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1. A super affordable, game-changing power scrubber if you consider deep cleaning your bathroom before holiday guests arrive to be a pain in the tush. Not anymore — this baby will leave your loo sparkling with basically zero effort on your part.
BuzzFeed Shopping editor Natalie Brown put this to the test, and here's what she had to say: "This thing works small miracles: I cleaned about half of my bathroom's grout to its original sparkling-clean cream color in 40 minutes, and it took honestly no effort at all. I literally sat on the floor, dipped the bristles in a Castile soap dilution (2–3 drops of soap + 1/2 cup of water; but you could use almost any cleaner of your choice), then lazily ran the scrubber back and forth over a 6-inch section of grimy, dark-gray grout — and it only took about 30 seconds for that grout to go from dingy to bright. I started by using the specialty grout brush, but then I decided to try it with the default brush and that seemed to work just as well, IMHO!" Check out her full power scrubber review.
Get it from Amazon for $17.38. You can also get a special grout-cleaning brush head that can be swapped in for the regular one for $10.85.
2. A 100% natural oven scrub made with essential oils (or there's an unscented option, if you prefer) that's ready to work cleaning miracles on all the not-yummy gunk and residue left over from making Thanksgiving dinner. Gotta get your equipment fresh and ready for all your holiday cookies and pies!
It is from a small cleaning product biz based in Fairfield, Connecticut and comes with a metallic scrubber!
Promising review: "I couldn't believe how clean it got our oven in just a few scrubs with this stuff! It looks brand-new!" —Philip Romanowski
Get it from Everneat on Etsy or Amazon for $19.99 (available in three scents).
3. An amazing stain remover for concrete that'll absorb those grease stains you thought were hopeless and make 'em easy to brush away before your driveway is full of company and/or admirers staring at your holiday lights.
Promising review: "This product worked like a miracle. Very easy to use. The oil stain in my driveway was over 18 months old. I read the reviews, so I cleaned my driveway with car wash solution first to open up the pores in the concrete, let it dry completely, shook the bottle really well, poured it on the concrete, took a push broom and pushed the liquid in the direction of the lines in the concrete to make sure it absorbed, and in the Vegas heat it dried completely from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Be patient and make sure it dries completely. I used the push broom and brushed away the powder residue and the biggest oil spot and others were gone. I ordered two more bottles to do the rest of my driveway. I think the key is to cleanse it first to loosen the oil, then use it. In three hours the 18-month-old oil spots were gone. I highly recommend this product." —Loves
Get it from Amazon for $17.97.
4. A paws-itively amazing rubber pet hair broom with a built-in squeegee designed to sweep up all that fall shedding that's still stuck in your carpets — plus handle spilled liquids! It's def a must for anyone who ever has to clean up after their pet, but can be used on non-fur baby-related messes too. The only question that remains is, do you really WANT to know how much hair is hiding in your carpet?
Since it's basically a giant squeegee, you can also use it on car windows to clean and remove snow! And yes, it also works for cleaning up after humans who shed hair like nobody's business (same). BuzzFeed Shopping editor Emma Lord raves about it for that purpose in her Furemover broom review.
(Psst...if you're wondering, the sign next to the pooch on the right reads, "This is our new carpet broom. THIS is who is evicted from our bedroom. This is the gross ball of hair collected from our carpet.")
Promising review: "LIFE-CHANGER. We have two very floofy cats and I have long, thick hair, so needless to say there is a lot of shedding in our house. I could tell our vacuum wasn't quite doing the trick and I happened to stumble upon this item that looked to be the solution. WOW. First of all, it's a bit of a workout if you've got a medium-pile carpet like I do. I use short, firm strokes with the squeegee side and it pulls the hair up instantly. It's tedious work to do a whole room, but the satisfaction you get when you see all the hair makes it so worth it. Then you'll do a second pass in high-traffic areas and see how much MORE hair there is and wonder how you ever lived like that. Once you've got a nice pile, you can pick the clump of fur up by hand. I like to give it a quick vacuum after to get the dust and dirt that comes up. I haven't used it on our laminate flooring, but I'm sure that will blow me away too. This item is a complete must-have for anyone who owns a furry pet. This broom will absolutely outshine any expensive 'pet-rated' vacuum cleaner out there." —Leanna G
Get it from Amazon for $12.98 (also available in a collapsible version).
