I began to make my own foaming hand soap early on in my switch to a more natural lifestyle. Healthy and modest options were needed due to concerns about small children who discovered that the need to wash their hands/arms/arms with soap 1000 times.
As our kids are getting older (and not too much trouble), we are still experiencing a lot of hand washes! Thankfully, there are also incredibly simple options that are homemade. It is also mostly expensive to make each bottle and is made from clean materials.
Simple DIY forming hand soap
The recipe itself is literally very simple, so at one point I was in charge of refilling my homemade foam soap containers at the age of six. I have some simple ingredients on hand and we don’t have to buy hand soap or worry about shortages. Surprisingly, this foamy natural soap makes a decent shaving cream and body wash in the shower…
Before you begin, you will need a foaming hand wash bottle. I originally ordered this Pretty foaming hand soap dispenser online. You can also reuse your favorite foam hand wash pump bottle.
Why use foaming hand soap?
A few years ago, I was obsessed with soap making and we always had a completely different bar soap stock. Now that life is busy in many ways, I lather and lather natural liquid soap and foam soap. A foam pump creates nice foam, but overall it uses less soap than regular liquid hand soap.
This is great for little kids who find it fun to keep pumping soap containers over and over again! And of course, it’s much healthier (and cheaper!) than the popular versions in places like Bath and Body Works.
Ingredients used in homemade soaps
The basic recipes are soap, oils and distilled water. You can keep it unscented or add a few drops of essential oils. Not only do they help smell good, they also add natural antibacterial properties to tackle unwanted bacteria without using them Synthetic antibacterial chemicals. I use Dr. Bronner’s Castile Soap. This is not only scented versions of peppermint, lavender, citrus and other essential oils, but also unscented versions.
This recipe uses olive oil. This is because it’s deeply moisturizing, but jojoba, sweet almonds, or liquid carrier oils work. Do not use anything solid like coconut oil. You can also add 1/2 teaspoon of glycerin for extra glide.
This recipe uses water and does not have preservatives, so it should be used within about a week. If you don’t pass it right away, you can cut the recipe in half. In our home, that’s not a problem! The base recipe is from 1 part soap to 12 parts water, so you can scale it up and down.
This is a (super simple) tutorial for how to make your own homemade foam soap!
DIY foaming hand soap preparation
This simple lathering soap only contains water for simple and modest homemade soap, liquid castile soap, moisturizing oils, and optional essential oils.
yield: 13 Ounce
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Fill the soap dispenser with water within about an inch of the top. Leave room for soap pump foam.
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Add at least 2 tablespoons of liquid castile soap to the water mixture. Note: Do not add soap first. Otherwise, bubbles will appear when water is added.
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If you are using it, add oil and essential oils.
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Close and lightly sway.
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Use foaming hand soap regularly.
- This soap requires a foam soap dispenser. Buy one online or reuse the bottle from store-bought foaming soap.
- If you don’t have distilled water, you can also use boiled filtered water before cooling.
Be careful about essential oils
1/2 teaspoon of essential oil is still less than 1% dilution, which is well below the typical maximum amount of cleaned products. However, more irritating oils such as cinnamon, cloves, oregano, and lemongrass should be used or avoided in much smaller amounts. Oils with natural antibacterial properties but gentle on the skin include lavender, orange, lemon and tea tree essential oils.
If you are already using soaps that contain essential oils, there is no need to add more.
Do you already make your own soap? If not… would you like to start now? Share it below!
