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with Amy French
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Find simple and practical ways to reduce waste and live a more sustainable, eco-friendly lifestyle.
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Green Cleaning Alternatives for All Around the House
Every homeowner strives to have a clean, germ free home. However, what many don’t realise is that even the cleaning products we use around o
Jane Wilson
7 min read
Natural Room Spray Recipe
Skip the store bought chemical air fresheners and make your own natural room spray with essential oils to freshen up your home. It's eco
Amy French
3 min read
Grapefruit, Lemon, Lime Foaming Hand Soap
Make your own zero waste foaming hand soap with this simple 2 minute DIY recipe and stop buying liquid soap in disposable single-use packagi
Amy French
4 min read
Aloe Vera, Lavender and Manuka Spot Gel
This DIY, Natural Spot Gel Recipe contains Aloe Vera Gel, blended with Lavender and Manuka Essential Oils for a gentle and effective solutio
Amy French
3 min read
Make Your Own Natural Reed Diffuser
Make your own reed diffusers to avoid chemical and synthetic fragrances. Choose natural wood and bamboo based materials for diffusers and bl
Amy French
5 min read
Make Your Own Naturally Scented Botanical Drawer Sachets
This is a quick and easy DIY tutorial for making your own naturally scented botanical drawer sachets that smell amazing and repel bugs.
Usi
Amy French
4 min read
DIY Natural Moth Balls with Essential Oils
Non toxic, natural moth balls and moth repellents are easy to make yourself using cedar wood and essential oils. This mini tutorial will sho
Amy French
3 min read
Homemade Minty Lemon Toothpaste Recipe
This is a natural, simple to make, lemon and mint toothpaste recipe with an organic coconut oil and bicarb soda base, and NO artificial swee
Amy French
2 min read
How to Green Clean Carpets and Rugs
Want to know how to make a natural homemade solution for steam cleaning carpets and rugs and avoid chemical cleaners in your home?
Here are
Amy French
5 min read
DIY Unicorn Bath Salts
Making your own bath salts is a lot of fun and incredibly easy to do. Kids will love this DIY and experimenting with different colours to ma
Amy French
3 min read
Toilet Bomb Cheat
Who's got time to make toilet bombs? This toilet bomb cheat recipe will save you a lot of time and effort. No mucking around with ice cu
Amy French
2 min read
How To Make Lavender Bath Salts
Make your own Lavender Bath Salts in just a few minutes with natural ingredients.
This quick DIY makes a beautiful zero waste gift or just
Amy French
2 min read
Simple Home Made Deodorant Recipe
This simple, natural based, zero waste and plastic free home made deodorant is a great first step in reducing bathroom products and...
Amy French
3 min read
Green Cleaning Wood Floors
Green Cleaning wood floors with this natural DIY recipe will keep them looking beautiful and free from streaks without chemicals. Wood Floo
Amy French
2 min read
Shoe Deodoriser: Bi-Carb Soda and Old Rice
This simple DIY shoe deodoriser is really effective, reusable, and doesn't require chemicals to freshen up smelly shoes. All you need is
Amy French
3 min read
How to Make Carpet Deodorising Powder
This DIY Carpet Deodorizer is a great example of simple non-toxic solution using Bicarb Soda and Essential Oils. Kid safe, pet safe and ecof
Amy French
3 min read
Revamp Wooden Chopping Boards with Home Made Wood Butter
Creating your own homemade wood butter (or board butter) is a cinch and wooden chopping boards only need a little care to bring them back...
Amy French
3 min read
Make Your Own Natural Lipbalm
Want to know how to make your own natural lip balm at home? Using a coconut oil, Shea butter and beeswax base, these step by step instructio
Jennifer Merchant
4 min read
DIY Fizzy Bath Bomb Recipe
This Fizzy Bath Bomb Recipe works every time, taking only 4 hours to set before use. No special moulds needed. Enjoy in a relaxing bath, soo
Amy French
3 min read
How to Remove Labels and Glue From Glass Jars
This is the easiest, quickest way to remove labels from glass jars along, with that stubborn sticky glue residue.
For anyone aiming to repu
Amy French
3 min read
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