Homemade laundry soaps have been all the rage on Pinterest and Facebook pages, lately. I know people that have been making their own soap for years. In fact, when I visited my little sister (who is an awesome new mom by the way) she even had her own stash of homemade soap. So I thought I would jump on the bandwagon too.
This recipe is a combination of different recipes I have seen online. I decided to add OxiClean to mine because I have... ummm, boys and they stink, let's face it.
So here's what I used.
1 box of Arm & Hammer Washing Soda
1 box of Borax
1 box of Baking Soda (the super big one found in baking aisle)
1 box of OxiClean, 3 lbs
2 Bars of Homemade Soap from Natural History Bees
First, with my cheese grater I shred each bar of soap onto a plate. Then into my decorative glass jar I dumped half of each box of powder and the shreds of one bar of soap. I put the lid on and I shook that thing silly. I then added the rest of the powders and the remaining soap and shook it again.
To Wash: I store the scoop that came with the OxiClean in the container and use that as my measurement for extra large loads. The smaller the load, the less detergent.
I have been using the detergent for about a month now. I feel that it washes just as good as commercially sold laundry soap. I love that I get to customize the scent based on my favorite brand of soap. Seriously, check out Natural History Bees, if you haven't yet, she makes AH-mazing things.
Now, who is going to come fold all of my clean laundry?
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