Showing posts with label cleaning. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cleaning. Show all posts

 If you know me then you know one of my FAVORITE places in the world is THE DOLLAR TREE! I can go to The Dollar Tree and find something new everyday. I use the dollar tree for many reasons number one being it's cheap! I can afford anything in that store. But the main reason is it keeps me in budget. I can find food, cleaning products, decorations,snacks, just about anything I need in the dollar tree. For this shop I went to one of my favorite locations in Tucker, GA 

There are some really good food finds in The Dollar Tree if you know what your looking for. The Ginger Snaps are a pantry staple for me very tasty. For extra crunch after I open the gingersnaps I put them in the refrigerator and they taste even better! Sunflower Kernels are a must! I put these on everything wraps, salads, peanut butter and jelly rice cakes just everything. The spicy brown mustard was needed for my pasta salad I should be making today. Those plastic clips are much needed in my household. They keep the freshness of many of my foods after I open them
Another plus of the dollar tree is getting affordable cleaning products. I have noticed that the size is a little smaller. To keep up with cleaner like fabuloso I make my own botttles cut with filtered water and I add some essential oils to them. 
Now to the fun stuff! I got a black rectangular table cover, (2) LA colors nail polish and a fine tip Sharpie. Everything I purchase has a purpose. The table cover is actually going to be a YouTube background. The nail polish is for my custom press on nails I sell and the fine tip sharpie is for the handmade Thank you cards I put in each package.
This small dollar tree haul came to $13.79 (There are some rolo chocolate I ate before doing this post) Don't forget to use Receipt Hog, Receipt Pal, iBotta and Fetch to put all your receipts in to get points and cashback! 

Thank you for stopping by have a great one!






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 This was more of an experiment. I saw a quick video with a lady grating a bar of  Zote melting it with water, adding essential oils and storing it to use on dishes, clothes, for cleaning and even a bleach alternative. I have plenty of Zote bars in my pantry and I love DIY so I gave it a try. I must say that this is one of the BEST DIY projects I've ever done and I will use it for LIFE!

This one bar of white Zote grated with a grater from the dollar tree, mixed with about a gallon of water, scented with eucalyptus & lavender essential oil and mixed with a hand blender made all of this soap!
I had to look for more containers! I had so much soap I couldn't believe how much liquid one bar of Zote had made! It was very soapy and creamy. I'm not going to lie after it sits it has the consistency of snot (I know I'm gross right?) But it's good clean snot. This was the perfect recipe in times like this were you have people literally fighting over soap, hand wash and toilet paper. I even gave one bottle to my Mom there was so much! The only word that came to my mind was "ABUNDANCE" I wrote it on my dry erase board.
This was a clear example of abundance and how we have everything we need right in front of us if we look for it. I was very humbled that day. I actually made this batch on May 8th 2021 (5/8/2021) It's close to a week of having this stockpile of soap and I haven't even put a dent in it! I've hand washed some clothes, washed all my dishes, put some in a foaming hand soap dispenser and I still have plenty. It's truly a blessing to learn these type of things at this day and time. No fighting over soap for me.

Another tip if you want it to come out more like a liquid. Put a little squirt or two of your favorite dishwashing liquid in each bottle. I used some lavender scented Dawn and it gave it more bubbles, more scent and it's a little less thick. I will be using this Zote DIY soap FOREVER! On my next batch I might just make a tutorial post because it's too easy not to try! I wish abundance for anybody reading and make sure to try this at home!


NOTE* A Bar of Zote is about $1.00 in some places $1.09 but the popularity of Zote and the simplicity of the ingredients is getting noticed and I expect the price to be going up. It's sold out a lot at Wal Mart so if you see it at the $1.00 or $1.09 price grab a couple while you can at that price.