If you’re looking to detox your home, here are some of my favorite non-toxic household products.
Are you looking to detox your household and personal care products? Congratulations – that is such an important and worthy thing to do! There are so many harsh and harmful chemicals and materials in some of the products we’ve all been using for years… aluminum in deodorant, lead in lipstick, and carcinogens in laundry detergent. It’s enough to make anyone want to empty out their home and start over. But, please don’t do that.
Before you worry and try to toss out everything in your home, let me encourage you to be patient. Detoxing your home is a journey. It’s not something you should do all at once because there are just too many changes to make. Change always takes time and what you really want to do is create a new non-toxic lifestyle with new products and routines, so it’s best to get there gradually.
And remember… stressing out about toxins is toxic! So let’s get there slowly. And be easy on yourself!
Detoxing my life is a journey that I am still on. I get a lot of questions about the various products I’ve researched and the ones I use, and so I wanted to put together a quick & dirty list for you to reference. I’ll keep this list updated and promise to expand on it so that it’s helpful to you as you detox your home.
This is not a complete list yet – it’s a work in progress! If there’s anything you’re looking for that isn’t on this list, just let me know.
Some of My Favorite Non-Toxic Products
As I mentioned above, this is only a short and growing list. Keep checking back for updates! This list also doesn’t include most baby/children’s products. Instead, check out the non-toxic baby registry guide.
Household Products
I don’t have a ton of time to DIY my household products, but I do try to use essential oils whenever possible (more on that soon!). I like the Better Life brand a lot, and I also use Puracy sometimes.
- All-Purpose Household Cleaner
- Glass Cleaner
- Dishwasher Detergent
- Dish Soap
- Tub and Tile Cleaner
- Laundry Detergent
- Floor Steamer/Sanitizer
- Hand Soap
- Whole Home Water Filter
- Water Softener/Descaler
- HVAC Allergen Air Filter
- Air Fresheners
Kitchen
- Pots and Pans
- Grill/Griddle
- Kitchen Water Filter for Drinking Water
- Ultra UC Fluoride, Radiation, Heavy Metal, Chem and Micro-Sediment Water Filter {seriously the best thing I’ve ever bought!}
- Food Storage
- Glass Water Bottles
- Coffee Accessories
- Tea Kettle
Bedroom
- Mattress
- My Green Mattress Natural Escape {Save $125 on twin size and larger mattresses with coupon code GN125)
- Check out my complete list of the best organic mattresses
- Organic Bedding
Personal Care Products
- Body Wash (Adults)
- Bar Soap
- Toothpaste
- Deodorant
- Dry Brushes
- Facial Exfoliator Brush
- Sunscreen
- Countersun Mineral Sunscreen
- Also consider using one off this list of the best baby sunscreen
Beauty Products
For beauty products, I’m mostly partial to either Crunchi, Beautycounter and Acure or single-ingredient all-natural products. If you’re pregnant or nursing, read more about my non-toxic beauty routine.
- Face wash
- Face oils
- Moisturizer
- Eye Cream
- Makeup
- Check out my full non-toxic makeup routine
Health & Wellness
- Prenatal Vitamins
- Probiotics
- Fish Oil
- Digestive Enzymes
- Digest Gold {for occasional use}
- Bath Salts
- Bentonite Clay
Baby Products
For baby products, please check out my complete non-toxic baby registry guide.
Hope this has been helpful to you as you go about detoxing your home! I will be updating this whenever possible, so be sure to check for updates.
Patrick says
My wife and I just found your website and we are reading all of your articles preparing for our 1st baby coming soon! We love your website! I see the body wash you recommend but don’t see the shampoo and conditioner. What are a few options you recommend for those? Or do you just use the same Earth Mama body wash in your hair, too? Thanks!
The Gentle Nursery says
Hi and thanks! Yes you can use the body wash to shampoo a child’s hair too. We use Earth Mama for the most part.
Alyssa says
Do you recommend Better Life dish soap as a safe soap to clean baby bottles?! Thank you for all this information its great!
The Gentle Nursery says
Hi! Yes but if you want to use something even gentler you could use a castile soap like Mama Suds or Dr Bronner’s Baby Unscented (diluted with water).