There are two things are certain in today's economy. One is that jobs are becoming fewer and far between. The second certainty is the green living products are on the rise. The reason for this is because most green living products do save money and time within the household in the office. What many people are doing, is taking the best certainty in the worst certainty and combining them into something they can work together. Many people are finding that creating home green living products and starting their own work at home business is the best way to combat high-cost of living with the job market that is unforgiving. Here are three make it home green living products that could help you not only save money at home but also pass on the savings to others while starting your own green business.
Laundry Soap Kits
Making your own laundry soap is a recipe that every green lifestyle beginner, sustainable lifestyle beginner or homesteader has seen at least once. Making your own laundry soap actually does work well and works considerably well with new front loading washers and dryers. The steps to making your own laundry soap can be time-consuming with the majority of that time spent on grinding the soap into flakes and mixing the soap together. To save consumers time while still passing on the savings and unique quality of homemade laundry soap, you can start a business putting together the kits. Include full unopened boxes of borax and the Armand Hammer washing soda. The washing soda is the most difficult of the products to find to make this homemade laundry soap and could be the reason that you start selling kits. Use two bars of these Zote, ivory or other pure soap and shave the bars into flakes. Place the flakes in a Ziploc bag and box all three items together for your first kit. Go the extra step and measure out each item, mix the items together or keep them in separate Ziploc bags and sell the kit as a ready to use pre-measured kits. Do not create liquid laundry soap to ship. It is difficult to ship and may break certain shipping laws within the US.
Natural Herbal Oils
Natural herbal oils are made from an olive oil or baby oil base. Mineral oil, the main ingredient in baby oil, is also used without fragrance. Grow or purchase, depending on which is cheaper, your own natural herbs. Lavender, chamomile, mint and other soothing herbs are the easiest to use. Driving herbs and a few dehydrator or over the course of a few days and placed the herb leafs into a glass or plastic bottle with the oil. Cover the herbs in the oil and placed the sealed bottle in a dark cool place for up to three weeks. In three weeks take out the bottle, strain out the herbs and remodel the oil as a natural herbal oil.
Soy Candles
Soy candles are a quick and easy green living option for many consumers. Soy candles burn longer, burn cleaner and are made from natural chemicals. Supporters of PETA and several animal rights groups prefer the use of soy candles to beeswax candles or animal fat base candles. Soy candles are also used by preppers, stockpile hours and self-reliance lifestyle others due to their long life when burning and the ease of maintaining them in storage. Soy waxes available online and through most craft stores. Find a recipe that works for you, add essential oils to the wax and placed the wax in Mason jars. Allow the wax to cool, label and package your candles and placed them for sale to green living consumers.