Plastic Free Packaging
It’s that time again, Plastic Free July, the month that’s drawing even more attention to our massive, world wide, single use plastic catastrophe. This initiative now encompasses 159 countries with over...
View ArticleDIY Rust Removal
All you need are a few essential items that you probably already have in your kitchen cupboard. Remove unsightly, damaging, rust with these five clever hacks. Green Goddess Premium Baking Soda is very...
View ArticleSoften And Remove Callouses With Aspirin
Did you know that a good way to soften callouses on your feet is as easy as crushing some aspirin? All you need to do is to crush six aspirin* tablets into a powder, then mix them into a paste with 1/2...
View ArticleIngredients You Don’t Want Near Your Face
As you make the transition from chemical beauty products to natural ones it can be a very confusing process. My advice is always throughly check ingredients and certification if applicable. If it’s...
View ArticleTry This To Refresh Flat Pile
Has your furniture been in the same place for a long time and now that you’ve moved it there are noticeable indentations in the carpet pile? Try one of these nifty tricks to lift out the mark and get...
View ArticleHow To Make Your Bananas Last Longer
If I buy perfectly ripe bananas now, how long do I have until they become overripe? Usually not very long; a few days at the most in summer and a little longer in winter. This is because bananas...
View ArticleAnti-Ageing Facial Exercising
We tone the muscles on our body through exercise, so why not the face? This clever technique is a completely natural and cost-free way to combat facial ageing. My Mum, Glenis, taught us several facial...
View ArticleEat Less Plastic!
We all know we’ve got to reduce our plastic waste urgently. This month a crew of five brave souls, four of them Kiwi’s, have set sail from California to New Zealand. During their five-month journey...
View ArticleTry This Fireside Scent
If you use an open fire, or have a fire pit in the back yard, you might like to try this little trick to give your room or the surrounding area (if outside) a wonderful smell. Mix three tablespoons of...
View ArticleNatural Deodorant And Your Underarms
I like to avoid commercial antiperspirants as most contain fragrances (and who knows what they are as companies are not required to individually list these) and they all have a major sweat inhibiting...
View ArticleTomato Sauce Brass Cleaner
Yes really! Good old tomato sauce is brilliant at cleaning brass as the acid in the tomatoes removes dirt and tarnish. All you need to do is get a soft cloth, pop some tomato sauce onto the cloth,...
View ArticleWaste Free Parenting With Kate
This week our guest blogger is professional speaker and waste free motivator Kate Meads from Waste Free With Kate. Kate has shared an excellent article on how to parent waste-free and minimise the...
View ArticleAll About Epsom Salts
Well as it turns out, quite a lot. Epsom salt is not actually salt at all, its a mineral compound of magnesium and sulfate, the name comes from Epsom in England, this is where the original compound was...
View ArticleGut Health Talks Rotorua & South Island
I have attended one of these talks, and the information shared is vitally important if you have any sort of gut-related health issue. Anita (pictured with her family) from The Kefir Company has an...
View ArticleDIY Super Stain & Spot Remover
Have you heard of Javelle Water? It’s origins stem from Javel, a former French village which is now part of Paris, this is where it was first made. However the original version uses sodium hypochorite,...
View ArticleCan Aspirin Stop That Pimple?
I don’t get many pimples these days, but when I do it’s a doozy; a small volcano that you can feel brewing long before you can see it. One of the most inconvenient times that this happened to me was a...
View ArticleWhat Exactly Is Castile Soap?
Castile soap is something we use a lot of here at Wendyl’s Green Goddess as it’s totally natural and made only from plants. It’s in most of our cleaning products, all of our laundry powders, and is the...
View ArticleHow To Prevent Bathroom Mould
There are different types of dampness that may affect your home and cause mould spores to thrive; condensation over the winter months being one of the main culprits. Condensation in the bathroom is...
View ArticlePrevent Athlete’s Foot With Baking Soda
Did you know that sprinkling Wendyl’s Premium Baking Soda on your feet and in between your toes after drying them throughly can help to prevent athlete’s foot? The baking soda helps to absorb moisture...
View ArticleAmazing Avocados
Avocados have had a bad rap in the past because of their high-fat content, but let me say this out loud: it is GOOD FAT, full of oleic acid! When I was growing up, Dad planted a small orchard with a...
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