Ever wish you could not only spend less time cleaning, but also clean in a more earth- and kid-friendly way? Well, then this giveaway is for you.
Sometimes I wish that I could just concentrate on my cooking projects and never clean. Sometimes my house looks like I really follow through with that wish (within 24 hours of cleaning it all!). The other day I was mopping and my two year old was pulling out chips and eating them behind me. By the time I was done, I literally had to sweep again. That is the reality of house cleaning with the young children in the house all day!
To compound the problem, since we moved into the city, my housecleaning work has tripled. I am convinced that the air is just “dirtier” here, as griminess quickly falls on nearly dusted shelves, cleaned toilets and cover my hard wood floors. Where I lived before, I could get away with cleaning the whole house thoroughly once a week, and just touch up here and there. I have really needed to figure out a faster, more efficient way to clean; otherwise I would always be behind.
A really good solution has been some of the Norwex cleaning products. They allow me to clean effectively, quickly, and very non-toxically. This has been so important for me during this trying time of being “bone tired”. The very last thing I want is for my housecleaning to be harder then it should be, and by cleaning quickly, I have more energy and time for cooking. They’re a couple of reasons why I can whole-heartedly recommend these products, which I will go through below. But first, I’d like to talk about why you should use all-natural cleaning products.
Living a healthy life-style is so much more than buying good food (though I believe that is vital), but I think that we need a more holistic viewpoint. Getting proper sleep, using natural personal care products, and yes, using natural house cleaning products are all important parts of a healthy lifestyle. I was just reading one story of one family whose child had mysterious health issues. The solution for them was removing all cleaners, candles, and other sources of artificial scents and harsh chemicals from their house. They used one of those plug in house scents, which they discovered especially bothered their child’s breathing.
My doctor not only examines diet and uses medical tests to see what it happening beneath the surface of symptoms but he also hands out information on cosmetics and household cleaners as he understands that a holistic lifestyle is needed for good health. Household cleaners often have carcinogenic, endocrine disrupting, neurotoxin ingredients that could be harmful not only if a child (or adult) had direct skin or internal contact to the product, but some of those chemicals can also be absorbed through the fumes of the cleaner. Some of these toxic ingredients wouldn’t be a problem to be exposed to a couple of times, but over time, since the body may not be able to expel them well, they can accumulate.
The thing is, it is so easy to “green clean”. When I got married I cleaned almost everything with baking soda and vinegar. Doesn’t get much cheaper then that. But I have to say, that Norwex products provide even better results!
So let’s look at the three reasons I like the Norwex products.
1. They are easy to use
I have a confession to make. I actually have an extremely nice steam cleaner that I adore. It’s a Ladybug steam cleaner, and yes, it was very expensive. It uses dry-steam, and is very effective. HOWEVER, it is a little cumbersome to use. When I realized that my wood floor needed to be mopped more than once a week, I was a little overwhelmed. A much more inexpensive mop that is also very effective in cleaning floors is the microfiber mop from Norwex. Because they have so many fibers per inch, they do an excellent job picking up dirt and bacteria. Plus, they are much lighter and easier to use. With no carpet in our downstairs, the Norwex mop has been a lifesaver (or at least a grimy floor saver!). I love a couple of things about it. 1. It is lightweight. 2. It uses only water to clean. 3. It is very sturdy and I expect it to last a long time. 4. I love the design. It was purposely made with a wide mop head so that over stubborn areas, you can simply exert pressure with your foot on the mop. It makes those difficult areas pretty effortless! Design is so important for a mop and I love this mop. Plus, it also has a specific pad for dry dusting the floors, which is great for hardwood flours, especially. It takes a very short amount of time to mop using it.
Look at how much dirt my mop picked up with a quick mop, just four days after mopping previously!
The household Package I tried out has a cloth for windows, an all-purpose cloth and a dusting mitt, all of which work extremely well. Checkout the picture below for how well the glass cloth works! I loooved the dusting mitt. We live in an older house (with some concerns of lead paint), so you want to make sure you really pick up all of the dust and don’t stir it up. These really work well for our specific needs.
2. They are completely non-toxic
These products are completely non-toxic to use in your home, making them not only great for you to use, but also they are wonderful because your kids can safely use them too! Just think about all of the toxins you are eliminating from your home when you switch out conventional house cleaning products for something like the Norwex products.
