hey everyone welcome back to my YouTube channel thank you so much to Target for
sponsoring today's video and I'm about to help my parents make a whole bunch
of sustainable swap outs so I'm currently in my childhood home this is my parents kitchen
and I'm gonna hang out with my dad because we've got work to do right dad let's work let's work
I'm going to my dad and yes I'm in a pretty dress thank you
I'm ready! First of all if you're new to my channel don't forget to give this video a thumbs up
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280k subscribers so we're rounding the 300k corner soon and I hope we hit it so I've been
spending some time with my parents this is Jimmy Fink you probably know him from past videos of
mine or from the radio because he's a DJ the thing is as you probably know about me I've made a lot
of sustainable swap outs over the past few years of my life I've learned a lot of stuff I've done
my own research and slowly Michael and I have made our home more eco-friendly and just more
sustainable overall but if there's one thing I've learned about making changes and trying to get
your loved ones and your family to jump on board and make those changes too is that it's not really
a good idea to push your agenda on other people right exactly so I always find what's best is to
just show don't tell show people how you're living show people how you've changed and maybe it will
inspire them to do the same without you forcing them love to show and tell love the show-and-tell
so recently my dad has expressed interest to me in wanting to make some sustainable swap outs and
it was totally unwarranted I didn't push you did I no no of course not he just came to me he said
I've been noticing some of the stuff that you talk about in your videos some of the changes
you've made in your apartment and mom and I would love to do that too but we don't really
know where to start how did it feel when you knew you wanted to make the changes but you felt
unsure of where to start I felt like I needed some kind of education you know to educate me
about sustainability and what I could switch around in my house to make things better for not
just myself but for everybody yeah exactly from the words of Jimmy himself there we go so that's
what I'm doing today I'm here to help him make some of these sustainable swap outs and I knew
that Target would be a really great place to do this at because a we have a family Target account
already and we already shop at Target all the time for a lot of home goods and you know living
items and also Target has so many sustainable options so I figured I could just make things
easy for them by shopping for these sustainable swap outs at a place that they're already familiar
with and that way in the future when they go back into the store they'll know exactly what products
they're looking for because they will have already seen them because it's got to be easy it can't be
tedious exactly so so let's have some fun I did a big shop for him and I'm about to share with him
what I've purchased and kind of walk him through why these are better choices ready I'm ready let's
see the goods let's do it come this way james here we are the countertop first let me rewind here and
tell you how I went about this so earlier this morning before going to Target I looked through
my parents home to find all the areas that I felt like they could make some changes in
I poked around the kitchen also the laundry room and the bathroom
and Target sponsored today's video and I'm so grateful to them
for making finding sustainable products and brands so easy
they had a lot of options for me to choose from so I grabbed my favorites things that I knew my
parents could really use and now I'm gonna share them with my dad all right we've relocated here
we are amidst the trees we're going to start with these Everspring dryer balls dryer balls
love them can we open it up yes so these are an alternative to dryer sheets and things like
chemical fabric softeners so you just put this in the dryer with your clothes and it does the same
thing as a dryer sheet exactly I think it reduces wrinkles it actually cuts down on the amount of
time that's needed to dry the clothes Michael and I have a couple of these in our dryer in the city
and something I love about the Everspring balls is that it's a biodegradable product it's free
of dyes and fragrances it's non-toxic to humans and they really work up next this one is a Fink
Morris favorite the bees wrap have you ever used beeswax what the what bees wrap beeswax so
this is basically an alternative to plastic wrap or saran wrap or a plastic Tupperware whatever you
would store half eaten avocados and stuff like that yeah so this one comes in a set of three
medium sheets so there's one two three it sort of smells like honey yeah yeah but basically it
is reusable food wrap a natural alternative wrap cheese half a melon vegetables or cover a bowl
you can seal with the warmth of your hands so it kind of like heats up and then gets sticky
I never heard of a bees wrap before you haven't no oh I've been using this for years
next for the kitchen silicone reusable straws did you know in one year 200 plus billion plastic
