I was just looking for a soft scrub product in the Young Living lineup to clean my porcelain lined sink with, and Tiffany Thomas posted this recipe from the Oily Rock Stars on Facebook. It took me just a few minutes to make, and I put it into a clean jar formerly used for pickles. She has a fancier label, and if you want, I encourage you to do that, but I want to show you it doesn’t have to be fancy to be good. I had the ingredients on hand, so it took me about five minutes to make this.

Ingredients:

3 cups baking soda (a box and a half — I had half a box that had been in the refrigerator and was old, but I used that up first, which may affect the effectiveness of the baking soda; we’ll see, and if it does, I’ll update to let you know)

3/4 cup Thieves Household Cleaner

1 Tablespoon distilled vinegar

30 drops Young Living Lemon Essential Oil (I don’t need to tell you why we’re using Young Living brand, do I)

Directions:

Measure the Thieves Household Cleaner, distilled vinegar, and Lemon essential oil into a glass mixing bowl (I used a stainless steel one — just don’t use plastic)

Slowly add the baking soda and stir to combine everything. (This is fun to watch the consistency change.)

Once everything is thoroughly mixed, transfer to your desired container — the original author used a honey jar. I used an old pickle jar.

I highly recommend putting a label on the jar. I used an address label printed on my label printer, but a Sharpie on the glass would probably work just as well — or design a pretty label to make it more attractive. I put the basic ingredient list on my label to make it easier to make the next batch when I need it.

NOTE: Per Young Living Policies and Procedures paragraph 3.13, if you plan to resell this formulation, you may not use Thieves in its name or advertise that Thieves Household Cleaner or Young Living Essential Oil are ingredients. For personal use, this is fine.