What the pandemic, and subsequent quarantine, did for me was give me time. It gave me time in my living space to see what was actually in it. Isn’t that funny? I bought this house, put all my stuff in it and moved around it for years. Then one day I took a look under my kitchen sink, in my hall closet, under my bed and realized I had no idea who the person was that lived here- or where I even got all this crap from.
Quarantine transformed the way I thought about cleaning products, materials that I wore and slept in and even the furniture I owned. As a librarian I had honed research skills for almost a decade before this and I zealously dug into the facts about what was healthy for us and the planet.
I am happy to say that three years later I have transformed my home and my entire way of thinking as a consumer and Earth dweller and I hope that this blog helps you to deep clean your own living space with less toxic, more eco-friendly materials.
Kitchen Necessities
Paper plates: Sakuchi 100% Compostable 9 inch 125 Count
Garbage Bags: Emily’s Choice
Sponges: Helping Out Mother Earth Natural Sponge 10 pack
Coffee pods: San Francisco Bay Compostable Coffee Pods (French Roast)
I also switched to a bamboo toothbrush & dish washing brushes.
Cleaning Products
If it has no bleach in it is it even clean? YES! We have grown up in a culture that thinks harsh chemicals are the only way to stay virus-free but that is far from true. I changed my multi-purpose cleaner, bathroom and toilet cleaner, hand soap, laundry soap, dishwashing soap, dryer sheets and fabric softener to eco-friendly, plastic-free, harsh chemical-free products without breaking my budget.
Tip: If you subscribe to get these products automatically you will never run out and never find yourself running to the closest grocery store to buy something else.
What I use:
Dryer sheets & Toilet Cleaner: Seventh Generation
Hand soap & Multi-purpose cleaner: Blueland
Laundry Detergent, Laundry Softener & Dishwasher Detergent: Dropps
Conscious Beauty Subscriptions & brands
I used a beauty subscription plan for years and I did get some good products out of it but now that I was transforming my life (and beginning to see signs of aging) I needed to change what I put on my skin too.
VeganCuts Beauty Box
Kinder Beauty Box
I hope this is a helpful start to your clean living journey!
