Eco-Me Giveaway and Review

Written by greenandcleanmom on Sep - 17 | Comments | Related : Green Cleaning, Green Giveaways, Green Goods and Reviews, Green Homes, Green Solutions and Tips

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I love it when I come across a person that starts a company for the same reasons I did, to clean safer and more natural. To help people and the environment. To educate. Robin Levine is a woman I can relate to. She has started a company called, Eco-Me to provide 100% natural kits for the home, body, baby and pet. A woman who made the connection between health and toxic chemicals. Who had a concern and was done with accepting conventional harmful cleaners. Robin Levine was motivated by a personal story and so many of us are. The greatest part about her company is this word “natural” is actually just that and not a marketing word used to create buzz.

How do I know this and how will you know this? Each kit that is purchased for either the home, body, pet or baby comes with what you need to create a natural cleaner but YOU bring the natural ingredients such as vinegar, baking soda, water, baking powder or olive oil. We all have these ingredients and can buy them organic if we want. The making your own cleaning products and knowing how much, what essential oil to use and how to combine them to be effective is the part that leaves most of us scratching our heads. Easier to just go and buy the premade baby wipes body scrub. Eco-Me eliminates the guess work and makes everything simple and a busy mom loves the word, simple

I have personally mixed, cleaned with and tried the Eco-Me Home Kit, Baby Kit and Dog Kit along with the body scrub. Oh, my, my have I been having fun and now my daughters bum is wiped with home made wipes and my dog Rex has a natural flea spray and shampoo powder. The body scrub is scrumptious and my skin is naturally smooth and I felt good knowing I contributed to making the safe product to use on my body. That’s a good feeling! I know now from experience that the cleaning solutions, mixtures and kits are not only natural but effective. Another word a busy mom loves, effective.

Eco-Me would like to give one Green and Clean Mom reader the opportunity to clean natural with an Eco-Me home kit. Wanna get your Eco on an win this kit? I’ll give you a few chances but remember if you do three of the things you have to leave three different comments! Here it goes…

1. Leave me a comment sharing your favorite Eco-Me tip from this page, click here.

2. Blog about this great company, their products, talk about their tips, whatever but link back to Green and Clean Mom telling the world you heard about these products here and this is where you can win a kit.

3. Give me a stumble, thumbs up!

4. Tweet about this contest and @greenmom me to let me know you did so.

5. Leave me a comment with your favorite natural home-made gotta have cleaner, baby product, dog remedy or body product.

Giveaway begins, September 17, 2008 and ends September 24, 2008. CLOSED! Remember to check out the official Green and Clean Mom rules.

Winner:

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Timestamp: 2008-09-27 03:44:45 UTC

kathy pease Says:

*Sprinkle a little bit of baking soda on your carpets, let sit for 10 minutes before vacuuming. Baking Soda will deodorize and absorb odors.

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kathleen

Patches soaked in Vinegar before sewing on your clothes will help to precent the colors from running.

kathleen

Eco-Me eliminates the guess work out of making organic cleaning solutions and makes everything simple.

Lily Kwan

I like to mix equal parts of honey, lemon juice, and glycerin and then take 1 teaspoon frequently to relieve the pain of a sore throat.

Lily Kwan

I love the tip about wiping with vinegar to remove labels or sticky glue residue.

Heather C

I use a natural product combo to clean my face: Nature's Facial cleanser and Topical Solution. It's a great combo!

Heather C

I like this tip: Give old sponges a second chance; soak overnight in baking soda and water.

Clifton Wade

I use vinegar and water to clean my windows and mirrors!

Buddy Garrett

Remove labels or sticky glue residue wipe with vinegar.

Sand

My favorite tip is:
"Make sure to use good quality white vinegar, some "low cost brands are made with petroleum which is a hazardous chemical. Heinz is a good brand making their white vinegar from grain and water.

I always use Heinz but had no idea that there was a difference between Heinz and lesser quality vinegars.

Timothy Sternberg

To remove labels or sticky glue residue wipe with vinegar.

Donna kozar

Clean with vinegar and water.

Donna kozar

To remove labels or sticky glue, use vinegar

Tammy

give old sponges a second chance; soak overnight in baking soda and water

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kathy pease

*Sprinkle a little bit of baking soda on your carpets, let sit for 10 minutes before vacuuming. Baking Soda will deodorize and absorb odors.

CHERYL A FRANCISCO

Vinegar for sticky stuff.
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Betty C

I knew about many of the tips but the suggestion to give old sponges a second chance; soak overnight in baking soda and water was new to me.

