Homemade Clorox Wipes or Spray

1 cup of water
1/4 cup of rubbing alcohol
2 Tbsp. Dawn dish soap (only use Dawn)
2 Tbsp. ammonia (optional)

I do not use ammonia and use a spray bottle.  Some people claim that vinegar and soap is a strong enough disinfectant but I ( and the local health department) disagree.  This is in lue of using bleach around the house.  Unfortunately, I still use it in my white laundry.  Some people soak rags in a diaper wipes box or a plastic baggie. I prefer the spray method.

Furniture Polish

Homemade Furniture Polish

Most of the old folk formulas for furniture polish ask for 1/4 cup of oil or so, plus a few drops of vinegar. I feel those folk formulas leave the furniture too oily, and in hot weather there is a risk of the oil going rancid.

Instead, I’ve found that reversing those ratios —using 1/4 cup vinegar plus a few drops of oil—makes for a much better wood cleaner and polish. The vinegar pulls the dirt out of the wood, and the few drops of oil lubricates the wood so that it doesn’t dry out.

Second-Best Homemade Bathroom Cleaner Ever

1/4 c. baking soda

1/8 c. lemon juice

1/8 c. fine sea salt

2 Tbsp. liquid castille soap or dishwashing soap (optional)

Enough white vinegar to make a paste

~Mix all ingredients together well and scrub away. As there is sea salt in this recipe, I would recommend testing it on a small, out of the way space first to make sure it doesn’t scuff the surface of your counter top or bathtub. It didn’t scuff mine, but I have an odd bathroom.

This recipe was purposefully created to be a one-time use only recipe, as it does contain lemon juice and wouldn’t keep outside the fridge for long. If you want to keep your bathroom cleaner in the fridge, though, feel free to increase everything.

Best Homemade Bathroom Cleaner Ever #1

Best Homemade Bathroom Cleaner Ever

1/2 c. baking soda

1/2 c. washing soda

1/2 c. liquid castille soap

25 drops tea tree essential oil

10 drops lemon essential oil

10 drops peppermint essential oil

2 Tbsp. white vinegar (optional)

~Mix baking soda, washing soda, and liquid soap in a medium-sized container until it’s pasty and mushy. Add essential oils and mix thoroughly. If you choose to add the vinegar, be aware that the soda will make it fizz a little. But it’ll stop, so don’t freak out.
When you’re ready to use it, just scoop a little out with your sponge and scrub away. This works wonders on grimy bathtubs and goopy counters. Not that I’ve ever had those. I just assume.

Homemade Sugar Pasting

Sugar Pasting Recipe

·         2 cups white cane sugar

·         1/4 cup lemon juice

·         1/4 cup water

You can use lemon juice concentrate if you don’t have fresh lemons, I do.

Mix ingredients in a heavy sauce pan over a medium-high heat. Stir the mixture often so that it doesn't overheat at the bottom.

This recipe can be used for both face and body sugaring. Many people are turning to this hair removal method because it's more gentle to the skin and less painful than waxing.

Using a heavy sauce pan is extremely important. If the sauce pan is thin it can throw off the entire temperature and overheat the sugar, making it cook too quickly. Cooking fast isn't good, it needs this time to simmer. So I would suggest using a heavy, stainless steel pan if possible.

After it comes to a boil, turn the heat down to low-medium and simmer for 25 minutes. This length of time is needed to get the final product just right. If it's not cooked long enough, the end sugar hair removal product will be too sticky to work with.

TIP: if you have a candy thermometer use it and keep the temperature in the soft ball range

Caution. If you only have a thin saucepan, a low-medium heat may be too high of a temperature to simmer. Keep the temperature as low as you need so that it's only simmering, not boiling and turning dark too quickly.

You will see the hair sugaring mixture darken as the time goes along. But this isn't just the right color yet, it still needs to cook a little bit longer.

After 25 minutes of simmering, the sugar hair removal result should be a dark amber color. Remove it from the heat and let it cool for about ten minutes before placing in an air-tight container. Be careful, it's hot.

The picture on the left is how the end product should look. The sugar on the right is one I didn't cook long enough, and it ended up way too sticky and not pliable enough for sugaring home hair removal. You can see there's a big difference in color. Don't forget to place an airtight lid on when storing!

Once the product has cooled, you are ready for hair removal. *Apply to skin and place paper wax removal strip. Put sugar on in the direction of the hair growth and remove against the grain

Did It Turn Out Too Hard?

A couple of people have emailed me saying that the product turned out way too hard. If that happens put he mixture and microwave it until it gets hot- try 20 second increments.

Remove from microwave and stir. Let it cool down a bit to use as sugaring gel or completely cool to use as sugaring paste.

The recipe is super simple, free of any chemicals and works surprisingly well...