As a stay at home mom, I always search for products that could make my chores at home easier. I would have to say, Ariel detergents is one of the trusted products I’ve been using for years. When it comes to cleaning our clothes, it is incomparable to other …

If you have a dog or cat around the home, you know that they can wreak havoc on your carpets and upholstery, particularly if they like lounging on your sofa or bed. Unfortunately, our “best friends” leave their own special odor behind. Urine and feces smells linger, …

When I bought this air freshener for the first time I found it pretty interesting, as it works with batteries. With only two small batteries you can program it to release the fragrance that’s loaded on it in three different periods of time. It can be once every 9, …

As you know there is nothing better tasting or healthier than freshly juice…well juice! Whether it be from vegetables or fruits. If you make the right combination you would never be disappointed or turn your nose up at it. Although there have been times where the combination I have …

I have tried all sorts of toilet cleaners and fresheners over the years. I have tried the ones you just squirt under the rim and down the toilet, both cheap and expensive all just to be flushed away and not very effective. I have tried the blocks that you …

I’m sort of a modernist when it comes to window treatments. In a perfect world I’d have bare floor to ceiling windows flanked by decorative panels.I don’t like normal sheers and I’m definitely not into lace curtains. Both look dated and old lady-ish to me.
But, lets’ face it. …

I bought the Bodum “Mousse” milk frother to complement the Bodum French Press Coffee maker which I bought at the same time.
The Mousse is essentially a large glass beaker with a “unit” which sits on the top, powered by 2 AA batteries. You fill the beaker …

I usually use whatever dish soap is on sale, because I never really thought it made a difference what kind I use. But right now, I have two bottles of dish liquid sitting on my kitchen counter, and this one is better. The water stays sudsy and does not …

When it comes to toilet tissue it is very important for me and my family to have to right type. There are reasons why we choose to go with the right type of tissue. But for the most part it has alot to do with our toilet as well …

I absolutely love my Senseo Single Serve Gourmet Coffee Machine. I have owned one of these single service coffee makers for the last five years. I have one for our house, I have one for when we go on vacation and now I want to get one for …

Grills are one of the most important things in life. They bring harmony to a man’s life and I mean they are just amazing. The make a man feel like a man. I bought the Brinkman burner Gas bill about a year ago and I have still found it …

I consider myself a budget shopper and my guilty habit is that I can sometimes get so obsessive about it. Take for instance something as trivial as dishwashing detergent. There was a time when I bought only Smart dishwashing paste because it was the cheapest in the grocery aisle …

The coffee machine Philips Senseo Quadrate select HD7860/11 is great, has a simple but elegant design, the quality of their coffee is sublime and also has the possibility to make two coffees at a time.
I’m a fan of coffee, I see this coffee as a luxury, as a way …

I started using these mainly to clean my tub and they are perfect in my opinion. One of my most favorite things about them is that the soap is build directly into the pad. These things are completely hassle free to use and they don’t …

When they say that this product is touch on grease, they were not kidding. I could not believe how fast and easy it was to use this product to clean up especially after baking. You all know how baked on food tends to stick to the container. I usually …

When I saw an infommercial on TV about microbeads pillow I immediately decided I wanted one, however I don’t like the idea of telemarketers calling me everyday to offer their new products so I figured I’d have to look for a shop which sells that kind of pillow.
Fortunately, while …

The Cuisinart coffee maker stands tall. Burnished stainless steel couples with black plastic in a lofty, sleek tower design. The metal facade integrates nicely with the currently popular burnished look in kitchen fixtures and appliances, which blends in nicely because the reflective surface picks up surrounding …

I am a huge Clorox fan and it is a staple in my efforts to sanitize and disinfect my home. One product by Clorox that I use on a regular basis is Clorox Automatic Toilet Bowl Cleaner. It is a big round blue tablet of Clorox cleaner …

Bajaj Majestic ICX 6 WOV Induction Cook Top is quite a good product. I am using it since five months without any overt or covert problems. The cook top is delivering what it had promised. Moreover, the cost is not much —“ just Rs. 3200 ($61 approx). I bought …

I honestly think these are a bit to expensive for “regular” laundry but I do have them in my student’s apartment where I do about one wash per week. There are 15 packs of 2 tablets in the box but you need at least 2 for one wash (up …

I like to keep my house smelling fresh and clean, and with two small dogs, Missy and Samantha, when they come in from outside playing they sometimes come in with a dusty odor that clings to the carpets and the sofa when they come into the living room and …

Washing cuffs and collars is not an easy task. Often, I am not sure that stains from make-up or dirt on these areas are removed completely in the washing machine unless I wash them by hand. That would mean however, a lot of soaking and scrubbing and so much …

I sold my LG washing machine when I left Botswana and since moving in to Brussels a couple of weeks ago, I needed to buy a washing machine. The house here is not furnished with the exception of the kitchen which has a cooker, fridge and a dishwasher. I …

I really enjoy burning scented candles. However, I have not been able to burn candles because the smoke coming from the candles causes asthma attacks to flare up wicked. I did find this soy candle called Village Candle Natural Home in the scent Pear & Anise when I was …

I was having a lot of problems with my kitchen floor. It seemed no matter how much I mopped it would just get back dirty. With two busy kids and a husband with black shoes bottoms, the floor was doomed. I hated getting out the mop and the bucket …