D Johnson

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dean

I like the tip about revjuvenating old sponges...also about doing recycling drives for less thought of items

Kayce C

Give old sponges a second chance; soak overnight in baking soda and water.

Michelle L.

Tea tree oil works wonders for getting rid of germs, and it is non-toxic. My family also has switched from paper napkins and paper towels to cloth ones.

janet

I learned so many eco-friendly uses for vingar, nice tips.:)

Jenny

You can use vinegar and baking soda to replace so many cleaning supplies in your home. I put vinegar in the toliet and leave it a few hours and it cleans so nicely. Baking soda is good for a lot of the tougher cleaning.

joanna smith

There are so many great eco-friendly, money saving tips! My favorite is “Give old sponges a second chance; soak overnight in baking soda and water.” I usually throw my dish sponges away once a week because I feel there will be mold or bacteria growing inside of them. Now that I know every night I can soak them in this "potion" it will save me so much $$$ just on sponges, and insure that my family is still going to be safe from mold and bacteria! I would love an opportunity to try the Eco-friendly kit! I have a family of 5 so I can use all the eco help I can get! Thank you for another great giveaway!

Suanne Giddings

Those partner-less socks (you know - the ones left after the washing machine eats the other one) make great puppets AND dust rags (put your hand inside and start dusting). Thanks for the chance to win!

Suanne Giddings

Make sure to use good quality white vinegar, some low cost brands are made with petroleum which is a hazardous chemical.

I just looked at the labels on the two gallons I have stashed away and there is nothing on them to tell me if they are petroleum based or not.
Thank you for such a useful giveaway.

Carol lewis

I like Bon Ami which is calcium carbonate-no chemicals and natural dishwashing liquid to clean my tubs. No chemicals and works very well.

Leigh Nichols

Use rags- I'm a big believer in NOT using paper towels.

RFrakes

Soaking the aerators and shower heads in vinegar removes all the scaling from hard water.

leloni

I use vinegar for a lot of stuff around the house.

Traci C

I am thankful for the information that all vinegars are not equal. I have been using baking soda and vinegar as cleaners for some time but I usually go for bargain brands, not anymore. Thanks.

Cindy J

Reuse all your plastic shopping bags. Thanks.

jen gersch

baking soda on pet urine

Jessica G

Wow, I learned so many eco-friendly uses for vingar, great tips.

Thanks for the giveaway!

sarah lehan

To remove labels or sticky glue residue wipe with vinegar. I use this one often. Thanks for the contest.

Samantha Pruitt

Pour baking soda down drains to keep them smelling clean! good idea!

Deb Wallin

I never heard about using vinegar to clean toilets.

Terry C

Pour vinegar into your toilet bowl, let sit for 10 minutes and flush, remove stains and bacteria. Never thought of using vinegar for that. Thanks!

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Talitha Lee

Using vinegar for your toilet! I can't wait to try this out on my hubby's toilet! Thanks for the contest!

tracyb

i use vinagar to get spilled kool-aid off the floor

Terri P

I use baking soda for just about everything.

Jodene

Use rags and cloth napkins - I do this in our house, it's cheaper to wash a dish towel and better for the enviroment then using paper all the time.

sarah

Boil vinegar and pour down clogged drains to unstop pipes.
I'm gonna try that tonight!

Nanette

I wasn't aware that some vinegars were made from synthetic ingredients. I will check the ingredients when I shop from now on.

Amy W

To get sticky stuff off, use vinegar! Now that is very easy to do!!!

Erma

My favorite green household tip - use rags and vinagir when cleaning.

Elizabeth M.

I use lemon juice to dissolve hard water deposits!

Elizabeth M.

Boil vinegar and pour down clogged drains to unstop pipes.--favorite tip!

Paula H

*Make sure to use good quality white vinegar, some low cost brands are made with petroleum which is a hazardous chemical. Heinz is a good brand making their white vinegar from grain and water.

*To remove labels or sticky glue residue wipe with vinegar.

I never knew either of these.

Barbara Fox

Using vinegar to get rid of sticky stuff.

Felicia L.

I was reading all the tips, thanks everyone. My mom for years was using vinager in the wash to remove kitchen stains on kitchen uniforms for smell and stains, to clean the coffee machine. I also cut the plastic 6 pack soda holders and for sure recycle.

Jennifer M

"Make sure to use good quality white vinegar, some low cost brands are made with petroleum which is a hazardous chemical. Heinz is a good brand making their white vinegar from grain and water." I didn't know this, I bought what was on sale. I will check labels from now on.

