video review! - bathroom cleaner

clean sweeps

+ method luster Brit let us know that you can download a method $1.00 off coupon on healthEsavers.com! And that also, if you pick up a current copy of the Whole Foods newsletter, they also have a $1.00 off coupon for our favorite company! Enjoy! Thanks, Brit!

+ The new issue of Consumer Reports chooses their two best phosphate-free dishwasher detergents! And one just happens to be method smarty dish! Yay!

+ Speaking of those cute little oval cleaning machines, has anyone tried method's tip on using smarty dish as a whitening booster in your laundry? If so, what were your results! Let us know!

hsn: more new for you!

green perks

Hey, got a cell phone plan with T-Mobile? Yay! (Oh, but here comes the "are you out of the hip loop?" question. And yes, I am. Boo.) Got a cell phone DATA plan with T-Mobile? If you do, make sure you sign up for their new Green Perks application! It's even free!

Green Perks is a free downloadable application that delivers exclusive discounts on green products and services directly to your phone. And one of these great exclusives just happens to be 20% off method home care and personal care products coupons! So cool! (And so sad I can't get these. Ah well! Data plan, shm-ata plan!)

But for you lucky folks that ARE hip and trendy, download it from their site today! And start saving!

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You know, as badly as I want an iPhone (and I want one badly! But that monthly service plan price. Word. But I digress...) I have to say, when T-Mobile bought out Suncom (my previous carrier) I had my worries. But every time I've called customer service, they've seriously been helpful, positive, and pleasant! (A rarity in today's customer service world.) So I'd actually recommend them as a carrier! (Much better than the apparently horrid AT&T customer service I continually read and hear about. Oh iPhone, one day you will no longer be tethered to a single carrier... one day!)

look who's brand new!

Well, well! Looks like someone's gone and gotten themselves a little... plastic surgery! OH oh, get it? Plastic. Surgery. I swear, folks! I'll be here all week! I hear the veal is really good (if you're into eating things like that, which, really, you shouldn't be! Baby. Cow! That's all I got to say! Wait, where am I? Oh, yeah...)

It would appear that method squeaky green kids (and possibly baby) line is getting a make over! Off goes the otter, in comes the penguin! The other thing you'll notice is the squeeze bottom is gone, replaced with a flip top lid. I swear, I know I know I've heard it from you all before. But I just think the squeeze bottom is such a great idea, one day method is going to get it right and it's going to stick! But until then, I guess it's more flip tops.

I only saw the crisp apple body wash, and 3-in-1 shampoo in this new bottle (with the 3-in-1 shampoo announcing it was an easier rinse formula!) I'm not sure if this new bottle will be kids + baby product wide, or not. (Though I'm guessing the answer shall be yes.) Look for it soon at your favorite Target!

What do you think? Squeeze bottom? Flip top lid? Otter? Or Penguin? Let us know!

method's got your back...

...background, that is! (BAH-dum! Yeah, that was real bad like, I know. I know!) If you happen to be on their advocate email list, I bet you've received this grand email recently, discussing healthy hands (AND subtly mentioning their big new limited edition fragrance, debuting this August at Target - mandarin mango! Yay! I'm so curious to see what it smells like! I mean, yeah, mandarin, and yeah, mango, but you know what I mean!)

The email says: "happy, healthy hands. - you’ve heard it before, but good advice bears repeating. washing hands often with warm water and soap is all you need to fight germs. some companies resort to dirty chemicals like triclosan to get rid of germs, but we prefer the non-toxic route: natural soap made with plant-derived cleaners and sweet-smelling scents like lavender and cucumber. (psst…our new guest star fragrance, mandarin mango, makes its debut at target this august)."

But also in the email was a link that will enable you to keep your very own computer desk squeaky clean, using method desktop wallpaper! (It says a screensaver, but really it's just wallpaper! All those internet words start to mingle after a while, you know.) It's the adorablicious image of a tree, full of little method soap bottle leaves; from their t-shirt (which you can also have for a mere $15.00!) I so lust this design! So be sure to head on over and pick out your favorite wallpaper color! There's pink, and green, and lavender, and...

...Oh, and don't forget to start daydreaming of mandarin mango! It's a mere month and so away!... Ahh!

boost it!

method's own people against dirty blog has a great laundry tip! (And therefore, I thought I'd share it! Yay!)

"Looking for a whitening boost for your laundry? One of the cool tricks that one of our people against dirty discovered is an alternate use for Smarty Dish, our phosphate and bleach-free dishwasher detergent – a laundry booster! We thought it was a cool idea and decided to try it out ourselves. Indeed, it whitened our whites…..

+ 1. Throw a Smarty Dish tablet (can be either Go Naked or Pink Grapefruit) into the drum of your washer (even in an HE machine), then add your method laundry detergent as you would normally.

+ 2. Make sure to only do this with warm or hot water wash cycles. The tablet won’t dissolve completely in cold water.

+ 3. Use 1 for a regular load, 2 for a big or nasty load, or remedial whites.

+ 4. Run your washer as you would normally and dry as you normally do, too. Perhaps give line drying a try, as it uses nature’s energy to dry your clothes!

Smarty Dish is safe for colors, too. It also boosts performance on food and outdoorsy stains (grass & dirt).

Let us know how this works by emailing info@methodhome.com"

no sweat?

Come on now, let's all have a little TMI talk. (That would be Too Much Information, ok?) It won't hurt. Not one little bit.

So here's the thing. The word of the day, you might say. (And if you're a Pee Wee fan, you know what that means, right? Yes, you do!) Sweat. (Pause for screaming. The Pee Wee kind. Not the gross kind!) Until our favoritest company in the whole wide world gives us method all natural people AND clothing friendly deodorant (see, method, there's your tagline. Already done. People + clothing friendly. Now, get on it. Ok, we'll be waiting. Patiently, as always. Cause that's just the kind of advocates we are.) we'll have sweat. And with sweat, brings sweat stains.

I'm not talking about those sweat stains you can just wash out. I'm talking about "let's stick around and ruin your clothing" sweat stains. Nasty stuff, indeed. And it's all because of that annoying little aluminum they put in your deodorant. Which then makes it deodorant/antiperspirant. Without the antiperspirant, well, you'll be sweating even MORE! Or rather, it'll be showing even more. Deodorant = smell killer. Antiperspirant = sweat lesser.

Sure, sure, there are those deodorant rocks out there, and other such things. But what's a person who sweats like a chimpanzee in the jungle to do all day long (do chimpanzees sweat? They are 99% human, after all?), in the south, without their antiperspirant? Hmm? Oh oh, no, I'm not talking about me. No, uh-uh. I meant my friend. Yeah, my friend... Saul. That's it. Him. What's he to do? He wanted me to ask you.

So, heading 360 degrees here, until method knocks out a major homerun with some green mint deodorant (uh-huh, you read right. Green mint.) what's YOUR sweat stain solution for your clothing?

I found this one "solution" online: To remove perspiration stains from white T-shirts, dissolve two aspirins in half a cup of warm water and apply to the area of the fabric where the stain is. This should be left for a couple of hours before washing. I haven't tried this yet, but think I will. I believe I read this solution in a Martha Stewart book, too (and we all know, if Martha said it, it has to be true!)

But, I also read about how you can spray a half/half mixture of water and white vinegar on your stains, and let them sit a bit, then wash them. So I've been doing this one for a while now, but you know what, I feel like it doesn't necessarily do what it should; and then I have hands that smell like vinegar for the rest of the day (never a good thing. Unless you have some french fries nearby.)

So what's your eco/natural trick? Does it work? Let us know!