... but I did make my own washing detergent this morning and I am about to bake some banana bread with Z, so I am feeling rather domestic, LOL. I got a kilo of bananas discounted to $7 yesterday as they are very very ripe, so great for cooking, but probably not so great for my hips, LOL.
I gave my biceps a workout making the detergent, as I had to grate two blocks of Sards Soap and a big block of laundry soap! All good exercise, lol. I found the "recipe" for the detergent on the ALS website, it's actually for heavily stained clothes rather than normal loads, but hey, with three kids under 5, most of my washing is pretty stained! The recipe is:
2 cups grated Napisan soap or Sards Soap (the Sards actually has a nice eucalyptus scent)
2 cups grated laundry soap or Lux flakes
2 cups Borax
2 cups washing soda
Mix all together well, and store in a plastic container with a lid. Use 2 tablespoons per wash - it won't lather, but you don't need it to (commercial detergents have additives to make it lather apparently as we all think we need bubbles to get things clean!).
I also found an alternative to shampoo which I am considering but haven't plucked up the courage to try yet:
Add 1 tbs of bicarbonate soda to a squirty bottle, then (while you are in the shower) add 1.5 to 2 cups of water to it. While it is fizzing, squirt it through your hair and massage. Rinse thoroughly and then use 1/2 cup of apple cider vinegar as a rinse - pour over hair and massage and then rinse with water. Apparently you don't end up smelling like vinegar (more apple-ey) but I will have to wait until I'm not going anywhere that day before I try it I think, LOL, just in case ;-) I have *really* oily hair and have to wash every day so I go through a lot of shampoo, so I am curious as to how this stacks up against my usual additive-filled commercial Sunsilk stuff.
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