Foaming Hand Soap: Home Recipe
August 12, 2009 by Tania
Filed under Home, Recipes, Simple Solutions
This is so easy and inexpensive – Everyone can do it! Not only that – an average family using one bottle of foaming hand soap a week will save an average of $180 a year.
The first thing you need is an aerating dispenser bottle.
Ours came from re-using a container from another brand. Method makes one, and I reused a bottle from Clean Well for a year.
Vanilla Orange Foaming Hand Soap
1 1/4 cup of water
2 TBS of Castille Soap – I used the Citrus. To create your own scent use unscented.
1/4 TSP of Olive Oil
3-5 drops of Vanilla Essential Oil
4-6 drops of Citrus Essential Oil
Combine the ingredients and in a measuring cup and use a funnel to pour into the dispenser. Soap will will dispense in an nice foaming lather… and if you kids use the whole bottle in 3 days, you won’t be furious!
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What is the olive oil for? Won’t that work against the action of the soap? Not trying to be confrontational, just curious. Thanks! Katie
I found it a little drying without any oils in it, you can use an oil of your choosing… it’s a small amount. Still foams up perfectly.
Thank you for this recipe!
This is fabulous! I can’t wait to give it a try
We have to be so careful about what we use on our son’s skin that had the Eczema. His Vidazorb probiotics have made a huge difference but we know that his skin is very sensitive. besides- it’s gotta be cheaper just to make our own right! Thanks, tweeted ya!Lynn
For soap, you are better to use the lowest grade Olive oil you can find, this being Pomace Olive oil, alternatively use either Sunflower or Safflower oil.If you have Eczema, you’ll find that using (just) a small amount of Avocado will make a big difference too.MJ
Thanks for the recipe! I’ve just been using Dr Bronner’s and water
Thanks for the recipe, it will be nice to be able to refill my dispenser when it’s empty!
Hope you had a great VGNO! Stop by & visit when you get a chance, I’m always looking for a few more followers on my blog & FB! http://juliechats.blogspot.com – Thanks!
-j
My ex-wife is into making soap lately. I just put in my order for 6 bars. Good stuff I will have to have her try the foaming hand soap formula. This is how she has been supporting herself lately……
i made two bottles of this today! all three of my children (ok, not my 13 year old son) squealed with delight! we used a couple of different essential oils. How fun!!
Awesome! Super easy right?!
I have a scented Dr. Bronner’s…could I do away with the essential oils? Would I add a few drops more of the olive oil?
You can omit the essential oil without affecting it’s effectiveness…. if you still don’t love the scent, then add a few drops of a complimentary essential oil!
Thanks Tania! I am so excited to try this out! I have a 14 mo. daughter and we are starting to wash our own hands and I love the idea of a foaming hand soap for her but the commercial products are not only expensive but have an array of ingredients that I’m not too keen on her (possibly) ingesting
This is easier than going to the store when you run out! You’ll save a lot of money too!