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Why Norwex 2.0

If you know me you know I love all things Norwex (I have blogged about it before) as well as having a party or two before I also regulary have them on my social media. Well the other day I was about to place an order with my consultant when I got a txt from her all about her online parties. well that’s just perfect I thought.

1- I’ll get my washing powder.

2- I’ll not have to leave the house.

3- I’ll not even have to clean it.

4- I’ll not have to make you all tea and coffee (I really don’t mind that part) and watch you pop your cups willy nilly all over the place without using a coaster!

5- I will most definitely be in my Pyjamas, and if you’re coming you should be too!!

Anyway I was just going to share the blog from October 2019 (you can read it here…..) but I was re reading it and there was so much more I wanted to say. Because not only am I still using all my cloths, I’ve fallen in love with some new favourites and I’m only now just thinking about needing washing powder!

Here is the link to the catalogue if you just want to skip through all this waffle and look at the prices!! But read on if you’re interested in more of my opinions and my new favourites! I still love the Basic Package with the Enviro Cloth and Window Cloth

1- In my last blog I told you all I was going to order the washing powder (if you’re searching it it’s actually called Laundry Detergent), well I did. and I fully intended on keeping it until Emily was born. well I just couldn’t resist! I started to use it in October 2019 it is now June 2020! So One 1KG bag of Norwex Laundry Detergent is still going strong! at £23.99 divided by 7 months (starting in November) that’s really cost me less than £3.43 per month but realistically probably much less because there’s loads left, I just panic when I see things are going to need ordered soon and I HATE the thought of running out (do you know how many spare coffees I have in the house)

2- I also told you I was ordering the Baby Body Packs I’ve got two packs (plus some extras that were won at Leanne’s parties) and I use them everywhere! In my nappy bag, at the changing station, in the bath and at the high chair. Emily has even started grabbing them to chew on for her wee gums, and I don’t mind because I know its not a dirty cloth. I know they’re safe for her to do that with. Obviously if we use one for nappy changes its straight into a wash bag, but if we’re using one at feeding time I just give it a good wash and hang it up to dry for tomorrow.

3- I was very lucky to receive the Baby Hooded Towel Set as a baby present! and its just amazing. It’s the first Towel I go to grab when its bath time it’s just so cuddly and soft, what makes it so much better is the amount of uses I get out of it before it needs washed! I’ve just noticed that they’ve changed it it grey…. so maybe I need that one now too! 😉

4- The magic Cleaning Paste, basically if your in need of something extra along with your Norwex cloths, this is it! It’s my go to oven cleaner, and believe me when I say there’s no smell and it takes two ticks along with the All-Purpose Kitchen Cloth and the window cloth to have my oven sparkling and gleaming at you! It’s also amazing at bringing old trainers back to life!

5- The Bottle Brush was another great buy! I love it for Emily’s bottles, literally cleaned in seconds and I’m not worrying about leaving any fairy liquid or anything on them before they go into the steriliser. I might pop another Enviro Sleeve onto my list, just because sometimes I’m in a panic to get the one that came with the brush into the washing machine and out and dried before I need it again. There are other Bottle Brush accessories to go with it that I might look into too.

Whats on my list this time? Well apart from the Laundry detergent, and i’ll probably purchase another baby packs. I really really want the mop. My steam mop died a death at the start of lock down and every time I mop my floor I just think how much easier it would be if I had the magic Norwex mop! It’s streaky, it takes way too long to sort out the mop and bucket (I still have one for the ‘dogs room’ and one for the ‘house’) It never dries quick enough, and I hate using floor cleaner now! Obviously I want the sexy Rose Gold one!! I know at £89.99 its a bit eye watering, but believe me when I tell you, anyone that has one does not have a bad word to say about it! And not one of them would tell you it wasn’t worth the money! Leanne does a much better job at explaining all its magic powers, but now more so than ever I don’t want to be using silly or nasty chemicals in my house, not to mention my floors. O did I not tell you? literally all you need to use with it is WATER!!! MAGIC!

