Homemade Mrs. Meyer’s Liquid Hand Soap
I love the Mrs. Meyer’s products. They have the most wonderful, luxurious smell to them. The thing is, they are a bit on the expensive side. When I can score regular old not so fancy hand soap for .50 cents at the dollar store with a coupon, well it makes me feel bad when I pick up that 12.5 ounce bottle of Mrs. Meyers for nearly $8 a bottle and consider buying it!
Then….I learned how to make it on my own for just about $5 a GALLON…yep just $5.00 and I can get a whole gallon of it! If you were to buy a whole gallon of the liquid soap it would cost you over $50.00It lasts like forever, make wonderful gifts and even cute little goodie bag fillers for baby showers, bridal showers and so on.
To make this you will need:
- 1 Bar of Mrs. Meyer’s Soap (they have basil, lemon verbena, lavender and geranium scents
- Cheese grater
- 2 Tablespoons of Liquid Glycerin (found in the band aid section at any drugstore or grocery store)
- 1 gallon of water
First grate your soap. Then add the 1 gallon of water to a pot along with your grated soap. Add the 2 tablespoons of Glycerin and start stirring your mixture over medium high until you have disolved your soap. Let it cool for about 24 hours.
The soap will be harder and what I did was use my electric mixer to give it a good spin. If it is too thick add about 1/2 cup to 1/4 cup of warm water to your mixture while you are using the hand mixer. Now you have one gallon of liquid soap for a cost of $5 or less. That is $45 in savings or more!
* A couple people have asked if this will ruin the pot but I have never had an issue as long you you do not burn it!
Save $5 with Petco Coupon
Right now you save with this great Pals Reward Coupon and with the great sales that is going on at Petco! they have tons of stuff on sale! I love to shop the back of the isles for all the clearance items for my pups!
The coupon expires soon so jump on it while you can!
Target Baby Mobile Coupons!
If you haven’t heard………. you can now sign up for Target Baby Text alerts by texting BABY4 to 827438. By signing up for these alerts you will also receive Target Baby Mobile coupons which are really nice and easy to use!
These coupons “should” come instantly after signing up although it has not seemed to work like that for some, mine took 4 minutes…..
Once you text BABY4 to 827438, you should get a message welcoming you and you should also get a message with a unique 10% Off code that you can use online on any baby purchase! Yes!
Then that text should be followed with a link to the coupons that are new for the week. There are great deals!
There were 7 new ones today that are valid thru 4/27. You can use these in addition to the other great coupons at Target right now for baby.
These were my favorite deals and the coupon match ups!
$1/1 Huggies Diapers Target Baby Mobile Coupon x4/27
–$1.50 off when you buy any ONE (1) package of HUGGIES® Little Movers Slip-On™ Diapers
$1/1 Johnson’s Baby Toiletry Item or Desitin Product Target Baby Mobile Coupon x4/27*
*Excludes On-the-Go size
–$1.00 Off any (1) JOHNSON’S® Baby Oil product on Facebook
-$2.00 wyb JOHNSON’S Baby Bedtime Bath AND Lotion on Facebook
-$1/1 Johnson’s Baby Lotion on Johnson’s Baby Site (limit 1)
-$1/1 Johnson’s Head to Toe Body Wash on Johnson’s Baby Site
–.75/1 Desitin Diaper Rash Ointment, Any (Excludes Trial Size) – HealthyEssentials.com
$2/1 Happy Family Organic Baby Food Purchase ($10 or more) Target Baby Mobile Coupon x4/27
-.50/1 HappyFamily Product
$2/1 Similac Total Comfort Powder Formula 1.45 lb Target Baby Mobile Coupon x4/27
-$2/1 Similac Large Powder 3-24-13 SS x5/31
Moneymakers and Freebies at Walmart
Here they are the top freebies and moneymakers for Walmart this weekend. If you don’t use the product, you can always donate it to charity or give it too a friend/family member!
Rice Dream Original Lactose Free Rice Drink, 32 oz $1.88, regular price
Use $2.00/1 – Rice Product, Any – (facebook.com)
Final Price: $0.12 Moneymaker
GoodNites Bed Mats, 1 ct $1.47, regular price
Use $4.00/1 – GoodNites Disposable Bed Mats – (goodnites.com)
Final Price: $2.53 Moneymaker
Kool-Aid Bursts, 6 ct $1.00, regular price
Buy 1, Earn up to $1.00 with Ibotta
Pay $1.00, Submit for Ibotta Credit
Final Price: Free
Serenity Tena Ultra Thin Pads, 30 ct $5.24, regular price
Use Save up to $7.00 on Tena Pads – (tenatwist.com)
Final Price: Free
Homemade BBQ Sauce for Less than .50 Cents
I love BBQ Chicken. Chop it up on salads, make BBQ chicken sandwiches, make BBQ chicken Kebobs, make….okay you get the idea! The other day on Pinterest, I ran across a recipe for Homemade BBQ sauce that tastes pretty much like the “Sweet Baby Rays” BBQ sauce. The cool thing you can make it at home with stuff you might already have.
After making it, I realized how cheap it was to make. Since I just grabbed a bunch of bottles of ketchup for a steal at Kmart….well this seemed like a sweet deal for all the BBQ-ing we will be doing.
Make this for less than .50 cents for a 8 1/2 ounce jar!
Fun 2B Frugal BBQ Sauce
Ingredients
- 1 1/4 cups ketchup
- 1 cup dark brown sugar
- 1/4 cup molasses
- 1/4 cup pineapple juice or you can sub apple cider vinegar
- 1/4 cup water
- 1 tablespoon worchestire sauce
- 2 1/2 teaspoons ground mustard
- 2 teaspoons smoked paprika
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 1 1/2 teaspoons kosher salt
- 1 teaspoon pepper
- 1/8 cold water mixed with 1 tablespoon corn starch (optional)
- Combine all the ingredients together except the water and corn starch mixture in a medium size sauce pot. Bring to a boil and reduce and simmer for five minutes or until all the sugar has dissolved. If you like a thicker BBQ Sauce add the water and corn starch mixture. Simmer until desired thickness is reached, but watch closely. It thickens really fast! Serve immediately or cover and store in fridge.
You can store this is a bottle or in a canning jar. It also make a awesome gift!