A cleaning fan has shared her inventive recipe for the perfect cleaning solution for all of your sink woes. Lily, who goes by Clean with Lily on TikTok, explained that you don’t need harsh chemicals to effectively clean your kitchen, instead you should turn your attention to your store cupboard.

Lily praised cinnamon for its ability to get rid of unpleasant smells emanating from your kitchen sink. It can also be used as a part of an all-purpose cleaner to leave your sink sparkling. Her hack uses a few ingredients and she promises it’ll do the job.

How to clean with cinnamon

Mix cinnamon and bicarbonate of soda in a bowl, adding in a few spritzes or drops of citric acid. Finally add some water.

Place the solution into some ice cube moulds, popping them in the freezer to set. Once frozen, pop one cube into the kitchen sink plughole.

Pour over boiling water so the cube dissolves. This will help get rid of bad smells - and can be used to clean the sink.

Cinnamon can help clean due to its antibacterial content and its deodorising properties. It can help by neutralising bad and unwanted odours, and can even deter certain pests from your home, making it doubly effective.

Its potent antibacterial and antifungal properties can also help kill or stop the growth of microbes, making it a natural disinfectant. When it comes to getting rid of unpleasant smells, cinnamon can help mask it with its aroma.

According to science journals, something in cinnamon's antibacterial or antimicrobial properties make it an effective cleaning tool. IOP Science reported: "Cinnamon bark has been commonly used as spicy and traditional medicine. It contains several antibacterial compounds, such as flavonoids, saponins, and cinnamaldehyde.

"Several studies have been done to know the antibacterial effect on bacteria such as Streptococcus in vitro."