6 Steps to Cleaning Happy…and {Maybe} Win A Trip to San Francisco!

Cleaning can kinda suck sometimes.

But I am here to tell you that it doesn’t have to. With these six easy steps, you, too, can be cleaning happy in no time. Like, marching band and flag-waving happy.

 

1. It Is Better To Look Good {than to look like a jackhole}.

I’m no design aficionado, but displaying a bottle on your counter that has a bald guy sporting an earring and a wifebeater is not recommended under any circumstances.

Just because a product has a function doesn’t mean it shouldn’t also have good form and look beautiful. Like these:

2. It Is Better To Smell Good {than to smell like plastic melting}

Do you think that pine cleaners really smell like pine? Do lemon cleaners really smell like lemon?

No. They really don’t. When I clean with certain cleaning products, I gag and cough my way out of the room (and no, it’s not from the filth, although  my kids are total pigs and they do disgust me greatly). Why? Because the smells are so overpowering. I shouldn’t have to wear a hazmat suit to clean.

3. Less {Packaging} is More.

This applies to my thighs as well, but that’s a post for another time. I’m talking about less packaging.

Give me minimal packaging, please. Make it of recycled plastic and make it recyclable AGAIN once I’m done. Because I like our planet and hope it sticks around for awhile.

4. Less {Toxic Chemicals} is More.

When I wipe off my counters, I want to be able to immediately put down fresh food on top of them and not worry that the cleaning products I used will actually poison my food.

Because there’s something really wrong with the notion that we clean our houses with poison. And generally speaking, I don’t like to poison my family. GENERALLY. We all have our bad days.

5. Join the People Against Dirty.

There is a company whose products look good, smell good, use less packaging that’s good for our planet, and emphasizes natural, safe ingredients. They are the People Against Dirty.

It’s method. I puffy heart them for all these reasons. And whether you’re a person into greener living or you just like really pretty things, there’s something for you to love with method.

So, method is actually launching a campaign all around cleaning happy. A few weekends ago, I spent 2 days in San Francisco at method HQ learning about this amazing company and their products (which I already loved). I’m a “method maven” and for the next few months, I’ll be sharing with you the latest and greatest from method. If you take nothing else from this post, know this: These are people who care about what they manufacture: how it looks, how it works and how it affects our planet. That’s why I mentioned last week that you should join the people against dirty too.

6. Watch. Love. Laugh. Share. {and maybe win a trip to San Francisco!}

I like quirky. I like fun. I like colorful. I like happy.  You will love this video. By watching the video on the Method Facebook page and sharing with your friends, you can enter for a chance to win a trip for two to San Francisco to visit method HQ. And a year’s supply of method products. {I hate the word squee, but feel it’s appropriate here}. Squee! method HQ  is the happiest place on Earth. No lie. It makes Disney look like a funeral home.

The sweepstakes runs through April 3 so you need to go to the method Facebook page right now and enter. Sweepstakes details and restrictions can be found on their FB page. And also? If you share the video, method will love me a whole bunch.

I hope you enjoy the video…and there are more surprises and videos coming next month!

disclosure: i’m a method maven, which means i was compensated by method and received free product in exchange for this post. i loved method before they paid me, all opinions are my own and 100% accurate. especially the part about their HQ being the happiest place on earth. here’s proof:

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