5. Or an endlessly reusable, nonadhesive hair remover roller you can just glide over your furniture to suck up the seemingly impossible amounts of fuzz your beloved fur baby deposits on a daily basis. Yes, you can now wear black pants and have company over! Maybe even both at the same time!
Promising review: "I have no idea how I lived so long without it. I literally wish I could find the words to describe how incredible this thing is. I could slap myself for not buying it sooner. I have an 85-pound golden retriever who SHEDS. Not normal shedding — I'm talking this dog has so much hair it's ridiculous to clean up. I vacuum every day and run the Roomba when I'm working. But there was nothing besides lint rolling that I could do for the couches, pillows, sheets, etc. Until this. When I got it, I used it really quickly on our ottoman, which has a ton of dog hair on it just from existing in our living room. Ran this back and forth a little and I kid you not, all the hair was gone. Took it to the couches, sunroom furniture, all the throw pillows, and the bed sheets (which is absolutely life changing), and it removed 98% of the hair. I contemplated buying another one so my husband and I could tag team everything that needed fur removal. I cleaned the couch cushions tonight and when I sat down on the couch (IN A BLACK SHIRT) I had no dog hair on me when I got off the couch. This thing is absolutely incredible and has surpassed any expectation I could have had. I'm not one to give into gimmicky 'miracle' products but this one is legit. Just buy it!" —Nichole
Get it from Amazon for $24.99 (available in three colors).
6. Oh Yuk jetted tub cleaner, because bubble bath season is here and your tub had better be ready. This will clean your jets in just 15 minutes and is named for exactly what you'll say when you see all the gunk that was hiding in them.
It's from a family-owned, Minnesota-based small business!
Promising review: "Oh my gosh! You think your tub is clean and then you see what comes out with this! I followed the directions (fill tub over jets, pour in cleaner, turn on jets). Almost immediately, disgusting residue shot out. And then most came out as the chemical had time to circulate. So glad I got this cleaner instead of sitting in filth, especially because we just bought a new house and I thought, 'Maybe I should try to find out if there is a special cleaner for these tubs.' Glad I did and can know my tub is cleaned out." —Aaron Johnson
Get it from Amazon for $17.84.
7. A leather cleaner to buy when every other method you've tried has come so close, yet ~sofa~ from getting the stains out of your beloved leather couch (or jacket, or purse, or office chair...). Time to get your favorite place to rest your booty looking its best before you have pals over for a cozy movie marathon.
Get a brush to use with it here!
Promising reviews: "I used this on my natural leather couch and wow! The results were amazing. This couch looks better than it did when I bought it new. Some reviews said the smell is bad, but it smells just like any other cleaner that doesn't have added fragrance. As soon as the solution dried, which took about 10 minutes, the smell was completely gone. I highly recommend this product if you have natural leather that you need cleaned." —Amanda Coffee
"Works like magic. Just bought it to try if it could remove the jean dye marks for my beige car leather seats and it worked with little to no effort with just a microfiber cloth and couple of drops from it." —Harsha
Get it from Amazon for $16.99+ (available in three sizes).
8. A multi-surface pet stain and odor eliminator that over 77,000 people (and presumably their furry friends) love. Those pee stains you only managed to get 80% out of the carpet from earlier in the year? Gone.
This stuff is from a small, family-run business, and you can use it on floors, clothes, carpets, furniture, and pretty much anything else. Check out BuzzFeed's full write-up on Rocco & Roxie stain remover.
