Make your own dishwashing liquid

Can you look in your laundry and bathroom cupboards and find umpteen tins and bottles of pungent, toxic cleaners? One whiff of any of them will probably leave you short of breath.

Chemical cleaners are wiped around toilet seats, baths and kitchen surfaces, not to mention the fact that our clothes are drenched in them each time we do the washing. A lot of cleaning products are absorbed by our skin. Many are carcinogenic and can affect our central nervous system.

So far we have only mentioned the affect on our bodies but what about the affect on our environment. That's another story we don't need to go into here as you are well aware of how fragile it is.

Lets get down to something constructive and make some healthy cleaners. Most of ingredients are in your pantry right now, so let's get started.

Read here about the ingredients you will be using.

Make your own dishwashing liquid:

Instructions & Method

1/4 cup soap flakes
2 cups hot water
1/4 cup glycerine
1/2 teaspoon lemon essential oil

Mix the soap flakes and the hot water together and stir until the soap flakes are dissolved. Cool until just luke warm. Add the glycerine and the essential oil.

As it cools down this mixture will gel. When it is cool break it up a little with a fork. Pour into a squirty bottle for ease of use. You could use an old shampoo bottle or an old dishwashing liquid bottle. Use a large squirt and use hot water to wash the dishes in. It is quite "stringy" and gunky in appearance but works well.

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