Industrial detergents are often very expensive, in addition to being not very ecological. Many French people today opt for homemade laundry, which is very simple and quick to do. Why deprive yourself?

Laundry based on Marseille soap

Here is a simple recipe that will give your laundry a smell of Provence. To achieve it, melt 150g of Marseille soap in 2 liters of water. Then add 1 cup of baking soda and half a glass of white vinegar, then you will see a chemical reaction take place.

When your mixture has cooled, place it in a suitable container, in which you will pour about thirty drops of the essential oil of your choice. You will find that this mixture will tend to solidify, so you will need to mix it before each use..

Black soap-based laundry

Originally from Syria, black soap is made from a mixture of vegetable oils and black olives. It is completely biodegradable, economical and ecological and its many virtues will make it an ingredient of choice for making your laundry.

To make 1 liter of detergent, take the equivalent of a glass of liquid black soap, which you will mix with half a glass of baking soda, half a glass of white vinegar, a quarter of a glass of soda crystals, 3 to 4 glasses of lukewarm water and ten drops of essential oil. Mix, it’s ready!

An ash-based laundry

Here is arguably the oldest laundry recipe. Wood ash has always been used for cleaning laundry. Potash, a natural “surfactant” contained in ash, is used as a powerful detergent in this recipe.

To make this very economical detergent, you will only need two ingredients: 100 g of wood ash and 2 l of water. Start by pouring the ash into the water and allow it to settle for 24 hours. Then filter with a funnel covered with a fine cloth and add a few drops of essential oils to the liquid obtained.

Soapnut-based detergent

Soapnut is the fruit of a tree that grows only in the region of Kashmir, India. When ripe, the shells of this fruit are sticky with a substance that helps them repel unwanted insects. It is this substance, saponin, recognized for its degreasing, cleaning and sanitizing properties, which will be useful to you in the manufacture of this detergent.

In addition to being very ecological and economical, its use is childishly simple, since you just need to place 5 shells in a cotton bag, which you will place directly in the drum of your washing machine, to obtain an impeccable result. Your nuts will be disposable for cycles ranging from 60 ° to 90 °. You can use them twice for 40 ° cycles and up to three times for 30 ° programs.

Gaelle Latour

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