How to make natural liquid (laundry) soap

First the good news,

no abnormalities were found in my liver, lungs or bones.

What a relief

getting better and cured is a possibility again.

No granny square today.

I just don`t seem to get more squares done.

No time, tired, my arm hurts, bleh.

Hopefully next week.

Although I have my first chemo next Thursday,

we`ll see.

Now on the subject

how to make your own natural liquid (laundry) soap.

With soda you can use it to do your laundry and

as an all-purpose cleaner.

Without soda as hand soap

and we are also using it as shower gel.

It is not ideal as a shower gel  because it doesn`t foam much 

but if you don`t mind that

this is a good, cheap and natural option.

I use Savon de Marseille

which is a natural gentle soap.

Savon de Marseille is traditionally green or white.  The white soap is made with palm oil, the green with at least 50% olive oil.  Both varieties are exquisite, ultra-moisturizing skin care. Marseille Soap is recommended by dermatologists throughout the world for dry skin and other ailments.  Its incredible purity and moisturizing properties make it ideal for sensitive skins.  In France it has been trusted for generations to cleanse everything from linens to little faces.

In the Netherlands you can buy it here and the US here.

I use the scented bars for the liquid soap

and the grains for the laundry soap.

You need:

80 grams (2.80 ounces) grated

5 liter boiled water (still hot)

100 gram (3.50 ounces) baking soda (for the laundry soap)

On the stove, dissolve the grated soap in 1 ltr. boiling water.

Add the soda (optional).

Add the remaining 4 ltr. hot boiled water.

Let it cool for 24 hours.

Store it in a container with a lid

and/or clean old laundry soap bottles.

With this laundry soap you have to use a laundry ball 

which you put  between the clothes.

I use 60 ml per load.

Easy peasy and cheap!

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