I wanted to provide some helpful information in the form of a few recipes for creating your own green cleaning products with essential oils!
Making your own cleaning products is an excellent way to reduce your carbon footprint by eliminating single-use plastic cleaning products from your home and reduce your exposure to toxic and harmful chemicals.
My favorite part? You can completely customize by your own scent preferences! If you're new to this concept, here are some important considerations to ponder.
What to consider before making your own supplies:
A Great Starter Kit of Oils Would Include:
(oil name first, latin name in parenthasies)
Now, for a few of my favorite green-cleaning essential oil recipes!
Disinfecting Surface Spray Recipe
Water: 3 cups
Vinegar (white or ACV): 4 Tbsp
Orange EO: 20 drops
Lemon EO: 20 drops
Grapefruit EO: 20 drops
To Prepare
Mix essential oils with vinegar, fill empty spray bottle with distilled or filtered water. Shake well before use.
Optional: Add Tea Tree for anti-fungal uses, such as for the shower.
Floor Cleaning Solution
Hot Water: 2 gallons
White Vinegar: 2 cups
Castile Soap: 2 Tbsp
Eucalyptus EO: 10 drops
Lemon EO: 10 drops
Orange EO: 10 drops
To Prepare
Prepare hot water in a bucket, add the white vinegar to water. In a separate container, mix essential oils with liquid soap, gently stir and add to water.
Note: Use unscented soap, ideally castile soap or similar!
Toilet Bowl Cleaning Solution
Borax: 1 cup
Eucalyptus EO: 3 drops
Lemon EO: 3 drops
Tea Tree: 3 drops
To Prepare
Pour the borax and essential oils into the toilet bowl, let sit as long as possible, preferably overnight. Then scrub as normal, and flush!
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