Over the weekend Darah made an interesting discovery. She figured out that she had full control over this funny thing inside her mouth called a tongue! She loves to practice sticking her tongue out and making noises while her tongue is out. It is absolutely precious. You can imagine, though, that the drool factor just went up a notch in our home!
Another change that this has brought on is her interest in licking anything with which she comes in contact! This has really given me pause to think about what I am using to clean around the house. I’ve been wanting to “go green” with my cleaning supplies, but now I truly feel as though a fire has been lit under my behind. Darah will not hesitate to put her mouth on the floor, the carpet, the table…anything! I really need to make sure that she is not at risk for ingesting anything toxic, and one way I will do that is to choose non-toxic cleaning products.
This brings me to my next review for the Planet Earth is My Valentine series! One suggestion I have for showing love to the little ones in your home, and even showing love to your home itself, is to kick those chemical-laden cleaning products to the curb! A company that can help you do that is ecostore USA. The idea behind this company is simple: create products with NO NASTY CHEMICALS!
The super friendly folks at ecostore USA sent me two household products to try: the auto dish powder and the toilet cleaner. I was really impressed with the ingredients of the dish powder. They are as follows:
Ingredients
- Palm and coconut based non-ionic surfactants
- Silicates and carbonates including sodium meta silicate (simple mineral salts)
- Citrates and natural citrus oil
- Cellulose (plant based)
- Fatty acid derivatives
That’s it! And you know what? My dishes have been coming out just as clean as when I use more commercial (and more toxic) products that you find in grocery stores. This product sells for $12.00, which may seem like a lot, but listen to what ecostore USA has to say about their prices: “Ecostore USA knows that it can be expensive to buy natural or organic products, but we’ve found a way around this by safely super-concentrating each formulation. This means that a little really does go a long, long way. The result is saving money by significantly cutting down on cost per use.” Since very little is used per load of dishes, this container will last our home a good long while! I also like the fact that purchasing concentrated products cuts down on your waste in terms of the number of containers that you purchase, too!
I was excited to try the toilet cleaner because I have yet to find
an environmentally-friendly product designed for cleaning toilet bowls. I feel a twinge of guilt each time I use my current product because I know that what I’m putting into the water system just to get my toilet bowl shining is bad stuff. From their website, “Because Ecostore USA’s Toilet Cleaner uses NO NASTY CHEMICALS, your toilet will not only be fresh and clean but safe for Earth’s waterways as well. Conventional products have released toxins, dyes and synthetic perfumes into toilets for years causing water degradation. Created with your environment in mind, this product is extraordinary.” I completely agree! Once again, I have found this product to clean just as quickly and effectively as the stuff I was using before, and now I have zero guilt! The product retails for $8.00.
In addition to these and other great eco-friendly household products, ecostore USA also carries a terrific line of soaps, baby care items, and even a line of products for your pets, all with NO NASTY CHEMICALS!
Buy It! If you have been thinking about going green with your cleaning products or your personal care products, ecostore USA is a great product line to try. Give them a try today!
EDIT: This giveaway is closed. Congratulations to #123!
Win It! Ecostore USA wants Stuff Parents Need readers to have the chance to win! Woo hoo! They are giving away one $25 credit to their site so that you can green your home! The contest will run until February 14th at 7:59pm CST. A winner will be randomly selected and emailed, and will have 48 hours to claim their prize. Open to residents of the United States. Make sure that your email address is either in your profile or in your comment.
How to Enter:
Mandatory Entry: Visit ecostore USA and tell me about the product in their line that you need the very most in your home.
Additional entries:
1. Subscribe to my blog via email or reader (2 entries, so leave 2 comments)
2. Follow me on Google friend connect (2 entries, so leave 2 comments)
3. Listen to the ecostore podcast and tell me something you learned!
4. Enter any other current giveaway on my site and come back here to tell me you did
5. Fan ecostore USA on Facebook
6. Follow ecostore USA on Twitter
7. Tweet about this giveaway
8. Add my button to your blog and leave me a url where I can find it (2 entries, so leave 2 comments)
Disclosure: I received product samples for review purposes. The opinions expressed in this review are strictly my own.
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I learned from the podcast that going on nature walks can have huge affects on mental health.
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Thanks for the giveaway…we could use the Laundry Liquid right about now.
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We'd love some Baby Shampoo for our house!
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The Citrus Spray Cleaner would be great for my household.
The product in their line that I need the very most in my home is the Auto Dish Powder.
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coconut soap ty.
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Vanilla Shampoo & Conditioner 🙂
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We could really use baby body wash
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I would like to try the coconut soap and the toilet cleaner.
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I would actually love the toilet cleaner too because I can't find an effective cleaner that is safe.
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I really need a product like the Cream Cleanser!
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I need the Laundry Liquid most.
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The Laundry Liquid.
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I like the baby shampoo
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It is a tossup between their Dishwash Liquid and Laundry Liquid as far as my household needs. Probably Dishwash Liquid would win!
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I could really use the Citrus Spray cleaner!
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We do lots of laundry around here, so I'd have to say we need the Front Loader Laundry Powder. My kids have sensitive skin, so this would be perfect.
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email subscriber #2. Thank you!
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I love cleaners that are citrus scented, so the citrus spray cleaner and lemongrass soap sound very nice.
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I'd like to try the ear wash for dogs.
I entered the charlie's soap giveaway.
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I like the laundry liquid and the oxygen whitener and the baby wash, and balm
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I could really use the Cream Cleanser for my stove top I hate using those smelly cleaners and my daughter is allergic to my current cleanser She got some on her hands and her some of her skin came off. lezanac@yahoo.com
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I could really use the laundry powder.
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We need the Manuka Sandalwood shampoo for dandruff.
i need the laundry liquid because we have a never ending pile of clothes to be washed
Herbal Fresh Shampoo
because I still haven't found a dog shampoo I am happy with.
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I don't know about needing it the most, but I would like to try the Pet Ear Wash!
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I listened to the podcast and learned that going on nature walks can have huge affects on mental health!
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I would love the auto dish powder!
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I need their laundry liquid.
I need the vanilla shampoo and conditioner!
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I could use the Manuka Honey & Kelp Soap–I love bar soap. Also the auto dish liquid. I love this company!
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I need Front Loader Laundry Powder.
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I need the laundry powder the most. It's hard for me to find laundry powder that doesn't have scents, etc.
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Definitely the toilet cleaner. I realized a while ago that we don't have any natural toilet cleaners for sale anywhere around where I live.
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I need the citrus spray cleaner the most.
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I like Coconut Soap
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I could use the Cream Cleanser, Coconut Soap and Toilet Cleaner.
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I'd like to have the laundry liquid.
I want the Coconut Soap, that sounds wonderful!
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Wanna try coconut soap.
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I'm an ecostore Twitter follower.
I'm an ecostore FB fan.
I entered the Charlie's Soap giveaway.
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The Pure Oxygen Whitener sounds like it would be AWESOME for my baby's laundry.
I need the Citrus Spray Cleaner
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We could really use the pure oxygen whitener
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I do a lot of laundry, so the Laundry Liquid is what I really need.
I'd love to try the toilet cleaner.
the laundry detergent
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The lemongrass bar soap would help my dry skin.
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i'd like the baby massage oil
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I do crazy amounts of laundry so I could really use their Laundry Powder! Thanks
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I would like to try the front loader laundry powder
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I NEED that coconut soap!
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Their baby body wash and shampoo would be in demand around here. Organic baby products haven't exactly hit the market in my neck of the woods.