Housework is shared out quite evenly in our household despite me working less hours than my husband. This is always appreciated of course and so I try to buy products that are going to make our lives easier when it does come to chores. Washing up is something that comes up so often in our home it is just ridiculous. Some days we will need to wash up two or three times. Perhaps I should have more baking trays, glass dishes, cutlery and plates so we would need to wash up less but then I figure that we would have more dirty items sitting around waiting that way! I like to use quality washing up products such as strong sponges, Fairy washing up liquid, sometimes ...  Read the complete review

BRILLO MULTI-USE SOAP PADS After I got completely fed up scrubbing the barbecue racks with a scourer, a bowl of hot water and some flash kitchen (I chose it because it was anti-grease) I decided to try something a lot easier and that did'nt make my hands red raw. I comteplated steel wool scourers and some flash lemon, but I seriously couldnt be bothered scrubbing all that time and making my hands ache, so, on my recent trip to Home Bargains, I found Brillo pads... I remember my mum using Brillo pads to clean the oven when I was young, and she always got good results, and that was my earliest memory of Brillo pads. After I brought these, I ...  Read the complete review

We have used Brillo Pads in house for ages and I am sure I can remember my mother using these too when I was little. We buy ours from Asda - you get ten pads of soap in a tear off top boxette for about £1.25. Sometimes you can pick these up from Poundland if you are lucky. They are not to be confused with the cheaper imitation alternatives, there is no comparison, really in my personal opinion. As I say, you get ten of these steel wool pads is a pack and you can see thery are grey and a slight pink in colour. The idea is that you apply water and then start to clean your hard dried on food from your pans. There is no need to scrub too hard as they ...  Read the complete review

Brillo pads are another 'old' product I love. They are so simple yet so effective. I use Brillos for all sorts of cleaning including the oven, pots and pans, my bathroom and even on the floors and kitchen fascias. Though you should be careful if using on surfaces that can scratch as Brillos are quite harsh. I used them on our laminate flooring to remove years-old dirt and stains when we moved into this house as it needed a lot of serious cleaning! As did the kitchen fascias and tiles, which were covered in what felt like centuries-old oil splashes from frying. Nothing else lifted them like Brillo did. I also used them to easily and quickly remove plaint splatters from ...  Read the complete review

I decided to have a major spring clean last week and one part of the house that really did need some attention were the kitchen tiles. I knew that these were going to need some pretty harsh cleaning so brought some Brillo pads to see if they would do a better job than a normal spray cleaner which I would normally use. You can find Brillo pads down the cleaning products aisle in most supermarkets or general household goods stores such as Wilkinsons or The Range. They aren't cheap as I brought a pack of 10 for £1.15. Within your clear plastic tray with silver foil lid you get 10 black find steel pads. Each pad is already laced with a pink looking ...  Read the complete review