Laundry Soap

So today is laundry soap day. I don't know why, it's a simple enough task, but I always have to convince myself to make the laundry soap. So today, I made a giant batch so I won't have to start conniving myself to do it again in a few weeks time and I can spend more time doing the things I love! With that keep in mind that we're a family of 8 lol.

For a normal batch of laundry bombs..

Ingredients:
1 bar Ivory (I'm using ivory because I got it for almost free years ago when I started couponing and we don't use bar soap usually. You can use a 1/2 bar of Felz Naptha instead)
1/2 cup washing soda
1/2 cup borax
2 cups water
20 drops essential oil (optional)

Directions:
1. Finely grate your bar soap
2. Bring the water to a boil.
3. Add your grated soap to the water and stir until completely melted.
4. Add the washing soda and borax to the melted soap. Stir until it's all dissolved.
5. Remove from heat and let sit for about half an hour. I like to stir mine occasionally while it's cooling.
6. If you're going to use essential oils, add them now. Using a hand mixer, beat the soap mixture until it has doubled in size.
7. Line a cookie sheet with wax paper. Form 48 balls/pods, placing them on the wax paper. A melon baller works well.
8. Stick the cookie sheet in the freezer for 15 minutes.
9. Keep in a container (I have an old tide pod container I'm reusing) and use 1 per load (2 if it's a really dirty load).

It's that easy, effective and cheaper than buying laundry soap.