I recently wrote about some of the homemade household products we use. Tooth powder seems to be the one that garners the most odd looks and comments from people. It seems unbelievable to most people that we don't use something as basic as toothpaste, even the "natural" ones. I will admit that other than at my in-laws house, I've never used the natural toothpastes. My son and I switched straight from Colgate to the recipe you'll find below. Why? Well, why not? What do you think your toothpaste looked like before they added the liquid ingredients and all those chemicals? Most likely it was a powder. Why pay for someone else to add liquid into the ingredients you can put together yourself? As and added perk, no more exploded toothpaste tubes in your airline luggage (not that we fly anymore...want to know why?)
The following recipe is one that a friend of mine gave to me, but I'm not sure where she originally obtained it. She's seen the same results I have since she and her daughters have started using it. Both of our dentists have even remarked on our clean teeth. I don't know about you, but no matter how well I brushed my teeth growing up, the hygienist always had to scrape and scrape. Yuck. Farewell cavities!
Check out the recipe!
Lather, rinse and repeat... Massage in conditioner, leave on hair for 3 minutes, rinse well... Hold hairspray six inches from head and depress button and spray in bursts to reach desired coverage... Apply generous amount of body lotion to dry skin to achieve luxuriously smooth legs... Fill detergent slot with desired brand, add fabric softener and bleach... Spray bathrooms or kitchen counters and wipe clean with damp cloth, rinse surface well.
Doesn't anyone use anything natural anymore? Why is there a need to buy a product filled with supposed carcinogens just to make our hair shiny? We constantly slather chemicals all over (and in, but that's another issue) our bodies from the start of the day to the finish. The experts tell us that all of these products are perfectly safe for us and that they will make our hair, skin, clothes, and counters strong, smooth, soft and bacteria-free respectively. How did we ever manage to live without these expertly concocted products before their arrival? Quite easily in fact. Before we began applying mousse to our hair and styling it just so, we managed to get through the day. Before we had to have clothes that smelled of "fresh laundry" scent and were oh-so-soft to the touch we just wore clothes smelling of actual fresh air and had them soften as we wore them. Before we sprayed chemicals on our counters, we used a little elbow grease and scrubbed them with hot water. Somehow the generations managed to live long enough to get us here today.
