Awesome Soapnut Recipes

Dried soapnuts in a wooden bowl and cloth bag on rustic wooden surface

Pest Repellant

Transfer some of your Soapnut Liquid Solution into a spray bottle, and add some extra water (make it half soapnut liquid and half water) and use it as a pesticide in the garden – it’ll get rid of aphids, and other nasties on your veggies and herbs! It also repels ants – just add a few drops of eucalyptus or tea tree oil to the solution and spray around the areas where ants are congregating.

Pet Wash�

Just use your Soapnut Liquid Solution – add some lemon juice (a few squirts) and a 3 to 4 drops of lavender essential oil then wash your pet as normal. It repels ticks and fleas so they’ll be happy and so will you. You can also spray some of this solution around their bedding to get rid of the nasties!

Soapnut Shampoo

Use 3 soapnuts and 500ml water. Simmer for 10 minutes and add cornflour to thicken if desired as well as any essential oils to scent. Just keep in mind that some essential oils can be skin irritant, so only use a small amount – 3 or 4 drops is plenty! Keep this mixture away from your eyes!

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Soapnut Bath Wash

Use 3-4 soapnut shells in washbag and allow to steep in hot bathwater for 5 minutes. Add a few drops of your favourite essential oil.�Keep this mixture away from your eyes!

Find out some more soapnut FAQs here.

 

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Clare Whitfield is the Editor of Stay at Home Mum and a recognised voice in practical home management for Australian families. Based in the northern suburbs of Sydney, she balances editorial leadership with life as a stay at home mum to two school age children. Her background in home economics and more than a decade of experience in recipe development, family budgeting, and household systems inform her work.

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  1. KarenF Avatar
    KarenF

    I found on a Dr Oz show, a great way to treat dandruff, as it is caused by a fungus. Spray with tea tree oil! Same goes for athletes foot, or tinea!

  2. Adri Poultney Avatar
    Adri Poultney

    Just wanted to let you know the link to the product review for soapnuts no longer works, also the link for the soapnuts in your online store doesn’t work either. Have you stopped selling them? What about the clove oil, didn’t you use to sell those too?

    1. Jody Allen Avatar

      Hi Adri, no we don’t sell them anymore – we do have some left in the office – only bulk quantities though – if your interested please email [email protected]

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