| Home Made Cleaners: Cheap, Easy, Earth Friendly... | | | | Directions |
| and Aromatic! | | | | Boil the water. Pour it into a large glass measuring cup |
| Cleaning your home with products that won't poison | | | | or pitcher with a spout. Add the borax and stir until it's |
| you or bring on an allergy attack is easier than you | | | | dissolved. Add the vinegar. Let cool, then pour the |
| might think. It's also much less expensive than buying | | | | mixture into a spray bottle. Drop in the essential oils. |
| store-bought cleaning products. And the best benefit | | | | Note: Add the essential oils AFTER your pour the |
| of making your own aromatherapy spray - it smells | | | | cleaner into the bottle because the essential oil's scent |
| fabulous! | | | | can "stick" to your measuring cup or pitcher. |
| Green is the latest big movement in energy, cars and | | | | Caution: Do not use this recipe to clean windows, |
| cleaners. But consider the amount of energy that goes | | | | mirrors or glass; it will cause streaks. The secret to |
| into manufacturing those bottles of spray and jars of | | | | home made spray for glass is just to use vinegar and |
| scrub. Think about the transportation costs to get them | | | | essential oils. Fill a spray bottle with white vinegar, drop |
| to your store shelves. Not to mention the toxic | | | | in a few essential oils and voila! a grease-cutting, |
| ingredients that often go into making them. | | | | streak-free, aromatic glass cleaner! |
| Reduce, reuse, recycle. Making cleaning products | | | | Essential Oils for Homemade Cleaning Solutions |
| yourself reduces the amount of product you buy. Plus, | | | | Try some of these terrific essential oil blends in your |
| if you put your aromatherapy spray in old, clean | | | | home made cleaning recipes - they not only smell |
| bottles, you're reusing. And of course, plastics go in | | | | fabulous, but they boost your cleaning power by killing |
| recycling bins, not trash cans. | | | | viruses and bacteria. |
| Make your Own Homemade Cleaning Solution... with | | | | Soothing Lavender |
| Just a Few Key Ingredients | | | | 20 drops lavender |
| You only need three or four key ingredients to get | | | | 10 drops lemon |
| great cleaning results in just about every area of your | | | | Minty Fresh |
| home, and you can buy most of them from your | | | | 20 drops peppermint |
| supermarket. You need: | | | | 10 drops tea tree |
| A big jug of white vinegar. | | | | Clean Pine Scent |
| A box of borax (usually found in the laundry detergent | | | | 10 drops pine |
| section.) | | | | 10 drops lemon |
| Baking soda. (Buy it from your local bulk food store | | | | 10 drops grapefruit (or just use 20 drops lemon) |
| and reduce your packaging even further.) | | | | |
| A few of your favorite essential oils. | | | | Why Use an Aromatherapy Spray (Not Just a Plain |
| Aromatherapy Home Made Spray Recipe | | | | One) |
| This is one of the quickest, easiest homemade | | | | Essential oils disinfect surfaces by killing any viruses, |
| cleaning recipes you'll ever make. You can use it | | | | bacteria and funguses living on them. They also boost |
| everywhere: Spray it on your sinks, toilets and | | | | your immune system, lift your mood and reduce your |
| countertops to disinfect them. Spray it onto a cloth and | | | | stress - not to mention freshening your rooms! You |
| damp-wipe to dust your furniture. Use it to clean your | | | | won't find all those benefits in a bottle of synthetic |
| car, your office, your patio furniture... | | | | spray on your supermarket shelf! |
| Ingredients | | | | Once you try it, you'll love making cleaning products - |
| - 1 teaspoon borax | | | | after all, you'll be saving money, using green, healthy |
| - 1/4 cup vinegar | | | | ingredients and filling your home with fresh, natural |
| - 2 cups water | | | | scents... Who knows, you might even find that you |
| - 30 drops essential oil | | | | enjoy cleaning after all! |