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How 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...

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5 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...

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Protect 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...

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Amazing 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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Prevent 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...

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How 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...

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What 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...

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Can 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...

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DIY 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,...

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Gut 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...

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All 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...

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Waste 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...

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Tomato 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,...

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Natural 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...

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Try 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...

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Eat 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...

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Anti-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...

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How 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...

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Try 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...

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Ingredients 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...

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