Hyde Handmade Soaps

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I had my sweet baby girl the end of June we are happy and healthy. Last week was the first time back to the market, It's been going well. I'm getting low on some soaps so I'll be cooking away for the next few weeks. More orange coffee and berries and twigs coming soon. I'll have some fall soaps coming soon so you'll have to check it out at the market, or here on the blog. You can like me on facebook too!

I missed 2 weeks now at the market, last Saturday i woke up having contractions....I didn't think hauling all my stuff to the park was the best idea. I really hope this Saturday I'll feel well enough to be there...BUT If I'm not and you need soap, just e-mail me! Baby due in 4 weeks!

Saturday was the first day for the market, and it went well! I love to see all the people and be out in the sunshine. Here's to a good summer!

Lately I've been very motivated to be in the kitchen. I've always enjoyed making meals from scratch...baking and cooking. I'm also very practical and frugal. I've never been good at baking bread but try every now and then. I find it silly to buy my sandwich bread, I think it's just water oil flour, but I couldn't get it just right no one would really eat it...well for sandwiches. So I came across "The Bread Bible" I read through it and just took some of her techniques ...and the first loaf of bread was great! we could put jelly, and penutbutter on it with out the bread falling apart & it cut smooth....I used my own recipe but her techniques and it was great. So now I've got bread and the best thing is my husband says he'll eat it! So to go along with it I made cinnamon and sugar butter....heaven! So simple 1/2 lb (2 sticks) butter (room temp. butter) 4 Tablespoons Sugar about 3 teaspoons cinnamon Whip it in the mixer and put it in a con...

So I've tryed going with out shampoo before...and it was bad. Very greasy hair just not working, but for the past year or so I've come across different articles with people saying how it's wonderful and they are never going to use shampoo again. I thought I must be missing something , and when I came across this article   http://simplemom.net/how-to-clean-your-hair-without-shampoo/  I thought okay I'll give it one more try . It hasn't been long but from the start I'm impressed. I got out of the shower the first time and I thought, every thing feels the same , AND that's what I had been looking for. I don't wash my hair everyday so I was concerned that it would feel oily the next day, but it didn't. So if your like me and want to give it a try.......or another try do it! 1 Tablespoon backing soda 1 C. Water Mix in a bottle For a conditioner to help with the PH balance 1 Tablespoon natural vinegar 1C. Water Mix in a bottle ...

For Laundry soap: 3 C. Borax 2 C. Soda Wash 2 C. Baking Soda 2 C. Laundry bar grated up as fine as you can get it.   Mix it all in a bucket, (it does about 90 loads of laundry) use 1/8 c. - 1/4 c. per load.   To help rinse the soap from your clothes and soften your clothes use vinegar in your rinse cycle instead of store bought fabric softener....your clothes won't smell like vinegar once they dry. You can add it to the dispenser right in your washer. I use the same amount of vinegar as store bought softener. Why Vinegar? It disinfects your clothes and washing machine, it softens your clothes, It helps keep your colors from fading, it will rinse out any soap residue left from your laundry soap and keeps your clothes from looking dingy....And fabric softener is full of LOTS of toxic chemicals, why would you want that? I know there are a lot of different ways to make laundry soap but this is what I use and like. Let me know how you like i...

Update: I've been using this recipe to clean my toilets and it works well. Make sure you have a good brush to get under the rim.  I've been trying to find ways to clean the house with using little to no chemicals. This morning I finally got around to cleaning the toilets, and I had just run out of some store bought stuff.... Great time to try something new. I have a few recipes I've come across, but I like this one because it has baking soda and vinegar....and that just sounded like fun. So 1/2 cup each baking soda and vinegar, and then I added a few drops of tea tree oil to help disinfect. Dump it all in the bowl get a good brush scrub and flush....I let mine sit after I scrub it till some one needs to use it, I like to give the essential oils a chance to do it's "magic".  Let me know if there's a natural way you clean your house I'd love to try it! 1/2 Cup Vinegar 1/2 Cup Baking Soda A few drops Tea Tree essential oil (or any you like). The ...