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"  Every year, like clockwork, I see an assortment of new cleaning products and tools that come to market just in time for spring cleaning season. Whether you&amp;#039;re one to scrub your house from top to bottom or just wash a window or two, I&amp;#039;m sure you&amp;#039;ll find something among these innovations that will help lighten your cleaning load this spring and all year long. 1. If you&amp;#039;re not a fan of wearing rubber gloves when you do the dishes, Palmolive&amp;#039;s new Soft Touch Dish Liquids ($2.99 for 25 oz.; left) promise to pamper your hands while you wash. Formulated more like hand lotions than other detergents, these dish liquids contain softening ingredients like vitamin E, aloe, and coconut butter along with the grease cutters necessary to get your dishes and cookware clean. And, if you wash your hands with dish soap that you keep near the kitchen sink, you&amp;#039;ll get an extra dose of gentleness, too. Look for the three varieties in stores this month. 2. A brand new Good Housekeeping Seal holder and one of my new favorite cleaning products is Windex Touch-Up Cleaner ($3.99 for 10 oz., right). Available in scents for both the kitchen and bathroom, this innovative product takes speed cleaning to a whole new level. Simply tap the top of the container with a paper   towel, cloth, sponge, even a tissue to dispense the antibacterial cleaner...no drips or spills. Then, just wipe your countertop, bathroom fixtures, chrome, tile or any hard surface. The clear container is attractive enough to leave out so it&amp;#039;s always handy and the top can be locked when not in use. I just love that it makes cleaning and germ killing so easy! 3. Thanks to Oxo innovation, there&amp;#039;s finally a mop that stands up on its own. The Oxo Good Grips Double Sided Flip Mop ($24.99; left) is truly an   all-purpose floor cleaning tool. It can be used dry for dusting delicate hardwood and laminate floors or flipped over and used wet to scrub ceramic tile, vinyl, and others needing a bit more muscle. My absolute favorite feature (can you tell I have a real pet peeve with floppy mops and brooms?) is that when squeezed in the closed position, the rollers create a stand, holding the mop upright and the sponge off the floor. Simply brilliant! Look for it in stores in April.  If you&amp;#039;re curious about what the rest of 2013 has in store in the way of new cleaning product innovations, check out my online reacap of the International Home and Housewares Show.  To see how we test cleaners and all the products we recommend, sign up for a Good Housekeeping Research Institute tour. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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