My great aunts had a great and very simple thing for using up the tiny bits of soap left over at the end of a bar.

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So, in a bid to combine fitness with frugality, I've rounded up 20 ways you can exercise and get fit without spending a penny, both outdoors and at home. Thing is I make the powder for dermatology reasons as well as economy and because of this was wondering what exactly is in laundry soap? As they do not contain chemicals, Soap Flakes are as kind to the environment as they are to your clothes. You might find it difficult to find an ingredients list for soap flakes and household soaps as they're household cleaners and don't need to list them, unlike bar soaps for use on the body. I started to use soap in the shower a couple of months ago, but I hadn't thought about using it for hand washing at the sinks as well, instead of using soap dispensers.

Some say that the Aleppo and Marseille soap recipes were originally brought to France and Spain by the crusaders. We used to have loads to choose from - Shield, Palmolive, Camay, Ponds, Lifebouy, Knights Castile, Pears, Wrights . I can't imagine Diana spending her evenings fiddling about with scraps of soap, Jalima, Princess Anne, yes, but who knows what goes on behind closed doors? I'm sure that I read something years ago about Princess Diana not wasting the small leftover bits of toilet soaps - she had a gadget that would take the small bits of soap and squash them together to make a whole bar.Have been told that wash liquid clogs everything up in the washing machine and living in a very hard water area, this is the reason it smells! Thank god you can still get Imperial Leather - I love picking off the label when the soap bar gets worn down! In an effort to reduce plastic I’ve started using old fashioned soap bars again rather than shower gels and liquid hand washes, and what a revelation. Castile soap in England caused controversy in the 17th Century, due to its connections to catholicism.

Its stance of putting consumers first is protected and enshrined in the legally-binding MSE Editorial Code. I love smelling all those artisan soaps you see in farmers markets and I like the idea of fewer harsh chemicals on the skin. Arguably, getting something for totally free will get a true MoneySaver's heart pumping faster than any cardio workout ever could. It doesn't matter if we can't find it anywhere, my Mum was just curious as to why it had disappeared so I though I'd ask on good old Digital Spy!My Gran and Mum have both used Knight's Castile Soap all their lives upon till a few years ago when it disappeared from our local supermarkets ASDA, Morrisons, etc.