Video Tutorial: My Quick DIY Heavenly Citrus Cleaning Scrub

Today I'm in my scrubs and I just have this itch to clean! I love a clean house and I love cleaning. And I usually love it even more on an overcast day.  Call me crazy.

While I'm working away, I thought I would just take a quick video to show you how I make my Quick Heavenly Citrus Cleaning Scrub.  This scrub is fresh, has a little bit of scrubbing power and makes everything sparkly clean.  I also plop it in the washing machine tub as it is filling just before I launder our sheets.

This is the only scrub that is used to clean my entire house.  From kitchen to baths, greasy stoves, refrigerators and tile floors to tile countertops.  

First, start with:

• White Distilled Vinegar
• Baking Soda
• Essential Oils (Citrus is preferred along with doTerra's Purity or On-Guard.

Here's why I like this paste:

• There's nothing harmful in it making it safe to use around children, pets and septic systems.
• Vinegar is tough on bacteria and mildew and has the ability to brighten and whiten.
• Baking Soda is a mild alkalei and helps to dissolves dirt and grease.  
• When mixed with a little bit of vinegar, baking soda is a gentle scrubbing agent that is tough on dirt, gentle on your home.
• Essential oils have dissinfectant, antifungal and antiviral properties.  They give the baking soda and vinegar scrub a huge boost and make it great smelling.

Here's the ratio I use to make the paste  (these are approximate - use a general estimation and you can't go wrong):

3/4 Cup Baking Soda

1/2 Cup of Vinegar

3-4 Drops of Citrus Essential Oil

Check out my video below.

(This video was waaaaay impromptu- apologies for the skinny video width!)

Once you have a few couple of oils in your stash, there is so much that you can do with them. Higher quality essential oils are purer and highly potent.  Higher quality means more effective. They go a lot further making them much more cost-effective in creating your own products than what you can buy at the store.

Where do you start?  I recommend starting with 3-4 basics:  Lemon, Lavendar, Peppermint and Clove are a few of my favorites.  With these in your home, you can make cleaning products, promote restful sleep, make beauty products and promote healthy dental hygiene.  Check out some of my other recipes here on the blog that use these oils.

To get more information on how to start with essential oils, you can email me.

Have a great rest of your week.

Charlene