Baking Soda (or Bicarbonate Soda) is so versatile. We use it in homemade cleaning products and as a tooth polish and as part of our mouth rinse in our daily oral care practice.

Pure baking soda matters as some brands can include other unnecessary fillers/additives. Also, I look for Food-Grade - especially if we are going to be using it in our mouths.

We use washing soda in our homemade dishwasher and laundry detergents. Not to be confused with Baking Soda.

You can find out more about it and its uses here.

Even cleaning can be kind…kind to your body, kind to your home, kind to the planet.

I use and reuse these sponge cloths for house cleaning. I machine wash them along with my rags and haven’t experienced any issues doing so. As the packaging says, they are machine washable up to 300 times so they last and when you finally do retire them, you can rest assured knowing they are 100% compostable.

Even cleaning can be kind…kind to your hands, kind to your home, kind to the planet.

Twist makes plant-based cleaning tools.

They are committed to contributing to a cleaner world by thinking about what their products are made of and what happens to them after they are disposed of.

“Dyes and glues in traditional cellulose sponges can be harmful to our environment and polyester scrubbers never disappear from landfills. We wanted to provide consumers with a better option.

Twist Clean uses 100% plant based materials in the manufacturing of our residential cleaning tools. We get the wood pulp for our cellulose from FSC Certified sources and all of our scrubbers are hand sewn onto their cellulose bases.”

I also think about the impact of a product on our bodies. Plant-based non-toxic ingredients also mean these products care for us as we care for our homes and our world.