Make incremental shifts toward a healthier lifestyle

Learn how to spot the clever marketing that can make a product seem healthier than it really is. You’ll also test out the two most common (and inexpensive) natural cleaning ingredients, so you can see firsthand how they work.

Learn how to find the safety rating for cleaning products you have at home using a handy online tool. And if you want to buy replacements instead of making them, no problem! You’ll also learn how to use the tool to surface healthier alternatives. We’ll also cover a quick and easy hack to disinfect your kitchen sponges.

On a good-better-best scale, the “green cleaners” you find at places like Trader Joes or Whole Foods often “better”… but not always. Unfortunately, you may be surprised by some of the cleaning and laundry products that earn a “D” or “F” rating, even at these healthier stores! We’ll take a quick look at what’s in them.

Ready to do some real cleaning? First, we’ll take a quick peek at the ratings and prices of common cleaners vs. their natural alternatives for the kitchen & bath. Then you’ll make a few multi-ingredient recipes and put them to the test to see how effective they are.

This lesson is all about the recipes. We’ll make a simple dish soap, as well as a great-smelling dishwashing powder. You’ll also learn a few easy hacks for removing stuck-on foods and getting streak-free glasses in the dishwasher.

We’ll take a quick look at the safety ratings and prices for common supermarket cleaners vs. their natural alternatives, as we did in the kitchen & bath lesson. Then we’ll make a few fun and easy recipes to clean your wood furniture and flooring, as well as deodorize your rugs and carpets.

We dabble in essential oils in the earlier lessons, but here is where you’ll really learn what they do and how they do it. Then we’ll make some amazing smelling air freshener sprays and craft a range of amazing smelling blends for the diffuser.

Learn about Mother Nature’s laundry ingredients and how to use them to wash, whiten, and soften your clothes and linens without harmful toxins. We’ll also make a liquid laundry detergent that works for regular and HE washers, as well as a natural stain remover.

Here you’ll find a few extra recipes that you might not use every day but are great to have. For example, we’ll make a great smelling spray to disinfect your yoga mat and you’ll learn a cool trick to clean silver jewelry and flatware naturally.