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An easy recipe for DIY All Purpose Cleaner, using only natural ingredients.
*If you’d like a little more information on making your own homemade cleaning spray, a Video Tutorial is provided at the end of this post*
I am updating my “DIY All Purpose Cleaner” today. When I first started this blog, I shared a simple recipe combining water, vinegar, and baking soda, but guess what? A few months ago, I learned that combining baking soda with vinegar can lessen the effect of the vinegar. Sure you can still use them for cleaning, just not mixed together. For example, when cleaning toilets, I use vinegar first, allow it to do its magic, and then I use baking soda afterwards to gently scrub and freshen the toilet.
Recently, I have been exploring the idea of using essential oils in my DIY cleaning solutions, especially after seeing this post. Luckily, I have a friend who was willing to send me a few samples before taking the official plunge into the world of essential oils.
Here’s What You’ll Need to Make All Purpose Cleaner
- 1 Cup Water
- 1 Cup Vinegar
- 15 Drops Lemon Essential Oil (Not sure where to buy essential oils? Check out this post.)
- 15 Drops Thieves® Essential Oil
- *Amber Glass Spray Bottle– I love these from Amazon.
*Important Note: Some essential oils will eat away at plastic, so using a glass bottle will prevent this from happening. Amber or Cobalt color bottles are best to avoid light affecting the oils.
**Another Important Note: Due to the acidity of vinegar, it should not be used on granite counter tops, as it can cause etching in the natural stone.
Directions: How to Make An All Purpose Cleaner
This seriously could not be easier. Combine all the ingredients in an amber glass spray bottle, shake, and use. Since oils don’t naturally combine with water and vinegar, shake prior to each use (and it doesn’t hurt to shake it a few times while using it either).
After I used this for the first time, I couldn’t believe how amazing my kitchen smelled!
Watch the Tutorial
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Hi! im interested in doing this at home. Is there a way I can print that label? its super cute!!! love it
Thanks
Mariana
You can find the labels here to print for yourself 🙂 https://www.lemonslavenderandlaundry.com/free-printables/
How can I get that cute label?
You can find them on my “Free Printables” page here 🙂 :
https://www.lemonslavenderandlaundry.com/free-printables/
where is a good place to get the essential oils? Thanks ab
It is SO interesting that you ask this question. I have been doing A LOT of research on this lately, and while I’d love to give you an answer, I haven’t had a lot of experience with essential oils yet… just starting out. I did order the Young Living starter kit so I could at least try some out, but I plan to try a couple other brands as well. I am actually hoping to share my results and favorite brand after I have a chance to compare. While I think Young Living has good oils, I am also going to look at Rocky Mountain Oils/Native American Nutritionals (these two companies are now combined into one) and, perhaps, Mountain Rose Oils. I know you can get Rocky Mountain Oils on Amazon if you don’t want to spend a lot on a starter kit elsewhere. Hope that helps for now. I should have a much better answer in the future.
I forgot to state this: Because I have Amazon Prime shipping is fast and free, but if you don’t have that and want to try the Rocky Mountain Oil, they offer free shipping when you order directly from their site as well. I actually emailed them today because many of their oils are out of stock right now. They let me know that with Christmas, their stock is lower, but should be back up within the next couple weeks.
I’ve been using Essential Oils for about 4 or 5 years and they have replace nearly every chemical in my house (OTC meds, cleaning solutions, wellness products, air fresheners, etc). I was started of with Young Living when my oldest came down with the flu and never strayed from there. I cannot say enough good things about Young Living. They are 100% pure therapeutic grade oils, and are actually only 1 of 2 company’s where you can buy EO’s for internal use. They have a Seed to Seal process that ensures the purest grade of essential oils and 3rd party inspected. 1 bottle can last me anywhere from 3 months to 2 years depending on frequency of use. Shelf life for the oils is 2-5 years depending on the oil, and they don’t necessarily spoil, just the potencey decreases overtime. I use nearly every oil in the started kit on a daily basis and have slowly expanded my oils outside of the started kit. I use them on my kids, my husband, my pets, around the house, at work. I gift Thieves to my kids’ teachers every year for Christmas and Joy to celebrate the end of the school year. There are so many benefits to essential oils that I could go on for days. To buy Young Living oils, you can just go on their website and find a distributor in your area. Most distributors are individuals, but I have noticed Young Living popping up on pharmacy’s around my area. I have done tons of research on EO’s over the last 4-5 years and am happy to answer any questions. I will warn you though, I am biased in that I will only promote Young Living oils.