I hope you enjoyed reading all about my Norwex obsession, click on the underlined text to bring you to the mentioned product! I’d love it if you could join me at the Facebook live to find out more from the expert herself. Just let me know and ill pop you on the party ‘guest list’

OfficialJudeMitch

What’s in our baby bag?!

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Firstly we have our baby bag or nappy bag or whatever you like to call it, we have two…you know because one is never enough!! The ‘main’ one is one of the pink lining ‘yummy mummy’ ones. And the main reason I wanted it was because it had penguins on it! that being said it is brilliant.and does everything I need it to do, which at the minute is sit nicely in the corner until it’s needed again. I think we bought it from amazon in the end because it was an older style. but I seen it way before I got pregnant on kiddie corners instagram page so I’m pretty sure they still stock the brand. the other one is a Cybex one, Jody picked it up in the mother care sale and it perfectly matches both my car (obviously) and his car seat.

Changing mat: Thankfully both bags come with a changing mat. So they come everywhere with us. because I’ve always found public baby facilities to be absolutely DISCUSTING. Basically the whole place gets a good cleaning before poor Emily can even get out of her pram or my arms. So as well as my trustee Norwex cloth I always make sure I have some Milton Anti-Bacterial wipes. I have been known to add barbiside into packets of baby wipes when I can’t get my hands on these. And I’ve also noticed this Milton spray that’s been added to my shopping bag!

Norwex Baby Cloths: These. are. a. lifesaver! and I mean that. I Love them so much. Basically I use them as re-useable baby wipes/ face clothes/counter and chair cleaners… pretty much anything! I ordered a few packs of these before Emily came along, because I was worried about using wipes because my own skin is so sensitive and I was scared of baby being the same. I still use cotton wool pads at home in the changing station. But out and about these are dead handy along with the Wipe pouch that I also have some mini enviro cloths in it too. I will pop it from the baby bag to my own hand bag.

All the lotions and potions: Sudocreme stays at home in the baby changer while the Care and Protect tube comes with me, its just a nicer and easier consistency to work with and my mum requested it after using it a few times so it must be good. Vaseline obviously this hero product comes everywhere with me! big one at home (one in every room) and little one in the bag. not just for her bum but any scratch or cut gets this and I find it heals up quicker. Bepanthen and Metanium everyday cream. Thankfully we haven’t had any bother with nappy rashes but I have been using the every day cream.

Baby wipes: either the Boots own brand biodegradable fragrance free or the Johnson’s Skin Protect because I very rarely actually use wipes I find they hold the moisture well. so I have no fear of they drying up on me. literally depends which I see first when I’m shopping. I still make sure I have Cotton pads at the ready just incase.

Nappies and Nappy bags: Pampers size 3 at the moment, now believe me, we have experimented and trialed every type of nappy out there. but we always end up going back to Pampers. although saying that I did like the Sainsbury’s but because we live 20-30 miles from the nearest one and online deliveries have been a nightmare any time I’ve checked we’ve been sticking to boots online or in store for nappies. I do also love the Pampers Pure they are that little bit more expensive and biodegradable but I will definitely reach for these when my usual nappy is out of stock or they have a good offer on. Nappy bags are usually Boots own brand or I have been known to use doggie bags that come in a roll because they take up so little room and are a little sturdier..

Baby milk in a dispenser: we use Aptamil Formula one and I try to have enough powder for the bottles we will need when we are out and about plus one extra just incase (it has happened me before where we didn’t run out, but while making a bottle at baby massage and it was my ‘just incase she needs it bottle’ well she kicked the bottle over and I lost powder and water. Very embarrassing!!) I also always have like to have a little Ready Made up bottle in the side of my bag too.

Baby bottle: for the milk obviously, I like the Mam range and we’ve stuck to the MAM Dummies even though I swore ‘No Dummies’ before she was born. I came across the MAM range through the boots Parenting Club where I got an Itty bitty bottle free, and read up all about them, and loved their concept and simplicity. Theres always a box of two sterilised dummies well.

Bibs and Muslin cloths: I have had a big selection of bibs and so far my favourites are Dunnes, plain and simple. I Love the next muslins because they’re a nice size.

