Creating a Healthier Home: Simple Non Toxic Product Swaps for Mindful Living – My top 10 products to swap today.
Making the switch to non toxic products in your home isn’t just a trend – it’s a meaningful step toward protecting your family’s health longterm. Many conventional household items from cleaning supplies to personal care products contain harmful chemicals that can affect indoor air quality and expose us to unnecessary toxins and damaging forever chemicals. By making intentional swaps for non toxic products, you can significantly reduce your family’s exposure to harmful ingredients.
Cleaning
The journey to a non toxic home can begin with simple swaps in your cleaning routine. Consider replacing harsh chemical cleaners with effective non-toxic products like vinegar, baking soda, and plant-based all-purpose cleaners. I love to make these in big batches and store these in glass cleaner bottles – these are my favorite aesthetic and non toxic glass bottles.
- Glass Cleaner Bottles – Non Toxic cleaner and bottle
- Replace toxic air fresheners with essential oil diffusers
- Replace dryer sheets with wool dryer balls Bonus: drop 5-10 drops of essential oils to add aroma to the laundry!
Kitchen
In the kitchen, plastic food storage containers can be exchanged for glass or stainless steel options, and conventional non-stick cookware can be traded for ceramic or cast iron alternatives that don’t release potentially harmful compounds when heated.
- Glass tupperware – And bonus! We’ve discovered our food stays SO much colder/fresher in these than in our plastic containers.
- Our favorite brand of Cast Iron, Lodge
- Pots and pans… make sure you really do your homework here. A lot of brands that claim to be non toxic aren’t. Remember the only materials that are always non toxic are glass, ceramic and stainless steel.
Personal Products
Beyond cleaning supplies, personal care products offer another opportunity for impactful non-toxic swaps. Many conventional cosmetics, lotions, and toiletries contain ingredients that may disrupt hormones or irritate sensitive skin. By choosing non-toxic products made with natural ingredients, you can maintain your personal care routine while avoiding unnecessary chemical exposure. Look for items like aluminum-free deodorants, paraben-free shampoos, and skincare products made with clean, recognizable ingredients.
- Deodorant – We love and swear by Dr. Sasquatch. This is one swap I somehow easily forced upon my husband and haven’t gotten any complaints!
- Candles – No candle is completely non toxic but you can make healthy choices by looking for soy, coconut or beeswax bases and essential oils for aroma.
- Skin care – I am in the process of swapping out ALL of my skincare with Primally Pure. Listing my favorites I currently use below! My code gets you $10 off of your next order <3
- Plumping bar – this is my daily face cleanser
- Plumping cream – I use this morning and night for my moisturizer
- Clarifying serum – I use this just on my T zone where I tend to get clogged pores!
- Coffee scrub – The grit in this scrub is amazing, I love this for sloughing off dryness.
- Room spray – I’m obsessed with this smell and spray my room at night and my bathroom every morning for an aroma while I get ready!
- Candles – Bergamot is my favorite scent and I feel better about buying these candles than others because of their ingredients!
Remember that transitioning to a non-toxic home doesn’t have to happen overnight – even small changes can make a meaningful difference in creating a healthier living environment for you and your loved ones.