few extra minutes getting clean. To indulge in post-shower personal pampering, consider health-enhancing coconut oil for head-to-toe moisturizing. As a hair treatment, coconut oil blocks protein loss and reduces frizz. Make a home exfoliating sugar scrub by combining one-half cup of virgin coconut oil, one cup of organic sugar and 20 drops of lime or another essential oil to gently scrub away dry winter skin. Dry skin and ragged cuticles also benefi t from whipped coconut oil. Its antifungal properties help keep toenails healthy and sandal-ready. Goat’s milk soap can reduce symptoms of dry skin, eczema and psoriasis. Its alpha-hydroxy acids remove dead skin cells. Add honey as a natural anti-bacterial boost. Mixing in colloidal oatmeal produces a gentle exfoliator.
Let the next upgrade of the bathroom be of a more personal nature aligned with our core values of being good to our family and our home planet.
Avery Mack is a freelance writer in St. Louis, MO. Connect via AveryMack@
mindspring.com.
Green Bathroom Trivia
Never clean with sponges—they merely move the germs around; use a washable cloth wipe instead.
Turkish cotton towels dry faster than the Egyptian variety.
Always put the upper toilet lid down. Testing by scientists at Leeds University found airborne germs 10 inches above and around the commode.
Low-fl ow toilets use as little as 1.6 gallons per fl ush compared to older styles that use fi ve to seven gallons. The average person fl ushes fi ve times a day.
A bath averages 35 to 50 gallons of water versus a 10-minute shower with a low-fl ow showerhead maxing out at about 25 gallons. Better yet, take quicker showers and turn off the
water while lathering and shaving.
Conventional showerheads run at 5 gpm (gallons per minute) compared with low-fl ow at 2.5 gpm. Conventional faucets can fl ow at 3 gpm versus low-fl ow faucets at half that rate.
For a calculation of personal water usage, visit
Tinyurl.com/PersonalWaterUse.
Primary Source:
GraceLinks.org
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