Simple Green Naturals Giveaway

On Monday, a big box of Simple Green Naturals cleaning supplies showed up on my doorstep - and not a moment too soon!  J and I have our house turned upside down in preparation for his parents' visit this weekend for my graduation.  So cleaning supplies are EXACTLY what we need.  Seeing as how we are cleaning every inch of our house, I had the chance to try out ALL of these awesome products.  Check them out!

Simple Green Naturals are made from 100% naturally sourced ingredients, are NEVER tested on animals, and are non-toxic.  I refuse to use household cleaners that have been tested on animals because there are much more evolved and humane was to determine if a product is safe to use these days - and Simple Green knows that.

I also love that what I'm using to clean my house - the place I spend so much of my time - is ALL NATURAL.  If I'm using chemicals to clean, there will be chemicals leftover, and those harmful chemicals can get on my food, get into the air, and get on skin.  I want to keep myself and my pets safe, especially inside of our own home.  As someone who suffers from asthma, I also like to make sure that what I am using in my home isn't going to make my asthma worse.  The ingredients in Simple Green Naturals are things I can actually understand, like "coconut and palm, salt, and lavender oil."  These aren't mysterious chemicals with unwieldy names that mean nothing to me; these are real ingredients that I feel comfortable spraying and keeping in my home.

ALL Simple Green Naturals products are certified with the Good Housekeeping seal of approval.  Good Housekeeping products go through very rigorous testing; they only put their name on products they stand behind 100%.  Simple Green Naturals have been made in the USA for more than 30 years and they are all available at Lowe's Hardware & Home Improvement Centers nationwide.

Multi-Surface Care

This is the one I used the most - the Multi-Surface Care got a workout in my house!  I cleaned all of my appliances, my counter tops, my sink - I even used it to wash the doggie paw prints off of our doors.  It powered through the grease on my stove and left everything clean and shining.  It has a very light natural lemon scent (half of the ingredients are natural oils and essences!).  It worked really well to clean my white counters and cleaned up old food stains quickly and easily.

Bathroom Cleaner

Ah, the dreaded bathroom.  There are a lot of things I'd rather do than clean my bathroom, although during the past few months, I discovered that I would rather scrub my toilet than revise my Master's thesis another time.  So luckily, our bathrooms didn't need much cleaning, but I still used Simple Green Naturals bathroom cleaner to wipe down the walls and floor of my shower, clean off the sink, and even to scrub the floor.  This also has a lemon/citrus scent, but it was stronger than the kitchen cleaner.  It worked great to shine up my entire bathroom.

Glass & Surface Care

I used the Glass & Surface Care spray on all of my windows, dusty televisions, mirrors, and the many glass-topped tables we have scattered around our house.  It has a light citrus and floral scent (smelled great!) and left an awesome streak-free shine.  I've been so impressed with this that I've started using it on my eye glasses every day too.  I have used other brands of glass cleaner before with only OK results, so I was REALLY impressed with Simple Green Naturals because it left all of my glass surfaces looking fabulous.  Not a streak in sight!

Carpet Care

I have a love/hate relationship with the carpet in my home.  Mainly hate.  We have two big, black dogs that seem to shed more than any dog I've ever met.  This means that our white carpet is typically a hairy grey, complete with *interesting* doggie upset tummy stains that I try in vain to scrub out.  Simple Green Naturals has made me love my carpet a little bit more. I sprayed the Carpet Care spray onto the offending spots, left it to sit for ten minutes (it only says it needs a few), and then rubbed and blotted away.  I did this one more time later in the day and then left it to dry.  And the unwelcomed stains?  History.  And that makes me very, very happy.

As for the ingredients, check this out: "water, hydrogen and oxygen, sugar, mineral, palm kernel."  That's it!  I like that because Cara, my older dog, has a habit of licking the carpet in her spare time.  If I put chemicals on it, she will end up ingesting those chemicals.  Now my carpet stains are history and my carpet is still safe for my dogs to live on.

Floor Care

I have much more of a love/love relationship with my hardwood floors.  Simple Green Naturals Floor Care can be used on hardwood floors, tile, laminate, and any other hard floor surface.  I used this all over my hardwood floors and WOW, was I impressed.  I'm picking up a few more bottles of this to share with my family because it left my floors looking AMAZING.  I sprayed it on my floors, and then used a damp mop to clean everything off.  It has a slight woodsy scent that made me think of Vermont; the scent is called Sparkling Spruce and is created from fir, orange, patchouli, oakmoss, rosemary, and amyris oils.  I really liked the smell, and this stuff worked really well.

Dilutable, Concentrated Cleaner

This stuff is like that jack of all trades friend.  It can do everything!  Use this to mop floors, clean counters, wash off walls, and make those trash cans shine.  I can see this being great for cleaning off kids toys, washing off play surfaces and indoor/outdoor climbing toys, and keeping plastic pet toys clean.  To use in your laundry, pour 1/4 cup into a water-filled washing machine with your usual detergent to boost the cleaning power.  This has a light citrus mint scent.  I have only used this in my laundry so far, but it worked great.

Liquid Hand Soap

Simple Green Naturals liquid hand soap is, like all their other products, 100% natural, therefore it is also free of Triclosan.  Be careful about antibacterial hand soaps; Triclosan, the antibacterial agent, has been linked to skin cancer.  A safe, natural hand soap like Simple Green Naturals is free of Triclosan and instead contains all kinds of natural cleansers to keep your hands clean and healthy.  It is nice and sudsy and smells sooo good - just like my Grandma's herb garden!

Dish Washing Liquid

I wash all my fruits and veggies with dish washing liquid, and I also use it for scrubbing out our pots and pans that don't fit in the dishwasher.  Simple Green Naturals Dish Washing Liquid has a delicious grapefruit/citrus scent that I love, plus it was super sudsy and powered right through that olive oily/portabello mushroomy mess from dinner last night.  

When J and I first met, he had no concept of natural products, animal testing, etc.  So when I visited him in Michigan for the first time (where he was going to law school), I coerced him into buying all natural cleaners.  He worried that they wouldn't work as well, but he was willing to try for my sake.  Now he is, quite possibly, an even bigger nut about using all-natural products.  J spends a lot of his free time reading about the harmful effects certain chemicals in our water, household products, and in our air have on our bodies, causing cancer, disease, and illnesses.  Because of that, he avoids all unnatural products.  We want to keep ourselves safe and healthy, and to do that, we lead a more natural lifestyle - and a big part of that is making sure that we aren't using chemicals to clean our homes.  Instead, we use natural products that are never tested on animals - just like Simple Green Naturals great products.

Simple Green Naturals are all natural, non-toxic, and never tested on animals.  I love their entire green cleaning system and I am so happy that all of their products meet the Green Seal environmental standard for household cleaners.  Simple Green not only makes awesome household cleaners, but they are a great company too.  Simple Green Naturals are also certified by the Good Housekeeping institute.

All Simple Green Naturals products can be purchased at Lowe's Hardware & Improvement stores.

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Do you want to win this ENTIRE 

collection of Simple Green Naturals?

One lucky winner will receive all 8 Simple Green Naturals products!!

You can earn up to 7 entries:

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Giveaway is open until 11:59 PM June 18, 2010.

This giveaway is open to US residents only; sorry my international buddies :(

You must be over 18 and be able to provide a street address (no PO Boxes).

Thank you to Simple Green Naturals for sponsoring this giveaway!

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