DIY Washing powder and Toilet Fizz Bombs

Fresh, Clean, Cheap and better for you

Over the last couple of months I have been running a laundry/Loo trial and hey, I have to say they work.

Homemade washing powder is number 1

After reading about this stuff on Pintrest I thought I had to give it a try – I have and I hereby declare it a success.

3 simple ingredients, and not much time and you have washing powder that just costs a few pence for each wash, not full of nasty chemicals either.

OK so how??

4 cups of Bicarbonate of Soda (Wilko’s sell this for £1.50 a box)

3 cups Soda crystals (about 70p in most supermarkets)

1 bar of Knights castile soap (4 bars for 99p in Home Bargains) this needs grating (Very therapeutic!)

The blog I took this from:-

 http://www.bouvardian.com/diy-laundry-detergent-for-sensitive-skin/ advises that you put this in a processor which I did, it didn’t affect the processor at all and didn’t leave a smell.

The washing powder in itself is a great money saver but then if you then use white vinegar instead of conditioner (about 40p a bottle available in most supermarkets)……..Yes that’s right put it in the conditioner slot of your machine, and no it doesn’t leave a smell on your clothes, in fact it fluffs up towels etc a treat.

Super cheap effective wash days available to all.

Secondly the Loo trial

Again after seeing them on Pintrest I have also made a batch of toilet bombs for our downstairs toilet http://www.bloglovin.com/blogs/pins-procrastination-11988173/how-to-make-homemade-toilet-fizz-bombs-only-3154472165/

Not only are they fun to make – My son came in from collage and said the house smelt like a science lab (Don’t know about you but my school science labs didn’t smell of lemon, peppermint and lavender), they use basic ingredients they are easy to pop in the loo when you are passing, keeping it clean and fresh whilst you get on with something else, they look pretty in a jar on top of the toilet, and small nieces find them highly entertaining (Just don’t leave them unsupervised they might throw the whole lot in!!)

How?

1 1/3 cup of our old friend Bicarbonate of soda

½ cup Citric acid (available online and I think in places that sell home brew items, though I get mine online)

And lots of drops of your favourite essential oils.

Mix the soda and acid in a bowl then gently start adding drops of oil (this will fizz so you have to take it slowly) as you add more drops you will finish up with a damp clumping mixture, this can then be pressed into silicone moulds and left out in the open to set/dry out, you will notice them puffing up as they dry, I just kept on squishing everything down until they were hard (overnight should be enough)

All you need now is a pretty jar, keep them handy for a quick toilet freshening blast.