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!
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. So, I use this DIY foaming hand soap recipe to make foaming hand soap with essential oils that we like.
DIY 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!
Ingredients
- 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.
Recipe Notes
Use as needed.
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- Frankincense and Orange
- Lavender
Have you ever made DIY foaming hand soap for your house?
xo,
Shannon
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! 🙂 #wanderingwednesday
Thanks! 🙂
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!
Yay! 🙂
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?