Breathe Easy

Why not easily refresh your home and your senses through the use of essential oils in your home cleaning routine. Using essential oils in homemade cleaners and room sprays will not only lower toxicity in your home.  In addition, the scents you choose will be the scents that are most pleasing to you. And, unlike many scented products on the market, yours will be real scents from nature – not formulations of various chemicals. 

You may have heard the expression "Breathe Easy". It's meant as a suggestion to relax and not worry. But if you're using caustic chemical cleaning products in your home, no matter how relaxed you are, you aren't breathing easy. And neither is your child, grandchild, spouse, or pet.

Are you aware that many essential oils are microbial, killing not only viruses but funguses?  Clove essential oil is a prime example. Some essential oils such as lavender and tea tree are highly antiseptic.

To clean and polish a wooden dining room table and other wooden furniture,  use olive oil or mineral oil mixed with some fresh lemon juice and a few drops of lemon essential oil.  It literally feeds the wood leaving it hydrated, clean and shining.

How about that soft scrubbing cleanser you buy at the store?  A much less expensive and less caustic version can be easily put together using baking soda, liquid castile soap, a bit of glycerin (to keep it moist) and a few drops of whatever essential oil you like in your kitchen. I prefer thyme or lavender. Both are naturaly anti-bacterial and anti-viral. A few drops of lemon essential oil add a fresh top note to the mix.

From time to time, I’ll be sharing natural essential oil cleaning hints and recipes. If you give them a try or want more inforation,  please let me know.