DIY Lavender + Lemon natural dish soap for sensitive skin
Jeanne Frey
When researching for this article, I first went to the www.EWG.org
for toxic ratings. This organization lists ingredients of all sorts of products and gives them a rating based on how toxic it is to our health and the environment. Just a warning, once you start looking up your favorite products, you will likely get upset and appalled at the level of harmful chemicals that are packed into them and WANT to go natural! I hope so anyway!
So here is something to thing about: It took me about 5 seconds to find 284 "hand washing detergents" from 56 companies along with all of their specs (who knew there were so many dish soaps out there?!). Of those 284 hand washing products, 209 of those rated a C or lower (the ratings indicate the relative level of concern posed by exposure to the ingredients in this product). Some top selling liquid dish soaps that are major household names, are among the worst with a rating of "F." Ya'll an "F" is baaaaad. Ya'll know our skin is the largest organ of our body so touching toxic cleaners every day can cause issues. Effects to the body include damage to DNA, respiratory effects, developmental/endocrine/reproductive effects, digestive system effects, nervous system effects, acute aquatic toxicity, damage to vision, and cancer.
>>>Pause for dramatic effect<<<<
Ok, so yeah...we want to get away from all that nonsense! And a great way to do this is to make your own cleaning products with ingredients you know are natural and trust wont hurt your family.
DIY natural Lavender + Lemon dishsoap
Shopping list:
Organic Lavender castile soap (I use Dr. Bronner's)
Aloe gel
Organic washing soda
Organic vegetable glycerine
Lavender and Lemon essential oil (I use Young Living)
Step 1. Boil 1 1/4 cup water and pour in glass bowl
Step 2. Add 2/3 cup of Lavender castile soap. Stir.
Step 3. Add in 1 tbsp of aloe gel. This is for sensitive hands. Stir.
Step 4. Mix in 1 1/2 tsp washing soda. This is where the grease fighting power comes in. Then stir 1 tsp vegetable glycerin.
Step 5. 10 drops of Lavender, 10 drops of Lemon.
Step 6. Mix well!
Step 7. Transfer to bottle of your choice.
Step 8. Make your husband/partner do the dishes because you just spent the last 20 minutes thoughtfully making this healthy non toxic soap and you deserve a break!
Happy cleaning!
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