Something I have been trying to do in my home, is be more sustainable. Some of you are probably wondering, what does that look like? To me sustainability is objective and therefore anyone can create their own sustainability. I work on trying to be sustainable in a couple of different aspects. One is cleaning. I’ll admit it, I am a bit of a clean freak and I love a nice clean smelling house. The problem is majority of people clean using harmful chemicals or go through about a billion paper towels in the process. I know this because I used to be one of them.

I have worked really hard to find more ecofriendly cleaning products because, well one, harmful chemicals are horrible in your home, its unsafe; two, my kids love to help me clean and I do not want them using those products either, or three, using more ecofriendly products is obviously, ECOFRIENDLY.

I found products I absolutely love with Melaleuca. Melaleuca is an online on stop shop and I have been a member for few months and have yet to find something I don’t like. Not only do I get ecofriendly cleaning products, a sigh of relief for this mama! I also transitioned almost all my makeup as well. Yes, they carry makeup and not only safe but it’s some of the best makeup I have ever owned. Guess what the best part is? Its affordable! Gasp! Most of the time these products are so expensive that it is not something you can keep up with over time, but their products are amazing, and it is no different than taking myself to the drug store to buy them. I have successfully transitioned all my cleaning products, including hand soap and laundry detergent, I also have transitioned almost all of my makeup and skin care products and a ton of my toiletry items like toothpaste, deodorant and so on. It is such an easy thing to do, and I promise you won’t regret it! Questions? Ask me!

Like I said before I was really bad about using an entire roll of paper towels to clean with. For obvious reasons that is horrible for the planet. I found some alternatives that were okay, but I didn’t love them, until now! I recently purchased Swedish dish towels, if you haven’t heard of these bad boys, do yourself and favor and google them! One towel replaces 18 rolls, yes 18, of paper towels. They are easy to care for and again, affordable!

Plastic is a big issue for myself too, I have been really trying to limit the amount of plastic in my house, but it seems to be never ending. Let’s be honest, with kiddos it’s hard to eliminate plastic since all of their snacks are wrapped in it. Every year I talk about doing a plastic free month but that is just not realistic for a family with small kids, one day I will get there, and my boys will jump in to help too. In the meantime, I will just reduce where I can. By using reusable silicone baggies, bamboo and coconut scrub brushes for the dishes, Swedish dishcloths, metal or reusable plastic straws, reusable water bottles (this one is actually easy, since I haven’t bought water bottles in years!) I use a lot of glass containers in my house for organizing but the sad thing is, most of the products within them came from plastic packaging. My hope is one day, plastic packaging will be a thing in past and we can move to a more sustainable packaging alternative!

In the picture you can see some of my favorite products! Some items were purchased on amazon and the rest is only a small portion of my favorite Melaleuca products!