Homemade powder laundry soap

Lots of my friends have inquired how I make my laundry soap...it's super easy and AMAZING for people who have sensitive skin. 

In fact, my husband (Jay) didn't want to try it at all because his skin is so sensitive and didn't want to try anything except dreft, what the doctor recommended for excema, at the time I was cloth diapering Colt (our son) and any detergent was a huge no no on cloth diapers. I used Charlie's soap, which really was amazing too but it started adding up, so I ventured into making my own. I found a recipe that I loved, that's easy, and have been using since. And oh...whole point of me starting this story...my skeptical about everything husband even loves it and has shared it with the guys that he works with. (Back story about that lol..I noticed my soap was going REAL fast...I thought it was so odd...maybe it was disintegrating...so when I told him that it was the weirdest thing that the soap was just disappearing so fast...god knows I don't do laundry THAT often...he fessed up and told me he took some to work for Denny, a guy at work to try...who also got hooked...but gave him the recipe because grating soap is hard work for me). 

Now to the goods...what you'll need

borax (you can find this in the laundry aisle) 

Washing soda (laundry aisle too..sometimes right by the borax)

Bars of soap...I generally go for all natural ones with lavender or tea tree in them..you can use fels naphtha, ivory, castille, etc.

A container with a top...I use a glass one I got at meijer

A little scoop...you have one laying around I'm sure

A Grater (I use the big mama jama of graters) 

You mix 1 cup of borax, 1 bar of finely grated soap, 1 cup of washing soda. I put a little bit of coconut oil in the mix and some essential oils, maybe tea tree or lavendar. I also do more than one batch at a time because I hate grating soap..so obviously you'd double everything. 

This isn't a detergent, so I put a little bit of white vinegar for disinfecting powers. White vinegar is awesome to have around anyways...if you're a serial 1 load washer (you know...when you wash the same load 67 times in a row), like I am, 

white vinegar takes the musty smell out.