Lee Treskovich

like your site with helpful tips-- I use vinegar and baking soda for lots of cleaning projects like the stove and refrigerator

kristina jones

I love this tip. We have an older home and the drains are a problem. I wish I had known this years ago.
Boil vinegar and pour down clogged drains to unstop pipes.

kari follett

Im going to try the baking soda in the carpet tip - I have a dog and 5 cats and can always use any extra help in that area!

kriss

I don't understand about the tweet and stumble thing. LOL If anyone wants to email me and let me know how, I would love to learn.

kriss

To remove labels or sticky glue residue wipe with vinegar

Sarah C

*Make sure to use good quality white vinegar, some low cost brands are made with petroleum which is a hazardous chemical. Heinz is a good brand making their white vinegar from grain and water."

I had no idea that there was a difference in vinegar! I thought it as all the same.

Susan Ledet

I use diluted white vinegar for cleaning the kitchen floor as well as mirrors.

Susan Ledet

I would like to try the Element: Body Sugar Scrub.

Vanessa Richins

*Grind vinegar ice cubes in your garbage disposal to deodorize and sharpen blades.

Rebecca T.

I didn't know there was a difference in the quality of vinegar. I will definitely try the Heinz brand or even an organic one. I use vinegar all the time.

Tamara Bennington

My favorite items to use around the house are lemons, distilled white vinigar and baking soda they can clean anything

Tamara Bennington

I like the idea from her website about "At work. Assemble a team of co-workers to conduct an energy audit at your workplace. Look for lights and equipment needlessly left on, drafty windows and doors you could insulate, inefficient thermostat settings, and other energy-wasters. Make recommendations for improvements that will save energy and money."

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Make sure to use good quality white vinegar, some low cost brands are made with petroleum which is a hazardous chemical. Heinz is a good brand making their white vinegar from grain and water

I bought heinz last time and I will only buy it from now on, scary

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Ashley

i really like that you can sprinkle baking soda on your carpet. i have never thought of that but i think its a great idea

Rebecca

*Pour vinegar into your toilet bowl, let sit for 10 minutes and flush, remove stains and bacteria.

bob

Lemon ammonia instead of the complicated eco-damaging cleaners.

dianne

To remove labels or sticky glue, use vinegar.

Jaclyn R.

I've used the baking soda and vinegar down our sinks several times to unclog them. Fun to do and it works!

Ashley

Baking soda can wipe away crayon, pencil or scuff marks from your walls, rub gently over spots with a rag.

Queenoftheclick

I had no idea that some vinegar had petroleum in it. That is absolutely disgusting. What's worse is that I use the cheap vinegar for years because who knew that the cheap vinegar was different from the expensive vinegar.

Thanks for the good tip.

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jolene

involve the kids in recycling so less ends up in the trash

Debra F.

To give your laundry a boost add Borax powder. It is also great for cleaning the tub.

Becca

Tip: To remove labels or sticky glue residue wipe with vinegar. How simple. I always try nail polish remove or just keep scraping at it.

Belinda

White vinegar is a great cleaner.

beth shepherd

I clean with white vinegar. Works great! Also nothing is better than line dried clothes. Thank you!
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toasters

Make sure to use good quality white vinegar, some low cost brands are made with petroleum

kristi blackstone

*Sprinkle a little bit of baking soda on your carpets, let sit for 10 minutes before vacuuming. Baking Soda will deodorize and absorb odors.

Great tips!!! Wow I'll really use these!

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Monica Cross

Use paper cups instead of Styrofoam, which cannot be recycled and could take a single cup about 500 years to decompose.

AZ Dog Mom

I have a drain in the bathroom that is slowly starting to clog up. I'm out of drain cleaner. But I have plenty of vinegar!! I'm going to try that little tip this weekend. Not only will I save money (drain cleaner is EXPENSIVE) but I won't be putting nasty chemicals down the drain. Win-win.

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vicky boackle

clean the sink drain with baking soda.

Jennifer Dawson

Vinegar works for just about anything! I never knew about store brands though! I'm so glad I read that!

Monique Rizzo

I use Lemon Juice and Baking soda to clean. Works very well.

