Showing posts with label green cleaning. Show all posts
Showing posts with label green cleaning. Show all posts

Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Wrapped Up Review Wednesday Skoy Cloth Giveaway

As we come close to the end of the Better living giveaway I decided to keep up with the green cleaning theme for my reviews. I was sent a sample of Skoy Cloths from Michelle at http://www.skoycloth.com/. Here is a description straight from the Skoy website:

SKOY cloth is a ...
100% biodegradable
Absorbent
Re-usable
European-made
Clean
And Fun…
Multi-use cloth

The SKOY cloth is a fabulous, absorbent, biodegradable and natural multi-use cloth. Our re-usable earth friendly cloth is perfect in your kitchen, bathroom, and on most surface areas in your home or office. SKOY cloth can be used in place of your sponge, wash cloth or paper towels.
It is a European made product and 100% biodegradable because it is made from a natural cotton and wood-based cellulose pulp. SKOY cloth is a chlorine-free product using water-based colors and inks. After an independent composting test, SKOY cloth broke down completely within 5 weeks.
The SKOY cloth is a durable product due to the reusability factor and can last months. Using a SKOY cloth is equivalent to using 15 rolls of paper towels in an average home. With the high cost of paper towels, at least $2 a roll, SKOY cloth is the obvious choice for your wallet and the environment.
The SKOY cloth has an absorption factor of 15x its own weight. As a result, producing the most superior cloth product available. Imagine using 15 sheets of good-quality paper towels at once… This is how a wet SKOY cloth will feel in your hand.
The SKOY cloth is long-lasting because of the wash ability feature. It dries quickly, so it is not a breeding ground for bacteria. Have you ever used your sponge, then smelled your hand and it reeked of horrible bacteria? That will never happen again if you microwave your SKOY cloth regularly. It is also dishwasher and washer/dryer safe. Cleaning your SKOY cloth will keep it healthy and germ-free. Please see Use & Care for instructions.
The cool and unique designs will make cleaning fun! SKOY Enterprises plans to launch new designs in early 2008.

After using Skoy cloths during cleaning around my house I have to say that I'm completely in love with them! They are incredibly absorbent, wash very well and don't leave little bits of lint. I've been keeping one by my kitchen sink and using the other for cleaning the bathrooms. Everything that Skoy Cloth advertises on their home page is true! They dry very quickly so you don't have that damp ick smell, they are super absorbent and they're great for the planet and your pocketbook! Honestly, does it get any better than that? You can order Skoy cloths from the Skoy website and they even offer a subscription option that has free shipping! Once again, does it get any better?!!?

Now for those of you who are relatively new to the green cleaning movement perhaps you aren't sure of some of the reasons that green cleaning is a much better healthier way to clean. A quick crash course here! (If you'd like more information feel free to use the contact button to email me and I'll point you in the right direction!) First and foremost the best reason to use green cleaning supplies is that there aren't any negative side/health affects. The HUGE majority of cleaning agents used in the US are not tested or regulated in any way. Do you really want to be cleaning your house with something that you have to use in a well ventilated area? For most things you can a very comparable cleaning solution using a combination of water, vinegar, baking soda & essential oils. Nothing in that is going to hurt you! If making your own solutions isn't your thing you have great companies life Better Life that offers incredible green cleaning supplies that are already made! One of the things I've noticed since I've been doing exclusive green cleaning in my house is that I LIKE cleaning (at least more than I did before!). I know that I'm not harming myself, my daughter or the planet. I know that I'm teaching my daughter to respect the earth and all of that makes for a happy self!

Now back to Skoy Cloths. I've already told you how well they work. Lets discuss the environmental impact. I don't know if I could ever completely give up the use of paper towels but having Skoy Cloths on hand certainly makes it much much easier to reduce my paper towel usage. In all actuality the Skoy Cloths are nicer because they are thicker and you don't worry about them tearing. All in all they're a great product to have in your home! So now that I've got you all excited about Skoy Cloths I figure I should give you a chance to try them for yourself! One lucky Savvy SAHM Review Reader is going to be the lucky recipient of a 4 pack of Skoy Cloths!

