10 Reasons Dish Soap May Be the Only Product You Need

If you think dish soap is just a boring kitchen essential, well, we hate to burst your bubble.

That little inexpensive plastic bottle of Joy or Palmolive (or store brand, if you’re thrifty) is actually far more useful than we give it credit for! Not only can you clean a sink-full of dirty dishes with it, you can do everything from lightening your hair color to ridding your pets of fleas!

Instead of heading to the supermarket and spending a small fortune on products that fix squeaky hinges, kill the weeds in your lawn and clean your air conditioning units, use that inexpensive bottle of dish soap you already have to handle all of that.

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The key to maintaining a household budget is knowing how to get the most out of what you already have.

Here are 10 ways dish soap comes to the rescue!

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