The clocks have changed and the sun is out which can only mean one thing…we’re all itching for a spring clean?

This time of year many take to the shops filling their baskets with conventional supermarket cleaners. Whether it’s bleach, de-greasers, air fresheners, window-cleaner or floor polish these products, while getting the job done could actually be detrimental to your health… known to be packed full of toxins and chemicals. It doesn't take long to fire up a quick google search or look at the warning signs on the back of the bottles we’re using to ask the question of whether these really are safe for us and our families?

I’ve trialed the lot when it comes to washing powder; throwback to the days of Fairy and Ariel giving me crispy whites and super soft towels and then with the realisation of those particular things probably actually causing harm then moving on to soap nuts and an eco egg to no avail. I so wanted these options to work for me, but with a newborn at the time, they just weren’t cutting it and left my clothes coming out of the washing machine no different to what I had put them in. I then moved onto Ecover for a season, and while I think it is a better option than many, it still didn’t sit quite right with me and neither did SMOL a subscription service we received through our door, which coincided with a bad outbreak of eczema on Heppy’s skin and made me look even more closely into what was written on the back of bottles.