#cleaning: The Honest Company (a review)

In September I signed up for a free trial of The Honest Company Essentials Bundle after using/hearing about their products when visiting friends in Michigan in August. I don't usually "buy into" things that are widely shared and advertised on social media sites (you know what I'm talking about, all those ads that pop up on Facebook newsfeeds and/or Twitter feeds)... But this one I must say, I'm a fan!

Things I love about The Honest Company and their products: 

The Honest Company

- the advertising for a Free Trial was honest. I only paid $6 in shipping for a trial of the Essentials Bundle, and received travel size versions of their Face/Body Lotion, Shampoo/Body Wash, Healing Balm, Hand Soap and Multi-Surface Cleaner.

- I called their Customer Service to inquire about continuing to order the Essential Bundles and whether I was now locked in forever and if I had to order every 4 weeks. Their Customer Service clients were awesome! She explained to me that I could space my orders out up to 6 weeks online, or call to increase the time in between if I wish. I could put in one order or a few orders in a year if I wanted, there was no minimum. And I was not locked in to anything, at any time I could call and ask to cancel if I was no longer satisfied/interested.

Cool!
So I ordered an Essentials Bundle with five full-sized products for $50 (after tax and shipping costs). Not too bad if you ask me!

Products I have tried and would like to rave about...
#1: Face & Body Lotion
I have sensitive skin and a lot of moisturizers irritate my skin and cause breakouts and my skin to dry out. Yes, even some of the ones that boast they are for sensitive skin. 'Honestly' (pun intended) I am so satisfied with this product for my face I will not go back to anything else. No breakouts, my skin is glowing and feels so great all the time.
Sold.

#2: Healing Balm
I still have the travel size on the go because I use it for particular things. No lie, I got some awful blisters from my curling shoes this August on both of my heels and Polysporin was not doing the trick to heal these suckers. Once they were at the stage that they were mostly drying out and painful, I applied some of the Healing Balm and it seriously cleared them right up! (after a few applications of course). So my boyfriend burns himself by handling a pan out of the oven, I told him to apply the Healing Balm - et voila after a few times it cleared up. I'm not sure what magical healing power is in this stuff but it's straight out of a Disney film!

#3: Shampoo/Body Wash
I used the travel size bottle while on vacation last week and it did the trick. Smells nice and didn't find it was anything out of the ordinary. I also have a favourite shampoo/conditioner so I didn't bother trying it in my hair.

#4: Hand Soap - nothing outstanding about it but it smells great and does the trick, so great addition to the Essentials Bundle as an option when I don't need anything else

#5: Multi-Surface Cleaner
I use this in our bathroom, kitchen, my desk at work, the coffee table and dinning room table at home, my dressers, etc. It's fantastic, smells wonderful (citrus grapefruit scent) and literally cleans anything in the house with a beautiful shine!

#6: Bathroom Cleaner
Minty Eucalyptus scent, cleans everything right up and makes me feel good about using it on a surface we interact with every day because I'm not fearful of the strong cleaning agents used in other products like Vim.

#7: Bubble Bath - glorious! Very sudsy - so don't need a lot in a bath. Nice Grapefruit scent to it too.

#8: Stain Remover
Okay so this stuff is another miracle product. While we were on vacation last week I got some Papa John's pizza garlic sauce on my favourite white t-shirt, I was ticked. And this wasn't any creamy garlic dipping sauce like Pizza Pizza, it was oily. So I spot cleaned with water at the hotel and hoped that my stain remover would do the trick when I got home. I applied once and washed it, almost came out. Applied & washed again and from what I can tell - the stains are gone! Amazing! It boasts being able to take wine out of furniture/carpet and remove blood stains - it's the truth!

I'm looking forward to the arrival of my next bundle this week which will include the 4-in-1 Laundry Packs (pods), Toilet Cleaner, Window & Glass Cleaner, Mandarin Foaming Hand Soap and Air & Fabric Freshener spray in Lavender Vanilla.

Check out The Honest Company - you won't regret it! Click here for my personal invitation page.

Happy Cleaning!
awaLL