I rent an apartment so I absolutely CANNOT get hairdye on anything. I also use Melaluca brand cleaning products because my mother-in-law was nice enough to get a starter kit of them for me. So, if you happen to use these products as well, or have thought about using them, you should know that full strength sol-u-mel is AMAZING for removing hair dye from surfaces! Be sure to use it ASAP though, cause the quicker you get to it the fewer times you'll have to apply it!

I haven't heard of this brand. So it's all natural?

Another tip, though I'm sure you already knew this, is bicarbonate of soda for stains on bathrooms and wipeable surfaces. You can make a paste with it and scrub or leave it sitting on the stain to draw it out.

Well, I guess I should've included more info about it from the get-go, my mistake! Melaluca is a multilevel marketing company that sells all natural botanical health, wellness, and cleaning products which are made from tea tree oil (extract of Australian Melaleuca Virticulata). My mother-in-law started using them in hopes of making a profit from selling them herself, and fell so much in love with them that now she uses them exclusively, and therefore bought them for me.

Oh, and where can you find bicarbonate of soda? Because there are stains on the floor of my shower which I cannot get to come out! And is it something that will like burn my hands when I use it? (sorry if that's a stupid question...)

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Oh, and where can you find bicarbonate of soda? Because there are stains on the floor of my shower which I cannot get to come out! And is it something that will like burn my hands when I use it? (sorry if that's a stupid question...)

I think it's one of those British-to-American(/Canadian) translation things. Should be baking soda, or sodium bicarbonate.

Oh, excellent, now that I read my box of baking soda, that is the chemical name for it! Yay for learning something new! It just sounded kinda scary that way..

If you're trying to go all natural, baking soda is the way to go, but if you've got stubborn stains you need to get out, nothing beats bleach. Pour or wipe it on, leave it for 5-10 minutes and the stain should be gone. I have had really bad stains from colors like Deep Purple on my countertop and bathtub. That color is so dark that it even gets in your hairbrush/comb and then when the item is set on the counter, it makes a nasty stain. For little surface stains, you can also use toothpaste.