Homemade Laundry Soap

Right before Christmas I realized that I was out of laundry soap. I hate hate hate buying things like this. There are so many things that I would rather spend my money on. That very same day I found a recipe online for laundry soap on this blog http://cuegly.blogspot.com/. I went right to the store and bought all the stuff-which only cost me around $6 total. It was so easy, I will never buy the store stuff again. It actually worked better than the soap I had been using and it smells really great. I was worried about my kids skin getting irritated, but I have been using it for over a month now and have not noticed anything different. Here is the recipe if anyone else wants to try it. I got all the stuff from my Frys Marketplace.

1 Fels-Naptha soap bar
1 cup washing soda
½ cup Borax
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Grate soap or break into pieces and process in a food processor until powdered. Mix all ingredients. For light load, use one tablespoon. For heavy or heavily soiled load, use 2 tablespoons.
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Yields: three cups detergent (approximately 40 loads).

I even made me a cute little container to hold it in. It makes doing the laundry just a little better (very little, but every bit helps right!!).