HOMEMADE FABRIC SOFTENER



Now, I know this is a beauty blog,  and you may think fabric softener has nothing to do with beauty. However, this truly does deal with beauty products, so, here me out.


I went on a co-washing binge with cheap-o vo5 and suave conditioners and bought just about evry "flavor" but, I soon realized co-washing wasn't really cutting it for me (I found Salon Grafix cleansing conditioner which is like a miracle, but thats another post). Anyway, I had literally about a dozen bottles of conditioner that no one in my household was going to use up. So, what do I do with it all. I'm to cheap to throw it out and besides thats just wasteful. I don't use shaving cream, just my regular soap/bodywash so I wasn't going to use it for that. I use it to wash the dogs but at the rate they are bathed it'll take forever to use up and I hate to have unused stuff laying around cluttering up the linen closet.

 So why not make fabric softener?  Fabric softener is basically conditioner for your clothes right? So, I fished around the web and came across a few recipies. Now, all that I came across call for vinegar, and I 100% hate the smell of vinegar. I know it fades but I cannot bear the smell for even a little bit so I tweeked the recipe.

Simple:

     2 cups of  cheap hair conditoner

     6 cups of hot water


 Really thats it! Don't want to measure- fine

 To make it even simpler you can break it down like this-


 1- 15 0z. bottle of v05 conditioner, any scent you prefe,r to 6 cups of  hot water

 1- 22.5 oz. (family size ) bottle of Suave naturals conditioner, any scent you prefe,r to 11 cups of hot water.


 I dump the conditioner into a big pot on the stove and add the water. I generally make a huge (gallon or 2) batch at a time, its easier for me and I do alot of laundry. I heat the mixture a bit , stirring till the conditioner and water are completely mixed. Then I pour  it into old gallon milk jugs.

 You can then add this to your rinse cycle like regular fabric softener, put it in a downy ball or soak an old washcloth or microfiber cloth with it and throw it in the dryer. It works just as well as expensive fabric softener and you can customize your own scent!

  One gallon of farbric softener costs me $2.00 or less to make!!  You can't even get it that cheap a the dollar store.

 In my area the large Suave Naturals is only $1.50 at Walmart and Vo5 is sometimes as low as .69 cents on sale. Even after I use up my ton of conditioner I will never go back to store bought fabric softener! It gives me more money to spend on makeup or rationalize spending the $8.00 on my cleansing conditioner!!