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Homemade Foaming Hand Soap

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Make your own, homemade foaming hand soap. This is such an easy way to cut harmful toxins from your daily routine. The anti-bacterial stuff you buy at the mall is awful for you and your family. Be healthy and make your own for cheap!

 

Fun Fact: Making your own homemade foaming hand soap is frugal, fast, and insanely easy! And you can feel good about the fact that you’re taking an easy step to protect your family from toxic chemicals.

How many times do you wash your hands in a day? Between cleaning chicken coops, diaper changes, potty helping, preparing food, running errands, etc.. etc.. I feel like I’m washing my hands aaaaaaaall day long. Think how many times you expose yourself to those nasty chemicals! Umm… No thanks. And especially no thanks for my kids.

It's so easy to make your own foaming hand soap. This recipe is even moisturizing. 75% cheaper than the toxic ones at the store!

We love foaming hand soap around here, so I was excited to find this super easy recipe to make your own. Foaming? Check. Kills bacteria and germs gently? Check Toxic level? Zero. Homemade for the win! MAKE YOUR OWN HOMEMADE FOAMING HAND SOAP people. Trust me, you’re gonna love it.

Recipe for Homemade Foaming Hand Soap

2 T Castille Soap
2 t Coconut Oil, Fractionated 
5 drops Maleluca essential oil 
5-10 drops other essential oil for fragrance (optional)
water
foaming hand soap dispenser

Directions for making Homemade Foaming Hand Soap

Add castile soap, coconut oil and essential oils to a foaming hand soap dispenser. It’s important to use a foaming dispenser, since the dispenser is what creates the actual foam. They’re kind of pricy online, so just use an old empty one, or ask your neighbor for their used ones. I guess you could always go dumpster diving, but that’s probably not first choice. Gently swirl ingredients together. You can see below how far the non-water ingredients come up on the bottle I used.

It's so easy and waaaaaay cheap to make your own foaming hand soap. I hate the effects of all of those crappy toxins found in the soaps from the store. This works great and only takes a minute to make.

Add water to the top of the bottle and twist on the lid. Gently swirl ingredients together again. I pulled the label sticker off of my empty dispenser. It came off really easily. Someday I dream of accessorizing my naked bottle for my guest bathroom and making it all cute and stuff, but today is not that day. Mommy-hood calls.

And that’s it. Push the dispenser a few times and just like magic, homemade foaming hand soap appears! Bam.

The fractionated coconut oil provides some moisturizing benefit and the melaleuca oil is great too. I chose Citrus Bliss essential blend as my fragrance because I love citrusy scents for my hand soaps.

Honestly, you could even bag the essential oils and coconut oil and go with just the castile soap and water. It would still foam just fine and come out even cheaper. You can even buy already scented castile soap. My hands get super dry and I love to shake up the scent of mine every once in a while, so that’s why I use the coconut and essential oils.

Also, sometimes I find my ingredients have separated, so a quick swish around and it’s good to go again.

So, how does our homemade foaming hand soap cost compare to what you would find in a store?

Castille Soap: $0.60
Fractionated Coconut Oil: $0.35
Melaluca Essential Oil: $0.38
Citrus Bliss Essential Oil: $0.30
Water: Free
Empty Foaming Dispenser: Free

Total Cost: $1.63

Bath and Body Works sells their foaming hand soap for about $6.50, so our version is 75% cheaper!! And the best part, our version comes toxin free.

Make your own homemade foaming hand soap for cheap. Sooooo much better than that nasty toxic stuff you buy in the stores.

Homemade for the win again!

If you’d like to get your hands on some pure essential oils you can order some here!

It's so easy to make your own foaming hand soap. This recipe is even moisturizing. 75% cheaper than the toxic ones at the store!

Homemade Foaming Hand Soap

It's so easy to make your own foaming hand soap!
4.50 from 2 votes
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Course: Cleaning
Cuisine: DIY, Wellness
Keyword: essential oil hand soap
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Total Time: 5 minutes
Servings: 12
Author: Karrie

Ingredients

  • 2 tbsp Castille Soap
  • 2 tsp Coconut Oil Fractionated
  • 5 drops Maleluca essential oil
  • 5-10 drops other essential oil for fragrance optional
  • water
  • foaming hand soap dispenser
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Instructions

  • Add castile soap, coconut oil and essential oils to a foaming hand soap dispenser. It’s important to use a foaming dispenser, since the dispenser is what creates the actual foam. Gently swirl ingredients together. 
  • Add water to the top of the bottle and twist on the lid. Gently swirl ingredients together again. 
  • Push the dispenser a few times and just like magic, homemade foaming hand soap appears! 
  • Honestly, you could even bag the essential oils and coconut oil and go with just the castile soap and water. It would still foam just fine and come out even cheaper. You can even buy already scented castile soap. My hands get super dry and I love to shake up the scent of mine every once in a while, so that’s why I use the coconut and essential oils.

Notes

The fractionated coconut oil provides some moisturizing benefit and the melaleuca oil is great too. I chose Citrus Bliss essential blend as my fragrance because I love citrusy scents for my hand soaps.
 

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April 24, 2014
Cleaning Recipes, DIY & Homemade

Comments

  1. Amber Begay says

    January 2, 2023

    5 stars
    I recently tried the “Homemade Foaming Hand Soap” and was pleasantly surprised by how well it worked. The soap is easy to make and only requires a few simple ingredients, which is great for those who prefer more natural and DIY products. The foaming mechanism is effective at cleaning and leaves my hands feeling refreshed and clean. The soap has a pleasant, light scent that is not overpowering. Overall, I am very happy with this product and would recommend it to others.

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