How to wash black and dark clothes without fading Sorting your washing Step 1. It’s a well known fact that to keep whites bright, you need to wash them separately. But not many people realise that it also works both ways! Dark clothing washed with light or coloured clothing will start to fade, or leach […]
From the outset, milk does not look like it is going to be a troublesome stain. After all, it’s white and it seems like it rinses clean. The biggest problem with milk stains is that it comes after the stain has dried. Even waiting around in the laundry room, milk stains that looked like no […]
5 Ways to use Essential Oils In the Laundry Room
The benefits of essential oils have been making their way around the interwebs for some time, so this isn’t a new craze. Using essential oils for healing, wellness as well as masking terrible odours have been around for centuries. Thankfully, many families are looking for more natural ways to manage their health and scent their homes, so essential oils have made a resurgence.
Cleaning the bathroom is not generally considered fun. So here are some ultra easy steps to clean and then maintain a bathroom free of soap scum I’ve been reading a few posts, blogs, articles etc on how to keep your bathroom sparkly clean and shiny new. And one of the more recent suggestions is to […]
I received an email recently that surprised me, initially. But 2 seconds later I realised I was more surprised that I hadn’t received this question far earlier. The question was simply – is your wool from non-mulesed sheep? So to answer this question right up front, in case that is all you want/need to know, the […]
Here’s my experience with the not so common symptom of post natal depression….ANGRY MAMA Many years ago my sister suffered post natal depression and although I don’t know all of her symptoms, I thought that there might be a genetic predisposition for me to experience this also. So after having my babies I checked in […]
Guest Post by the very lovely Marretta from Two-Winged Fruit My name is Maretta, CEO and Founder of Two-winged fruit – Rainforest friendly skincare. I’m delighted to have the opportunity to write a guest blog post for ilovemymates. Two-winged fruit is definitely mates with ilovemymates as we share many things in common! I’d like to […]
I’m not in the business of writing opinion pieces under normal circumstances. Oddly enough! Considering I have many strongly held opinions about…well pretty much everything HA! But I do have quite a bee in my bonnet about this topic. A big huge buzzing bumblebee! Since having kids, myself, I have been working really hard to limit many things which we […]
Neem oil is a vegetable oil pressed from the fruits and seeds of the NEEM tree which is native to the Indian subcontinent, but has been introduced to many other areas in the tropics Neem oil can vary in colour; from a golden yellow to reddish brown to even a greenish brown or a bright red. Be fairly […]
Let me set the scene for you…..I had recently ripped up a weed mat out of the garden bed as it was all torn and not doing a whole lot. Just a few very short days later I discover nettles growing up in place of the mat. Ohhhh, I exclaim, nettles – I know these are super […]
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