much everything:
- Body wash
- Shampoo (once a month… apart from this, I am ‘No-Poo’).
- Hand wash
- In my washing/Misty’s nappies
- As a baby-wipe lubricant (Bronner’s, water, coconut oil, sweet almond oil)
- Any other “soapy” occasion.
Haven’t tried it as a toothpaste yet, but we haven’t been camping in a while… I’m sure it would be great in that sort of situation.
Viper never believes me when I tell him natural cleaning products work. He loves bleach. He has a serious bleach problem. He has selective hearing when I tell him that bleach is toxic, as he will return from the shop with a bottle of bleach that must be intended to be used by the BFG and his relations. I love Roald Dahl.
Anyway, he acted so surprised when the neighbour recently told him that, ‘Oh no, bleach doesn’t kill mould/bacteria, it just cleans it away.’ I was squeezing my fingernails into my arm and biting my tongue when he said, ‘Lou? Did you not know this?’
Just breathe.
The other day Viper asked me to get some cream cleanser for him. I had read you could use plain flour to clean sinks/bathrooms etc. Viper laughed at me, and my attempt to clean the sink with flour. OK, flour doesn’t really work (or I was doing it wrong?) but it DID get me inspired to play around with a home made abrasive cleaner for our sink/tiles/tub in the bathroom. Dr Bronner’s to the rescue!
Cream Cleanser without the Crap:
- 1C washing soda (bicarb will work too… washing soda is just stronger)
- 1T cream of tartar
- 1/4C Dr Broner’s
- 1/4C water
- 1T white vinegar
- 15 drops tea tree oil… plus you could add some additional EO that smells lovely if you are that way inclined.
- Mix ingredients together.
- Store in a bottle with a squirty nozzle type thing that clicks on tight.
- Shake well before use, and use for bathroom tiles, sinks, tubs and the likes.
- Laugh in Viper’s face.
Although Viper and me may not see eye to eye on some (OK, many) issues, he agrees with me that Dr Bronner’s is awesome stuff. We do actually like each other. Oh and Mr. Dr. Bronner did not pay me to say any of this…. I just like his goods.
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Vegan. Stay at home Mum of Misty. Yoga teacher in training. Passionate about REAL food - creating it, eating it, sharing it. I can never stick to a recipe.
I really giggled when I read that you’d tried to clean your sink with flour. That’s so mind-numbingly bent. I just love it.
huuu I know that dr bronner’s stuff… tiz actually good… I used to get it at Piko when I lived practically next door (bliss!) and that was when the groovy old piko still existed. sigh.
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Yeah, Viper was considering carting me off to the looney bin when I started sprinkling flour over everything insisting, ‘it’s meant to work really well! Just give me a minute and I’ll show you!’ Crazy lady with flour in hand. Ha.
Oh I looooved the old Piko – so cool… and the Retropolitan over the road. So sad.
I use a pretty identical “recipe” to clean our bathroom and kitchen sinks! Works awesome! We are huge Dr Bronners fans here too. The only dislike I have is how much it BURNS the eyes… poor Holden has had a couple nasty cases of Dr Bronners in the eyes
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Great minds think alike, huh?
Dr Bronners DOES burn like crazy! I remember when I went to NZ my Bronner’s leaked into my contact lenses case, and then I put the lenses in my eyes and OOOOOOWWWWWW! Not good, not good.
Love this Lou as I’m obsessed with Dr. Bronner’s especially his Sal Suds cleaner for our floors. Would be nice to make my own powdered cleaner for the shower as I’ve found nothing natural that really cleans the grout. Thanks!
You’re welcome Heather, always nice to find another Bronner’s enthusiast and spread the love
The tea tree oil really helps kill off mould/bacteria without resorting to harsh chemicals. I love the fact that Misty can help me clean/carry around the bottles for me too! Never to young to start training them, hehe.
I am a huge fan of Dr.B. The peppermint bottle is my favorite, I love the cooling feeling it gives my body. It smells amazing too. I love this mixture of cleaning goodness!
I love how you only need a tiny amount too. Yip yip yip good stuff
Hows the NO dairy going? Missing it yet?
Keep seeing this stuff on store shelves…and not buying. Not sure why. Added incentive here…
Oh do it! Even just one of the tiny sample bottles to try it out… that’s how I started… I went back 2 days later and got the MEGA bottle. Love love love it, I really can’t recommend it highly enough. It’s a one-stop-shop for sure