Promising reviews: "This is magic! These pics were taken over the course of about 35 minutes. These are year-old stains! I’m sold." —Joshua Hurston Hall
"I def was leery as it was pricey, however, worth its weight in gold! Will def be keeping in stock. We had an unfortunate 'accident' on our rug when our dog was ill. Took the stains and smell right out as well as an old red wine stain without much effort at all. Sprayed on, let sit then wiped over once. Literally, stains gone. Love it and highly recommend!" —Ava Salazar
Get it from Amazon for $19.16.
9. Or Sunny & Honey Carpet Miracle, a cruelty-free formula you can use in most carpet cleaning machines to battle stains made by humans and pets alike. Your dog isn't the only one who sometimes has accidents, though yours are less the bathroom variety and more the spilling-a-full-glass-of-Merlot variety.
It's from a family-run small business that specializes in cleaning products, especially ones for homes with pets!
Promising reviews: "Worth every penny. I’ve bought this product so many times now I have it on autoship! Saw the reviews and figured I’d give it a try. My cat likes to pee over the litter box and stained the brand new carpet. I used this in my Bissell and it took all the stain and smell out!!! I’ll never use another cleaner." —Wendy
"The product was easy to use. I have purchased once before. My carpets are older and my dog had accidents as she got older. My carpets will never look brand new but this shampoo smells great and really put a lot of life into them. This is my go-to rug shampoo." —Gramma
Get it from Amazon for $19.99+ (available in three scents).
10. A trio of power scrubber brushes you can attach your drill and instantly create a super-powered deep-cleaning device that'll do most of the hard work for you. You may find yourself looking for even *more* surfaces around your home to clean until they shine like the star on top of your Christmas tree.
This set is made by a small business!
Promising review: "These brushes are freaking fantastic. I tried them on a portion of my shower and bathroom floor tiles and grout. I immediately had to do the rest because it made the cleaner sections look dirty. I also tried it on the side of my fridge that is next to my stovetop. It did a pretty good job there as well at removing grease and stains. The only downside is that it made me enjoy cleaning!" —Eric T. Ma
Get it from Amazon for $18.95 (available in six colors, each with a different stiffness/purpose).
11. A Pink Stuff combo pack including the magical, TikTok-beloved cleaner in both paste and spray form, so you can scrub anything from cookware to walls and bathroom fixtures to rubber shoes shiny clean. Just ~pink~ of all the icky, stained things in your home you can finally clean with this stuff!
Promising review: "WOW!!!! This stuff is amazing. I literally just have to spray it, let it sit for a few minutes, come back, and depending on what I’m using it for I either wipe it and it comes right off or I just use a scrubbing pad and it comes off. There’s nothing out there that is anywhere in comparison to this product!!!! This stuff is the absolute best. I highly recommend purchasing this. I can tell you that half of my cleaning products are now going to be thrown out because all I need is The Pink Stuff 😀😀. Whoever invented this stuff is an absolute genius; if you’re a clean freak like me this really is the way to go. Also it doesn’t have that nasty chemical smell, it smells great. Just buy it you won’t regret it." —Twin33
Get it from Amazon for $16.42.
12. A marvelous sink cleaner to polish all sorts of sink surfaces, from porcelain to acrylic to granite, and help eliminate stains and scuffs you had been getting the ~sinking~ feeling you were just gonna have to live with. Since you'll probably have other folks in the kitchen this season — from kiddos helping with cookies to your mom making latkes to your pals replenishing the liquor cabinet for NYE — might as well make it look a lil' more impressive.
It also creates a shiny, water-repellent surface that water will just bead off.
Promising review: "I had tried so many suggestions/products to bring my stainless-steel sink back to its original glory. However, nothing really helped. The more than reasonable price persuaded me to purchase this product. With very little effort, it did the job well. The sink is 23 years old and now doesn't look its age at all. Bottom line is this is a good product reasonably priced." —P. Carlson
Get it from Amazon for $9.95.
13. Washable microfiber mop pads that'll fit on your trusty Swiffer WetJet or similar mops so you can kick wasteful and pricey disposable pads to the curb (and get a head start on your 2024 resolution to be more sustainable!). They even pick up more gunk, so you'll wonder why you haven't been using these the whole time.
