Unique Ways to Clean Your Home: Tips and Tricks for the Modern Parent

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Keeping a clean home is a challenge that every parent faces, especially when you're juggling work, kids, and everything else life throws your way. For many of us, the cleaning routine can become mundane, and let’s be honest, sometimes we wish we had a magic wand to make the mess disappear. While there's no magic wand, there are unique and efficient ways to keep your home sparkling, making cleaning less of a chore and more of an experience. 

Here are some tips that will transform the way you approach home cleaning.

Stepping Into Spring with A Deep Clean and Finding New Space in Your Home

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AD: Compact homes are cute, cost-effective, and cosy, yet they can present a challenge regarding storage space. Often, those living in smaller houses would rather skip the hassle of moving to a bigger place (or they don’t have the spare funds!) and instead make the most of their current situation by thinking of creative ways to bypass their spatial setbacks. 

Fortunately, with spring on the way, there are various ways that you can find new space in your home and give it a thorough deep clean simultaneously. From clearing out your entryway by transferring coats and shoes into an ottoman to storing children’s toys using an over-the-door storage solution, we list several of our top tips to achieve this below:  

Vileda Windomatic **REVIEW**

Cleaning the windows is one of the jobs I really hate!! Our windows seem to get really wet from condensation too, especially in the winter when its cold outside and we have the heating on inside. Meaning they need wiping over on a daily basis, which in itself is a pretty tedious job and I never seem to be able to get the windows smear free when I do this.

So when we were recently offered the chance the give the Vileda Windomatic a try I was intrigued to see if it would really work and if it could help make clearing the windows a little quicker in the mornings!

The Vileda windomatic comes as one whole unit with a detachable container that collects the water. The windomatic charges via a cable (you need to charge it for 6 hours before the first use) and gives up to 20 minutes cleaning, meaning you don't have to worry about changing batteries etc.

The Vileda windomatic is lightweight and easy to hold and the wide vacuumed rubber blade makes quick and easy work of cleaning windows, it also tilts and flexes by up to 15 degrees to ensure you can get in to all those tricky to reach corners. But that is not all it can be used for!

As well as cleaning windows here are just some of the things the Vileda Windomatic can be used for -

- Clearing condensation on windows
- Cleaning up drink spills
- Clearing your car windscreen of moisture/condensation
- Cleaning mirrors

I can honestly say since using the windomatic clearing the windows in the morning now takes mintues and isn't a job I hate! Its quick, easy and leaves us with clear, dry and smear free windows every single time.

Here is our windows before and after and this took under 2 minutes!

As you can see they are totally clear and dry too. In the spring I will be getting my husband out on the ladder to clean the outside with this too, meaning it will save us money on having to hire a window cleaner too.

The Windomatic has been great having around for when the kids are eating too. Evelyn is currently moving from drinking out of a beaker to a cup and as I am sure you can imagine we are getting quite a few spills. The windomatic however makes light work of sucking up the spilt drink leaving the table clean and dry in seconds.

The Vileda Windomatic is priced at £49.99 and in my opinion is totally worth that! It has several uses and we are using it daily making it really worth while and a household gadget that now I have I don't want to be without.

I would give the windomatic a 4.5 out of 5. The only reason its not a 5 is because of the usage time. 20 Minutes is fine if your just using it to clear condensation of a morning. However if you wanted to tackle a bigger job like cleaning the windows I would be worried about running out of charge before the job was done.

Are there any cleaning jobs you really hate?

xXx



**I was not paid for this post, I did receive the windomatic free of charge for the purpose of this review. All thoughts and opinions are my own.**

Ecoegg win a Queens award! + a Ecoegg bundle Giveaway.

You may have recently seen our review of the EcoEgg here on the blog if not you can find it here! 

As you can tell from our review we loved the Ecoegg and are still using it at the moment as it lasts so long making it so cost effective! So I was delighted to hear that the fabulous people over at Ecoegg have won a prestigious Queens Award for Enterprise in Innovation 2016. 

(image from the Ecoegg website)

The Queen’s Awards are made annually by Her Majesty The Queen on the advice of the Prime Minister, who is assisted by an Advisory Committee that includes representatives of Government, industry and commerce


Rob Knight Founder and Managing director of Ecoegg said "We are thrilled to have been awarded a Queen's award in such a competitive category. We have worked very hard as a company to develope products that make a real positive impact on the lives of people that use them as well as to the environment."
"Innovation drives everything we do ay Ecoegg and the Laundry egg along with 18 other eco-friendly products, have each revolutionised the categories in which they compete. Providing a cost effective and natural alternative to products that have remained the same for decades, and changing the way wrethink about everyday tasks such as cleaning, is something we are very proud of."

There was also a lovely and well deserved piece about Ecoegg's prestigious award which featured in The Kent Messenger Newspaper. 

To celebrate Ecoegg receiving this fantastic award I have a great bundle of Ecoegg goodies available to giveaway to one lucky reader today! Entering is simple just fill out as many entries in the Rafflecopter form below as you wish and keep an eye out for a winner announcement! 

The bundle will contain a 210 wash Laundry Egg, Dryer Eggs, 1 pack of Detox Tabs, and a Stain Remover!


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Zoflora 3 in 1 disinfectant **REVIEW**

Before I had children cleaning the house was dare I say it a doddle (well compared to now anyway lol). Me and my partner were both working and I would often light a scented candle whilst we were home in the evening to leave a lovely scent in the house.
However since having children keeping the house fresh tidied and smelling nice has become more difficult, I can no longer light a scented candle for fear of little fingers wanting to touch and vases of flowers are often a no go with James wanting to touch or pick them lol!

Then I was recently contacted about review Zoflora, A 3 in 1 disinfectant and I was intrigued, A product that could clean and leave the house smelling lovely sounded like a winner to me!

Zoflora is a 3 in 1 disinfectant that comes in a wide range of fragrances so not only does it clean but it really does leave the house smelling lovely too!
The smell Zoflora gives off is strong but not over powering and stays in the air for ages. I used it to clean our bathroom and we could all still smell the lavender fragrance the next morning.

When the bottle arrived it looked quite small and I wasn't sure just how far it would go however for most cleaning jobs Zoflora should be diluted 1 part disinfectant to 40 parts water meaning it really does last. I was also worried that watering it down so much would effect the fragrance but it didn't at all.
I have also started adding a drop or 2 down the toilet of an evening just before we go to bed and it leaves the bathroom smelling lovely and fresh come the morning. It is also handy to wipe over the bin with especially if you have a bin in the kitchen that can sometimes get a little smelly this will definitely eliminate that problem.

Zoflora is available in a huge range of fragrances including Cherry Blossom, Warm Cinnamon, Apple Orchard and Country Garden.
and can be used on such a wide variety of surfaces such as sinks, drains, toilets, baths, taps, floors, kitchen work surfaces and even potties!

Zoflora kills 99.9% of bacteria, eliminates odours and leaves you with all day freshness and with so many fragrances to choose from im sure you will find one to suit you. Why not pop over to their website here  www.zoflora.co.uk and check out the range of products available.

Have you tried Zoflora before? What did you think? Do you have a favourite scent?

xXx

* I was not paid for this review. All opinions given are my own.

* If you would like me to review your product or service, please email me on xJessLegresleyx@hotmail.com.