干净生活博客

有些事情就像发条一样. 就像我们每天下午需要打个盹一样, 午夜想吃咸点心, 还有你迫不及待想听的每周播客节目. 说到保持浴室清洁, 然而, there’s no built-in timer to tell you when or how often it needs a solid shine.

想象一下——你的厕所干净得闪闪发光. 是的，那瓷宝座像以前一样锃亮，一尘不染. 最棒的是, you managed to achieve this gorgeous state of cleanliness with methods and products that don’t contaminate our planet.

Have you ever taken a second to stand in a perfectly clean bathroom and admire the shine reflecting off the surfaces?

如果你有幸拥有一台洗碗机的话, you might know what a life-saver it is when it comes to getting your dishes done quickly and easily. Even the fastest hand washers can’t compete with the blissful ease of sitting back and letting a machine do the work for you.

比起手洗碗的苦差事, 我们家的洗碗机有时看起来很瘦, 的意思是, 清洗机. But in an age when most of us are re-examining how our choices affect the health of the environment, 你可能想知道你的洗碗机是否也是绿色的.

把一次性水瓶换成时髦的可重复使用的水瓶. Tossing your old coffee grounds and banana peels into a compost bin instead of the trash. 选择公共交通而不是独自乘车去上班, there are so many small ways every day we can support the wellness of our planet.

As fall begins and the weather cools, our thoughts turn to cozy sweaters and pumpkin-flavored treats. 在忙碌的夏季活动之后, fall is a great time to get back to our routines and turn our attention back to our health. 

As much as we try to keep our baby’s toys and accessories in spotless condition, 有时意想不到的事情会发生.

世界上有一些普遍的真理——水是湿的, 太阳从东方升起, 婴儿是可爱的捣乱者. 婴儿往往会用很多方法弄脏他们的衣服, 从婴儿食品污渍到便便污渍, leaving new parents feeling as if they’re constantly doing laundry. You might also find your personal tried-and-true tricks to eliminating stains won’t work for your little one’s wardrobe. 

为人父母会带来很多问题. 宝宝要多久才会咯咯笑? 他们什么时候会说出我的名字? 现在给他们介绍水牛奶酪通心粉是不是太早了? 在你的众多职责中, 然而, 有一件事会让第一次为人父母的人感到困惑.

If there’s one place you can be your messiest self, it’s your home. 我们说的是深夜纸杯蛋糕杰作, 浴室染发剂实验, and post-snowball-fight hot chocolate sipped by the stove (and the floor, 还有沙发)

Studies show that keeping your home clean can make you feel better in just about every way—you sleep more soundly, 你更有可能保持身体健康, 降低皮质醇(又名液体焦虑).

洗碗工为我们做了很多事. 它们能瞬间把我们的盘子洗干净, 把婴儿的牙齿擦亮, 最重要的是, save our hands from a lot of scrubbing when all we want to do is sink into the couch and relax

It’s impossible to understate how much a deliciously warm shower can improve your day. 淋浴有助于清除一天的汗水和污垢, 舒缓疲劳的肌肉, 让我们在漫长的一天后平静下来. 

而大多数污渍都是洗出来的, you might not know how to get oil and grease stains out of your clothes. These unfortunate stains can turn your favorite outfit into an unwearable mess.

从亮蓝色到宝红色, colorful clothes can be a great way to display your personality, 无论你是去上班还是去城里过夜. 当然, 所有的磨损都伴随着洗涤, and knowing how to wash colored clothes is just as important as knowing how to wash white clothes.

那件经典的清爽t恤. 那件别致的冬季针织衫. 那些牛仔裤. 你知道这一对. 那些明亮的, 紧, brilliant white jeans that once made your backyard barbecue feel like a sunset in Mykonos. There’s a reason why our white clothes make such essential pieces. They keep us looking sharp all year long and they go well with everything.

Sometimes our days require quick thinking and a change of clothes—or three. First, you have morning yoga, then work, then lunch and an afternoon coffee run. 即使在那之后, 足球训练还要停一站, 和你父母共进晚餐, and a late-night Target run before you finally get to slip on your pajamas and slide into your long-awaited sheets. 

If you were to ask us, “What’s the most surprising thing about your industry?,” the first thing that would come to mind is the state of transparency. Did you know the US has no federal requirement for household cleaners to tell you what’s inside them? When it comes to food that we put in our bodies, every brand must list the ingredients. 但是对于清洁剂，你可以选择什么都不透露. 零. 没有什么结果.

我们都有过这样的经历. That moment you go to look at a bottle’s ingredient label and find a list of words you can’t pronounce, 更不用说识别了. Sometimes it feels like you need a PhD in chemistry just to understand what’s safe or unsafe for your home. 虽然我们不能给你更高的学位, we can promise to be as transparent and open as possible about what we put in our ECOS products. Unlike many conventional cleaners, we list all our ingredients. And if that’s not enough, we also list all the ingredients we promise to never use, AKA “它们.

本文最初发表于《十大赌博官方正规网址》. Kelly Vlahakis-Hanks joins us on the #HerHustle blog to share her leadership journey with us. She shares the importance of safer cleaning products for your health, and what she does to overcome moments of self-doubt and adversity.

When you’re in need of a little “me-time,”  a good skincare routine can be a perfect go-to. 毕竟, 谁不喜欢漂亮的面膜呢, 几根黄瓜, 还有保湿霜，让你的皮肤像丝一样光滑? 但是说到呵护你的皮肤, there’s one thing that often doesn’t get the attention it deserves: your laundry detergent. 

十月是乳腺癌宣传月. It also happens to be the month that we raise money for the American Cancer Society. 在寻找伴侣的时候, we always look for organizations who share our mission to help people live a cleaner, 健康的生活方式. And there’s no better partner in that effort than the American Cancer Society; a group that works tirelessly to fund and drive research and fight cancer.

The reality is, when it comes to carcinogens, there’s no way to avoid them ALL. Instead, it’s about finding balance and living a cleaner lifestyle where you can. Luckily, your home is a place where reducing carcinogens is easily within your control. So don’t feel alarmed, and let’s go through some super simple ways to do just that.