Castile Soap! 

I can’t wait to start making concoctions with it.

Here’s a few I might start with… 

Body Wash

Shaving Cream

Baby Wipes

Homemade Soft Scrub

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my very own stash! i am so very excited about this! these are all fuzzibunz, mostly mediums, and a few one sizers for longevity.

i will also be getting a few bum genius, a few flips, a charlie banana & some prefolds & a snappi, plus two wet bags (one for the diaper bag and one for home) i will be cloth diapering for less than $200 when it’s all said & done!

i will probably be getting a sprayer, too!

i get it now why people say it is addicting, it definitely is!

I thought it was a good idea, but I didn’t know I would take to it. 

Not this fast anyway. 

i tried the oil cleansing method.

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I’ve read a few posts lately about not using shampoo & about using a homemade face wash, which is a part of my 18 things to make in 2012 goals, but then I started discovering that she applied the same principle to many other areas.

Which got me thinking….

Maybe the only reason why we are dependent on so many of these things is because we’re so used to them, hooked, a self-created dependence. Or rather, marketed dependence.

we’re hooked…

I am so interested to try a lot of these money saving, simple, & green solutions to everyday hygiene. If they work, I estimate I’ll be saving our family upwords of $200 or more a year. With the potential to save a lot more, if the whole family embraces it.

So, take a look at one of my new favorite blogs, simplemom.net, she posts about a lot of great everyday and green solutions, sort of like Real Simple, but without the $5 price tag, per issue!

A few months ago we switched to Shaklee for our cleaning products, and got rid of a slu of other products (pictured below), and applying this same idea to other areas, may just be the makeover, or makeunder (as it were) this little life of mine needs.

goodbye unneccesary cleaning products

To de-commercialize, and break the dependences on so many of the products that I use.

I think it’s worth the experiment at least. Here’s to my attempt! I’ll update you on how it goes.