Let's face it. In today's world, we are surrounded by chemicals with some of them being more toxic than others. With this in mind, I found this walk through last year and made my own detergent. I've been very happy with the results. This was an extremely simple project and I hope it inspires others to do the same.
Walk through: https://www.mommypotamus.com/homemade-natural-laundry-detergent-made-easy/
This is what I ended up buying, but didn't use the Borax: