What’s the mess?

plant-based home care

For homes people actually live in.

Five plant-based cleaners in bottles nice enough to leave out on the counter. The mess is your business. The bottles are ours.

The five Nice Mess bottles in a row: terracotta Multi-Surface Cleaner, olive Dish Soap, mustard Laundry Detergent, charcoal Hand Wash and cream Bathroom Cleaner spray, on matching colour blocks (AI-generated render)

grab the sponge. wipe the mess.swipe sideways to wipe. or just scroll.

Aaand it’s messy again.

That’s not a design flaw. That’s a home. We make five plant-based cleaners for the bits that happen between tidy-ups, in bottles you won’t want to hide under the sink.

Why we draw the mess
Two people laughing in a lived-in kitchen while wiping up a spilled cup
real kitchen energy. (illustrative image)

Pick a room.
Any room.

they’re all a bit like this

Room by room.

each room has a mess. each mess has a bottle.

Room 1 of 4 · two bottles for it

Kitchen

crumbs, crust, breakfast fallout

Dish Soap 500 ml bottleMulti-Surface Cleaner 1.5 L bottle

The sink, the counter, the table, the shelf where the keys go. Most of the mess gets made here, so this is where the bottles live.

Reach for

  • Dish Soap500 ml · for the crust$9
  • Multi-Surface Cleaner1.5 L · for the spill$16
Shop kitchen

Room 2 of 4 · one bottle for it

Laundry

the pile, the pockets, the sock

Laundry Detergent 1.5 L bottle

Pockets with biscuit in them. Collars with opinions. One sock short, every single time. A jug that looks fine next to the machine.

Reach for

  • Laundry Detergent1.5 L · for the odd sock$18
Shop laundry

Room 3 of 4 · one bottle for it

Bathroom

the ring, the splash, the taps

Bathroom Cleaner 500 ml bottle

Taps, tiles, the ledge, and a ring that arrived uninvited. A trigger spray you can leave on the bath edge without apologising.

Reach for

  • Bathroom Cleaner500 ml · for the ring$12
Shop bathroom

Room 4 of 4 · one bottle for it

Hands

garden, paint, biscuit tin

Hand Wash 300 ml bottle

Garden hands, paint hands, hands that went straight to the biscuit tin. A pump by the tap, drawn to look like it belongs there.

Reach for

  • Hand Wash300 ml · for the garden hands$10
Shop hands

The Mess Index

five messes. five bottles. scroll sideways through the evidence →

No.01

Mess No.01

The Spill

A cup went over. Nobody saw who did it. Everyone saw it happen.

Multi-Surface Cleaner label illustration close-up
Multi-Surface Cleaner1.5 L · $16
No.02

Mess No.02

The Crust

Last night's lasagne has become a geological feature.

Dish Soap label illustration close-up
Dish Soap500 ml · $9
No.03

Mess No.03

The Odd Sock

Two went in. One came out. We don't talk about it.

Laundry Detergent label illustration close-up
Laundry Detergent1.5 L · $18
No.04

Mess No.04

The Garden Hands

You only went out to look at the tomatoes.

Hand Wash label illustration close-up
Hand Wash300 ml · $10
No.05

Mess No.05

The Ring

There is a line around the bath. It has been there a while. It has a name now.

Bathroom Cleaner label illustration close-up
Bathroom Cleaner500 ml · $12

Everything is on the pack

How to read a bottle.

There’s not much to decode. That’s deliberate. Pick a bottle and we’ll point at the bits.

Multi-Surface Cleaner 1.5 L, front of the bottle

The drawing is the mess it’s for.

NICE over MESS. Stacked. Polite, but loud.

The name, in plain caps. No riddles.

“Plant-based home care.” It’s printed on the pack, so we say it.

Size in oz and ml. Both. We’re not fussy.

Multi-Surface Cleaner, 1.5 L.

What’s the mess?

Fill in the blanks. We’ll match a bottle to each mess and pack them into a Starter Kit.

Your Starter Kit

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    Starter Kits

    Ready-made messes, sorted. Kit prices are placeholders until launch.

    2 bottles · Dish Soap, Multi-Surface

    The Kitchen Mess

    Dish Soap plus Multi-Surface. For the sink and everything within splashing distance of it.

