#1 - I LOVE my laundry soap.
I have been asked for the recipe a few times so here it is:
2 c. Fels Naptha or Ivory Soap, grated with the finest side possible of my hand held cheese grater
1 c. Borax
1 c. Washing Soda
1 Tbs for light loads, 2 Tbs for heavy loads
it took me 10 minutes to make a triple batch and it fit in a shoe box sized plastic container
I use an old formula scoop
really, I love it.
#2 - I tried the whole adding essential oils to my vinegar for the Fabric Softener and although I am still sold on vinegar in general I did have to do something different to get the pretty smell I wanted.
Vinegar gets out ALL odors so putting an odor in with the vinegar just defeats the purpose (learned the hard way!)
I do, however, LOVE these:
Dryer Sachets
You get 3 for $8 and I have recharged them all at least once.
When I use them my clothes smell like Lavender (you could recharge with whatever oil you wanted!)
And we LOVE it!
I read somewhere you could just add the drops to a damp wash cloth and it would do the same thing....I don't know!?
The Mommy and Daddy
(aka Holly and Jake, but only sometimes)
Our Lydia
Our Samantha
Our Lenora
Our Sophie
3 comments:
Where did you finally find the essential oil? I would like to try the washcloth idea and see. I managed to find all of the soap ingredients at the commissary of all places. Getting ready to make the liquid version.
i used to make soap just like that... but after a while I noticed that it was fading my darks. How long have you been using it... do you have that problem?
brittany
What is washing soda?
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