Making Our Very Own Laundry Detergent

Recently I had one of my Arbonne friends post on facebook about making her own laundry soap.  I went to the blog and thought it looked easy enough.  And cheaper!!  For that girl, one batch lasted her eight or nine months!!  What a money saver, I was in!  Now, since I do so much laundry it won't last me that long but, it's till going to save me money. Yay!!   And the real kicker....you only use ONE TABLESPOON PER LOAD!!!!!

  What you will need:

• 1 box Borax (4 lb. 12 oz.)
• 1 Arm & Hammer Baking Soda (4 lb. box) 
• 1 Arm & Hammer Super Washing Soda (55 oz.)
• 3 bars Fels-Naptha soap or Zote soap
• 2 small containers Oxyclean (about 3.5 lbs. total)
• Container to store in
• Scoop

I was able to find all of this stuff at one end of the Wal-mart laundry aisle and for under $20!!  Because I am a complete doof, I switched the baking soda and the oxyclean amounts, lol!  I bought and used 2 four pound boxes of baking soda and one big box (3 lbs.) of Oxyclean!  It shouldn't make a big difference though and as my jar goes down a bit I will add another container of oxyclean.  Anyway, dump all the boxes of stuff in a five gallon bucket lined with a garbage bag.  Then grate the fels-naptha soap (this will NOT ruin your grater...it is only soap). 

 MMMM, looks like cheese!  

 Mix it all up and stick it in a container.  I bought this huge glass jar for $9.99 at Walmart.  

Then I used regular stickers for the front.  It looks pretty cute I think!

I will have to update this blog later and let you know how long this lasts me!  I'm really excited!