MAKE YOUR OWN LAUNDRY DETERGENT

This is so easy. It will take you ten minutes. It will save you money*. It's better for the earth. And you will feel cool cause you made it yourself.

YOU NEED:
hot water
1 cup washing soda (available at most grocery stores)
1/2 cup borax
1 bar of soap (nothing that's heavily scented)
10 gallon bucket (you can get these from restaurants or dumpsters pretty easily)

Grate the bar soap (it's fun! it'll look like mozzarella cheese!) Add it to a large saucepan with hot water. Stir over medium-low heat until soap melts and dissolves.

Fill a 10 gallon bucket half full of hot water. Add the melted soap, borax, and washing soda. Stir until all of the powder is dissolved.Top the pail off with more hot water.

Use 1 cup per load. The detergent will gel, so make sure to stir it each time you use it.

*The math has been done. This woman figured it out and said she saved something like $65 a year.