I simultaneously ran out of dish soap, hand soap/body soap, and deodorant.
Don't mind me. Just a stinky dirt ball strolling through town.
Luckily, I have come across some awesome recipes for all if these!! I can make dish soap, one gallon of hand soap, and two containers of deodorant for a portion of the cost to buy new.
I repurposed my old deodorant container to make this:
6 T coconut oil
1/4 cup (4 T) baking soda
1/4 cup (4 T) arrowroot
(Recipe from wellnessmama.com)
Heat over low heat in stainless steel saucepan, whisking until all is incorporated.
Pour into cleaned deodorant container or glass jam jar.
Use and abuse! This stuff WORKS.
My sister and I always talk about how having babies is stinky. Your hormones make you sweat like crazy while pregs and nursing. Using commercial deodorants with fragrances and aluminum can make a preggo woman chuck up her eggs and/or a nursing baby turn up their nose. So it's either use these deodorants....or smell like BBQ Fritos. Ooooooor....
Mix a few ingreds together and Voila!
I chose to give this deodorant a try and love it. It works on Nursing mom BBQ Fritos stench. Also, love that I keep all these ingredients in my pantry already.
On to the hand soap.
One gallon of hand soap from a bar of soap.
Wait, what?!?
Yep ONE GALLON
From what?!
ONE bar of soap.
Love it.
This is the recipe I used:
One 8oz bar of soap, (I used dr bronner's unscented soap)
1 gallon of water
2 T Liquid Glycerin (found in the band aid section or beauty aisle at any drugstore or grocery store)
Grate soap.
Boil water.
Melt soap in boiling water.
Add glycerin.
Stir it up....
Pour into containers (I don't recommend plastic if it's hot). Leave overnight to set up. Full your hand soap dispensers.
Diiiiiissssssh Soooooaaap
Ingredients:
1 1/4 cups boiling water
1/4 cup castile bar soap, grated
1 tablespoon washing soda
1/4 cup liquid castile soap
Add everything to boiling water. Let cool. Reuse old dish soap container.
I doubled this recipe. I could have filled mine to the top, but I put some in another container and shared a little with a friend.
There you have it folks.
Just one more way I keep our budget down!
Make, make, make!
Wishing everyone out there Make peace and...Hair Peace!
I love reading your blog!! Do you use the dish soap in the dishwasher?
ReplyDeleteThank you! I love that you read my blog!!
ReplyDeleteI tried it in the dishwasher, and it leaves a cloudy film on the dishes, so I don't recommend it.
Unless you wanna wash them again and make them UBER clean, but, who has the time ;)
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