Hi, I'm Analisa.

I haven't bought a commercial cleaning product since 2017, and this little guide is the fastest route to understanding how that works.

You don't need a recipe for every product you're replacing. A dishwasher powder, a laundrysoaker and a benchtop spray sound like three different things, but they're built from the samesmall toolkit of ingredients.

Learn a handful of base recipes, mix what you need in under aminute, and you've covered the whole house.

All the resources, ingredients and tools you need are here on the website!

  • The Recipe Hub

    WHAT TO MAKE
    Step-by-step recipes organised around the supermarket products you already know. Find the product, make the swap.

    See what you can replace 

  • The Learning Hub

    WHY IT WORKS
    Plain-language deep dives into each
    ingredient: what it is, where it comes from, and why it earns its place under your sink.

    Meet the ingredients 

It's about the mess, not the room

Soap scum in the shower and grime on the toilet look like two different problems. They're not. Both are mineral deposits, and both are solved the same way.

Once you understand what you're actually cleaning (dirt, minerals, mould, stains), the same base recipe handles jobs all over the house. That's why this system stays simple while a supermarket trolley keeps getting fuller.

Start With One Swap

You don't need to overhaul the house. One product, one recipe, one win.

  • All-Purpose Soap Spray

    A simple soap-based spray for benches, bathroom surfaces, walls and even kids 'muddy fee. It's step one of the cleaning method, so it earns its spot first.

    See how simple it it 

  • Soak & Stain Remover

    When it comes to brightening whites and tackling stains, this is one of the most useful solutions to have in your laundry and it just uses one ingredient.

    Check it out 

Get to know the ingredients

Before diving into individual ingredients, this article explains how the whole toolkit fits together. The alkaline trio, the oxybleach, the soaps, the acids, and why each one earns its place. Worth reading first.

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