Joy For Soy All natural Candle in Orange Blossom and Lavender
One day when i was browsing through Shopko, i stumbled upon the candle aisle. At the time, they were having a huge sale on almost all of their candles, so naturally, i sat there for half an hour and …

Living in a small apartment in upper New York for some reason apartments get infested here in April,and October with ants. I have tried every spray known and nothing seems to work. All the sprays do is keep them away for maybe an hour or two while …

The Target Home Eco Chrome Garment Racks are cheap at around $20, and there is a reason. They are so flimsy, it is untrue?
I bought three of these as I needed some temporary clothes storage. When opened, all of the parts were very well packaged …

When you live in a rental property one of the last things you want to do is spill red wine on the carpeting. It’s nearly impossible to get out, especially in my living room carpet. So when I accidentally bumped into the coffee table and sent my glass of …

I usually use liquid fabric softener and then a friend gave me a box of Bounce Awakenings with Renew-Refresh beads as a gift. I have to admit I was a little puzzled over the fuss she was making about a box of dryer sheets. I have used Bounce dryer …

Anyone who knows me, knows that pine sol has become my new favorite cleaner over the past few months. I use it all of the time, because I feel like it deodorizes my house as well as keeps it clean. I recently noticed that Pine Sol has multiple scents …

The Dyson DC14 vacuum cleaner is a cleaning device that I cannot live without. I do not understand how I managed to clean our floors in our house before acquiring this machine. This is the one luxury item we allowed ourselves when our tax return came in …

While wandering the Shareway Mall in Toronto one day I spied a new store. I wasn’t familiar with the brand but I was with my fiancee and we usually end up looking at kitchen equipment if we are in the mall. I’m the chef in the house so mostly it’s …

It is very important to me to keep my home smelling fresh. It is for this reason that I have experimented with many different air fresheners. I saw this particular one at my local dollar store and was caught by the fact it claimed use only air to spray …

I got this queen sized sheet set at an Aafes exchange store. I’d like to point out that “Simply Perfect For The Home” is actually a brand name. Anyone who shops at U.S. millitary exchange stores is probably familiar with this brand name because they are the company that …

I’m an avid gardener and I love house plants. The garden is no problem, the house plants on the other hand do tend to get sick. I either can’t water them enough or I over-water them. So I decided finally to try the Aqua Globes. …

7 months ago, I’d changed my point reward of my credit card with Weston Premium Thermo Set WTPC-1002P. I have changed with it because I have no thermo to make some hot coffee or hot milk or to make warm water. I waste time if i don’t have …

I am not the type to buy a lot of things online, but I was finding a specific microfiber cloth which I can’t find anywhere. So I looked online and saw Cables Unlimited Ultra Absorbent Microfiber Cleaning Cloths on Amazon for a price of $9. I bought it and …

I was looking to purchase something to store bread so I decided to purchase this bread box. This thing has been wonderful and I’m so glad I decided to purchased it. I have owned it for about a year now and it has been so much better …

My new computer has a flat LCD screen and when I first got it I was not sure of how to clean it, because we have never had that type before. I was used to grabbing a paper towel and some glass cleaner and just wiping it down. On …

I woke up this morning and turned the air conditioner on downstairs and after twenty minutes I noticed that the house was not getting any cooler. I went over to check the air conditioner and noticed that the fan was running, however there wasn’t any cold air blowing. Being …

Walgreen’s brand of paper plates run for a dollar seventy-nine for seventy-two, although a lot of times I can get them on sale for ninety-nine cents! Regardless of the price that I pay on these paper plates, I feel they’re worth the money. These paper plates help to cut …

My mom recently bought me the H2O Mop for cleaning the floors in the kitchen and bathroom and such. I have always used a regular mop and bucket or more often the kitchen sink and that didn’t bother me very much. When she brought it over I …

The Lysol Air Cleaner, Model 0030807, is a very good model of air cleaner, providing the promised air cleaning functions for smaller rooms. This model is meant for smaller rooms, 150 square feet or less, and delivers very well on it’s promise of eliminating 99.9% of air born …

I am a homemaker and I have to say a know plenty about housework and what it takes to get the job done.
Vacuuming is one of my favorite chores. I don’t know why. I love to vacuum. I am also very hard on vacuums. I bump into things and …

I like to try to fight off odors as best I know how around my house. It is not always easy for me, considering that my husband and I smoke in the house on occasion and because my trash can get smelly due to dirty diapers. I was …

This product is one of my favorites and must-have in our kitchen. It’s perfect in handling hot objects especially when I am baking. I am right-handed while my husband is left-handed but this oven glove can be used for both left-handed and right-handed individuals which works perfect for us. …

The BOS White Glitter Christmas Tree Skirt cost me fifteen dollars a year ago and today, it’s still fifteen dollars. The picture on the box that it came in gave the appearance that this was a white Christmas tree skirt covered in gold glitter. When I removed the product …

Recently I received a coupon in the mail for Gain Ultra Dish Liquid. I have never used Gain dish liquid before but I am a big fan of Gain laundry products so I decided to go to Wal-Mart and try this product. It is $1.97 full price at …

Every now and then I get the irresistible urge to eat salad for days. However, I am picky in the way my salad is tossed. I do not like soggy salads. I also find it hard to bring salad to the office for lunch because the sauce will make …