Home made cleaning products!

Okay this is a challenge.

Yes the basics are great - baking soda, vinegar - and I've been using them for years. BUT when you start getting into things like dish soap, shampoo... this is a little different!

YES I can use baking soda and vinegar for washing dishes... but I really do like suddsy water!! AND my homemade dish soap (50% water / 50% Dr. Bronner's liquid Castille soap) is actually quite expensive and so runny that you ended up using more. So I'm back to our local natural product (that I can still fill bulk at my OLD local health food store) except I don't like this because A) it takes too long to pour out and B) I've got a squirmy squiggling baby attached to me (who would disapear instantly if I set him down). I'm also wondering how GREEN this product really is. The part that bugs me the most - the local company selling this green line - sells ALL the BAD BAD industrial cleaning products. This just happens to be his one green line (sold of course under a different name so the average consumer of course is completely unaware!!).

Okay and the shampoo I made - SUCKED (1 tbspn Dr. Bronners, 7 Tbspn water, 1 tspn olive oil). AND it meant that I showered every day because my hair looked so gross. So that is going backwards because if I have a good shampoo I can go 3 days.
No impact man decided he didn't like that recipe either and prefers baking soda... I have yet to try this.

SO next on the list... homemade toothpaste... or again plain baking soda.

ANYWAY my goal here is NOT to make life miserable but to find ACCEPTABLE, workable, solutions that somehow can be integrated into my schedule without taking up too much time!! i.e. no more time than it would take to go buy it from a store!!

So the quest is on for reasonable, good, and effective GREEN cleaning recipes!