Make A Gourd Into Santa
I have very fond memories of Dad growing an array of interestingly shaped gourds and drying them so we could seal, paint and display them. This was one of the many things he found for us to keep...
View ArticleAre Essential Oils Toxic To Your Cat?
The answer is yes, but it depends on the oil and the application. Some oils are more toxic than others; Tea Tree oil is the most dangerous to our feline friends. You may have seen the posts on social...
View ArticleTank Water; Is Yours Safe To Drink?
Water water everywhere but not a drop to drink! While I’m writing this we have just had one of the biggest downpours on the North Shore in eight years. Over 60mm in one hour was recorded, causing...
View ArticleHow To Remove Rust From Carpet
This is a very handy tip sent in by one of our readers. We’ve had a spot of rust on our carpet since we moved in and I couldn’t wait to try this method of rust removal as nothing else I’ve tried...
View ArticleOur pastes make jewellery sparkle
Did you know our Rose and Peppermint Cleaning Pastes make wonderful jewellery cleaners? All you have to do is put a little paste on a soft, non-abrasive cloth and rub well over your jewellery, then...
View ArticleLemon Electrolyte Sport Drink
Water has always been my first choice of drink when it comes to hydration. I’ve never had the want or need to pour heaps of sugar into it or make it blue, or red, or green, or any other colour. I do,...
View ArticleKeep Your Food Fresh This Summer
The lovely people at Love Food Haste Waste have put together a plethora of information on their website about how to reduce food waste, I highly recommend you check them out, there’s food saving tips,...
View ArticleDIY Mini Foosball Table
This week our guest blogger is professional foosball player Mark from Foosball Zone, Mark’s blogs cover everything from different foosball tables (one size does not fit all) to tips and tricks and even...
View ArticleBorage Healing Spray
Did you know that borage can be made into a healing spray? Make an infusion by pouring one cup of boiling filtered water over a quarter cup of bruised fresh borage leaves. Steep for five minutes and...
View Article18 Amazing Benefits Of Yoga
This week our guest blogger is Jen from Jen’s Reviews. Jen writes in-depth, well-researched reviews on an array of health, well-being, and lifestyle topics. This week we are sharing her article, “18...
View ArticleDIY Tea Tree Dishwasher Liquid
Every now and then I find our dishwasher isn’t working quite as well as it should. I only use our Lemon Dish Powder as I don’t want to put all the toxins that are in regular commercial dishwasher onto...
View ArticleTry This .. Clean Dishwasher With White Vinegar
Are your dishes coming out of the dishwasher looking a bit murky? Are your glasses cloudy and your cutlery dull? Then your dishwasher is probably due for a clean. Instead of using those little plastic...
View ArticleHow To Make A Flysphere
The rain stopped and the flies multiplied. Trying to find a solution that does not involve spraying toxic chemicals all over the place is not an easy task! In the past I’ve tried fly traps that you...
View Article10 Eco-friendly Substitutes For Plastic
There isn’t a day that goes by that I don’t hear another story or post about the devastation single-use plastic is having on our environment. If we continue plastic consumerism at our current rate,...
View ArticleWe Are Rebranding!
Bringing back a little of the old, in a new way The original Green Goddess brand really is a favourite of Grants and mine. So much so that we are moving to Green Goddess as our web, newsletter and...
View ArticleHow To Up-Cycle Your Deodorant Tin
How wonderful is this? One of our customers, Anne Powell, made this lovely decorated tin out of her used Wendyl’s natural deodorant container. Anne has given us her instructions on how to make this...
View ArticleGot A Bed Bug Problem, Try This
Bed bugs are a terrible problem to have. These tiny little bugs can cause a lot of pain; their bites hurt and itch, and it’s very hard to see them in bedding. They hide very well, reproduce quickly,...
View ArticleMake Your Own Fly Spray
In my relentless quest for a fly free home, I’ve been trying different natural solutions. The Fly Sphere I shared a couple of weeks ago works very well, but you do need light for it to be effective....
View ArticleDid You Know You Can Use Egg As Conditioning Shampoo?
Do you feel like your hair has gone through the ringer, or the tumble dryer? Did you know that you can use egg to shampoo your hair and bring it back to life? This is because eggs contain a lot of...
View Article12 Ways Colloidal Silver Can Assist Healing
I am loving my Salud Super Silver; this stuff is incredible! It has so many uses, from treating mild burns, helping with sore throats, removing the itch from insect bites, to sorting out a congested...
View ArticleDIY Two Ingredient Shoe Polish
Shining shoes is quite a big deal around our house. Lucas is in the Air Cadets, and having anything less than shoes you can almost see your reflection in is not acceptable. They even have a class in...
View Article15 Great Uses For Baking Soda
Where would we be without a big tub of baking soda? Keep it handy enough to dip into to provide an extra scrub on a sink bench, make up spray cleaner on the run, clean the bathroom, or throw down the...
View ArticleHow To Make Bricks From Paper
Last week I went on a school trip to the Zero Waste Zone in Henderson. I thoroughly recommend going for a visit if you’re in the area, it’s a very well run facility and the ladies there were incredibly...
View ArticleHow To Pick The Perfect Sheet
There’s nothing like the feel of good quality linen that has been cleaned well, hung in the sun and then put on the bed, however if that linen doesn’t fit correctly none of the afore mentioned will...
View Article5 Simple Solutions for Oily Scalps and Dry Hair
Your scalp is oily but your hair is dry and split on the ends, seems like both need special attention and different products to sort it all out. There’s apple cider vinegar treatments and I’ve found...
View ArticleProtect Your Delicates With A Bran Wash
Cleaning delicates like silk and expensive underwear can be fraught with difficulty. It’s hard to find something which is soft enough not to damage the fabric yet robust enough to clean! Harsh...
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...
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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 ArticlePlastic 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...
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