How To Make Foaming Hand Soap

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I’ve always been a hand-washer but

I think we’ve all been washing our hands more than ever

over the last couple of years, haven’t we??

So tell me —

what kind of hand soap do you like to use?

Liquid?

Foaming?

Scented?

Unscented?

Bar soap?

I’m a scented foaming hand soap kind of girl.

Call me lazy

but there’s just something I like

about having the soap squirt into my hand already sudsy!

And I love a good-smelling soap.

I’ve always bought my foaming hand soap in plastic bottles and then thrown them in the recycling once they were empty.

But a few weeks ago,

I started thinking about how much I was spending on soap that was mostly water

and how many plastic containers I was going through — yikes!

There’s got to be a better way!

And there is!

Did you know you can make your own foaming hand soap??

HERE’ S HOW TO MAKE FOAMING HAND SOAP

First, you need a foaming soap dispenser.

I got this one on Amazon

It’s got a nice heavy glass base and the pump works well. The trick to foaming hand soap is you need to buy a foaming soap dispenser.

The pump has a little air chamber that other soap dispensers don’t have. This chamber forces air into the soap as it’s pumped out which is what makes it foamy.

INGREDIENTS

Water

4 tablespoons Castile soap

1 teaspoon liquid coconut oil

10 - 20 drops essential oil in desired scent(s)

Optional: 1 teaspoon vegetable glycerin

MAKE THE SOAP

Fill your soap dispenser about 3/4 full with water.

Add 4 TBSP Castile soap

Add 1 tsp liquid coconut oil

Add essential oil drops

Add 1 tsp glycerin

Screw the pump on to the base and gently blend everything together.

And now you have foaming hand soap!

This foaming hand soap is so smooth and creamy, you don’t need to add water to wash your hands. Which means you’ll save water. Just lather up, wash for 20 seconds and rinse!