Whats all this about being environmentally friendly in 2009! Do we assume forward is backward and have we come so far forward, our beautiful planet can't cope and is telling us to turn back to tried and true chemically free antidotes! - Maybe our great and great great grandmothers used these very same solutions!
Here are some tried and true fashionable solutions for our every day lives girls!
Smelly Drains
Half a cup of baking soda
Half a cup of vinegar
Pour the baking soda down the drain followed by half a cup of vinegar, after 15 minutes pour hot water down the drain. Keep drain odour free by pouring half a cup of vinegar down the drain once week. easy!
Washing
When washing, add some vinegar to the wash, in with the usual soap. Helps to kill germs and enhances the sparkle in your whites and brightens colours. Vinegar in the wash will also act as a fabric softener.
Cough mixture
Add equal parts of olive oil, glycerine, lemon juice and honey. Make up small quantities and use as required.
Gargle
I teaspoon of soda
1 teaspoon of boracic acid
1 teaspoon of salt
2 cups boiling water.
Dissolve with boiling water then put in a sterilized bottle.
Dilute with hot water when using -Doesn't sound very appealing! Think I'll give this one a miss!
Air cleaner
Gently boil half a cup of vinegar in a saucepan of water to clear the air of cooking odours, you could do the same using essential oils.
Floor cleaner
Add quarter a cup of vinegar to half a cup of soap together with 9 litres of water or 2 gallons.
Bathroom and Kitchen surface cleaner
Wipe your surfaces down with full strength white vinegar for a disinfectent. Check the type of surface you are cleaning first.
Whats in fashion girls! - Enviromentally friendly living! Helping to heal our existence
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