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Ok, so yesterday I let you in on some of our laundry staples and today I’m gonna add to it. Have you ever noticed that some of those pesky fabric softener sheets leave your clean clothes feeling a little, shall we say “sticky”? Or how about all the chemicals that are used in the liquid softeners? I have kids with sensitive skin and some that are scent sensitive so I have found that using the following recipe covers all our needs. No more “sticky” feel from those dryer sheets, No more itchy skin for my sensitive skin kids and no more over powering scent for the kids that are sensitive to smells. POW! All bases covered. This could be just what you need in your laundry staples too!
Ingredients
• 1/4 cup Dr. Bronner’s Organic Lavender Pure Castile Soap
• 5 drops Lavender essential oil
• 5 drops Bergamot essential oil
• 1/2 cup baking soda
• 1/3 cup white vinegar
Directions
• Add soap and essential oils to normal washing machine soap dispenser.
• Sprinkle 1/2 cup baking soda over the clothes in the washer.
• Pour 1/3 cup of vinegar into the fabric softener dispenser (or add during final rinse).
• Wash color loads and towels on cool water as normal.
• Dry laundry and enjoy freshly scented, soft laundry with no harsh chemicals!
That’s it. It’s an easy routine for us and it keeps our clothes clean and soft without adding harsh or dangerous chemicals.
Couple of extra laundry tips:
• DO NOT add the vinegar to the beginning of the washing cycle. It will react badly with the Castile soap and you will not like the results.
• For a load of whites, we would add 1/2 cup hydrogen peroxide to the normal place assigned for adding bleach. Then we wash on hot water setting.
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