Store-bought laundry detergent can be very pricey to purchase, especially if you do a lot of laundry like I do. To save yourself hundreds of dollars each year, you can make your own for a fraction of the cost. You can double your recipe for more frequent users.

• 1 – 55 oz. box of washing soda
• 1 – 76 oz. box of borax
• 2 – 2-3 cups baking soda
• 3 bars of fels-naptha bar soap (you can find this at your local discount stores in the laundry soap aisle)
• 30-40 drops doterra lavender essential oils
• (This is 100% pure therapeutic grade oil, you will get 250 drops from a 15 ml bottle of lavender essential oil). This will make 6-8 batches of laundry powder.

Directions:

Grate the 3 bars of soap (you can use a cheese grater) in a medium-size bowl and set aside (this will look like shredded cheese so keep away from children). Add the 1 box of borax, 1 box of washing soda and 2-3 cups of baking soda in a large storage container. Gradually add all the grated soap to the powder mixture into the storage container and stir with a spoon or mix it up with your hands. Add the 30-40 drops of lavender essential oils and mix into the powder mixture. Gradually add about one cup at a time into a blender and grind until it forms into a thin powder. Now you have  homemade laundry powder that is safe for your skin and toxic-free!

Store the laundry powder in a large airtight container.

I use this recipe and it works great and saves me tons of money and will last me several months! Use 1 tablespoon per load or 2 tablespoons for heavily soiled laundry.

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