Burt’s Bees Grapefruit & Beet Conditioner

This conditioner lacks what so many other haircare products have – sodium laurel and sodium laureth sulfate.  These two products are irritants and being a dry skinned type that can’t afford irritating products in the winter, this product works great for me.  The citrusy smell makes it a great “wake up to me” product.

President’s Choice Green Coffee Filters

These coffee filters lack a very important ingredient – bleach.  Regular coffee filters are bleached to achieve that pristine white colour.  Bleach can irritate asthma and it goes without saying that its ingestion is unhealthy.  Plus, if you like the pricey coffees that I do, do you really want to add extra chemicals?  I didn’t think so.   Available in every shape and size – I get the basket kind, but the cone is pictured.

Make Your Own Laundry Detergent

Save some money and keep harmful chemicals away from your clothes and out of our water table.  Basic ingredients list for your own laundry detergent:

-1 cup soap flakes
-1/2 cup washing soda
-1/2 cup borax

Washing soda and borax are both available at your local grocery store.  To make soap flakes, go to the dollar store and get some cheap soap and a cheap food grater, if you don’t already have a second one you can use exclusively for this purpose.  Grate the soap.  1 bar will usually do one cup.  No packaging, no hidden chemical surprises, and no trouble.  You’re welcome.