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Homemade cleaning products are an excellent way to go green. Typical household cleaners may be releasing harmful chemicals into the air we breathe everyday. With these helpful recipes, you’ll have your own homemade cleaning products in no time.

For a spray and brush toilet cleaner, you’ll need each of the following ingredients:
1 tablespoon lemon essential oil
1 teaspoon lime essential oil
4 tablespoons alcohol (ethyl or isopropyl)
2 tablespoons liquid soap
1 ½ cups eucalyptus vinegar extraction
1-2 tablespoons plain or herbal ammonia

In a glass dish, add the essential oils to the alcohol. Pour this mixture into a spray bottle. Add the herbal vinegar, liquid soap, and herbal ammonia to the bottle. Shake well before each use. Spray surfaces of the toilet bowl, brush to clean, then rinse.

To clean your windows and mirrors try this simple mixture:
3 cups water
¼ cup plus 1-2 tablespoons of herbal vinegar, strained

Pour both ingredients into a spray bottle. Shake well before each use. Spray windows or mirror and then wipe clean with a clean, dry cloth. To help keep bugs from hanging out in your windows, try adding a few drops of tansy, wormwood, or yarrow essential oils.

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Here are some great recipes for your own homemade cleaning products. By using a more green approach to cleaning, you are doing a great service to your home and family, as well as the environment.

For carpets with odor from pets or just lots of traffic, try this baking soda and herb carpet refresher:
10 cups of baking soda
2½ cups each of crumbled roses, crumbled lavender, and crumbled rosemary

Mix all the ingredients together. Vacuum the carpet thoroughly and then sprinkle the mixture onto the carpet. Use a broom or small bristle brush to spread it into the carpet. Leave the mixture on the carpet overnight or for a few days if possible. Try to avoid walking on the carpet when using the refresher. Vacuum up the mixture and enjoy a fresher carpet.

To keep your wood furniture polished and looking it’s best, try this citrus wood furniture polish:
1 cup mineral or jojoba oil
1 ounce beeswax (for a harder wax, this can be increased to 1½ ounces)
1 ½ teaspoons tangerine essential oil (can also add 1 teaspoon of grapefruit essential oil)

Start by melting the beeswax into the jojoba oil in a double boiler. Once melted, remove from the heat and allow it to cool. Once wax begins to form at the edge of the pan, add in the essential oil and stir well. If the furniture you will use it on is unfinished or oil-finished, use this polish while it is in a liquid state. Use a small paintbrush to apply, rub it in well and let it cool. If your furniture is varnished or shellacked, you can use the polish in its cooled state with a soft rag and then buff it well.