A bag with a spare change of clothes: or two depending what the days plan are. and a babygro. And a separate bag for damp or wet clothes. Luckily the penguin bag came with a pretty cool ‘wet’ bag and I have a bag I used to use for wet swimming clothes, but there’s always nappy bags if I’m stuck.

I hope this is of some use to somebody. feel free to let me know any nappy bag hacks or lifesaver baby products you have!!

xoxo OfficialJudeMitch

Disclaimer The Olde bank coffee shop has the cleanest baby facilities I’ve ever been in it was certainly NOT disgusting!
I get all my Norwex from a Lovely lady called Leanne you can click this link to see her Facebook group where you can find out more. and see her weekly offers. I can’t wait to host another Norwex party.
I have not been paid for this blog however it does contain affiliate links (not all of them are) but these are my own opinions.

Why Norwex?

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What’s Norwex you might ask? Well while half the country has been making chemical cocktails and spending all their hard earned dosh on half of the cleaning isle I’ve been making a conscious effort to reduce the amount of chemicals I use in my home and on my body…… pfffft well if you believe that you’ll believe anything! I actually don’t give a monkeys about chemicals in the air or whatever! But I do care about cleaning my house in the quickest and easiest way possible! Also if I can save some money while I’m at it it’s a win win!!

And if you haven’t heard of Norwex it it’s basically cleaning products that are going to CHANGE YOUR LIFE!!!

I know they have changed mine!
I went along to my first ever Norwex party more so to get out of the house one night, and I give myself a £20 budget for the party!
Well I was blown away! The products looked amazing! And after a few demos I knew I had to get my hands on them! It was about a month before we moved into our new house and I thought what better way to start off the new house than with some nice new cleaning cloths! I probably spent around £60 on my bag of tricks and I haven’t looked back since! I’ve basically cut out almost all the cleaning products I would have been buying on a regular basis. Because you just don’t need them!

I still like bleach in the toilets and a bit of Zoflora down the sinks every now and again but that’s slowly dying

So here’s a run through of some of the products I tried first!
First off there was an Enviro Cloth this is a miracle microfibre cloth and I’ve been using it all over the house, from windows to worktops to the kitchen chairs and I’ve even been knows to get down and get a stubborn mark off the floor that my mop has failed to get! What’s even more exciting you can pair the enviro cloth perfectly with the Window Cloth for the most amazingly streak free windows and mirrors, using get this….. ONLY WARM WATER, you can see the two together in the Basic Package here .

Another of my favourite products is the Optic Scarf. You probably need one Of these for every hand bag you own and spares. This bad boy has been a hit with everyone I meet! I love it for cleaning not only my glasses, but my phone screen and camera lenses. You can achieve a streak free screen in SECONDS! Using just the cloth! And It has a handy clip to attach onto your bag making it the ultimate multifunction accessory.

I’m having a Norwex party in a few weeks and I’ve a few things I’ve been meaning to try and first on my hit list is the Laundry Detergent, for numerous reasons, my mum (and anyone who has tried it) raves about it for a start and you use so little of it, there’s no smell just a clean scent! And the more I hear about the nasty chemicals and added bulking agents in other detergents the more I want it, especially with a little one on the way!

Obviously that means I’ll have to try some of the baby items out, and knowing what my skin is like I’m so nervous about baby wipes, even the water ones. Enter Norwex and their Baby Body Pack aka reusable baby wipes. I’ve already started stock piling these bad boys! And if they’re anything like the Adult Body Packs I know I’ll love them!

Then off course there’s the Baby Hooded Towel Set I just think it’s soooo cute and feels amazingly soft!

Since I’ve been introduced to Norwex I’ve been slowly but surely building up my haul, and so far I’ve loved everything I’ve tried. And I can honestly say it’s saved me a bucket load on cleaning products because I just don’t feel the need to even walk down the cleaning products isle any more!

If you wanna check out the whole catalogue just Click here!

http://leannejenkinson.norwex.co.uk/en_GB/customer/party/165807

Xoxo OfficialJudeMitch