Laundry detergent

Hello to all our friends and followers!

Another week has come and gone and we have made new concoctions (the yogurt and yogurt cheese is fantastic!!) and sampled a few products. As promised, we want to tell you about a product that we have tried and really like.

Product#1-
It is an eco-friendly laundry detergent made by Maylee's Garden Soaps. It was given to us by a friend to try. We have been in a search for recipes to make laundry detergents of our own and decided to try this one while we continue the search. The one we tried was the Cinnamon vanilla blend. You only need to use one teaspoon per load and can be used in HE washers.
Ed works in a factory making Sprayers and tractors so you can imagine how dirty his clothes can get. We tried it on several loads, and not only did it get his laundry clean, it left all of our laundry smelling fresh. We highly recommend this product. And, we don't get any kick back or recognition for mentioning it. I doubt they even know we have tried it. You can check out the products on the link we will provide.

A little background as to why we no longer use commercial laundry detergents. After researching what was in commercial laundry detergents, and believe us, it wasn't easy. We found out that the base ingredients are petroleum product based and formaldehyde, we decided not to use them anymore. And that nice scent that you smell when you open the bottle? It is the cover scent for the formaldehyde. You wouldn't buy it if the smell of formaldehyde came flowing out of the bottle, now would you? Formaldehyde is not only known as a cancer causing agent, it is also the base for embalming fluids and was the reason why all those temporary homes were rejected as housing for Katrina victims. They paneling was full of formaldehyde and is a known health hazard.

Back in the early 1900's, it was frequently added by US milk plants to milk bottles as a method of pasteurization due to the lack of knowledge regarding formaldehyde's toxicity. This resulted in numerous deaths in both orphanages and homes, particularly in the MidWestern states, where infants were fed the tainted milk, which resulted in a high death rate at several large orphanages in Indiana, Illinois and Missouri.

So you can see from this information we were able to uncover, we had no hesitation in excluding commercial laundry detergents from our lives.

Our Product#1-
On our way home from my parents in Northern Wisconsin, we decided to stop at a cheese factory in search of some cultures to make cheeses of our own. There I saw a tube of chapstick from a very well-known beeswax brand (Ernie's friend, hint hint!) that is sold at 0.15 oz costing $2.99, and it made me think... 1 ounce divided by 0.15 is 6.67, so if you multiply 6.67 x $2.99, the cost of 1 ounce is $19.94, that is crazy!!
Why are we paying SO much for so little amount of the product?! With that said, I have made and am releasing to the world(once again), my salve formerly known as Lunchbox Butter. Which is now called Pine and Prairie Healing Salve.
So whats so great about it??
First, here is a list of the ingredients in alphabetical order: beeswax, cocoa butter, lavender oil, olive oil, rosemary oil, tea tree oil, and vitamin E.
Each containing it's own healing property. And Each has a WIDE spectrum of properties, I will stick to the ones pertaining to my salve and it's purpose.

Beeswax: Not only an antiseptic, but also improves the skin compatibility for healing.

Cocoa Butter: Known as a GREAT moisturizer, softens the skin for easier healing while also creating a shield against the environment. Properties found in cocoa butter also help boost the immune system and fight cancer. (Note, we are not stating that my salve can fight or cure cancer,I wanted to add that because I thought it VERY interesting fact!)

Lavender, Rosemary & Tea tree oils: all are mild antiseptics

Olive oil: Helps to relieve itching, great for those that are using the salve for fresh tattoo's during the healing stage. I can tell you from personal experience, tattoo's do itch, and this DOES help!!

Vitamin E: Good for cell repair.

Originally I created this salve to heal new tattoo's. Over time, my friends and neighbors would use it on burns, chap lips, scrapes and cuts. What I found is that it aided in healing all of them.
My friend Sean's dad was dying from cancer and had REALLY bad bed soars. His hospice nurses gave many topical ointments but none of them helped. So I gave a tin of my salve to Sean to "give it a try." Three days later he called me and asked if I had anymore of the salve. When I asked him why, he said because they used it on the bed soars and they had shrunk to 1/2 the size they were just three days earlier! My jaw fell to the floor. Jim (Sean's dad) said that he would give a testimony for the salve, that if it could help him, it could help anyone. Jim meant a lot to me, and if I could make his last days on earth a little more comfortable, I have already succeeded. I never did get his testimony, primarily because I didn't know that someday I would be starting this business.
So what I offer to all of you and the rest of the world is my Pine and Prairie Healing Salve, 1 oz tin for $7.00 plus S&H. A far cry less expensive than the other brand previously mentioned.
If anyone is interested, please contact me at pineandprairietradingpost@yahoo.com
Thank you all for taking the time to listening to the wonderful story of salve.
Stay tuned next week for the recipe of our yogurt cheese, your going to LOVE it!!
And as always, we appreciate your time at our blog. ~Amy & Eddie