Have you tried making your own cleaners or personal care items? Do you have a go-to natural remedy? When you make these types of household items at home, you can save money by using items like vinegar and baking soda while reducing your family’s exposure to chemicals.
I’ve rounded up 36 recipes you can make in your own kitchen to reduce the chemicals in your home and save some money. I only use a few cleaners in my home. Vinegar, baking soda, and Basic H2 are my favorites, and safe for my kids to use. I haven’t tried making personal care items, though I spent several years making kombucha, one of my favorite fermented beverages.
Beverages
- How To Turn Any Juice Into Lacto-Fermented Soda
- Lacto-Fermented Dandelion Soda
- Make Your Own Kombucha
- Making Honey Wine
Cleaners
- MYO Inexpensive Citrus-Scented Cleaner
- DIY Screen Cleaner
- Homemade Dishwasher Detergent
- UN-Clorox Your Clorox Wipes
- Vegan Homemade Laundry Soap Powder
- Make Soap Without Using Lye
- Chemical Free Label Removal
- Homemade laundry stain remover
Natural Remedies
- Cayenne Pepper and Lemon Juice
- Homemade Chamomile Tincture Recipe
- Homemade “Flashes” Tincture recipe
- Nettle Tea
- Herbal Cough Syrup Recipe
- 6 Unrivaled Homemade Dry Itchy Scalp Remedies
- How to Make Homemade Elderberry Syrup
Personal Care Items
- Natural First Aid Cream
- Easy Natural Lip Balm Recipe
- Make Your Own Gentle Baby Wipes
- Mounds Bar Lip Balm
- Winter Coconut Oil & Vitamin E Oil Lotion
- Gardener’s Hand Scrub
- Turn Runny Lotion Into Luxurious Scented Body Butter
- Honey Green Tea Facial
- How to Make Shaving Cream
- Pamper Yourself with a DIY Natural Beauty Spa Day
Other DIY Recipes
- Five things you should be making (and not buying)
- How to Regrow Green Onions Year Round
- Homemade Kitty Litter
- Olive Oil Candles
- Everlasting Vanilla
- UPCYCLED AROMATIC WAX MELTS
- 15 Uses for Coffee Grounds
Resources
- How Do Your Cleaners Rate?
- My House Cleaning Supplies List
- 10 Cleaning Tips for the Home
- House Cleaning Checklist
- 5 Daily Minimums: Daily Cleaning List
- Which Ingredients to Avoid in Your Skin Care Routine?
- Natural Self Care and Make Up
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  Better Basics for the Home: Simple Solutions for Less Toxic Living |
  Organic Body Care Recipes: 175 Homemade Herbal Formulas for Glowing Skin & a Vibrant Self |
Pinned it!! What a great resource especially when you are out of something!
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Thank you! And so many of these are super easy to make.
Loving all these crafty recipe ideas!
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This post couldn’t have come at a better time! I am at the bottom of my elderberry syrup bottle and was wondering if there was a way to make it myself. ….and behold! Your post! haha!
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I can see you making it.
I haven’t tried these but I have a friend who swears by making her own laundry detergent.
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I had no idea you could make your own elderberry syrup. I’ve been living on that stuff this week!
Yes! It can be expensive to buy.
Thanks so much for featuring my homemade Vegan Laundry Soap Powder recipe! I really appreciate it!
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I do make my own cleaners. Distilled white vinegar is one of my favorites.
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I just bought a huge bag of baking soda at Costco because I knew it was good for cleaning. Now I need to go make stuff. Thanks for the helpful links
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I’m always saying I’m going to start making my own household cleaners, but never do it. Think I’ll try to make some of the cleaners and natural remedies– thanks!
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Some of them are so easy to do like baking soda. You can find spray bottles at the dollar store.
I love the way you organized this post Barbara, what a great list for so many products.
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Great round up Barb. Loving the blog design too. Thanks for linking up to Pin Worthy Wednesday. Your post has been pinned to the Pin Worthy Pinterest Board
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I love these tips Barb, thanks so much!
These are really great recipes, Barb. I have been any good at making my own cleaning products, but this makes it really easy to do. I am definitely going to try it soon!
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I LOVE making my own homemade cleaners and personal things Barb! This is a fantastic round up! Thank you!
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Pinned this great post!
This is a great roundup list. I’ve been trying to make more things for myself and this will come in handy. Thanks for putting this list together.
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Thank you!
Thanks! there are several recipes here that I haven’t seen before! Have a great week, Barb!
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Nice list of recipes! Posted to fb.com/Micro.Farm.Project .
Thank you!