straws are thrown away 200 billion I did not know that silicone is safe it's non-toxic it's made to
last and I got these kind of neutral colors for you guys good right I like it and the brand of
this is go silly the last kitchen item I got you are these silicone reusable bag sets so these are
another food storage solution that cuts out the need for things like single-use plastic
bags or plastic wrap that's good because I use plastic bags all the time there you go
these are perfect they can kind of like pinch and seal yeah and they will stay you know keep
your food perfectly fresh they feel kind of heavy duty like they'll last a long time microwave safe
dishwasher safe freezer safe and BPA free food storage very vital and now we're moving on to
the bathroom so I know that recently our whole family has cut out aluminum deodorants so this
is my favorite brand of aluminum free deodorant it is native and Target now sells the native
in the cardboard packaging so it's completely plastic free it smells so good this one here
is coconut and vanilla what's that one this one's lavender and rose yeah I love the way these smell
and Michael and I have been using these for months now so I know you're going to love them
these are made with really clean ingredients there is no parabens no aluminum and now the
packaging is plastic free so that's amazing next bathroom find for you because I know that you
always have like a million packages of plastic toothbrushes there's many times I come home and
I accidentally forget to bring my toothbrush and we always just unwrap a new plastic one
I got you humble brush bamboo toothbrushes two I got a pink one for mom and a white one for you
similar to the plastic straw problem 3.6 billion plastic toothbrushes are produced every year
and a majority of them end up in the oceans and landfills this one has a handle that's made from
100 biodegradable sustainably grown bamboo which as you know is the fastest growing plant on planet
earth bamboo is naturally antibacterial so there's no need for like fertilizers or things like
pesticides while they're cultivating it so you still throw them away but they're biodegradable
exactly and the box is 100 recyclable and the paper that it's wrapped in is compostable
ASMR I'll give it a shot tonight when I brush my teeth before I go to bed great two more bathroom
finds first of all I know you've been asking me about shampoo bars I have been I've been trying
to find the best ones for you so I got love beauty and planet shampoo and conditioning bars this one
is just shampoo and this one is two in one shampoo and conditioner so I think this one's perfect for
you I like it the carton that it comes in is made from 100 recycled materials I've partnered with
this brand before and I just love their mission the products have no dyes no parabens no silicone
and organic coconut oil so it's pretty much just the best you can get let's take a look
at it yeah let's smell it oh it's a heart mmm look I like that one it's a hard time coconut
water and mimosa flour smells really good hey you're gonna activate it you know when I'm in
the shower and I I have don't have my glasses on so I can't tell which is the shampoo and which is
the there so now I have this which is shampoo and conditioner all in one exactly no problem
I don't even need my glasses to check it out pick it up make sure it's the heart shape and it's your
shampoo and conditioner there we go this next item is actually more so for mom but you can use it if
you want okay it is these up and up reusable bamboo cotton rounds so these are perfect for
people who buy those plastic wrapped containers of you know single-use cotton rounds yeah things like
taking off makeup or just putting toner on your face or I don't know do you have any face routine
I I don't really have a big face routine but mommy sends me out to get those sometimes
there's 16 reusable pads in here and then it comes in this polyester mesh washable bag so you
probably use them and then put them in the bag and then you put the whole bag in the washing machine
exactly the whole thing washes at once if you need to brighten them you can use like
a non-chlorine bleach to just get them back to white but I'm telling you they get clean these
are from the up and up line they're the reusable cotton bamboo rounds and mom's gonna love these
nice maybe I'll have to start a night routine now that I have these you will
hmm all right that was fun I'm gonna spend the rest of the day hanging out with my parents and
soaking up the sunshine because it's really sunny out thank you so much to Target for
sponsoring today's video if you tap the link down below in my description box you can find
more swaps that reduce plastic and also that contain ingredients that get Target's
clean stamp of approval I'm really excited to hear what my parents think of these products
I know that it's gonna start to change how they go about their everyday lives
and hopefully spur them to get even more products that reduce plastic drop down below in the
comments any of your favorite sustainable products or things that you've started using recently
I'm always looking for new products like this so I'm open to reading your suggestions and thank you
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