Ideal Bite

While I'm all for diffusers that use pure essential oils, I find it VERY disappointing that you recommended Method's Aroma Sticks in today's eco tip. Synthetic fragrance oils are anything BUT eco friendly!

I love to diffuse essential oils through a glass globe nebulizer diffuser. In my opinion, those work the very best and also have a cool space age look to them. Changing the essential oils allows you to customize it based on your moods. Blue chamomile with french lavender will make you chill and the color looks so pretty in the globe. Grapefruit with bergamot makes a happy, uplifting blend; so does peppermint and rosemary. If you like intense floral scents, the precious oils of Turkish rose and jasmine will make you weak at the knees! It's fun playing. The diffuser can be seen here: http://www.diffuserworld.com/detail.aspx?ID=25

I never really iron my clothes, or the kid's clothes, so I save money on plugging in the iron. when drying clothes in the dryer, I just allow the clothes to tumble dry, but I never let the dryer stop with the clothes still lying in there. I check the clothes when I think they are dry, or when the buzzer on the dryer let's me know they are about done. I always take the clothes from the dryer "while" they are tumbling dry. the dryer stops when I reach in, and that's when I have all my hangers already, and folding is also done. the pants are folded in the way I want the crease to be maintained, because when you fold, or hang clothes "while" they are still hot, they hold that order. I think it's because when they cool in the possition you put them in, and they remain that way until you reach to wear them, it does the trick every time. anyways, it works 4 me![smiling]

THANKS IDEAL BITE for posting about this. those plug in diffusers are also one of the major causes of home fires. they are not only toxic, but more susceptible than blow dryers or other electronics to catch on fire.

Ok you advertize this site as inexpensive 30 to 4o some dollars for a room freshner is not cheap ... what gives ... lol ...

I saw a plug in that caught fire the other day. It was in a house for sale. Could of been worse.

They are nice, but be sure to put it in a low traffic zone. I knocked mine over last week and the oil went all over my antique wooden desk! It left a stain, which I was able to clear up with some wood treatment oil. My room will smell like lavendar for the rest of my life though. ha!

It's also nice to have diffusers if your roommates light candles and forget to blow them out when they leave the house...

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For many people who have asthma (and statistics show way too many of our children have this problem these days!)the use of heavy scents is an irritant. I find that many small retailers are so heavily scented that I can't even shop comfortably. I occasionally have to leave friend's homes because they have too much "air freshener" in the air. It's not very refreshing! So many of us live in sealed environments that are basically unhealthy for us, and the use of heavily seented "air fresheners" is simply masking other problems.