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In this post: Do you love foaming hand soap, but hate the cost of buying it? After all, it’s just a little soap and some water, right? Sort of. Use our DIY Foaming Hand Soap recipe and learn how to make foaming hand soap with essential oils!
*Please note: this cleaner has not been lab-tested. Use good judgement and always practice good hand-washing and house cleaning hygiene.
Our kids, even as teenagers, like and use foaming hand soap far more than regular hand soap. But, I don’t love paying for it and lately it seems to be in short supply. So, I use this DIY foaming hand soap recipe to make foaming hand soap with essential oils that we like.
How to make DIY foaming hand soap
*Please note: this cleaner has not been lab-tested. Use good judgement and always practice good hand-washing and house cleaning hygiene.
Materials
- 1 foaming soap pump
- 2 tbsp castile liquid soap, liquid hand soap or dishwashing soap
- water
- 12-15 drops preferred essential oils(see note below for some great combos)
- 1/2 -1 tsp almond oil, jojoba oil, grapeseed oil or olive oil (optional, for moisturizing)
Instructions
- Fill soap dispenser about 3/4 of the way full with warm water.
- Pour 2 tablespoons of castile soap, hand soap or dishwashing soap into the empty soap container.
- Add almond, jojoba, grapeseed or olive oil, if using.
- Add a total of 12-15 drops of your choice of essential oils.
- Top with distilled water, twist the pump top on give it a good shake to get it nice and blended together.
DIY Foaming Hand Soap - How to Make Foaming Hand Soap with Essential Oils
Do you love foaming hand soap, but hate the cost of buying it? After all, it's just a little soap and some water, right? Use our DIY Foaming Hand Soap recipe and learn how to make foaming hand soap with essential oils!
Materials
- 1 foaming soap pump
- 2 tbsp castile soap, hand soap or dishwashing soap
- water
- 12-15 drops preferred essential oils
- 1/2 -1 tsp almond, jojoba, grapeseed or olive oil, optional
Instructions
- Fill soap dispenser about 3/4 of the way full with warm water.
- Pour 2 tablespoons of castile soap, hand soap or dishwashing soap into the empty soap container.
- Add almond, jojoba, grapeseed or olive oil, if using.
- Add a total of 12-15 drops of your choice of essential oils.
- Top with distilled water, twist the pump top on give it a good shake to get it nice and blended together.
Notes
*Please note: this cleaner has not been lab-tested. Use good judgement and always practice good hand-washing and house cleaning hygiene.
You could use either tap water or distilled water in your homemade cleaning products. The reasons for using distilled vs tap water would depend on your local tap water. If your tap water has a lot of minerals in it (i.e. if you have hard water), it could leave “water marks”, which would of course be annoying when you’re trying to clean!
Want a quick clean solution? Click here to make your own homemade hand sanitizer!
Good Essential Oil Combinations for Hand Soap:
- Thieves (see how to make your own homemade Thieves essential oil in our post here)
- Frankincense and Orange
- Lavender
What’s next?
Do you want to use essential oils in your home more, but feel like there’s so much info out there?
Check out The Complete Guide to Using Essential Oils in Your Home packed with everything you need to know to – without the overwhelm.
Includes: which grades of essential oils to use, which ones to avoid for pets and babies and the top 13 essential oils that are perfect for beginners. Plus, recipes and tips for making your own home remedies, soaps, scrubs and cleaners and more.
Have you ever made DIY foaming hand soap for your house?
I have always wondered how to make this with essential oils and which oils would be good to use. Thank you for sharing!
You are welcome!!!
I had heard it was super easy to make foaming hand soap with essential oils. This is an awesome step by step! Now time to give it a try!
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Have fun making soap!
What a clever hack – love it! đŸ™‚ #wanderingwednesday
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Shannon, you have just made my life easier! I’ve been thinking about doing this but really didn’t know how. Love, Love essential oils. I’m so glad you shared on Fresh Market Friday!
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Lovely I bet this diy is awesome to use. Thanks for sharing your recipe at the Inspiration Spotlight party. Pinned, and sharing.
It is! Thanks for sharing!
Great idea! Thanks for sharing at Home Sweet Home!
Thanks for sharing your foaming hand soap tutorial with us at The Blogger’s Pit Stop! Roseann from This Autoimmune Life
Thank you! I hope you enjoy the recipe!
Thanks for sharing. Normal soaps just dry out my hands and nails. I’ll be sharing.
Awesome! I hope you like it!
Awesome! Can’t wait to make my own. Thanks for this recipe! 1 Question….What is the purpose of using distilled water (vs filtered or tap) at the end?
I love this simple, yet fabulous idea. I plan to go out today and buy those items I do not have to make this foam. Thank you so much for sharing. Stay safe!
I’m so glad! Stay safe too, Ivory.
Not sure if you still see old post comments and will reply but… How big is your soap dispenser for this? Mine is 32 ounces, should I add more soap or use the same formula? I’m assuming mine is likely twice the size of yours. Thanks!
Thank you for asking as I have the same question
You would add the same ratios but in larger portions for a larger container.