My husband and I had decided to do some genealogy research and discovered recipes for soap that belong to our great great grandparents. This is a 100% Castile Soap and I make it in different fragrances and use different scents. We tried them and they worked. I started making more and more and for the last year I haven't bought a bar of soap from the grocery store. We use a tea tree for oily skin is in our shower and a Raspberry Cream bar on the sink to wash our hands and keep them soft.
I have been experimenting with different cleaners for the bathroom and kitchen and furniture polishes that don't smell bad. I have made a rosemary based cleaner for the kitchen. Rosemary has natural antiseptic properties and it keeps the kitchen smelling clean as well as actually getting it clean. I have a lavender scented cleaner for the bathroom and with 2 boys trust me this is a much better smell.
I am now working on making a liquid Castile Soap which is giving me fits. So far the score is Soap 2-Kim 0! It is more difficult to keep a solution liquid then a solid. I am changing and testing this to make liquid hand soap and using it as a base for shampoo. It takes about 8 hours cooking in a crock pot to make and then has to sit for about 3 days to a week before I will know if I have the base I need to make anything worth keeping. I think this is the batch that will be the one that works. It looks like Dr. Bronner's Liquid Castile Soap and smells the same! No offense to them but they are really expensive! Mine will be at least 1/2 the price! You can't really see it well but it is a dark beige/yellow liquid soap:
I will let you know if it is the one or not...Old Wives Pails