Vicki wurgler

Remove coffee stains on mugs and coffee pots by wiping with white vinegar

Carrie

My favorite tip is:
*Grind vinegar ice cubes in your garbage disposal to deodorize and sharpen blades.

elizabeth dehart

Baking soda removes crayon off walls. I did not know that!

llinda29

I use leftovers in soups instead of throwing them out. Sometimes I will freeze the leftovers until I have enough

Laura G

Have always bought store brand vinegar and thought they were all the same - not any more! thanks for the heads up

Kathy Scott

Natural cleaning tips of using baking soda.

lori williams

I've always used white vinegar, but always the STORE BRAND! I had no idea there was petroleum in the cheap brands. Now, it will be Heinz only! Great tips and great prize. Thanks!

Bernadette Holbrook

White vinegar by far!! I use it to wash windows, deodorize cay litter, wash floors!!!!

lisa f

I use vinegar and baking soda for unclogging a drain

Lisa

Wow, you can really use vinegar to remove sticky glue.... I always used goo gone too.

Deci

Buy only what you need, use it as long as you can, then recycle it. Avoid packaging.

denyse

Give old sponges a second chance; soak overnight in baking soda and water.

hetal g

Use paper cups instead of Styrofoam, which cannot be recycled and could take a single cup about 500 years to decompose

Vow!!!!. You got me out of buying that cups!
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Jodi

My favorite non-toxic cleaner right now is Dr. Bronner's Sal Suds. It has a great pine scent, and a little goes a long way. I use a tiny squirt to clean toilets; I dilute some with water in a spray bottle for general house cleaning. One bottle lasts me nearly a year and only costs about $10.

Jodi

I'd always heard about cleaning with vinegar. But I didn't know to: "Make sure to use good quality white vinegar, some low cost brands are made with petroleum which is a hazardous chemical. Heinz is a good brand making their white vinegar from grain and water."

Mya Brooks

If you sprinkle a little bit of baking soda on your carpet and let it sit for 10 minutes before vacuuming it will deodorize and absorb odors.

I'm glad I know this now. I have a smelly dog, 2 smelly cats, and two smelly rabbits. This will come in handy.

Terra Heck

My favorite Eco-Me tip is to assemble a team of co-workers to conduct an energy audit at your workplace. Look for lights and equipment needlessly left on, drafty windows and doors you could insulate, inefficient thermostat settings, and other energy-wasters. Make recommendations for improvements that will save energy and money

Sylvia Belle

i will replace goo gone with vinegar

christopher h

replace harsh chemicals with vinegar

Hayley G.

Using vinegar to remove coffee stains on mugs and coffee pots is genius!

Michele Pineda

wow, I am going to have to try this! Baking soda can take off pencil, scuff or crayon marks on walls by wiping gently with a cloth...

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Amanda

To remove labels or sticky glue, use vinegar-I’ve always wondered what to use. I tried it today and it works great!

Kirstin

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Kirstin

I didn't know about putting vinegar in the toilet bowl - great tip!

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Jackie B.

My gotta have cleaner is plain old lemon juice. Heat up about 1/4 cup in the microwave for a minute or two and then wipe down. The microwave comes out spotless with very little elbow grease and it smells good too!

Jackie B.

*Grind vinegar ice cubes in your garbage disposal to deodorize and sharpen blades. What a great idea. I never heard of this. I do use vinegar for many cleaning purposes though. It works great on the shower doors to remove soap scum.

susan varney

use cloth bags hang your laundry outdoors to dry

Jamie

I love using boiling vinegar to clean out the drains!

charline s

Sprinkle baking soda on your carpet and let it sit for 10 minutes before vacuuming it will deodorize and absorb odors. I knew this and do it about once a month.

Meredith Peters

I use organic baby shampoo as a gentle wash for my genital area and under the arms. No more sensitive and irritated skin!

Meredith Peters

I had no idea you could sharpen and freshen your garbage disposal blade with vinegar ice cubes! Great idea! And I'm so glas that I found out that some cheap vinegars are made from petroleum!! Yuck!!

Kara

I like this tip:
"Give old sponges a second chance; soak overnight in baking soda and water."
I'm excited to give it a try. I have read that you can microwave sponges, but they smell weird and it uses electricity. I'm glad there's a better way!

adrienne gordon

To remove labels or sticky glue, use vinegar comes in handy when your sticker puts stickers on your car

Kathleen W.

My absolute favorite natural cleaning product is vinegar. I've blogged about it (and baking soda) several times and call them my BFFs (best friends forever). I use it on everything, and to make it smell purty, I put some lavender essential oil and tea tree oil in my vinegar/water solution.

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Kathleen W.

This is my favorite tip:
Eco-Me gives you a head start with their cleaning kits where you can re-use and re-mix eco-friendly cleaners over and over.

I love that you can reuse their packaging and mix up more cleansers. I'd love to try their products!