3. They are worth the extra cost.
Before I agreed to test out these products, I asked Katie, the Norwex consultant I am working with, about the cost of the products. While reasonable in comparison to say, steam cleaners, they were a little more expensive then some other microfiber brands. This is what she had to say, ““Norwex is unlike any other microfiber on the market. In order to be called ” micro fiber ” each fiber of a cloth is 1/6th the size of a human hair, (like taking a hair and splitting it in 6) Those fibers tend to still be too large, and on a microscopic level they just push the dirt and germs around. Norwex microfiber is 1/100th of a human hair, and the fiber is so small that it grabs the dirt & germs and removes them from the surface. To demonstrate how well they work, in my home parties, I take raw chicken and rub it all over the counter tops. I have test strips that are used in the restaurant industry to test for protein and bacteria and I test the chicken surface and, of course, it shows bacteria, and then I wipe the area just using water and our cloth, and test the area again, and the test has always come back clean. As added protection, all of our antibac clothes have silver woven throughout the cloth, so that the germs that the cloth picks up don’t breed and make your rag stink. The silver does not allow the single celled organism to exchange oxygen outside of the cell membrane (in other words they die before breeding.) There is a long history of using silver for this purpose (colloidal silver). Our polishing clothes will shine a mirror or window better than Windex. Another demonstration I do in my home parties, is to take butter and rub it on a mirror and then try to take it off with paper towels and Windex, it leaves it a streaky mess, then I take our enviro cloth and our polishing cloth and wipe it clean in seconds and it’s perfect.”
Look at the right window pane in comparison to the left. It took maybe 10 seconds at most to clean that window pane despite how filthy it was! It was pretty amazing.
Finally, I wanted to mention that the Norwex spokeswoman I am linking to, Katie, is a regular reader here. I am not charging her for this giveaway because I both love and believe in the products she is selling, but I also am glad to support women in their business ventures. I was very happy to both try out her products, and run this giveaway with her. I think these products are well worth buying, and I’ve love for you to support her home business as well.
So, this is what Katie is giving away to our readers. She is giving away….
1. One Household Package: This includes the dusting mitt, that window cloth and the enviro cloth. These three clothes will help you with many of your household chores. This package is worth $46.99
2. One Kid’s Package: Because it’s both safe, and good for your kids to be involved in the household chores! Having their own set of cloths will help them feel involved. This package is worth $79.99
One lucky person gets both of these! To enter, leave a comment below saying why you’d like to win. If you have already bought my new cookbook, Ladled: Nourishing Soups for All Seasons, and sent me your receipt, you get an extra entry for each book you’ve bought for this giveaway. (If you buy my new cookbook before this contest is over, simply send me an email at kimi (Dot)Harris(at)gmail(dot)com with your amazon receipt and I will add you to the list for this giveaway and for more giveaways in the upcoming weeks!) This contest is over on November 9th, midnight. You must live in the US to enter this contest, or be willing to pay for shipping if you win. If you have any questions about these products for Katie, please email her at kpretot(AT)yahoo(DOT)com
Latest posts by KimiHarris (see all)
- Eating for Comfort and Sustenance - May 20, 2025
- Perfect Instant Pot Black and Brown Rice - February 14, 2025
- What Worked and What Didn’t in My Cooking Life Last Year - January 14, 2025
I would like to win because I hate cleaning 😛
I’ve had my eye on some norwex for awhile but haven’t been able to buy with the high price tag. It would definitely take my green cleaning up a notch!
I have these cloths on a wishlist for my kids. It’d be great to win them!
I would love to have the household package. Love the mirror cleaning cloths.
I would love to win these products, I will soon be leaving Christchurch New Zealand, to start a new life in Minnesota, I will be saying farewell to all but a few suitcases. It would be great to have something other than baking soda and vinegar to clean the home we move into with!
These products sound amazing. Having enjoyed ten years of domestic support our house-cleaner has decided to retire. We are on our own and finding it challenging to clean our large house in a green and mindful way. What a joy to find an eco-friendly range of products to fight the grime. I would love to win these.
Love the products I’ve been introduced to in the past. There are no reps here so I’ve never seen the demo, yours sounds awesome. Can’t wait to hear more about Norwex. Be blessed!
Our family has been trying to eat wholesome, unprocessed foods but we haven’t been able to give up our toxic cleaning products because we haven’t found any that do the job as quickly and easily. I would love to try the Norwwex cloths to see if they are the answer to our cleaning problems!
These sound fantastic! I love that my little ones who are eager to help, really could… and safely. Hope I win! 🙂
I would like to win because my son suffers terribly from allergies and products like Norwex make such a huge difference.
