Several years ago I made a giant bucket of laundry soap, of which I made the fresh grannies lye soap myself.  I used it and I loved it, but noticed over time my whites started to not look as bright.  I figured out that it was the lack of optical brighteners that is in commercial laundry products.  I ended up purchasing commercial laundry detergent ( Read more... )

OK I got the laundry soap all made. The blue specks you see is from some end slices I had from some lavender-rosemary soap left over. They are made with mineral oxides so they will not stain the laundry. I decided to add it because it was just scraps and needed to be used up. There is no scent left in them because the soap scraps are a few ( Read more... )

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( More on the laundry soap recipe I posted last night and a recipe for all purpose household cleaner )