One pad can last up to 100 washes and works on pretty much any surface, from wood to tile to stone.
Promising review: "I wanted to reduce waste with disposable pads and I was pleasantly surprised by these. This photo [on the right] was AFTER I cleaned the floor with the disposable pad! I was able to get a super clean floor, spots were easier to clean up, and it didn’t sound like it was scratching my floors. This was easy to use, didn’t use more cleaner then the disposable pads, and got my floor cleaner. Definitely gonna buy more if the two I got ever wear out." —Riley
Get them from Amazon for $11.25+ (available in three pack sizes) and get a version for Swiffer Sweepers here.
14. A possibly magical wine stain remover capable of saving you from the effects of your guests' clumsier moments. ~Pinot~ more clothing and carpeting casualties after a holiday dinner party (or your annual viewing of The Holiday on your couch...).
Promising review: "Totally impressed! The unassuming generic packaging and label left me a bit skeptical, but this stuff is almost as exciting as the wine I spilled! This Cabernet stain sat on my ivory faux-fur blanket for over a month before I tried this product. Completely gone in one try! Get this. Seriously. You won’t be disappointed." —PersianTess
Get it from Amazon for $9.99.
15. Howard Feed-N-Wax Wood Polish and Conditioner, because your wood surfaces take a beating from the elements all year long, but especially in winter. This beeswax and orange oil formula is basically like a spa treatment for wood — in addition to polishing, it adds a protective layer and helps prevent drying out or fading.
Check out BuzzFeed's full write-up on this wood polish!
Promising review: "Amazing product! We recently moved into a house where the floors hadn't been taken care of for years. We aren't able to do a full refinish of the floors at this time (hopefully within the next year) so we wanted to do something to make them look better. This product lived up to its claims. I can't speak to how long it lasts before needing to be redone, but the difference is night and day." —Cameron
"I had some water marks on my hardwood floor from a Christmas tree. Using this product made them almost entirely disappear. I’d say they are 95% gone. Pretty amazing transformation for the low amount of cost and effort. Highly recommended if you have water damage to wood." —Ryan Harvey
Get it from Amazon for $8.35.
16. Durable all-purpose wipes made with aloe vera and vitamin E for everything from your hands to your car to tricky stains like grease, makeup, adhesives, and permanent markers. Paper towels are canceled, and fellow lazy people, I know you're with me on this one — you'd rather grab a wipe than have to deal with standard cleaning products any day.
Note that while these are great for messes and stains, they don't disinfect.
Promising reviews: "These towels are awesome for so many things. They are large and very sturdy, so they work well for household cleaning. The real benefit for me, though, is having a wipe that works for things like the grill, the oven, the dashboard of my car, muddy shoes, chairs and umbrellas that go to soccer games and practices, and lawn furniture. I frequently wipe something down, rinse the towel, and wipe again. The wipes are heavy enough to go through three to four rinses and wipes and still hold up. The smell is mild and doesn't linger on my hands or what I've wiped down. I use these almost daily, so the 90-count canister lasts about three months and the last towel is never dried out when I get to it. The lid closes securely, yet is easy to open and the towels dispense easily through the opening without getting bunched up. Because the canister is heavier than most, and the lid fits well, it's easy to throw one of these in the trunk or cargo area, and I don't worry about it leaking. The canister (minus the lid) is recyclable when the towels are gone — an added bonus." —COMom
"My son had painted on numerous different items in my house. I thought it was the end after trying baby wipes, Clorox wipes, and paper towels....I then tried these after a final act of desperation, and they wiped up the dried acrylic paint like it was butter!!!! 100,000/10 recommendation." —RyanH
Get a pack of 90 from Amazon for $14.98.
17. Wet & Forget shower spray, which will revolutionize the way you clean your bathroom. True to its name, all you have to do is spray your shower or tub, let it sit overnight, and rinse it the next morning to reveal a cleaning miracle. It works so well, you only need to use it once a week! Now you can enjoy your steamy winter showers without stressing about how you really need to clean that soap scum.
