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7 Super-Easy Cleaning Recipes for the Most Awesome-Smelling Home
Essential oils are the key to these sweet-smelling (and highly effective!) homemade cleaners.
If you get light-headed just reading the ingredients on your cleaning products, take heart: There's another way. These make-in-minutes, super-cheap recipes create potions that use sweet-smelling essential oils that won't fumigate your home, while having superpowers to fight grime and bacteria. And much like a food recipe you may try, you can modify the oils to suit your own olfactory senses. Citrusy All-Purpose Cleaner
natural disinfectant, orange oil busts grease, and rosemary oil has some antibacterial and antiseptic qualities.
Lemon-Scented Window Cleaner • • •
2 tablespoons distilled white vinegar 2 cups filtered water 10 drops essential oil of lemon Mix all these ingredients in a spray bottle. Spray on any glass surface and polish in with a microfiber cloth. You'll have sparkling panes and mirrors in no time, and that wondrous essential oil of lemon will kill off the bacteria left behind by mucky fingerprints.
Eucalyptus Toilet Bowl Cleaner • • •
15 drops of essential oil of lemon 5 drops essential oil of sweet orange 5 drops essential oil of rosemary • 1/4 cup distilled white vinegar • 1-1/2 cups filtered water Funnel all these ingredients into a spray bottle, seal, and gently shake. There'll be a battle of odors here, with the acidic vinegar likely winning out against the sweet-smelling oils, but don't let this deter you. The vinegar scent disappears quickly, but that citrusy, herby zing lingers on. And these oils aren't just there for their scent alone. Lemon oil is a
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25 drops essential oil of eucalyptus 1/3 cup Castile soap 2 cups filtered water 1-1/3 cups baking soda Fill a squeeze bottle with the water, baking soda, and eucalyptus oil. Seal the bottle and shake. Next, add the Castile soap. Shake again. Squeeze around the bowl. Leave for 15 minutes, then scrub with a toilet brush, flush, and you're done. Aside from having a deliciously fresh aroma, eucalyptus is a natural germicide.
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