Hundreds of Practical Inexpensive Ways to Reduce The Use of Chemicals in Your Home
Why use toxic and potentially harmful chemicals to clean your home when lemon juice, vinegar, eucalyptus oil and bicarb soda are equally as effective - and much cheaper!
Robin Stewart's 'Chemical Free Home' provides simple, effective and chemical-free alternatives for creating a healthier home environment. Most of the products that Robin recommends are so safe you can and do eat them - olive oil, salt, vinegar, bicarb soda, honey and cloves.
The household procedures are extremely easy to follow, economical and practical. Robin's tips are beneficial to all people - especially those will allergic conditions.
Further, by showing how we can use natural products in all areas of cleaning, this book empowers each of us to make a contribution to the well-being of the planet.
Tips include:
- Robin's favourite polish for timber and leather is simply equal parts olive oil and vinegar
- Copper-based saucepans shine brilliantly after a rub with half a lemon dipped in salt
- Moths cannot tolerate cloves, so scatter them in your wardrobe
- A light dusting of bicarb soda makes an excellent deodorant
- Use bicarb soda on a moist toothbrush to keep teeth clean and free of plaque
- As a hair rinse, add lemon juice to the rinse water to give extra shine and body
- Learn about the remarkable healing powers of honey and aloe vera
