Over the past few months, I have been trying to make the switch from commercial cleaning and beauty products to more natural (and less expensive) homemade ones. That is why I am excited to join some of my blogging friends in sharing our own recipes for beauty and cleaning products! For my product I decided to make an all-natural microwave cleaner.
Natural Microwave Cleaner
When I clean the microwave, I usually fill a microwavable bowl halfway full with vinegar, microwave it for 1-2 minutes and immediately scrub down the microwave. It works like a charm!
I have to tell you, though, that my husband hates the smell! So now, before microwaving my bowl filled with vinegar, I add a few lemon and orange slices to it. When I run the microwave with my vinegar, orange and lemon mixture, I get a yummy smell, too. Wonderful! I’ve also read that if you fill a mason jar with lemons, close it with a tight-fitting lid and let it sit for two weeks, you get a powerful lemon and vinegar all-purpose cleaner. I have to try that!
Natural Beauty & Cleaning Products
Be sure to check out all the homemade beauty and cleaning products that my friends have come up with! I know I will: I would like to find some non-bleach products for my laundry and bathroom. I like the way bleach cleans, but when I use it, it makes me feel ill! You can find the links to my friends’ blogs below. Enjoy!
This must smell amazing! Thank you for sharing!
Wow! This is awesome! I love citrus and our microwave is a mess. Thanks for sharing with Sharing It Sunday. I’m definitely pinning this one!
That is great, Michelle, thanks! Glad you liked it!
I just cleaned my microwave this morning…grrrrr….I wish I had seen this first. I’ll pin it so I can remember it for the next time. Thanks so much for sharing!
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Thanks for stopping by, Mary Beth, and good luck with the microwave!
Hi Lauren,
I too love to replace harsh, toxic commercial cleaners with safer homemade cleaners so I love your recipe for lemon orange vinegar microwave cleaner! Thanks for stopping by my blog. So glad to meet you!
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Thanks, Deborah, and thanks for stopping by. I am happy to have discovered your blog! 🙂
Great idea! Can’t wait to try this! I agree with your hubby and don’t like the smell of vinegar in the microwave so I’m excited to try it with the citrus 🙂
What a helpful idea! Scrubbing the microwave is one of my least favorite kitchen jobs, because inevitably there is something that exploded in there that no one bothered to clean up. I am definitely going to try this! Visiting via #sitsblogging! Following you everywhere now…glad to connect!
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Thai is such a great tip, I too hate the smell of vinegar so it’s good to know that the fruit makes it smell good. Commenting from SITS challenge
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Lemon is one of the most powerful cleaners out there! I already use it to degrease my microwave but I love how you added potpourri.
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Hi! Stopping by from SITSgirls. My microwave is embarrassing. It gets ignored because cleaning the microwave is my second least favorite thing to do right behind cleaning the bathroom. Thanks for sharing this cleaner. I love lemon and orange and this looks easy enough for me to handle. 🙂
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