Promising review: "This stuff is amazing! I had a horrible gray ring in the bottom of my shower that was impossible to remove. I had tried the Dawn dish soap method (with a lot of scrubbing) and had even used toilet bowl cleaner to try to remove the soap scum. My next step was to tear out and replace the shower pan and tile. I figured this was my last chance. I ordered the Wet & Forget spray and really coated the shower walls and floor pan and walked away. I CANNOT begin to tell you how happy I was to rinse down the walls sometime later and watch all that crud roll right down the drain!! This is the best product I have ever used in my life!! Works great and no toxic fumes!!" —Amazon Customer
Get it from Amazon for $19.98+ (available in two scents).
18. A 20-pack of multi-surface eraser sponges that are more affordable than the name brand but just as effective. You may find yourself spending a snow day running around and clearing your walls and surfaces of scuffs and stains big and small with these, and — *gasp* — enjoying it.
Promising review: "Overall, I am VERY IMPRESSED. For me, these hold up better than a Mr. Clean Magic Eraser. They got stains out of my kitchen counter tops, out of my bathroom sink, and even cleaned the shower so well it looked like I had bleached the whole thing! Very happy and will continue to buy in the future. I've even given some to my family to convince them how great they are." —SierraH
Get 20 sponges from Amazon for $13.95.
19. The powerful Angry Orange pet odor eliminator so your home can smell as good as it looks when you have guests coming to stay whose innocent noses aren't acclimated to the stenches your gross-but-perfect fur baby leaves in their wake. In addition to banishing smells leftover from pet messes, this magic stuff can help with the stains, too!
Promising review: "This product is amazing!!!! We have a Rottweiler pup and a Bichon pup and our house was feeling the PAIN! I tried everything and use to tell my wife, 'with all the science and technology in the world we still can’t come up with something that gets rid of the dog mark smell!' This product does everything and more. Just ordered another round. We were about to throw away some furniture due to the smell and now after use we can keep it. Saved me hundreds. Well worth the money." —clayton s tonkin
Get it from Amazon for $17.99.
20. Fizzy and fresh-scented toilet tablets you just let oh-so-satisfyingly dissolve in your bowl for 10 minutes, then brush the latrine clean. They'll reduce required scrubbing, serve as a natural alternative to the cleaner you currently use, *and* they're kind of fun to watch fizz! Now, if Santa needs a place to ~go~ after scarfing down millions of cookies and milk platters, your throne will be worthy.
They're from a Black woman-owned small biz founded by a mom committed to finding natural alternatives to common household items.
BuzzFeed Shopping editor Melanie Aman says: "For all the folks who don't enjoy cleaning the toilet — myself included — these dissolving tablets make quick work of a grimy bowl. The tablets are a little hard to dislodge from the plastic container (although that does make me feel confident that they're secure during transit and won't break; mine all arrived intact!), but once you get one out, you drop it in the toilet and let it do its thing. It'll start fizzing — just like a bath bomb — loosening any stains and streaks in 10 minutes so they come away with a light brushing. I never let the toilet get too bad (and usually it takes awhile for me to notice any buildup since there are only two people in the apartment), so I can't vouch for them if you have really set-in hard water stains or haven't cleaned the commode in six months. But if you're looking to ditch the harsh cleansers in your toilet-cleaning routine, this is a great addition to your lineup."
Get six tablets from Pardo Naturals for $10.50 (available in seven scents).
21. *OR* a miraculous automatic bleach toilet-cleaning system that'll actually eliminate a regular chore from your to-do list completely. Once installed, it sends cleaner into the bowl every time you flush, so your toilet will basically clean itself!
It's super quick to install, and one cartridge can last up to three months!
