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How To Make Soft Scrub Cleanser

August 22, 2012

With all of the other ways to save using your own homemade mixes, is it any surprise you can save by making a homemade soft scrub cleaner, too? Whether you just want the plain, quick-cleaning kind or you’d like yours to have a nice scent and de-greasing power, just whip up one of the recipes [...]

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Homemade Wipes Four Ways

August 17, 2012
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Cleaning wipes are a wonderful convenience for the busy housewife, but their cost can really add up over time. It’s so easy — and inexpensive — to make your own homemade wipes for baby’s bottom, messy hands, kitchen or bathroom surfaces, even glass. Here are four simple recipes to make your own homemade wipes using [...]

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Homemade Soap Scum Remover

May 29, 2012

If it weren’t for my homemade soap scum remover, we’d have to remodel the bathroom. I mean it. See, I hate our glass shower door! Some things a girl just wants to keep hidden…like, how her flabby bits wobble when she bends to shave her legs. Or how much soap scum collects on the shower [...]

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Homemade Air Freshener

February 2, 2012

I love a fresh-smelling house as much as the next person, but I despise how much air fresheners cost. Studies showing they’re also toxic worry the heck out of me. I’d much rather prefer to make my own. Not surprisingly, there are several homemade mixes you can whip up to give your house a fresh [...]

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Homemade Fruit and Vegetable Wash

January 27, 2012

A homemade fruit and vegetable wash isn’t just easy to make, it’s also an important step in food safety! Washing fruits and vegetables isn’t just about removing obvious dirt. Produce often harbors bacteria, bugs and other substances not readily visible to the naked eye. (Hey, did you see that lady squeezing the tomatoes? The one [...]

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Homemade Window Cleaner

January 21, 2012

It’s been such a warm winter where I live that I’m already in the mood for spring cleaning. Well, okay, maybe not a whole-house cleaning, since I try to follow my printable house cleaning routines regularly, but I’d sure like to let some more light in to cheer things up. And that means it’s time [...]

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Easy Make Your Own Laundry Detergent

January 12, 2012

Not long ago, I read about a crime ring that stole thousands of dollars of Tide laundry detergent. If you ask me, the real crime is how expensive that stuff is! Sure, it comes in a pretty orange bottle but other than that, soap is soap and its only purpose is to get clothes clean, [...]

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Homemade Furniture Polish

December 15, 2011

Homemade furniture polish does wonders for your wood furniture. You’ve probably heard that furniture polish can dull your furniture over time, and that’s true about commercial products. Why? Because the majority of them contain silicon, or a silicon substitute, to counteract the effects of other ingredients. Since silicon bonds with itself, every new application is [...]

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