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Susan Smith

Vinegar is good for removal of sticky stuff

jennifer bowen

well here are some things i know that work to well clean up stove's baking soda and vinger , lemon or lime ,stalt and it also works for the bath room and well all over the place also if you take katchup and musterd it will clean copper also when useing it use water. but well this is a grate prize i love to try and win this thanks

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sandy

Who knew: To remove labels or sticky glue residue wipe with vinegar. I thought goo gone was the only option… I didn't know that either and will be buying a big bottle of vinegar and getting rid of the goo

Irene

I had a horrible rust stain on my off-white carpeting from a metal Christmas tree stand. Nothing would remove it until I used a number of applications/dabbings of lemon juice. The rust stain and ring and gone...and using a natural product!

Lori Walker

I use ice cubes to keep the blades on my garbage disposal sharp!

lisa

having patience and using vinegar and baking soda....I am just an instant fix type of girl....patience

Angel

Vinegar is good for removal of sticky stuff.

Alicia Webster

I love all of the tips that were given for using baking soda and vinegar when cleaning. Why? Because soooooo many books tell you to use baking soda and/or vinegar, but then they often aren't specific on which one can do what and what they can be used for. The specific tip I liked best was to use a higher grade of vinegar (better name brand) because some of the cheaper brands contain petroleum. I had no idea, and I would have bought the cheapest one automatically if I hadn't have read this first.
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karissa

*Boil vinegar and pour down clogged drains to unstop pipes.

bah bye draino!!! we have one sink that gets stopped up all the time. thanks!

James Jenkins

vinegar will remove labels

Terri Dell

Pour baking soda down drains to keep them smelling clean

Jenn S.

Baking soda can wipe away crayon, pencil or scuff marks from your walls, rub gently over spots with a rag. - This will come in handy, my little artist has been drawing everywhere lately :(.

Rebecca Snodgrass

Remove labels or sticky glue residue wipe with vinegar. I wish i had known this sooner, i needed this about a week ago.

berwyn100

I have a grill outside that is powered by solar energy

Carol

Organize a recycling drive and consider collecting uncommon items such as cell phones. Earth Share can send you collection boxes and mailing labels!

Rebecca C

I use vinegar a lot! So most of those cleaning tips were new to me, it is the best thing I have ever used to clean the microwave! I add some to water in a microwave safe bowl, and run the microwave just until it starts to boil. Then let sit for about 10 minutes and the gunk on the inside of the microwave wipes right out!

Of course you could get your children to wipe up the mess they make in there as soon as they make it! Like that will ever happen :P

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*Give old sponges a second chance; soak overnight in baking soda and water.

And here I thought old sponges were dead for good! (and gross :P)

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Amy

Ooooooh! Tell me more about the natural flea spray! Can it be used for cats as well?

Janet F

My favorite natural home-made gotta have cleaner is baking soda. I use it to clean my sinks and tub.
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Janet F

Getting rid of toxic cleaning products? If the is in an aerosol can or contains the words flammable, corrosive, toxic or danger bring it to a hazardous-waste site.

Thank you!

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susan

favorite homemade cleaner:
mix castille soap (i like the peppermint scented) with baking soda until it is a paste and scrub sink with it......works great!!!

susan

favorite tip from eco me page:
*Make sure to use good quality white vinegar, some low cost brands are made with petroleum which is a hazardous chemical. Heinz is a good brand making their white vinegar from grain and water.

what?? i just thought vinegar was vinegar! glad i saw this!!

Nicole J.

My favorite green household tip - use rags and cloth napkins. In our house someone is always making a mess and we used to go through so many rolls of paper towels. Now I may use a roll every 2 months, sometimes 3 months.

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Missy

Involving your kids as much as you can with the recycling you do around the house.

Michelle

I have used the Eco-Me Home Kit before. What I love the most about it, is that my 4 year old can help me clean with it. I never have to worry about her being around harmful chemicals, as she shadows me doing my housework. And this comes with enough oils to make 2 of each product. What else on the market gives you that opportunity? Eco-Me, great products!

Angie

If you sprinkle a little bit of baking soda on your carpet and let it sit for 10 minutes before vacuuming it will deodorize and absorb odors. Cool! Thanks for the chance to enter.

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alison

To remove labels or sticky glue, use vinegar-I've always wondered what to use! Geez-so easy!

annie

I posted it to my Facebook.

Patti

Who knew: To remove labels or sticky glue residue wipe with vinegar. I thought goo gone was the only option...

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