This DIY Foaming Hand Soap recipe is a homemade, non-toxic alternative to keep those messy hands clean. It’s so easy to make and just a few ingredients. You can easily make bottles of this homemade hand soap for pennies compared to store-bought soaps.
I used to buy these so-called natural hand soaps from the store thinking I was helping my family. But once I started reading the labels I found that many of the ingredients in hand soaps were loaded with toxic chemicals… even the “natural” ones.
And the hand soaps that were clean and organic often cost $5-10 for a 8-10 oz bottle. That’s $30 easily a month to make hand soaps for all 3 of my bathrooms. Add that up over a year and that’s $360.
Staggering right?
Well, here’s the thing… you can easily make own DIY Foaming Hand Soap for way less money and with just a few simple ingredients. And when I mean way less, I mean like pennies compared to those $5-10 bottles. You could easily make one bottle for like $1 a bottle. So for 3 bottles that’s $3 a month… and $36 a year.
Um, compare $36 vs. $360 a year. Which would you rather pay?
And the DIY version that’s $36 a year contains all-natural ingredients that you can feel safe about using for your whole family. It really effective on dirty hands, yet it’s gentle and safe – even for little ones.
How to Make This DIY Foaming Hand Soap
This recipe is so easy to make. It literally takes like 2 minutes to make and BOOM! You’re done.
It’s a cheaper alternative to natural store-bought brands, and you can change up the essential oils in this recipe to customize your scent and create seasonal blends For instance, I like Lavender in the spring because it reminds me of spring flowers. In the winter, try Thieves and Orange essential oils for a pumpkin spice scent.
For this recipe, I used Lemongrass because it smells so refreshing and clean.
About the Ingredients
- Liquid castile Soap is a coconut-based soap that is non-toxic and non-irritating to the skin. It’s gentle enough to use on baby’s skin, yet great for cleaning skin naturally.
- Witch hazel helps to keep the water in this hand soap purified so it’ll last about a month.
- Aloe vera gel is a natural moisturizer and helps to soothe the skin. It works well to disperse essential oils too.
- Essential oils are used as a natural fragrance and help to soothe and moisturize the skin.
This DIY Foaming Hand Soap recipe is a homemade, non-toxic alternative to keep those messy hands clean. It's so easy to make and just a few ingredients.
- 1/3 cup liquid castile soap
- 1 tsp aloe vera gel
- 1 tbsp witch hazel
- 10 drops Lemongrass essential oil
- 1 cup water
- 1 foaming soap container 10 oz size is perfect
In a soap dispensing bottle, add water, castile soap, essential oils and aloe vera gel.
Replace lid securely and shake vigorously for a few seconds.
- If you don't have Lemongrass essential oil, try Thieves, Tea Tree, Lemon or Lavender essential oils. Get your essential oils here.
- This DIY Foaming Hand Soap will keep for about 3-4 weeks as the witch hazel helps to keep the water sanitized.
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- DIY Natural Disinfectant Spray (Homemade Lysol)
- DIY Reusable Cleaning Wipes
- DIY Poo Pourri: After You Poo Spray
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I started using Castile’s Baby Soap a few years ago. I used it for regular hand washing and also tried making wet wipes for personal hygiene, I was a little concerned because I did not have a recipe. Do you have one?
I was pleased, I am the only one in household that uses it regularly. I had a bottle that was half full. I had it awhile and I was concerned if it may be contaminated . I tried looking for the expiration date. I could not find it. How long can it be kept? . I may have just overlooked it.
Can you tell me if it has an expiration date?
While I have you now, how long should make-up be used? I saw a television show, (The Doctors), They said you can send your old make-up to some companies and they will pay you for it and it is recycled and perfectly usable.
Got any ideas?
Looking forward to become one of your followers,
Carmen
I do have a wipes recipe here: https://dontmesswithmama.com/how-to-make-homemade-baby-wipes. For this recipe and the hand soap, ideally you do want to use within 2-3 weeks. They are not meant to have a long shelf life so it’s better to make smaller batches. Hope that helps.
Do you have a recipe for liquid hand soap instead of foaming? Or can I make the same recipe and use a regular pump?
This recipe is too watery for a liquid hand soap. I would do a 2:1 (castile soap to water) mixture and add essential oils to that. Give it a try and tell me how it goes.
This post is great! I was made and currently using a chamomile foaming soap but am excited to try this one, after finish my last soap. Thanks so much 🙂
How much water??
I do about 1/4 to 1/3 of the container with castile soap and fill the rest with water – and then add essential oils.