Here’s another reason why I would never use any other household products but those from my
Wellness Store:

For an in-home presentation i did in June of 2010, I put a squirt of Melapower and water into a clear eight-ounce Mason jar & fastened the lid. I always had a Mason jar with Melapower & water and a second separate Mason jar with Tide and water for in-home or a product training events. Thes jars allowed me to demonstrate how Tide was full of chemicals and Melapower was chemical free. You were able to see with your own eyes the difference between the two products and how Melapower is definitely chemical free!

I always labeled and dated the bottles to show that no matter how long the Melapower was in the bottle, nothing changed—unlike the Tide bottle.

Imagine my surprise when I found that Melapower Mason jar on Saturday! It was tucked in on the back of a shelf in my office. The water has a slight blueish tinge to it, but nothing else. I haven’t opened it and I am not going to. Fifteen years in the bottle and there isn’t any scum, or bacteria growing in that jar. There isn’t any mold growth either, as there always was with the Mason jar that contained Tide and water. Often, the metal lid of the Tide jar would have rusted through. The label and the metal lid on the jar with Melapower are still intact. The best product wins!

Last month, February 2025, I put a scoop of powdered Tide and water in an eight ounce Mason jar to show the difference between Tide and MelaPower when I am doing either an overview or a product training.

On Thursday March 6, 2025, I was doing an overview and showed the prospective customer the 15-year bottle of MelaPower and it didn’t look any different than it did a few months ago, However the Mason jar that I prepared with powdered Tide in February was already scummy, foamy, and moldy. The metal Mason jar lid was already starting to rust and had holes from the chemicals eating through the metal lid.

Which would you want to use on your clothes that touch your skin?

I often get asked what I do to look younger than my age and while it’s a great compliment to hear, there’s no short answer to the question. For some, it’s genetics, but that’s not my case. So here’s a list I happen to follow to fight the aging process:

1. Consume a lot of vegetables, legumes, fruits, nuts and seeds
2. Choose supplements carefully to prevent deficiencies (vitamin K2/D3, magnesium, B vitamins, and omega-3 fatty acids, resveratrol, etc). Most people are nutritionally deficient even if they eat healthy; and remember: Look for proof of cellular absorption and proof of performance. 
3. Avoid sugary foods and drinks—especially those carbonated drinks!
4. Avoid trans fats
5. Significantly reduce your intake of omega-6 foods, like corn oil, sunflower oil, safflower oil, grapeseed oil, margarine, sesame oil, mayonnaise and most salad dressings 
6. Consume more healthy fats, especially omega-3 fats, by consuming more walnuts, olives, olive oil, avocados, flax seed, chia seed, fatty fish, etc
7. Reduce processed red meat such as sausages, salami, bacon, ham, hot dogs, etc
8. Consume anti-aging foods like green leafy vegetables (broccoli, spinach, kale), blueberries, dark chocolate, salmon, walnuts, pomegranate, etc
9. Avoid milk; it accelerates aging.
10. Minimize alcohol
11. Drink a minimum of 64 ounces of water per day—that’s eight glasses per day. Drink it often, the more the better.. 
12. Fast regularly. Eat within a 12-hour period, so your body can fast for 12 hours. 
13. Exercise moderately (ex: walking) for at least 20 minutes each day and intensely for at least an additional 20 minutes three times per week. 
14. Optimize your sleep. Make sure you sleep enough and go to bed around the same time each evening.
15. Consider taking melatonin. Besides improving sleep, melatonin can also extend lifespan and slow down aging
16. Slow down skin aging by protect your skin against the sun’s rays: (always wear strong sunscreen, and a hat when going outside in the sun)
17. Brush and floss! Good oral health slows aging and reduces heart disease and Alzheimer’s
18. Consider nutrition to treat health concerns instead of medication. People often underestimate the side effects of medication. Also, most medications treat the symptoms, not the root cause. 
19. Use high quality skincare (cleanser, toner, serum, moisturizer, eye cream, etc) but be aware that you don’t have to spend a lot of money on expensive skin care.
20. Keep your protein up! Try to eat protein within an hour of waking up each day. We need more protein as we age and our bones need strong muscles to support them.

As always, if you need direction on any of these, just ask!

In fact, I was a Downy Unstoppables lover. I had no idea there were a variety of toxins and endocrine disrupters in those products.. Really, I had zero clue—I just loved the “smell-good” stuff.

We stopped using Dreft because we discovered that just because there is a baby on the label does NOT make it safe for babies (or for anyone else of that mater) and stopped the Unstoppables to switch to this Ecosense brand almost years ago. I’ve never purchased any other brand laundry product since.

The reasons are simple. First, there is the safe-scent policy — I get great “smell-good” stuff without the toxins. This super-concentrated laundry detergent easily lifts stains and smells amazing. It uses safer ingredients (No chlorine bleach; No parabens; No phthalates; No formaldehyde; No bleach, No ammonia; No tricolsan; and No phosphates), reduces plastic waste and is more affordable per wash. Just one pump or 10 mL (that’s two teaspoons!) is all you need to clean a full load of laundry, and these products have s and NO recalls or lawsuits on any ingredients in any product throughout the whole store.

That’s unheard of today. Plus, the cost is lower— one small 32 oz. bottle is enough to wash 96 loads.
Can’t beat that!