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15 clever tricks featuring plain old baking soda
How to get the most out of your baking soda Baking soda is great! It’s cheap, non-toxic, and environmentally friendly, and you can use it for so many different things. But the main reason why we wanted to feature this ingredient is because you probably already have some at home, sitting in your pantry waiting for the next time you want to make banana bread. Though thankfully baking soda doesn’t go bad, it does lose its effectiveness with time. And before that happens, there are so many other great ways you could be using it! So, we’ve prepared a little feature on its myriad applications to help you get the…
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Castile soap: One product, endless uses
Three Castile soap recipes for a happy home Our whole team LOVES Castile soap: it’s so effective and multi-purpose! Our version of this gentle, natural soap is made from coconut and sunflower oil and, when used correctly, it can do everything from cleaning your floors, sinks, and work surfaces until they shine to gently washing babies’ delicate skin. It truly does it all! In this article, we’re sharing three great recipes featuring this wonder-soap, so you can learn how to use it if you don’t already or expand your Castile soap horizons if you do. 1. Mild baby soap How to make baby soap Ingredients Phase A 24 g (9.6%) vegetable…
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Make your own laundry detergent from soap scraps
Zero waste goals: Reuse, rinse, repeat! We’ve all been there: There’s almost none of your bar of soap left, just a slim wafer of your treasured creation that’s getting tricky to use, liable to break into even smaller pieces if you so much as look at it the wrong way. So what do you do with it? While tossing those last bits of soap might seem like too little waste to worry over, we like to do everything we can to reduce waste. It all adds up! So, we’re sharing one of our favourite ways to reuse your soap leftovers: our DIY laundry soap recipe. This homemade laundry soap is…
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Choose your player: DIY liquid, solid, or powder dish detergent!
Whichever way you wash your dishes, it’s safe to say that you need dish soap! So, we’re bringing you not one, not two, but three easy dish soap recipes. They’ll leave your plates and glassware sparking clean and residue-free, whether you use a machine, wash by hand, or both. There’s a liquid and solid dish soap for sink use, as well as a DIY powder dish detergent for machine use. So, you’re covered whatever your means! All three are quick to make, budget-friendly, environmentally friendly, and soft on your hands. Which one will you try first? To scent or not to scent, and how In these recipes, you can choose…
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10 golden rules for making your own products
There are so many benefits to making care and household products yourself: you save money, while ending up with beautiful natural products that are good for you and the environment. But there’s a lot to learn when you start out! With time, DIY becomes quite easy, you just need to pay careful attention to the trickier steps and get to know your ingredients and key techniques. If you take the time to learn and understand the basics when you start out, you’ll set yourself up for success and you’ll be free to experiment later. So today, we’re here to help you take your first steps on your journey into the…
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