02.04.08
Posted in Cleaning Odors at 7:21 pm by Administrator
We’re really excited about the debut of our new cleaning and odor neutralizing product, “Supressence”! Production starts in about a week and we should have the first bottles by mid-month. Supressence is the strongest ready-to-use spray that X-O has ever made and we’ve been beta testing at home for two months to see what it can do. The test drive has been phenomenal. With the holiday season, we had not one, but two red wine spills on a white shag flokati-style rug. My guests couldn’t believe how mellow I was about it, but I knew that Supressence would take it out so completely it would be as if it never happened (plus, I’d get props for being such a Zen hostess). We simply sprayed the wine stain, rubbed with paper towels and the whole thing came right up, including the red wine odor. There is no smell whatsoever, and not even a pinkish smear left! Because I didn’t capture this with pictures, I’m considering replicating the spills simply so I can photograph the process so you can see how amazing it really is.
So that’s Supressence on the stain front. It is incredible on odors, working to my nose a slight bit faster than the regular X-O (which is already fast). For example, we have a little girl cat who was abandoned because she went to the potty standing — instead of hitting the litter, she would hit the wall as the urine was going straight out, horizontally. We now have a litter box with tall walls (constructed from a giant rubber storage bin), with a door cut in the middle so kitty can walk inside. This powder room as you’d expect takes a lot of abuse on its walls. They are always covered in urine splotches which produce a lot of odor. Thankfully, we have the box in the garage, but still….anyway, I spray the walls with Supressence and everything is instantly fresh. Just like X-O, I don’t worry about the cats coming into contact with any toxic chemicals.
Supressence is a new idea: what if you could get rid of most every household chemical and just have one product in your cleaning bucket as you move around the house? The idea is simplicity, healthiness and environmental responsibility without giving up actual results! I want my house to be sparkling. I won’t use a product that doesn’t get the job done, even if it is natural. The name indicates what it does…it removes odor, dirt and pet smells all throughout your house. If you can clean the bathroom, kitchen, floors, pets, upholstery, laundry and air with it….what more do you need?
Look for Supressence to start shipping later in February.
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Posted in Cleaning Odors at 4:32 pm by Administrator
In the last post, I looked at phthalates in everyday plastic items. The AP has a story today about a study in the journal Pediatrics which finds these chemicals present in all 163 babies they tested. Read more here. The highest levels were linked with baby grooming products such as lotions, shampoos and powders. So maybe according to the FDA and CDC, these chemicals are not yet proven to have harmful effects….would you want them in your baby?
How do you know if these chemicals are present in products? Unfortunately the article states it can be hard to know as there is no law for disclosure for fragrance ingredients (apparently a common source). I know I’ve certainly wondered about the component parts to “fragrance” on various bottles. Call me paranoid, but I recently tossed some aromatherapy bath lotion made in China. No offense, but I don’t think their quality control can be called exactly rigorous these days. How do I know I’m not bathing in arsenic? The AP article does tip parents to look for phthalate clues such as DEP and DEHP on labels.
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