Chantel Mila aka Mama Mila shares cleaning secrets and how make home look perfect in 10 minutes

Australia’s most popular ‘cleaning queen’ has told of how she became an internet sensation in two years – and shared her simple tricks for a sparkling home that won’t break the bank.

Chantel Mila, who goes by Mama Mila online, has developed a loyal combined following of more than 1.8 million people on TikTok and Instagram over the past two years for her handy cleaning, styling and DIY hacks. 

The Melbourne mum-of-two, 32, shared how she makes her house look perfectly clean and tidy in just ten minutes when guests announce a visit at short notice.

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Chantel Mila (pictured), better known as Mama Mila, reveals how she became the country’s biggest cleaning queen and shares how to make the house look sparkling in 10 minutes before 

How to make Mama Mila’s stovetop potpourri with three ingredients  

Mama Mila’s trick to make your home smell divine

What you’ll need:

• 1 lemon 
• 4 rosemary sprigs
• 1 tbsp vanilla extract 

Method:

Bring two cups of water to boil 

Slice the lemon 

Add all ingredients into the pot 

Leave to simmer and allow the smell to fill the home 

Fill pot with additional water as needed 

She said she starts with a vacuum and gives the bathrooms a quick clean then shared her DIY stovetop potpourri recipe to have the house smelling divine. 

‘Start with the area you’re entertaining – pick up clutter and do a quick vacuum of the area,’ she told FEMAIL. 

Next, Chantel said to move onto the bathrooms giving them a quick wipe down and making sure they’re tidy with clutter stored out of sight.  

‘The final thing I love to do is make a quick stovetop potpourri by boiling water, lemon slices, rosemary and vanilla on the stovetop. It makes your whole home smell amazing very quickly,’ she said. 

The Melbourne mum-of-two started posting cleaning videos during the first lockdown with an online audience of just 14 people and now has a combined following of 1.8million 

Chantel started posting cleaning videos during the Victorian capital’s first lockdown with an online audience of just 14 people. 

‘The home was not only a workplace, but also a daycare, an art studio, a school and at the end of the day it was so hard to find downtime in that cluttered space so I started sharing home tips and tricks to create little pockets of oasis around the home,’ she said.

‘One of the first cleaning videos I posted which was incredibly popular was ‘How to make your bed smell like a dream for the best night’s sleep’. I posted it around May 2020 and couldn’t believe the millions of people who saw it, tried it and loved it.’ the 

Chantel’s views went into the millions and follower count climbed into the hundreds of thousands as she shared more of her home and cleaning hacks and before long she was able to make a lucrative career out on social media. 

Nowadays, the cleaning and organisation guru enlists the help of her fans to keep the home tips and tricks coming. 

‘Many of the videos I post are requests from the audience, and I really listen to what they want to see next to make sure I’m always providing helpful and relevant tips and tricks,’ she said.