I’m a mom – my kids would use a whole bottle of Dawn soap in one load of dishes, my two-step free hack stopped that
A FRUSTRATED mom has found a way to minimize waste and decrease the cost of one kitchen essential.
Her two-step, no-cost hack prevents her kids from using the whole soap bottle when they do the dishes.
In her video, Lady Kay (@juicy.lipz91) wondered if she was the only mom watching her kids go through soap quickly.
She explained that her children didn’t understand they only needed a dollop of dish detergent.
Instead, they go through an entire bottle to do just one load after dinner.
“It doesn’t even have to be for dishes. My eight-year-old used the entire bottle in the bathtub,” Lady Kay admitted.
Thankfully, the innovative mother thought of a free way to make the most of her expensive Dawn soap.
She poured the blue liquid into an ice cube tray to freeze.
Once the soap was frozen into long cubes, Lady Kay removed one and stuck it in her sponge.
The TikTok mom cut a slit in the top of the sponge and slid the frozen soap in there.
“It’s amazing what you can do with household items that don’t cost much and are just laying around the house,” she said.
Lady Kay added that her eight-year-old loves using the sponge with soap in the bath too.
But this way, they’re not dumping the entire bottle.
Impressed viewers couldn’t believe they’d never thought of doing that.
“This is freaking genius,” a shocked person remarked.
“Yes, Dawn is not cheap,” one commenter agreed.
A curious TikTok user asked how long the frozen cube lasts in the sponge.
Lady Kay admitted she refills it once a week because of how many dishes she does.