Lately, I've been stepping up my clean living game. Ditching the OxyClean, Chlorox wipes, Rinse Aid, and other chemical laden products which populate my home. It's been a progression, definitely not overnight. A few months ago I
ditched scented candles, tossing everything but my unscented in-case-of-a-power-outage stash, and replacing household scents with
essential oils. As you may recall in early May, I made the switch to
Beautycounter, so now I'm confident my skincare and makeup are clean, but still...that's barely scratching the surface!
I recently finished the book
Green Enough by Leah Segedie of
Mamavation, which reads like a guided map to all the toxins lurking in your home. Turns out, my home is filled with things I wouldn't ever thought to consider as harmful. More than anything, by reading this book I've educated myself.
Leah Segedie is frank, she straightforward and she doesn't sugar coat. There's even a little swearing thrown in which I found amusing. She is blunt about buying organic vs. not, where to save your money, and where to splurge. She examines products and packaging many Americans use and likely have in your home, and sheds light on which ones pose the biggest threats to you and your family's longterm health.
My favorite part was walking room by room through an average American household, naming names, calling out the worst offenders and highlighting products that are legitimately clean through the categorizes "bad," "better," or "best."
Not gonna lie, reading this book was a little overwhelming, as I can't financially justify ditching all the bad stuff in one fell swoop, but I did find it useful, and gave me some helpful tips and suggestions of what to buy and avoid going forward.
So...how green are you these days?
