Body Care Products
- All Natural Deodorant with Men and Women’s Fragrances
- Washing My Hair With Baking Soda
- Whipped Body Butter with 2 Simple Ingredients
- Lip Balm Recipes: Chocolate Chip Mint, Honey Vanilla and Sweet Almond.
- Chai Spice Sugar Scrub Recipe… and More! Great Gifts!
- DIY Soap Making Tutorial: The Modern Homesteader Bar with Goat’s Milk and Tallow.
- Back To The Basics: An Introduction to Fresh Lotion and a Recipe.
- Chamomile-Infused Fresh Hand and Body Lotion Recipe.
Household Products
- DIY Plastic Wrap Alternative: Beeswax Cotton Wraps
- DIY Faux Paper Towels: Upcycled, Ecofriendly and Economical!
Home Cleaning Products
- Citrus Vinegar Cleaner
- Borax-Free Dishwasher Detergent with Secret Ingredient
- Homemade Borax-Free Laundry Detergent with product and price comparisons.
- Go Greener: Clean Your House with Just Baking Soda, Lemons and Vinegar.
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I LOVE the way my hair feels from using the baking soda and water mixture. Thank you!!
Awesome! Thanks for getting back to us!
Do you have a recipe for a good Liquid Hand Dish Detergent. I have recently been looking for recipes and most seem to be around the same and it just doesn’t seem to work. It leaves a milky film on the dishes and the sink is covered with a greasy film afterwards. Thanks for your time. Renee
Hi Renee, I don’t at this time. I have tried a few recipes but haven’t found anything that worked well. I’ll be sure to post it if I do come up with something! In the mean time, all I use is undiluted castile soap. I use the dishwasher for most things though. Let me know if you find anything that you like!
Hi, I’m a soapmaker too and I have a good dish soap that I also use for laundry, in other household cleaners, for cleaning paint brushes, dogs AND my hair and skin (I make other “girlier” soaps but this is my favorite for everything): It’s 100% coconut oil liquid soap with only beta carotene added to the coconut oil (you can thank the popcorn industry for that. I buy it from them in 35 pound buckets). I add sweet orange oil and tea tree oil. I sell it as Orange Sunshine. This is the cleaningest soap ever!!
Sounds great! I am guessing if it is 100% coconut oil then it is classified as castile soap?
Castille soap is made with just olive oil. But i would be vegetarian and vegan, so that opens up some marketing opportunities.
I have been doing this since last Thursday but my hair still feels gunky or like it has a heavy residue or film. I am using Bragg Organic Unfiltered Apple Cider Vinegar, should I be using just plain vinegar? Any suggestions?
2 things, try cutting back on how much baking soda you are using. And just to clarify, you are using 1 tbsp. in a cup of water? Second, make sure you are putting the ACV on the ends of your hair, not the roots. And rinse really REALLy well. Good luck!
Hello, I just found your website and I love it! I’m getting ready to use the dishwasher detergent you posted… can’t wait to try it! I was wondering if you had a recipe for the Citric Acid?
Thanks!
No I have never tried making my own. I wouldn’t know where to start at this point
Would love to hear any experiences with that! Good luck.
hello! I just wanted to let you know that there is something wrong with the Lip Balm link. When I click it, it says it doesn’t work, and says I do not have permission to view it. Is it something on my side or is it supposed to do that?
Thanks!
Will check it out, thanks!
Fixed the problem. Thanks for the tip!
The baking soda & acv rinse is amazing. I was told my hair looked “rich” : )
Took a few days to adjust the amount of baking soda, but, I don’t think i will ever use shampoo, ever again.
Do you make the baking soda and apple c vinegar rinse every night or do you make a container up ahead of time.