T&T ~ Laundry Soap ~ Whitney

Hey guys!  So glad you came back for another Tips & Tricks Tuesday!
Today we have another recipe of sorts - this is a recipe for laundry soap (detergent).

I have been using this recipe for a while now and I absolutely LOVE it!!  This laundry soap is easy to make extremely inexpensive and lasts FOREVER.  It saves us so much money (money I can put towards traveling to Kenya!!) and it smells amazing.  It leaves our clothes looking great and smelling fresh and clean without an overwhelming fragrance.

Here are the ingredients you need:

And here are the simple steps:

1. Grate 1 1/2-2 bars of soap - I choose Kirk's original Castile soap because it's natural and I like the way it smells.  You could choose any soap with a scent you like.  Next time I may use Dr. Bronner's bar soap because they come in so many scents and are also chemical free. 

2. Mix 2 cups borax, 2 cups washing soda & 1 cup Oxi-Clean with the grated soap.

3. THAT IS IT!  Seriously.

**Most recipes online do not include the oxi-clean, I know it is not completely natural but if you don't add at least a little your clothes may yellow.  Try it yourself and let us know (I'm too nervous about yellowing clothes because of how dirty my children get!!)

I purchased a glass jar and a tbsp measure to use with my laundry soap.  I only use one scoop for each load of laundry but you can use 1-4. 
Like I said, this stuff works great, is inexpensive and the container looks so cute in my laundry room!!

You can also make a huge batch of it (4 lb boxes of borax, washing soda & baking soda, 3 bars of soap and 2 c oxi clean) I just don't have space for a huge container in my laundry room 😀

Have you made your own laundry soap?
Which scents/soaps do you use?
Do you have any questions?
e-mail us your questions, comments and laundry soap pictures!