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Sustainable Living

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Sustainable Living

  • How To Wash Soiled Baby Clothes-Hello-Charlie
    January 18, 2018

    How To Wash Soiled Baby Clothes

    I had a customer ask me recently about the best way to wash soiled baby clothes and sheets. Now, with a baby's sensitive skin, you want to use only the mildest, most natural products you can find. But because you...

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  • 52 Great Ideas for Green Living-Hello-Charlie
    January 6, 2017

    52 Great Ideas for Green Living

    The New Year is a time when many of us make resolutions. If one of your aims this year is to go green, think of us as your enabler! We've got lots of great ideas for small steps to help...

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  • What to Use When You Need a Natural Stain Remover-Hello-Charlie
    September 14, 2016

    What to Use When You Need a Natural Stain Remover

    Grass stains, red wine stains, mysterious stains that appear on your favourite shirt! Don't reach for toxic chemicals. We've got a heap of ideas that you can reach for when you want a natural stain remover. Lemon Juice Lemon juice...

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  • 17 Tips for Plastic Free July-Hello-Charlie
    July 8, 2016

    17 Tips for Plastic Free July

    It's Plastic Free July and I'm inviting you to join the challenge. The challenge is simple... refuse single-use plastic in July. It may seem daunting, but there are lots of little steps that you can take to reduce your use...

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  • What is the difference between Oeko-Tex and Organic?-Hello-Charlie
    March 2, 2016

    What is the difference between Oeko-Tex and Organic?

    What is the difference between Oeko-Tex and Organic? That's exactly what Zita asked me this week. She'd seen some baby clothes that had a tag on them, saying they were Oeko-Tex certified, and she wondered how Oeko-Tex and organic certifications...

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  • How We Choose and Source Our Products-Hello-Charlie
    July 20, 2015

    How We Choose and Source Our Products

    I'm often asked how we choose our products here at Hello Charlie. I find products in lots of different way: customers recommend something they've been using I start looking for something to use on myself or my family a customer...

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  • Why flushable wipes aren't really flushable-Hello-Charlie
    May 19, 2015

    Why flushable wipes aren't really flushable

    As the team at ABC's The Checkout recently demonstrated, Kleenex so-called flushable wipes should come with a product warning stating that wipes may not break down as advertised! Say what? The term flushable wipes is another one of those ambiguous greenwashing words...

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  • What is Tog on Baby Sleep Bags?-Hello-Charlie
    March 12, 2015

    What is Tog on Baby Sleep Bags?

    Some baby sleep bags have 'TOG' ratings on them, from 0.1 to 3.5. Obviously, it's some kind of warmth rating, but what do the numbers actually mean? Even more confusingly, when you buy doonas, you'll see Tog ratings from 1.5...

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