Promising review: "I installed a new toilet in my house a little while ago. It would get filthy quickly and I'd have to clean and scrub it every 3–4 days. I clean it once every week–10 days now just because, but I don't need to; it's still spotless. Easy to install, though you may need to adjust the fill level in the tank. I replaced the first cartridge just last week [mid-November], installed in mid-August." —GCH
Get it from Amazon for $11.49.
22. A natural scour paste you can use on all sorts of surfaces to give them a glow-up you'll wanna show the world. This is probably the stuff gunk and grime's nightmares are made of — it's coming for them!!!!!
It's from a Denver-based Etsy shop specializing in plant-based cleaning products.
BuzzFeed Shopping writer Danielle Healy had major success with this stuff! She writes: "I recently moved into a new apartment, so lately I've been cleaning A LOT. Shortly after moving in, my partner and I went to store something on the top of the kitchen cabinets only to find them caked in a thick layer of grime. 🤢 After going at it with regular multipurpose cleaner (with little success) we broke out the scour paste as a last-ditch effort and OH BOY did this miracle product deliver (pics above). If it can handle that grossness, it's going to have no problem with day-to-day messes like soap scum and burnt-on food. Plus, it smells delightful and comes in minimal, low-waste packaging!"
Promising review: "This stuff really works. I had some serious stuck-on grease on my stove hood that I could not get off no matter what I used. Then I got pregnant and started purchasing less toxic cleaners such as this. In about 10 minutes using just this scour paste and a sponge, I was able to remove all the grease spots that even the most noxious cleaners didn’t touch. It also smells really nice and fresh." —Lindsay Kimball
Get it from Humble Suds on Etsy for $14.95+ (available in two sizes).
23. An efficient blind cleaner brush that recognizes how tough it is to reach those crevices — it really does. But letting all that dust sit there all winter would just be (window) sill-y. Now it's easier to get the job done and ~dusted~.
It comes with five microfiber sleeves!
Promising review: "Where has this blind cleaner been for the past 50 years???? I have struggled to keep my blinds clean for so many years, and happily found this item. It WORKS!!! And I love that it comes with extra sleeves, and the sleeves are machine washable. The handle is plastic, but I feel confident it won't break any time soon." —marionvgt
Get it from Amazon for $6.99+ (available in two colors).
24. A mold and mildew stain remover for grout sure to make you wanna take before and after pics so you can tile all your friends about how it finally restored your bathroom to the sparkly clean it had when you first moved in. Just set it for seven to eight hours and let it do most of the work of making your bathroom(s) visiting-mother-in-law-ready before the holidays arrive.
Promising review: "I would give this stuff 10 stars if I could! We had mold in the bathroom. I’d tried so many things, but they barely worked. Then I saw an ad for this on Facebook and decided to give it a try. Wonder of wonders, I could see it working in just a few hours. Directions say to leave it on about six hours, and when I came back it was almost completely gone. I gave it another application the following day. Mold is gone. YAY!!!! Already ordered more because I won’t be without it. 😁" —Trudy Marsh-parham
Get it from Amazon for $13.99.
25. A worth-the-splurge Roomba robot vacuum that'll really and truly clean your home for you, because you have more important things to do, like be cozy and watch Hannah Waddingham's holiday special. This wonder is compatible with Alexa, works with an app that allows you to fully customize its routine and make a map of your home, and even *empties itself* into its docking port for up to 60 days. Yup, all you gotta do is program it and change out the bag every two months.
Reviewers swear by it for both hard wood floors and carpet!
Promising review: "This Roomba is the best time-saving smart home life hack EVER! The new app is awesome! I've had a number of iRobot product over the years and I'm truly impressed by the advancements that they've made with the Roomba i6+. We have kids and a dog and have been stretched very thin during COVID, so we finally made the call to upgrade to a self-emptying model that we can run every single day without lifting a finger and will cover the entire main floor of our house. We couldn't be happier with the experience and especially love the 'favorites' option in the new app. This seriously saves us multiple hours a week! Stop wasting your time vacuuming and spend that time doing something you love!" —Bollingsalley
Get it from Amazon for $598.
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