    $21.25 $25 placeholder kit price

    2 bottles · Laundry, Hand Wash

    Laundry Day

    Laundry Detergent plus Hand Wash, because you will dig through a pocket and regret it.

    $23.80 $28 placeholder kit price

    5 bottles · Multi-Surface, Dish Soap, Laundry, Hand Wash, Bathroom

    The Whole-House Mess

    All five bottles. For homes that are, frankly, a lot. (Ours too.)

    $55.25 $65 placeholder kit price

    Starter Kit · five bottles

    The whole-house mess, in one go.

    For homes that are, frankly, a lot. Every bottle in the range, one kit price, and one box’s worth of delivery.

    • Multi-Surface Cleaner1.5 L
    • Dish Soap500 ml
    • Laundry Detergent1.5 L
    • Hand Wash300 ml
    • Bathroom Cleaner500 ml

    $55.25 $65 placeholder kit price

    Kit savings of 15% on two or more bottles. placeholder

    or build your own

    Four steps.
    One cloth.

    No manual needed. Each bottle’s own page has its own directions, and the label always wins.

    1. 1

      Spot it.

      Find the mess. Don’t panic. It’s a home.

    2. 2

      Pick the bottle.

      The drawing on the label matches the mess. Unsure? The builder will match one for you.

    3. 3

      Use it as the label says.

      Directions and cautions are printed on the pack. They beat anything on this page.

    4. 4

      Leave it out.

      Matte bottle, on the counter, by the tap. It’s allowed. It’s the point.

    Plant-based home care.
    Said plainly.

    We’ll tell you more, ingredients, packaging, refills, as soon as we can show the detail behind it. Not before.

    • 01

      Drawn, not hidden

      Every label carries a hand-drawn picture of the mess it’s for. If you know the mess, you know the bottle.

    • 02

      Plant-based home care

      That’s the phrase on the pack, so it’s the phrase on the site. Ingredient lists live on the labels and will be published here before launch.

    • 03

      Five bottles. That’s the range.

      One for the counters, the dishes, the laundry, the hands and the bathroom. A short cupboard, on purpose.

    • 04

      Made to be left out

      Matte bottles in earthy colours with a wordmark that doesn’t shout. They live on the counter, not under the sink.

    Planned refill plan

    The Mess Report.

    Tell us how often the mess happens. We send a reminder before anything ships: “Looks like someone made a mess.” Skip, pause or cancel any time. No guilt trip.

    How often does the mess happen?

    Plan saving: 15% placeholder

    Placeholder: the plan, its saving and any refill format go live with checkout and are still to be confirmed. We don’t say the bottles are refillable until we can show it.

    Start with a kit
    The five Nice Mess bottles on a terracotta tiled counter in front of painted colour-block walls

    Real homes, not show homes.

    Every bottle carries a hand-drawn picture of the mess it is for: the spilled cup, the crust, the odd sock, the garden hands, the ring. We would rather draw the mess than pretend it isn’t there.

    Earthy colours, matte bottles, a wordmark that doesn’t shout. Leave them out. That’s the point.

    Read the story
    Macro of the matte mustard Laundry Detergent bottle with water droplets on the illustration
    matte, by the way. it’s nice.

    Confessions.

    Overheard in the mess. Every line is invented by us and signed by an object. No customers, no stars, no quotes to trust.

    Quick
    questions.

    What does 'plant-based home care' mean?

    It is how we describe the range, and it is printed on every bottle. The full ingredient list for each product is on its label, and we will publish each one on this site before launch.

    Are the bottles refillable or made from recycled plastic?

    Refill formats and packaging materials are being finalised. We will only say it on the site once we can show the detail behind it.

    Is it safe around kids and pets?

    Treat it like any cleaning product: follow the label, store it out of reach of children and pets, and keep it in its original bottle.

    What is the Mess Report?

    It is our planned refill plan: pick how often you want a top-up (every 4, 8 or 12 weeks), and we send a reminder before anything ships. Skip, pause or cancel any time. It goes live with checkout.

    How do the Starter Kits work?

    Pick a ready-made kit, or build one with the 'What's the mess?' sentence on the Starter Kits page. Two or more bottles in a kit get the kit price shown in the cart.

    All the FAQs

    Get on the mess list.

    New bottles, refill news when it is real, and a monthly drawing of a mess someone sent us. No spam. We are too busy wiping things.