I’ve had good luck with Seventh Generation and Biokleen products. I can’t stand Mrs Meyer’s scents.
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I got a free Lavender hand soap from Mrs. Meyers and I can’t even be downstairs when someone uses it in the bathroom. I can smell it on their hands for like an hour after they’ve washed up. I hate it, but I need to buy new soap before I can get rid of it, haha.
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I use Bacout by Biokleen for dog stains, baby stains etc definitely like that stuff.
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Yep I got a basil hand lotion that was supposed to be their mildest scent. Had to give it away through buy nothing, I could smell it on my skin for a day even after multiple hand washes.
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I really like my blueland cleaning spray. I just checked and they do ship to Canada. I’m not sure about the shipping prices though.
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@Elle
I have used Blueland all purpose and it smells funky to me. I have also used MrsMeyers All Purpose Lemon Verbana. I am not recommending it because I know you hate it, I am just saying I love it and it is SO EFFECTIVE as a cleaner, so that someone somewhere who likes scents will give poor MrsMeyers a try if its on sale or something.
Right now I switched all surface cleaning (kitchen, stove, sink, floors) to various dilutions of Simple Green: https://simplegreen.com/en-ca/household/products/all-purpose-cleaner/
Biodegradable, non-toxic, mild smell (for me, a person with no sense of smell, apparently). It’s not as good at cutting grease as MrsMeyers but I might have diluted too much in the all purpose.
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I shop at PurHome Clean (Black owned women owned) and have been really happy with all their products which are all low or no scent. I use them basically like Branch Basics.
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I agree that Mrs. Meyers is really effective! Mine is lavender something, which is usually a scent I can handle. If anyone likes strong scents I highly recommend their all purpose!
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Hello, I need to find a new face cream/lotion thing and I know there are people here who know a lot more about skin care than I do. I’m looking for a good, all purpose, not insanely expensive lotion. Or cream. What’s the difference? I’ve never used a face cream with spf, but that would probably be a good idea?
I don’t pay much attention to my skin. It’s pretty average skin, I guess? Not dry and flaky or anything. Maybe a little oily around my nose? I’m 45. I spend a fair bit of time outside, especially in the summer. I’m pretty fair skinned, and the rest of my body tans easily but my face just alternates between pale and sunburned.
What I have used:
- pre age 21: whatever lotion I used on my body
- age 21-late 30s: Clinique Dramatically Different moisturizing lotion. It was fine. I tried an Oil of Olay bottle from the drugstore once in my 20s and remember hating it because it felt really oily and I think made me break out
- age 40-45: my mom took me to Sephora at age 40 and bought me Caudalie Resveratrol Lift Face Lifting Soft Cream. I guess it was better than the Clinique stuff? But I’m not really in tune with minor changes in my face, so I may not appreciate it. She would usually buy it for me as a gift for birthdays/Christmas so I’ve just been using that. But it’s been discontinued and also seemed really expensive, so it seems like I should take this opportunity to find something else.
I might just go back to Clinique, but I figured I’d check with the experts here and see if you had any recommendations.
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Several people recommended First Aid Beauty Ultimate Repair Cream and I think it’s pretty good. Unfortunately you missed an insanely good Black Friday deal on it!
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I’ve used Philosophy for many years and been happy. The thicker cream that I loved has been discontinued so I’ve been buying it on eBay but that’s going to end once there is no more. Lately I’ve been using their Purity Made Simple moisturizer which is pretty light but nice, not sticky at all to me. Hope in a Jar is probably a bit richer. There are others that I haven’t tried that I know are thicker/richer, I will have to try new ones when I cannot find my favorite any longer.
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CeraVe is an excellent, cheap drugstore brand! I swear by their face wash, and their cream and lotion are also very good.
My more expensive indulgence face lotion is from https://malezia.com. I like that it doesn’t leave a residue on me, and doesn’t seem to migrate and irritate my eyes.
I use a Eucerin hand cream which occasionally goes on my face when I’m lazy and already got in bed.
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Oh god. I just used the lavender sent because it was a hand refill. Nope nope nope.
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Y’all need to send me all this smelly stuff. I love it.
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Well I can’t cook over high heat because of the nonstick aspect (not supposed to) but honestly I wouldn’t anyway, anything over medium is blazing hot (maybe that is partially my new stove, which is gas, also). And because of the stainless aspect, for some foods you have to allow the food to release naturally as you would normal stainless, otherwise there will be sticking. If you let it release naturally it is beautiful and does not stick. It’s not a problem, just something to be aware of! I love them!
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I love Mrs Meyer’s but I 1000% can’t do any of the floral or citrus scents, they are all crazy strong. Right now my go-tos are Rain Water (I am not really sure what the scent actually is?) and Basil. They periodically change them, which is annoying because then I have to figure out what the new “good” for me all over again! They are always with blue or green labels though, never the pink or yellow or orange ones.
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Do you mean GreenPan?
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No, HexClad.
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Oh sorry I’m getting all these confused, haha, thank you!
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