Linda's Norwex

Norwex in the news!!

2010-10-09T16:21:00.000-06:00

DEBBIE Bolton, has her eyes on the prize -- creating a dynasty in Dauphin.

The CEO of Norwex Enviro Products has seen its sales of environmentally friendly personal care and cleaning products grow by more than 100 per cent every year since its Canadian operations began 11 years ago.

To read the entire article from the Winnipeg Free Press, click here: Dauphin's Norwex aims for billion-dollar sales!

2010-09-07T06:20:00.000-06:00

The Dishwashing Liquid or Green Soap as we Norwex lovers call it is not just for washing dishes.

Kim's little girl got into the Vaseline and was rubbing it all over her body, except she still had her cloths on!! They were in a hurry so Kim just put the Dishwashing Liquid all over the stain and soaked it in a sink of water. A few hours later when she came home, you can see by the pics what she found.

The Dishwashing Liquid has is best de-greaser and stain remover I have ever found.

Thanks Kim for sharing.

2010-08-22T07:04:00.000-06:00

I found this interesting article on the website LOSING IT! with Jillian Michaels on plastics and how harmful they can be for us.

Is your kitchen full of Unsafe Plastic?

Manufacturers use plastics more than any other material to create and package products. The bad news is, many types of plastic contain endocrine disruptors and other dangerous chemicals. If you use containers made of those types to store food, those chemicals can leach into your food and affect your metabolism and your overall health.
You can tell which plastics to avoid by checking the numbers printed on the bottom of the containers. Here are the ones you should stop using:

#3 — Polyvinyl chloride (often abbreviated PVC or V): PVC is found in bottles that contain cooking oils, cling wrap, the clear wrap around deli meats and cheeses, plumbing pipes, shower curtains, and toys. This type of plastic contains hormone-disrupting phthalates and cancer-causing dioxins that can leach out when the plastic comes into contact with heat, food, water, air, or our bodies.

Alternatives: Choose Glad wrap, Saran premium wrap, or Saran Cling Plus wrap (which do not contain PVC) or store your food in glass. Buy cooking oil in glass bottles. Don't ever microwave your food in plastic — instead, use parchment paper or wax paper.

#6 — Polystyrene (Styrofoam; often abbreviated PS): Polystyrene is another big no. It's found in your typical take-out containers, disposable coffee cups, and egg cartons. The materials used to create polystyrene are all known or suspected carcinogens, and when PS gets hot, it can release chemicals into foods.
Alternatives: Buy eggs in cardboard containers and don't drink your coffee from Styrofoam cups. If you can't avoid polystyrene packaging, transfer any food into a glass or ceramic container ASAP.

#7 — Polycarbonate (often abbreviated PC): Polycarbonate is found in baby bottles, microwave ovenware, stain-resistant food storage containers, eating utensils, the plastic liners of almost all food and soft-drink cans, Lexan containers, old Nalgene or other hard-plastic drinking bottles, 5-gallon water jugs, and building materials. Hundreds of studies have linked bisphenol A (BPA), a chemical in polycarbonate plastic, with harmful endocrine-disrupting effects, such as early puberty in girls, abnormal breast tissue and prostate growth, and lower sperm count.

Alternatives: Use glass baby bottles and switch to stainless steel or ceramic drinking bottles. Limit your exposure from canned foods like beans by rinsing the food thoroughly before you eat it.

A few types of plastic are okay to use because they don't contain as many toxins. These are PET or PETE (#1 plastic, the type used in many beverage bottles), HDPE (#2 plastic, used in some Tupperware products), LDPE (#4 plastic), and PP (#5 plastic, used in yogurt containers). While these types are okay, I say the fewer plastics in your life, the better. Whenever possible, look for alternatives such as glass, stainless steel, and ceramics.

Harmful Household Chemical Cleaners

2010-05-18T19:39:00.004-06:00

CBC Marketplace investigates the growing concern that common household chemical cleaners are causing health issues for families and business. wowgreen Intl. solves this problem with highly effective all natural enzyme based cleaners that are chemical free, non-toxic, non-combustable and do not cost any more than popular chemical cleaners.

Norwex carries many enzyme based cleaning products including Mattress Cleaner, Sportzyme, Odour Eliminator and Oven & Grill Cleaner.

Airdrie Home & Garden Show!

2010-05-09T16:49:00.006-06:00

The Airdrie Home and Garden Show on April 24th and 25th was a great success. Brandy Corcoran and I were so glad to see so many of our wonderful customers come out for the event. We loved seeing you, catching up and of course having all your favorite Norwex products there for you.

As you can see I carry a fully stocked Norwex store as all times so if there is any thing you need to order..... No Waiting! The next event you can find me at with my Norwex Store is Westerner Days Fair and Exposition in Red Deer, AB from July 21st to July 25th. Hope you see you there!!

The Dirty Dozen List!!

2010-04-30T08:23:00.003-06:00

Did you know that Celery is #1 on the list for having the most pesticides on it while it is grown?

Norwex Fresh Wash has all natural ingredients (Orange extract, water, ascorbic acid, Yucca schidigera, citric acid) and will not only safely and effective clean your fruits and vegetables to extend their shelf life by 2 - 3 times, but the orange peel extract and natural exzymes naturally break down dirt, pesticide/fungicide residues, bacteria, hidden fungi, wax and oils. So when you can't buy organic use Norwex Fresh Wash to protect your family from pesticides.

Here's how to use the Norwex Fresh Wash.

When you come home from the grocery store:

Step 1: Dilute 5 sprays per cup of water I usually use a large bowl or put about 3 inches of water in my sink and spray Fresh Wash about 25 times into the water.
Step 2: Soak fruit and veggies for about 3 - 5 minutes.
Step 3: Lay produce out on Antibac Tea Towel (they are so absorbent and draw the moisture away from the fruit and veggies) to dry or use Antibac Kitchen Cloth or Antibac Tea Towel to dry your produce to remove even more waxes or residues. The Kitchen Scrub Cloth is also amazing at scrubbing the wax off apples. Package and store your produce.
Step 4: Diluted Fresh Wash can be stored in the fridge and used up to 1 week.

Never Under-estimate the Power of Silver!

2010-04-21T21:21:00.001-06:00

Testimonial by Leta Flaman, Senior Executive / Sales Leader

There is a family I know quite well who went this summer on a vacation to the Cypress Hills. They had a small kitchen in their hotel room, and, of course, being the NORWEX LOVER SHE IS, she had to take her own cloths for taking care of the kitchen.

After the room cleanup on the day they were returning home, she put the Enviro Cloth, the old Veggie Cloth and the Kitchen Scrub Cloth in a zip-lock bag after rinsing with water.

Upon arriving home, the cloths were missing! She thought she had lost them or left them in the hotel room. Their holiday was in the latter part of July. A few weeks ago in mid November, she found her cloths under the pots and pans in her box of vacation things! She was frightened to open the bag, for fear of what she might find. To her astonishment, there was no mold and not a tinge of smell in any of the cloths at all!

I have been sharing this story at my shows and it has been a great testimonial to what I believe the silver can do. It was about 80 days those wet cloths were in that zip-lock bag!