We're Ready for our #ChristmasClean with Astonish

Throughout Christmas, my grown-up children and their plus ones, my grandson and my parents will all be visiting to enjoy some festive family fun.  Before they arrive, I will do my best to get the house sparkling clean and looking its best.  From scrubbing the sinks to cleaning the floor, I want things to look spotless and inviting for my visitors.

Thankfully, Astonish have sent me a selection of their products to help me get my house as gleaming as the star on top of my Christmas tree! 

I am a big fan of the Great British brand that is Astonish, in particular the Oven and Cookware Cleaner.  Not only does it do a great job on oven doors, shelves and hobs, it is also amazing at getting rid of water marks in the sink, stains from my worktop and felt tip marks from my table. It cleans deeply, lifting away stains gently but efficiently.  It's my must-have cleaning product that I use for all tough jobs in the home.

The Bathroom and the Anti-Bacterial Cleansers are good all round products.  The Bathroom Cleanser removes grease and soap scum and cleans to a shine.  It's great for tiled surfaces, baths and taps. The Anti-Bacterial Cleanser cleans and protects, killing 99.9% of germs.  It helps keeps surfaces clean and safe. The Floor Cleaner is great for tiled floors and we use it on our laminate too.  It has a no rinse formula and a nice, light fragrance.

The Cranberry and Cinnamon Handwash is absolutely wonderful.  It literally smells of Christmas!  It is lovely to have in our downstairs bathroom for all our Christmas visitors to use.  So many people have remarked on how lovely it is already.

Not only are the Astonish products great quality and effective, they are also cruelty free, approved by both the Vegetarian and Vegan Societies.  This means my conscience can be as clean as my house when using them.  I love that the range doesn't rely on harsh chemicals, instead, where possible, using ingredients that are less harmful to ourselves and to the environment.

Another brilliant fact about Astonish is the price...just £1 RRP. That is great value for such good products.

Find out more about Astonish and prepare  for your own Christmas clean: www.astonishcleaners.com

Make Household Chores Less of a Nightmare this Spring

Spring is the perfect time of year to sort out those household niggles and give your home a thorough deep clean. But if the idea of donning your rubber gloves fills you with dread, you are not alone.

A recent survey by Oven Pride, the number one oven cleaning brand, found that a staggering 316 million ‘little household jobs’ currently need attention in Britain’s homes.  According to the survey, these are the top ten most disliked and often avoided jobs around the home.

TOP 10 MOST DISLIKED CHORES

1.    Cleaning the oven

2.    Cleaning the windows

3.    Hoovering the stairs

4.    Cleaning the toilet

5.    Dusting

6.    Scrubbing the roasting tin

7.    Removing hair from plug

8.    Defrosting the freezer

9.    Ironing shirts

10. Unblocking the sink or plug hole

In fact, these jobs are so dreaded that 45 per cent of people admitted to being kept awake at night over a job that they haven’t been able to cross off their to-do list. A tenth of people have a job at home that they’ve put off doing for over five years, with three in ten putting one off for at least 12 months.

The survey revealed that almost half of us currently have dirty ovens waiting to be cleaned. With so many of us shutting the door on this nightmare task, it is perhaps no surprise that it has been named as the number one most hated household chore by more than 55% of those asked.

Oven Pride provides an all-in-one solution that can be used on the whole of your oven, making oven cleaning less of a nightmare this spring.  Oven Pride’s powerful, fume-free and easy-to-use formula transforms racks and grills, making excessive scrubbing and scouring a thing of the past. Simply apply the formula to the areas that need to be cleaned and leave it to soak for a minimum of 4 hours or ideally overnight. Then simply remove the residue with a sponge or cloth and rinse the inside of the oven and racks with plenty of hot soapy water.

We were sent a sample of Oven Pride and used it to clean my son's oven.  It wasn't a pleasant task with baked on grease and spatters of burnt food to contend with.  However the Oven Pride came with rubber gloves which made the task a bit less grim.  The gel-like solution was applied to the surfaces of the oven and after a few hours was wiped away bringing the yucky, brown grease with it.  The racks fit into sealable bags allowing them to be immersed in the cleaner easily and safely, which is a very clever way of cleaning them. We left them overnight and forgot about them until morning when they just needed rinsing with hot, soapy water.  The Oven Pride definitely shifted a lot of the burnt on grease from the surfaces and the racks, making the oven look a lot cleaner.  It's never going to be a pleasant job, but for mucky ovens Oven Pride definitely makes it an easier job.

That is one chore that can now be crossed off the to-do list when it comes to spring cleaning!

Oven Pride retails at £3.99 and is available from all major supermarkets.

This post is brought to you in conjunction with Oven Pride.