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DIY Cleaning Hacks

Since it’s springtime again, how many of you are cleaning like a bunch of crazy people? Of course you are! Me too. And you know what? I’ve never been more thankful to have non-toxic cleaning products come straight to my doorstep. Get your supplies ready and let’s make my favorite DIY cleaning hacks to make your home sparkly clean.

Fun fact, I have not used Clorox but once for the past three years. Because I don’t need to. Have you seen that even airlines are laying off the heavy cleaning because too many harsh chemicals ended up being a bad thing? I mean, if they would have just been following me, they would’ve known that already. I kid, I kid, but not really. ;) 

Here are some of my very favorite DIY cleaning hacks and recipes!

The OG. Thieves Household Cleaner Multipurpose Spray

1 capful thieves cleaner

to 16 oz. water

in an amber spray bottle

One bottle of Thieves Household Cleaner concentrate makes around 3o of these. Boom. Less than 20 cents a bottle. Where else can you find that?

As seen in the Instagram Reel here.

 

Thieves Soft Scrub

1/3 cup thieves cleaner

+ 1/4 cup baking soda

+ 3 drops lemon

Combine to the consistency of your liking and then get to scrubbing!

 

Shower Cleaner

1 cup vinegar

1 cup dish soap

1 cup hot water

2 capfuls thieves cleaner

Combine in a spray bottle, spray on your shower doors and basin and clean!

As seen here in an Instagram Reel

 

Toilet Bowl Cleaner Vol. 1

spray toilet with Thieves Household Cleaner Multipurpose Spray

sprinkle toilet with baking soda

let sit

scrub with toilet brush

Voila!

 

Toilet Bowl Cleaner Vol. 2

1/3 cup unscented pure-castile soap

1/3 cup baking soda

3 capfuls thieves household cleaner

20 drops orange

20 drops purification

20 drops tea tree

combine in squirt bottle (like an empty thieves dish soap bottle) and get to work!

 

Thieves Dish Soap Hack

take one new thieves dish soap & divide into thirds using two other empty bottles

add in 1 capful of thieves household cleaner

add in 2 tsp of baking soda for extra bubbles

add in a few drops of lemon 

top with water

mix well

 

DIY DISH SOAP

using an empty bottle, fill 1/5 of the bottle with unscented castile soap

add 1 capful thieves cleaner

add 10 drops of lemon

fill with water

shake & use

 

THIEVES LAUNDRY SOAP HACK

Thieves Laundry Soap Hack: When you get a new bottle, empty half of the contents into a glass jar or old container. Add 3 capfuls of Thieves Cleaner to your detergent and fill the rest with water. Shake it up. 👊 You’ve just doubled the insanely concentrated liquid laundry soap from 64 loads into 128 loads. It only takes a quarter capful to wash your clothes.

Add a few drops of Lemongrass or Citrus Fresh or Orange into the soap when you load the washer, then add a few drops to your dryer balls (because dryer sheets are ☠️), and your clothes will smell like Fruit Loops heaven. 🎉🙌  You’re welcome.

**Check out the Instagram Reel on how to exactly do this here. 
 

DIY LAUNDRY STICK

You will need a 30ml glass roller ball from Amazon, like this one, Thieves Household Cleaner, Thieves Dish Soap and Lemon essential oil.
 
Fill 1/2 roller with Thieves dish soap and other half with Thieves Household Cleaner and add 10 drops of lemon essential oil.
 
Apply to stain & gently agitate with your finger. Let sit for a couple minutes before putting stained item in washer. Throw away your Shout and download EWG app!
 

DIY SCENTED DRYER BALLS

Have you made the switch from dryer sheets to wool dryer balls? This was one of the first things we did when we got our oils and started working towards a cleaner lifestyle. Not so fun fact: dryer sheets contain harmful chemicals that adhere to your clothes & then rub off on your skin, which then can cause a handful of health issues including skin irritation, breathing problems and estrogen imbalance.
 
 
SOLUTION: Wool dryer balls with a few drops of pure essential oil in these fun combinations will have your laundry smelling lovely without the harmful side effects.
 

DIY RING CLEANER

2 capfuls thieves cleaner

a little water

soak & clean & rinse

Instagram Reel with this in action HERE.

 

DIY FRUIT & VEGGIE CLEANER

1 cup of water

5 drops of Young Living Lemon oil

Soak & rinse!

I love to meal prep and cut all of my fruits ahead of time, but they always turn brown!
 
When you cut into a piece of fruit, cells within the fruit are microscopically bruised and release an enzyme called polyphenol oxidases. This enzyme reacts with both the air and other enzymes in the fruit to cause that brown discoloration and, sometimes, off flavors.
 
So, if you take your cut fruit and add it to a bowl with 1 cup of water and 5 drops of Lemon EO, it won’t happen. I have also used Orange or Thieves as well and they taste SO good! I love finding all sorts of uses for my oils!

If you’re feeling like just using something premade, try this Thieves Fruit and Veggie Soak!

Young Living’s Fruit & Veggie Soak safely and effectively washes produce with the cleansing power of three exclusive essential oil blends—DiGize, Thieves, and Purification. When combined with the other naturally-derived ingredients, all your vibrant produce is easily and conveniently cleaned.
 
Even if you’re buying organic produce, a fruit and veggie was will help clean your product from wax, dirt, and other surface impurities. You never know who has touched your produce at the store!
 
Just add Thieves Fruit & Veggie Soak to a basin of water: Soak, rinse, and enjoy! Fruits and vegetables as nature intended, without all the pesticides and chemicals from the fields.
 

DITCH & SWITCH

 
Want to print out your own DIY recipe card? If you don’t have an oily family, join ours on Facebook and head to this post for the free printable. 
 
If you haven’t already switched your home to Thieves (household cleaner, hand soap, dish soap, essential oil, all the goods!!) you can order my custom Spring Cleaning Bundle here, you’ll choose the Basic Kit for $25 which is your membership (just like Costco so you can now shop with a 24% discount), and it gets you a FREE Stress Away oil (YL signature stress melting blend that smells like vanilla). Then you will choose YES to Essential Rewards to customize your order and you can shop all of my Spring Cleaning essentials! Grab them all or buy a few individually! You will fall in LOVE with all that it has to offer and you can start working through your house, room by room, to ditch toxins for a happier + healthier home! Order my Spring Cleaning bundle this month, and you’ll get a set of custom Thieves Cleaner glass spray bottles + a set of wool dryer balls FREE from me!

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