Wrong.
All those chemicals are poisoning us- especially our children. They are still developing and growing, and all those chemicals get right into their skin, going deep into their cells. What is it doing to them??
Here's a very simple, practical solution. Make your own. Yes-- I said make your own soap!! It's so easy. If you can boil water and grate cheese, you can make your own soap. Here's how.
You'll need:
- Bar soap- the fewer ingredients, the better
- Kirk's Castile (Kroger)
- Ivory
- Glycerin bar- the very best!
- Cheese grater or a food processor and a knife
- Large heat-proof glass container - I use an 8 cup Pyrex measuring cup
- Several pump soap dispensers
- Glycerin- any drugstore (you'll have to ask for it)- only use if your bar of soap doesn't have glycerin
Directions:
- Grate a bar of soap using a cheese grater - or cut it up and use a food processor (don't worry- it cleans up very nicely- it's soap!)
- Boil 6 cups of water
- Stir the soap flakes into the boiling water constantly until melted ( I use a big glass measuring cup)
- Let it sit out overnight, covered
- Test it. If it will pour nicely through a funnel into a pump dispenser, it's good. If it's too thick to pour, just add some water and stir. We can't be too scientific because bars of soap come in all different sizes.
- If you didn't use a glycerin soap, add two or three drops of glycerin to the mixture. This gives it a better consistency- with the added benefit of making it more moisturizing!!
That's it! Isn't it simple? We use it for hand washing at the sink and in the shower. It lasts a long time, too.
Tips: Use essential oils in your soap. Two reasons why-- for a nice scent, and for its antibacterial, antiviral, and/or antimicrobial properties. Use Lemongrass with Lemon, Lavendar, Rose- really expensive, but wonderful-- or anything you like, really! It's all good.
I want to be me- chemical-free!!
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