Nature girl

[erinwrites]

Originally published at erin-go-blog!. You can comment here or there.

Lately, I’ve been making an effort to use more environmentally-friendly personal and cleaning products. Pictured above:

Method toilet bowl cleaner, Method fresh shower spray, Dr. Bronner’s liquid castile soap (almond), Burt’s Bees facial cleansing cream, raspberry and brazil nut conditioner, milk and honey body lotion, peppermint lip balm, and Nature’s Gate chardonnay moisturizer.

I’ve used the castile soap to make facial cleanser, hand soap, and body wash, all of which I’ve been very happy with. I have a recipe around here somewhere for the facial cleanser (it has honey and vegetable glycerine in it), and the hand soap and body wash are just castile soap diluted with water with a smidge of vegetable glycerine and a wee bit of essential oil (I used ginger).

I just made the switch to “natural” dishwashing liquid and dishwasher detergent. I have not yet managed it with laundry detergent…so expensive…but I plan to when I start working again.

Rand and I have also been making more of an effort to buy organic and/or local foods whenever possible. Luckily for us, Wegmans makes this very easy. (I love the local farmer’s markets, but we don’t make it to one every week.)

I recently saw a delivery truck for Akron Poultry Farms, and I intend to call and get on their delivery route soon. I was checking out the website, and they have lots of great stuff!

Anybody want to recommend any great products?

Comments

[spiritdancer]

For laundry detergent, try Planet. Comes in a powder or a liquid, so you can pick whatever you prefer.

I use the powder with a front-load washer, and use a scant 1/4 scoop per load. I got a case of it back in Feb thru Amazon, and we're just about halfway thru the case. IIRC, it was about $65 for the case (10 boxes), with free shipping/discounted pricing if you signed up for the auto-ship option (which can be canceled at any point).

I found it thru recommendations on a couple of different cloth diapering websites/LJ communities. It worked well enough on the diapers that I now use it for all our laundry.

Another alternative would be to make your own detergent; I've seen recipes online. I'd have to look for them at this point, as it'snot something I really want to mess with, myself.