Friday, March 23, 2012

Cutting It Out...

Things I don't have to buy anymore....

Shampoo
Conditioner
Lip Balm (like that'll stop me anyways...)
Lip Scrub
Lotion
Soap
Bubble Bath
Bath Bombs
Laundry Soap
and now.....  Fabric Softener :)

  Have I mentioned how much I _love_ Pinterest?  I found this link for a homemade fabric softener on a blog called "One Good Thing".  To be honest, I would like to eventually eliminate the conditioner just for the fact of all of the chemicals, but I figured it's a start, and quite frankly, I have a ton of conditioner freebies from couponing and no free fabric sheets :D  Necessity is the mother of invention, or something along those lines, right?


The recipe Jill uses involves 6 cups of water, 3 cups of vinegar and 2 cups of conditioner. 

That's it.

Really.

I used a tropical coconut conditioner from Suave and made a half batch to try it out.  I'm a little obsessive, so I put the whisk attachment on my stick blender and attempted to make it as homogenous as possible.... 

She suggests spritzing it on a dishtowel and throwing it in the dryer or even adding it to the washer just like you would any other liquid softener.  I picked the dishtowel method...and now we wait... for the dryer to buzz :)