When my kids were little I sewed up flannels (facecloths) to make a square pocket with velcro along the top side. All the small scraps of soap went in to these pockets the kids used these to wash. no more nagging about leaving the soap in the water etc.
Gather all the old pieces of hand soap and place in a jar. Fill with water and let it dissolve. It becomes liquid and is ideal for hand washing, washing woollens etc.
Rather than wasting old pieces of soap in the bath or shower, the last one to have a bath or shower squeeze the old soap onto new cake of soap, after you soften up the new cake and leave overnight. The old soap will blend into new soap with no waste.
I have read many suggestions for making soap ends into liquid soap or soap cakes but didn’t want to wait until I got a good quantity. I took the foot of an old pantyhose, put in the soap ends and tied a knot. I have used this pad for cleaning my hands after gardening and […]
When your soap is too small to use don’t throw it out. Save it in a dish and when you have what you think is enough, finely chop up the pieces, place into an old saucepan, add water and bring to a boil. Stir and simmer, then pour into blocks and let it cool. There […]
If you turn your hand cream bottles up side down, it’s amazing what is there when you think all is finished.
When moving into a newly built house, take time to rub the glass walls of the shower with “Turtle Wax.” Then polish off. We have been living in our home now for 3 years and taking care to wipe down the walls after each shower, have scum free glass. We were advised to repeat this […]
If you do not want to fight scum on your shower walls, then use shower gel. We have a motor home and when using soap the smell when emptying our grey tank, (sink, shower water,) was horrendous. Now there isn’t a smell at all.
Good liquid soap using Dove soap and tea tree oil. Buy Dove soap when it is on sale at $1 a bar. Grate it finely add three cups of boiling water, stir till dissolved. When cool put in a few drops of tea tree oil. Great anti-rash liquid soap for the shower.
When you can’t squeeze any more out of your tube of hand cream or makeup, sit it on its lid for a while, then cut the tube about 1/3 of the way up. You can then get to scoop out all the extra cream that will be sitting on the lid. The other end will […]