How to win?
-Go to Skoy Cloths website and take a look around. Come back here and leave a comment where you think you would use Skoy Cloths the most! Honestly, that it! Its that easy!

Extra Chances to win
-Grab the Savvy SAHM Review Blog button and display it on your blog. Leave a comment and a link! 1 extra chance
-Blog about this giveaway. Leave a comment and a link 1 extra chance
-Become a follower. Every SSR follower is entered into every giveaway that we have (no need to leave a comment!)
-Email 3 friends about Skoy Cloths and/or this giveaway. CC me in the email at savvysahmreviews@yahoo.com Worth 2 extra chances
-Buy Skoy Cloths from http://www.skoycloth.com/ and let them know you heard about them here! 10 extra chances!

This giveaway will end January 28th at midnight CST. The winner will be posted on Thursday the 29th. Please make sure you leave an email with your comments or that I can email you from your blog. Winner has 3 days to respond after that a new winner is chosen.

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Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Wrapped Up Review Wednesday Better Life

Today I'm going to share with you my take on Better Life Cleaning Products. I am one of those moms who has been becoming increasing dismayed by the products that were being used for cleaning...our homes, our bodies. It started with my microbiology class and just snowballed. Truly a little information can be a very scary thing. Skin is your biggest organ and it absorbs things readily. Then you can start reading about the chemicals in our cleaning products and how they can harm you let alone the little people running around your house who depending on their age might not have their central nervous system fully developed yet and its scary! For awhile my sister & I have been making our own cleaning agents. Its very easy to go online and find a lot of different recipes for cleaning solutions and usually its a lot more economical to make your own. You can customize them to your liking...a definite plus! Now that said, it can also be a drag trying to motivate yourself to whip up a batch of toilet cleaner. Enter Better Life! I was the lucky recipient of what-EVER! all purpose cleaner, I can see clearly- WOW! glass cleaner, Floored floor cleaner and Even the Kitchen Sink scrub cleaner. I honestly went into this thinking I can make it just as well as better so why should I spend the money on this? Well, frankly because it is better than what I was making! This stuff rocks! I love that most of the items are not scented- great for someone who is asmathic like me! and what is scented is done with essential oils and isn't overwhelming! The glass cleaner works so well that I almost couldn't believe it! My 5 year old things that one of her jobs in life is to "paint" on the bathroom mirror using water and occasionally tooth paste. Needless to say the mirror gets DIRTY! I sprayed I can see clearly-Wow on there and wiped it with a paper towel (I know...not really green but my Skoy Clothes were in the laundry). It only took one time to get the mirror sparkling clean! No spots and not a lot of elbow grease was needed! I then sprayed down the toilet, sink, counter and bathtub with what-EVER! I'm so happy to say the results were the same for that! Fast, thorough cleaning! Even the uck under the soap came off very quickly! I used Even the Kitchen Sink scrub for the sink and once again fell in love! It got the gross nasty stuff off of the drain. You know that stuff that you either have to really scrub or use something totally toxic like LimeAway on? This dug right through it with a couple of scrubs and it was back to shiny. Without something that would harm anyone! I can honestly recommend Better Life cleaning products. I know that I will continue to use them!

So, now for the really cool part! I have two sets of Better Life Cleaning Products (what-EVER, Even the Kitchen Sink, Floored, I can see clearly- WOW!) to give to TWO lucky Savvy SAHM Review readers! Here's how to enter to win one of the sets!
-go to Better Life
take a look around & tell me which product you would like to try and why (1 chance)
- go to Better Life and come back here and comment about something you didn't know! (1 chance)
-become a follower (no need to leave a comment) (1 chance)
-add my button to your blog (leave a comment & link) (1 chance)
-share your favorite green cleaning tip (1 chance)
-blog about this. leave a comment & link (1 chance)

Winners will be picked next Wed. Jan 21. and announced on Thursday. Please make sure you leave a way to get a hold of you!