One by one, the products we absolutely take for granted are running out during the course of this month. Here's how we are getting around some of those things, plastic-free.
- Hair Conditioner: no more bottles of Herbal Essence for this gang! We went to Lush, the British store that sells handmade bath and beauty products in solid form -- and bought a half-pound slice of Jungle Conditioner, sold just like cheese! So if you detect a sweet odor of figs, passion fruit and bananas coming from Steve, it's his hair. Pretty soon we will be going back for shampoo too.
- Dish Soap: just last week we ran out of that bright orange Palmolive, that is so handy to pour into the pump next to the sink. Turns out that way back under the sink we had a bottle of Shaklee Basic cleaner, which is great and organic, but less user-friendly: add one teaspoon to a gallon of water to do your dishes. We opted to add a few drops to a squeeze bottle filled with water, and now mix up a new batch every few days. When we are out of this stuff, will have to come up with a new recipe.
- Toothpaste: yikes! Five people use alot of toothpaste, and we are about to run out. If you google "making toothpaste" you'll discover that a lot of people make their own! I printed out the wikipedia version and left it on the kitchen table -- it was met with alot of skepticism! But this family is game to try anything once. Mostly it's baking soda and hydrogen peroxide, which we have, and some mint oil, which we need. Hopefully there's another squeeze bottle somewhere in the house.
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