Happy Homemade Money Savers

I read a blog yesterday that talked about homemade clothes softeners and laundry detergent. I don't know about you but this girl can use a savings here. I am helping to support 2 children in college and they often let the laundry go until it takes me a week to catch up or $100.00 at a laundry mat to get it all washed.
So today I went looking for the recipes!

                                                              (photos found on google)


Laundry Softener from Food.com

Ingredients:

Makes 15 Cups:

• 1 cup baking soda
• 6 cups distilled white vinegar
• 8 cups water
• 10 -15 drops orangeessential oils (optional) or 10 -15 dropslemonessential oils (optional) or 10 -15 drops essential oils , of choice (optional)

Directions:

1. 1
   You will need a one gallon container.
2. 2
   First add the baking soda to the plastic container.
3. 3
   Next add 1 cup of water to start with.
4. 4
   Slowly add the vinegar to the bottle as the vinegar and baking soda will start to fizz.
5. 5
   Then add the rest of the water swirling around & cover venting the top a few times.
6. 6
   Last add the essential oil.
7. 7
   Add 1 cup in your final rinse cycle for each load but give the bottle a good shake to stir up the essential oil if using.

Here is a Second one:

Ingredients:

6 cups HOT water

3 cups white vinegar

2 cups Suave conditioner the scent of your choice

Mix conditioner & hot water well, until conditioner is dissolved completely.

Add the vinegar, and mix well.

Store in a large container {empty fabric softener container, empty large vinegar bottle, etc}

Pour into a downy ball… or use approx. 2 tbsp.