Be Frugal BY MAKING YOUR OWN laundry soap AND essential oils!

Make your own HOMEMADE liquid laundry soap. Its easy and is going to save you a ton of money!
I love this recipe as it is easy and extremely cost efficient. You can also make your own essential oils as they are quite costly atthe stores.

Homemade Liquid Laundry Soap- Front or top load machine- best value

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4  Cups - hot tap water
1  Fels-Naptha soap bar
1 Cup - Arm & Hammer Super Washing Soda*
½ Cup Borax
- Grate bar of soap and add to saucepan with water. Stir continually over medium-low heat until soap dissolves and is melted.
-Fill a 5 gallon bucket half full of hot tap water. Add melted soap, washing soda and Borax. Stir well until all powder is dissolved. Fill bucket to top with more hot water. Stir, cover and let sit overnight to thicken.
-Stir and fill a used, clean, laundry soap dispenser half full with soap and then fill rest of way with water. Shake before each use. (will gel)
-Optional: You can add 10-15 drops of essential oil per 2 gallons. Add once soap has cooled. Ideas: lavender, rosemary, tea tree oil.
-Yield: Liquid soap recipe makes 10 gallons.
-Top Load Machine- 5/8 Cup per load (Approx. 180 loads)
-Front Load Machines- ¼ Cup per load (Approx. 640 loads)
*Arm & Hammer "Super Washing Soda" - in some stores or may be purchased online here (at Meijer.com). Baking Soda will not work, nor will Arm & Hammer Detergent - It must be sodium carbonate!!

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HOMEMADE ESSENTIAL OIL RECIPES:

 

Instructions to Make Your Own Essential Oils

First, you need to gather all the required ingredients such as carrier oil (olive oil or jojoba) and the essential oil herbs. For deriving the full benefits of therapeutic oils, you need to ensure that the mixture of the herbs and the carrier oil is in the right proportion.The thumb rule is quarter ounces of herbs for every cup of carrier oil.

Start by cooking the oil and the herb together at low heat for four to eight hours, preferably in a crock-pot. If you intend to use an oven, then set the temperature at 150 degrees and put the timer on for two hours. Another option is to mix the oil and the herbs together in a mason jar, close the lid, and place the jar in the full sun for at least two weeks. Make sure that the jar you are using has a rubber ring and not a metallic ring as metal can easily contaminate the mixture.

The mixture obtained from all the three processes stated above is then strained by using cheesecloth or other similar technique. The mixture derived from the straining process is your own home made essential oil, ready for use.

Things to Do and Things to Avoid

It is important to label the jars with the exact date when you created your essential oil blend because the normal shelf life of homemade essential oils is six months. After this time the product starts decomposing. It is also necessary to store the jars in a cool, dark, and dry spot for preserving the medicinal and aromatic properties of your homemade essential oils.

Do not try to heat the oil in a microwave, as it will rob the oil of its medicinal and aromatic properties. Do not ingest these oils even in small quantities because they are strictly meant for topical use only.

Homemade essential oils do help in relieving the symptoms of various types of mental and bodily disorders but the efficacy of any homemade essential oil will depend on the quality of herbs used. So use organic herbs when you can, and also a very high quality carrier oil. Instructions to make essential oils are easily available, what is difficult is getting the right quality herbs.