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Homemade Liquid Foaming Hand Soap

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If you buy foaming handsoap, you know how expensive it can be. Especially if you have small children, it’s easy to use up whole bottles quickly.
 
But now, you don’t need to waste money buying more when you run out. Instead, you can make your own homemade liquid foaming hand soap and re-use the same plastic bottle! It’s very easy to make, plus it’s nice knowing exactly what ingredients your family is using.
 
Today I’m going to show you how to make homemade liquid foaming hand soap.  This is just as easy as the homemade all purpose cleaner and all natural kids shampoo I showed you recently, with similar ingredients as well.  
 
The first time you squirt a bit into your hand, you must take a deep breath and enjoy the smell! It’s heavenly and mild compared to synthetic fragrances in store bought hand soaps! 
 
Don't waste money buying foaming hand soap at the store when you can make it so easily and inexpensively at home! Here's how to make your own Homemade Liquid Foaming Hand Soap 

How to Make Homemade Liquid Foaming Hand Soap:

What You’ll Need:

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To make this homemade liquid foaming hand soap, you’ll need to pour 1/4 cup of castile soap into the empty soap bottle. Add one cup of water.

Add 1 teaspoon of vegetable glycerin if you’d like. This step is completely optional as the castile soap foams just fine alone. But the glycerin gives the soap a thicker, smoother texture. 

Then add 5 drops of lavender essential oil and 3 drops of lemon essential oils.  If you want a stronger scent then add more in the same ratio.  Lemon is a bit stronger than the lavender, so I use a bit less lemon in mine so that the two scents balance.  Swirl it around a little to mix together, and your foaming liquid hand soap is ready to use.

That’s it – your foaming liquid hand soap is done!   

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If you don’t have castile soap on hand, I have also used Seventh Generation dish soap and watered that down 1:1 and used in in my foaming soap bottles.

If you prefer good ol’ bars of soap, check out our simple tutorial for how to make your own Lavender Goat Milk Soap!

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  6. I made these foaming soaps for office staff, and all our family this year for Christmas. Everyone loved them. Thank you for the “recipe”!

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  7. Hi! I just came across your recipe and am anxious to make it. I just ordered some peppermint Bronners Castile soap so would I just use the water and the soap without adding any essential oils?

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    • Sure Karla you can certainly just do that. But if you want a more intense scent, you can add more peppermint if you’d like or other essential oils that go well with peppermint (like Eucalyptus, Geranium, Grapefruit, Juniper Berry, Lavender, Lemon, Rosemary, and Melaleuca) This is a very versatile “recipe” and can tailor it to however you want it to smell.

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  8. I thought you couldn’t put essential oils in plastic. Is this not true with making the foaming hand soap?

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    • Yes, some essential oils can erode plastic. They’re typically more acidic, like citrus oils. This foaming hand soap does have lemon essential oil but it’s only a few drops and given the size, I’m not too concerned about it eating away the plastic bottle.

      Another reason we used plastic for this soap, is that for many families, mine included, it’s not practical to use glass soap bottles (more easily broken with young children.)

      Great point – thanks for mentioning it, Debbie!

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