Comments on: Simplifying in the Bathroom

By: Sarah-Anne

Sarah-Anne — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 06:11:47 +0000

Thanks so much for answering my question! Even though it’s a small thing, I definitely appreciate it.

BTW, happy birthday to your little fellow. That’s unbelievable that he’s one… the year has flown by! I think I was newly pregnant with my second when you had Titus, and somehow he’s already four months. I can’t quite believe how quickly time seems to go by this time around.

Blessings to you and your famiy!

By: Lindsay

Lindsay — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 17:41:21 +0000

I have tried homemade varieties without much success. We like a thick hand soap and it seems impossible to achieve. Dr bronners is too thin so you don’t feel like you get any on your hands. I tried a soap nut concoction with similar results. We currently use Mrs Meyers lavendar soap and love it! It’s completely natural and very effective and the scent is wonderful. She offers concentrated refill packs I believe. But TJ would probably be your most frugal option unless you like thin watery soap. Vitacost has great deals on Mrs Meyers products.

By: Sarah-Anne

Sarah-Anne — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 06:55:52 +0000

Hi Lindsay,

I’m curious to hear your thoughts on hand soaps. It’s time to replace ours in the bathroom and kitchen. Currently we have liquid soap (often it’s Trader Joe’s, currently it’s Method) in pump dispensers. Have you made your own, or found a less expensive / more frugal / more natural type?

Thanks!

By: ~M

~M — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 18:03:41 +0000

My husband and I share an electric toothbrush that was recommended by his dentist. We each have our own toothbrush head and swap them as needed. I couldn’t find a good way to store the toothbrush heads upright until my brilliant, engineer husband suggested a shot glass. It’s glass, dishwasher safe, and super easy to clean. Works great!

By: Lindsay

Lindsay — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 15:16:03 +0000

I don’t worry about it. Skin Deep is not very accurate on some levels. You have to take some of it with a grain of salt. Most of the natural products that I consider and have researched to be safe come up around 1-2 still. For most assured accuracy, it is important to know the company. Dr Bronners is very reliable and safe from my research and understanding.

By: Kara

Kara — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 15:04:09 +0000

Hi Lindsay, I’ve just started following your website…great ideas! I have a question on using Dr. Bronner’s soap, as I see you are using it for multiple purposes. I have been looking into ordering it for use as baby soap and an ingredient for baby wipe solution, but after discovering the skin deep website from you, looked it up on there and was disappointed. They rate it with a hazard level of 2, granted that is a whole lot better than a lot of the other products out there, but what do you think…

By: Gillian

Gillian — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 23:41:20 +0000

Me too Kate! The Diva Cup is wonderful! Good for the environment, the body and simplifying! It really is too bad that more people don’t know it’s an option. I sure wish I had known about it sooner.

By: Kate

Kate — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 22:05:08 +0000

Oh hey, Lindsay, when we were in Florida of Christmas, I noticed my brother has a cottony shower liner. I’ve been looking for one since then!

Something to check into! And they do dry just as quick as a plastic/vinyl liner, if not quicker.

By: Kate

Kate — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 18:15:29 +0000

I use a Diva Cup. Pads just never appealed to me. I went from tampons to Instead, then a friend mention the diva cup. I haven’t gone back to tampons yet!!! I love the freedom of being able to do ANYTHING during that time of the month.

By: Alison

Alison — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 08:33:07 +0000

Hi there! This is my first time to your site. Excellent! I found it in a search for how people cope with just a toaster oven and no microwave (we’re loving the no microwave life!). Anyway, I was scanning through some of your old posts, and thought I’d share something I’ve found useful in the switch to attempting to be more “green” and “simple”! I don’t know if you’ve ever thought of it, or tried it, but I recently switched from using plastic purchased menstruation pads to cloth ones. I was skeptical at first, but my sister-in-law told me about them and how she loved them! I ordered a bunch from a company called lunapads (www.lunapads.com), and they are wonderful. They would be easy to make as well. I find them excellent! Not itchy, or restricting, and best of all, they save money, and can be re-used! Anyway, I recognize this is an old post, but figured I’d add this in here! Blessings on you and your family in 2009!