Homemade Laundry Soap

I love Pinterest...a lot. It's an addiction. I have made so much stuff from the website and gotten tons of ideas. I first saw homemade laundry soap on there and I dismissed it. I thought it would be too hard, would not work with my HE washer, and would not clean very well. I have been proven wrong.
I researched recipes for laundry soap online. I found this one on myearthgarden.com. I made it today and have washed three loads of clothes with it...and love it!
I'm using the powder. Normally, I'm a liquid soap girl but this seemed way easier to make.

Homemade Laundry Soap:

2 cups Borax
2 cups washing soda (NOT baking soda!)
1 bar of soap (This recipe does not call for specific soap. I used Fels Naptha because it is a laundry bar soap and because it was right next to the Borax and washing soda.)

I have read lots of different recipes and it seems the most difficult part is figuring out how to get the bar of soap into little pieces. myearthgarden.com has it figured out! Take your bar of soap and put it in a microwaveable dish. Microwave for 1-2 minutes or until the soap puffs up. It looks odd but works great. Combine 2 cups of washing soda with 2 cups of Borax in a container of your choice. (I found a cute glass jar at Walmart for $5.) Take a little of the powder mix and combine it with some of the puffed up soap in a food processor and process away...until fine. Do this until the entire bar is processed and combine all ingredients in your container.

It's that easy and that mess-less! I use 2 tablespoons per load. It has virtually no scent so I use the Purex Crystals to add scent to my wash loads. The final great thing about this? I bought a box of Borax, a box of washing soda and two bars of Fels Naptha for around $10.

Update: my cousin, who also makes her own laundry soap, reminded me that this needs to be stored in an airtight container because it can harden quickly. She also suggested using a cup of Oxyclean per batch for stain removal. (Thanks Audria!)