The best all-purpose spray cleaner ever!
This stuff kicks 409’s butt!! It cuts grease, works on glass, surfaces, floors, carpet, furniture, you name it.
1 cup hot water
1 tsp Borax
¼ tsp Arm & Hammer Washing Soda
½ tsp Dr. Bronner’s Castille Liquid Soap (any scent)
4 drops sweet orange oil (disinfecting, cleaning power, and fragrance)
2 drops lavender oil (disinfecting and fragrance)
2 drops eucalyptus oil (deodorizing)
2 drops Tea Tree Oil (powerful disinfectant and cleanser)
You can choose whichever essential oil combo you prefer, but do NOT omit the Tea Tree Oil, i
t is essential for thoroughly disinfecting.Dissolve the borax and washing soda in the hot water. Add the soap and essential oils and shake to mix. Pour into a spray bottle. I like to make a double or triple batch and use a large spray bottle.
Best Laundry Detergent at an even better price!!
Works just as good as Tide, is better for your clothes, your washing machine, the environment, and most-importantly, your pocket!
1 Bar Dr. Bronner’s Castille bar soap (any scent) or Fels-Naptha laundry soap bar
1 cup Borax
1 cup Arm & Hammer Washing Soda
½ cup Oxiclean Free (optional, but I think it adds some extra umph)
Grate the soap bar with either the grater attachment on your food processor (takes less than 30 seconds) or by hand with a cheese grater (will buff your triceps). Then process with food processor blade or in a blender into a fine powder. Add in borax, washing soda, and Oxiclean, and pulse a few times to blend together thoroughly. Use only 1-2 tablespoons per load of laundry. Great on colors, whites, cold or hot water. You may need to spot treat stains first, as with any detergent. You can add a few drops of Tea Tree Oil or other essential oil to wash water if you like to add fragrance or enhance disinfecting power in particularly dirty loads (such as cloth diapers). This detergent will remove old detergent build-up and oils from your clothes, your washing machine, and your water pipes. I also add a ¼ - ½ cup of white distilled vinegar to the rinse cycle (just as you would with liquid fabric softener) as a softener. Trust me, your clothes will not smell like vinegar, but they’ll be super soft, and your towels will still be absorbant (unlike when you use Downy on them).
Foaming Hand Soap
Foaming soap bottle (recycled from store-bought foaming soap, or you can purchase them online)1 cup distilled water
3 tbl Dr. Bronner’s Castille Liquid Soap
1 tsp vegetable glycerine (often found in the organic beauty products section of grocery stores, or online)
1 tsp sweet almond oil (also in organic beauty section, or online)
5 drops Tea Tree Oil (for disinfecting)
10 drops Lavender Oil
Mix all ingredients together, and place in foaming pump bottle.
Foaming Facial Cleanser
This is gentle, and great for all skin types – dry, normal, or oily
Foaming soap bottle
1 cup distilled water
3 tbl Dr. Bronner’s Castille Liquid Soap (Baby Mild)
1 tsp vegetable glycerine
1 tsp sweet almond oil
5 drops Tea Tree Oil
10 drops Lavender Oil
Mix all ingredients together, and place in foaming pump bottle. Follow with Aloe Glycerine Moisturizer.
Aloe Glycerine Facial Moisturizer
Great for oily skin, but not overdrying. Cooling, and perfect for sun burnt skin. Light and great for a summertime moisturizer that won’t feel heavy and greasy.
2 tbl aloe vera gel (pure, food grade – found with herbal supplements in grocery store)
½ tsp vegetable glycerine
3 drops jojoba oil
6 drops Lavender oil
Mix together in a small bottle. Apply dime size amount to face after cleansing.
6 comments:
I'm totally going to create some of these... I'm going to look like a mad scientist myself!
These are great! Your mom sent me your way because I want to start making my own laundry detergent. Do you have a good recipe for dish detergent? I've tried one, but am not happy with it...it's leaving a white film on some of the dishes! Yuck! :)
I have tried several dishwasher detergents and have had the same problem. I WILL get it worked out though, lol. Have you noticed how difficult it is to find a dishwasher detergent in the stores that doesn't contain poisonous ingredients?? The all say Do Not come into contact with mouth, if ingested, get medical attention immediately, etc, and most all contain bleach! And this is what you are using to wash the things you eat off of! Doesn't make any sense to me. I'm currently using the 7th Generation brand which was the only one to not contain bleach. But I will be experimenting and will post the recipe once I get it worked out.
ok, probably a stupid question, but where can I find those ingredients? Also, does the detergent have a scent to it?
Such kind of products are very essential for every little one diapers for babies
Such kind of products are very essential for every little one diapers for babies
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