Just a bag of bicarbonate of soda. Honest. I've been using this a lot recently all around the house. So far it has been used to mainly ...
- ...deoderise. I sprinkle some down the drains every so often because fro some reason our drains reek! I also use it on the hall carpet as otherwise it smells very, very doggy and that's a smell I struggle with. I also add it to my homemade deodorant which is a work in progress at the moment.
- ...clean. Occasionally it gets used to scrub some stubborn stain in the sink or bath but mostly I'm using it to wash my hair with quite amazing results. I have tried using bicarb for hair washing a few times with quite unpleasant results but ran out of shampoo at the end of last week and in desperation gave it another go. It works! The only thing I am doing differently is using a different bicarb than I previously did. I was just using the bicarb you get in a small tub at the supermarket in the baking section whereas now I buy it in bulk. All I do is put the dry bicarb into a small pot and take it into the shower with me. I then wet my hair as normal and then mix a little warm water in with the bicarb to make a grainy paste which I then apply bit by bit at the roots of my hair concentrating on the areas I know get greasier quicker. Then once it is all rubbed in I rinse it off until my hair is soft and squeaky clean. It feels a bit weird because it's grainy rather than foamy but really my hair is looking great and, more importantly, isn't smelly or greasy. It might not be appropriate for dry hair.
I could just use conventional cleaners and shampoo as they work well enough but I'm not crazy about lots of chemicals in the house, or on my head, plus I'm not mad keen on the smell of them. I like the fact than bicarb doesn't smell of anything at all. I want my house, and me, to smell of nothing in particular. I always feel that a strong smell whether essential oils or a synthetic perfume is masking something.
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