I’d LOVE to win this. I home school so we are in the house all day every day and I hate spending time cleaning when I could be snuggled up with my baby or children reading The Secret Garden.
I have been using simple homemade recipes to clean with. While teaching 3 boys to care for a home is challenging, showing them the correct and most efficient way is priceless. I would love these tools that are not in our budget at this time. Thanks for all the valuable information as always!
Right now I am renting and between my room mates and their dogs the house is so unsanitary!!! I would love to win this as most of the cleaning falls to me if I want to live in a safe & healthy house.
I’d love to win because we have a big move coming up and I’d love to start out our new home with Norwex products!
I’ve been cleaning with microfiber and water for over 10 years now and have always loved it- but these seem AMAZING!! My two children are already part of the cleaning team and would love their own tools. Thanks for the opportunity.
maybe it will make cleaning a little more enjoyable
Those cloths look great! I am super sensitive to chemical smells and am always on the lookout for products that let me avoid them altogether. Thanks for the great giveaway!
My wife and I both work, plus I’m in school full time and we also have a very energetic 16 month old…we barely have time to clean one room a week, let alone the whole house. A product this fast and safe would be amazing. Truthfully, it’s almost hard to believe it’s true!
A friend told me about Norwex this summer and this would be a great opportunity to try them out!
I would like to win because I love cleaning
i always wanted to try microfiber
I would like to win because I am always on the hunt for greener cleaning supplies!
I have a couple of Norwex products. Would love to possess a few more.
With a 10-day old baby in the house, I worry about all the chemicals. This is my third baby, but the first to never have Johnson & Johnson and all that to touch her baby skin. Trying to be greener, one step at at time!
I’d love to win to try these out! I was unfamiliar with the brand–thanks for the post.
I hate cleaning! I am all over anything to make cleaning simpler, faster and better for the environment.
I would love these because I have heard about Norwex from friends and can’t wait to try! I also teach Bradley childbirth classes and would love to share about non toxic ways to keep a home clean with a new arrival.
I would love to win this. I love using more natural products.
You are absolutely right! We cannot forget the importance of maintaining a toxic free environment in our home. Our cleaning products are key. These look safe and EASY at the same time! Great combination! 🙂
I would love to win so I can have my daughter help with the cleaning, without worrying about chemicals.
Would love to win!
i do the cleaning and would love to use less abrasive, more eco friendly, easier to use
supplies to make my weekly chores more pleasant.
Id love to win these!! Im a stay at home mama and I am trying so hard to get away from the toxic cleaning products for my 20 month old daughter:) Im new to your blog but im LOVING all this information!! thanks so much! pick me!!!:)
I would love either of these products, they sound like a fabulous answer to all the chemicals! thanks
Would love to win this since all my children help with cleaning.
I would love to win for a simpler cleaning solution. I have heard a lot of good things about these and would love to try them out.
I’m always interested in using non-toxic products and hoping I can win so I can try these Norwex products.
These cloths look terrific! I have my first child on the way and would love a way to quicken my cleaning since life will be getting busier soon :).
This is a timely post for me. Just examining new cleaning products as I am running out of my stash of “chemicals”. Thanks for telling us about this company, and for the chance to win some of their great products!
I would LOVE to win! Easier and shorter cleaning time means more time to cook well.
The cleaning cloths sound like a great tool to have to help keep my house naturally clean!
I would love to get rid of my chemicals. I will be looking into these products even if I do not win them! Thanks for the information!
I would like to win because I kep it natural here, and would like to have more than my one enviro cloth to work with!
My husband and I are trying to start a family and the toxins in cleaning products certainty have me concerned. Ive been trying new non-toxic products, but this sounds great! It also sounds like something I could use once that little one is running around the house!
I love Norwex! I recently hosted a party and received and purchased some items. I totally agree with all the reasons you enjoy it, too. I want to lessen our toxic load of anything in our house. I am slowly working on some issues, which came to light after some blood/saliva testing I had done when we had been trying to conceive for over a year unsuccessfully. I am trying not to overwhelm my husband all at once or with too much investment, so would love to win some Norwex!
I would love to win. I always need help cleaning.
I love the idea of using silver to clean (especially since we use it internally). I’ve used a few Norwex products before and love the way it works!
I’d like to win, because I’m currently switching to non-toxic cleaners, and this would be an amazing addition to my routine! Thanks!
I was recently introduced to Norwex and love the idea of them and how they work! I’d be excited to win some of their products!
I would love to win bc we are constantly trying to decrease our toxic load!