home made laundry powder....the epiphany

I came across The Laundress, New York products a while ago whilst shopping in the Donna Hay General Store. Make no mistake, these products are the Jo Malone of laundry. Swoon.

Sadly, at three loads of laundry a day....not.going.to.happen.

This is the way I'd do my laundry if I was a single girl in the city.

Not a beleaguered mother of six in the suburbs.

THE GOOD NEWS!

In keeping with this year being brought to Chez Joy by the letter "E"....

I have experienced a laundry epiphany of epic economical proportions.

Thanks to the home of domestic dark arts and witchery {AKA Pinterest} I have developed a fixation on all things home made.

Out of interest/desperation I tried a recipe for laundry powder.

This is the business:

2 cups soap flakes

{I used Lux, because I'm lazy and didn't want to hand grate it, but in truth you can use any normal soap bar and grate it up using a cheese grater or food processor.}

1 cup washing soda

1 cup borax

20 drops essential oil

{I've used a blend of lavender, lemon and lime. Fresh and zingy!}

Use 1 - 2 tablespoons per wash.

Seriously.

That's all. It's concentrated.

You know, like the way the super expensive supermarket brands advertise?

This is concentrated up the ying-yang.

Mix it up baby.

Here's the thing.

I don't feel like I'm using a lesser product.

It's the opposite.

This is the most beautiful, amazing, fragrant mixture.

Because of the washing soda, which is used as a water softener in hard water areas, our clothes feel AMAZING when they are dried. Even Dave and The Goofballs can't get over how great their clothes feel.

If The Laundress is the gold standard: