From Blueland to Greenland (no, not that one).

A friend tipped me off to Blueland. I didn’t seriously look into it until more recently. Blueland sells cleaning products—soaps and detergents for the kitchen, bathroom, laundry, etc. The products are mostly “green cleaning tablets with natural clean ingredients.” They also sell bottles that you ideally buy once and then reuse and only buy the cleaning tablets as needed after that. They also sell kits. As much as I loved the idea, I didn’t feel like I really needed any of their products. But then I realized that I was running out of a multi-purpose cleaner. I have made my own cleaning products in the past with vinegar and essential oils and other things but I always felt that the vinegar smell was too overpowering. I never seemed to have the energy, motivation, and inspiration to spend a whole lot of time and effort trying to figure out the best recipe. However, in my effort to reduce waste, I really didn’t want to throw out a container and buy another. Then I thought to myself, “Blueland!”

I intended to only order the Multi-Surface Cleaner tablets but in looking at the website, I decided to try the Foaming Hand Soap tablets as well. I have moved to bar soap throughout my household but I do have a few refillable hand soap containers from before and I thought, “Why not try?” While I am fine using bar soap, I completely understand the preference for liquid soap and I figured I could have both on hand. As for the Multi-Surface Cleaner, I was just going to rinse out my old container and reuse it. The process is very easy, you just pop the tablet in with water and it dissolves like Alka Seltzer. You don’t have to shake or stir…just let it sit. I did have to look up online how much water to add as there are no instructions on the packaging. That was a very slight annoyance because it felt like an effort to make it a tiny bit harder when you don’t buy their containers. But I eventually found the information and moved on. Also, I am assuming their containers have a wide enough opening for the tablets to plop right in. For the hand soap, I had to break the tablet in two in order for it to fit in my container and for the multi-purpose cleaner, it fit but it was tight and needed quite a nudge. Not really significant issues though.

I have just recently started using the products but so far the Multi-Surface Cleaner seems to work very well for what I use it for—to clean counters and the table. It also smells lovely. As for the hand soap, I have only tried the Lavender Eucalyptus. It smells great. It’s not super foamy, but it does foam a bit, and it’s pretty thin…the consistency of water. For people that really like their liquid hand soap, this might disappoint. But maybe give it a go and see if you can get used to it? For me, it’s fine. I think it’s nice to have on hand and I will likely keep buying the product but I think my go-to soap will be bar soap. I do like this company’s mission and I am happy to support it.