Add one to two tablespoons of soap flakes to a small bowl. Pour in a half-cup of hot water and stir until dissolved. Place ...

How do you avoid this? Recreate a vintage cleaning method of our grandmothers, who used to clean the curtains with soap ...

2. Uncovering the ‘ideological abuse’ concealed in packets of soap flakes Barthes was analysing a world of booming consumerism in which French housewives could choose from a greater range of ...