Make your own fabric softener

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 fabric softener:

Instructions & Method

Quantities can be adjusted up or down accoding to the size of your wash:

Method 1: Add 1/4 - 1/2 cup baking soda to the wash cycle and/or

Method 2: Add 1/4 - 1/2 cup white vinegar to the rinse cycle or alternatively

Method 3: If you have Epsom Salts then you can add a tablespoon at the beginning of the rinse cycle.

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