I too use the 20 mule team brand stuff right from the grocery store.
Used to encapsulate it in small amounts and found it to be very strong -
but had also started bathing with it too.
Just showering with it gives a great health boost each time.
I no longer use any soap or shampoo - just the borax.
Easily done by keeping a water bottle in the shower - filling it about
1/2 way with powder pre-shower then all the way with hot water - and
shaking it to get some of it into the hands or on a washcloth works very
well.
Makes for the softest, cleanest feeling skin ever - helps open cuts to
heal and those with long (especially fine) hair will love it as I do
because the hair is not only wonderfully clean -but refuses to tangle as
well.
I begin each shower by liberally dumping a bunch of the water/borax
right over me olde head and I rinse after washing everyplace else - use
the rest of the water from the bottle over my head (letting the
remaining powder settle for next time...), and finally rinse it all the
way off.
This has been a one-way trip for me; I cannot even imagine wanting to
shower with other stuff anymore.
Taking into account skin absobption, it may also be a good way to get
some into one's body ???
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