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let me show you how easy it is to make your

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own dishwashing tablets at home if we haven't met yet.

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My name is Courtney. I'm a mum of three.

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And I love sharing simple swaps for a healthy home.

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This recipe is a super quick and easy one.

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I have literally just gone to do my dishes and

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realised that I've used the last of the dishwashing powder.

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I don't have to go to the shops. I can whip this up at home.

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I'm just gonna use one cup of

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bicarb soda.

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Buy this just in bulk from the local bulk food store.

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But you can get this at the supermarket. It's super affordable. Super accessible.

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I've got some citric acid here as well, which once again,

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I've just bought from the bulk food store.

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I'm gonna do about a quarter of a cup. Oh, I just threw it on the floor.

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I'm gonna have to top that up. I'm gonna do about a quarter of a cup of the citric acid.

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Oh, it does not feel good under my feet.

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Then the next ingredient, you can either use the on guard cleaner concentrate,

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which I highly recommend.

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It is one of the most versatile and powerful low to

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household cleaning products available.

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If you want the link to purchase that, please let me know.

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Um, mine, as you can see, is super empty.

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So I'm actually going to substitute with Liquid Castile soap.

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Once again, you can buy this from both most health food stores.

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Um, you're just gonna put, like,

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about a tablespoon in there,

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and then you're gonna add 5 to 10 drops of Citrus essential oil I love to use.

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Um I'm gonna use green Mandarin today,

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but you can use, um lemon grapefruit,

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wild orange as some of my favourites to use in this recipe.

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Um, they not only have really beautiful antibacterial properties,

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but they make everything smell fresh and amazing.

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Stir it all together. So you want this to be a consistency.

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That's kind of like wet sand.

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You don't want it to be too wet because it

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will expand heaps and it will start to overflow.

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But mixing, mixing, mixing.

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I'm actually just gonna get in there with my fingers.

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You can see, um,

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how like if you press that it kind of holds its shape, that is perfect.

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Now the next thing that you wanna do is get this into little moulds.

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Something like this is fine. Scoop it in.

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Press it down firmly. They will expand a little bit as they're drying, but

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I just come and kind of push them down a bit.

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Mm.

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So that's it There. Here's a little look at the finished product.

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You can just chuck them straight into your dishwasher, and they do a fantastic job.