Category Archives: Aggies Tips

The many benefits of decluttering

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You can see what really matters to you! You’ll enjoy your home and the things in it much more. You will feel freer, lighter and have more energy. If you streamline and simplify your life, your head will be clearer as you won’t have to look at all the stuff just lying around the place without a real purpose.

Lastly, imagine a tree holding on to its leaves – spring would never come. It’s just the same for us.

If you let go of stuff, you will reconnect with natural cycles.

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And did you know that Aggie Mackenzie is a qualified Yoga Teacher? Join her now for “Aggie’s Yoga!”

Or check out Diana Moran’s fitness website at www.keepfitandcarryon.com 

Cleaning burns calories!

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For every 30 minutes of ironing you’ll use up 80 calories, and vacuuming will see off 120.

Washing dishes uses 80 and making the bed 70. There’s a silver lining to every cloud!

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And did you know that Aggie Mackenzie is a qualified Yoga Teacher? Join her now for “Aggie’s Yoga!”

Or check out Diana Moran’s fitness website at www.keepfitandcarryon.com 

How to look after your bath

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You might think an enamel bath would withstand any amount of elbow grease, but you’d be wrong – the shiny surface is actually very delicate and you should clean only with either a microfibre cloth or a product that bears the logo of the Vitreous Enamel Association (Cif, for example, carries the mark).

If you scrub too hard, you’ll remove the surface and thereafter it takes on stains. And re-enamelling a bath is costly.

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And did you know that Aggie Mackenzie is a qualified Yoga Teacher? Join her now for “Aggie’s Yoga!”

Or check out Diana Moran’s fitness website at www.keepfitandcarryon.com 

Yes, pillows do need to be washed

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Up to 10 per cent of a pillow’s weight is sweat, skin, dandruff, saliva…enough said. Check labels for wash instructions and put two at a time in the machine.

Peg on the line early on a sunny day and they’ll dry by the evening.

And if you have a household tip to share with our followers just click here >

And did you know that Aggie Mackenzie is a qualified Yoga Teacher? Join her now for “Aggie’s Yoga!”

A – Z of Toxicity in our home – Coal Tar Dyes

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  • These are complex chemicals created during the incomplete combustion of coal.
  • They contain known carcinogens, such as toluene, benzene, naphthalene, anthracna and xylene that affect everybody from the elderly to babies.
  • It is also a known skin irritant. Coal tar dyes are used in products to make darker shades.
  • Found in: Dark hair dyes, shampoos and scalp treatments, soaps, lotions, eyeliner, mascara.
  • Read the label for: “Coal tar solution, tar, coal, carbo-cort, coal tar solution, coal tar solution USP, crude coal tar, estar, impervotar, KC 261, lavatar, picis carbonis, naphtha, high solvent naphtha, naphtha distillate, benzin B70, petroleum benzin [3,4]”

Toxins in your home

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The kitchen should be the heart of our home – and yet it’s slowly killing us and the family we cook and care for.

 

 

2-Butoxyethanol
Ammonia & Ammonium compounds
BHAs
Coal Tar Dyes
Ethanolamine – MEA/DEA/TEA
Formaldehyde / Formaldehyde releasers
Glycol Ethers
Hydrochloric Acid
Lead acetate in hair dye
Oxybenzone
Parabens
PEG compounds
Petroleum Distillates
Phosphates
Phthalates
Polyethylene Compounds
Retinyl palmitate & retinoic acid
SLS/SLES
Sodium Hydroxide
Sodium Hypochlorite
Toluene
Triclosan2-B

Honey, honey

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That jar of honey hiding at the back of your kitchen cupboard will never go off, but it may have crystallised. Return it to a nice runny consistency by sticking in the microwave on medium for a minute or so (remember to remove any metal lid first!).