laundry detergent

i have been making my own laundry detergent for about a year now.  it is amazing!  it's cheap and works great.  i've always had issues with getting hives from other soaps so i wanted to try making my own.  luckily it has never given me hives!

i used to make a laundry detergent that i found on pinterest.  it consisted of washing soda, borax, and bar soap.  after learning more from almost exactly, and going to ewg.org, i found out that borax isn't the greatest for you!  so i searched online for a different laundry detergent and this is what i made...

it takes one big box of baking soda, super washing soda, and 3 bars of dr. bronner's castile soap.

first i break up the bars and put it in the food processor to crumble it and then i mix everything together.  i store it in the big jar in the picture.  it makes a ton (will probably last 6 months)!  and you only have to use 1-2 tbsp for each load.  i have a coffee scope that i just keep in the jar.

i have HE front loaders and it works great!  i've been using the new formula for a few washes now and haven't had any issues.  i like this mixture even better than my last because the dr. bronner's in lavender smells amazing!