Pinterest and good friends, it's about all this girl needs during the week{besides hugs and kisses from all my boys}to feel good. Tisha{my wonderful friend who moved away and I miss so much}inspired me to make my own laundry detergent. On a quest to continue to save money, this seemed like a great opportunity to cut my Target bill a bit. There are a lot of "recipes" on Pinterest, but this is the one I settled on. It took just minutes to assemble and guess what?? It took the funky smell out of my towels that I had been trying for a week to get rid of{have you ever had towels get funky....it's gross}.
I'm not sure how many "recipes" all this will make, but I'm thinking it adds up to just pennies a load.
They suggested putting this in a blender to work into an even finer powder, but I honestly do most washing on warm so wasn't worried about the soap particles dissolving{you might want to bring out the blender if you wash on cold}. I might be imagining things, but I swear my laundry seems cleaner than ever before and if nothing else, my husband really thinks I'm taking my budget seriously{which I am...really}.
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Doing this too! I have to finish up my liquid detergent first! I'm so glad to hear that it actually does wash well {from aomeone I know and trust} :)
I've done homemade for about a year and love it.
Watch your whites though-mine started to get dingy so since I only do one load of whites a week I alternate mrs Meyers with homemade each week. Still much, MUCH cheaper than buying detergent all the time. I also wash all our clothes in cold...perhaps that was the problem.
Just started using "homemade" too, thanks to my awesome daughter-in-law (that would be Tisha!). Everything I read said it is safe for HE machines (we have a top loading HE). Has anyone heard anything different?
Yay!! So glad you are liking it. I'm totally sold on the laundry det. and it is so easy to make! I like the pampered chef measuring spoon too...good idea. Right now I'm using one of Sadie tea cup toys as a scooper! I think I need to upgrade and you even tied a little ribbon to make it cute! Miss you. Love the new van too. Looks like a great traveling van..like for heading to NC some time soon:-)
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