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September 11, 2018 by Joy Kincaid 13 Comments

How to Make Foaming Hand Soap Easy DIY Recipe

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How to make foaming hand soap with a simple DIY recipe and tutorial.

how to make foaming hand soap

A couple of years ago, I started making homemade foaming hand soap. I shared a tutorial for Peppermint Foaming Hand Soap here.

Today we’re going to make a plain version using any essential oil you’d like (or you can also leave it unscented if you’d prefer).

All Natural Hand Soap

We don’t buy hand soap with antibacterial ingredients, and we go through a lot of soap with seven people in our family.

Making your own foaming hand soap is a simple and frugal healthy soap option.

You get all the benefits of foaming hand soap with natural ingredients, but you’ll save a ton of money over buying natural soap at the store.

One of the things I love about this tutorial is that it’s so incredibly easy! This is one of the easiest recipes you’ll ever find.

I also love that the final product is all natural and safe to use with just 3 ingredients.

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how to make foaming hand soap

DIY Foaming Hand Soap Ingredients

As I mentioned above, there are just three simple ingredients in this recipe.

  1. water
  2. Castile Soap
  3. essential oil of your choice (I used lavender)

You’ll also need a foaming soap dispenser—get one here.

Watch the Foaming Hand Soap Video

How to Make Foaming Hand Soap

This is one of the simplest DIY projects ever, and it doesn’t really require a lot of instruction.

All you do is mix everything together in the foaming soap dispenser! Here are the simple instructions.

  1. Fill soap dispenser about 2/3 full with water (don’t overfill!).
  2. Add Castile soap in last 1/3 of bottle (no need to measure, just add some soap to top off the dispenser) but make sure not to get it too full.
  3. Add about 10-20 drops essential oil (I used about 10 drops of lavender).
  4. Put the lid back on the soap dispenser bottle, give it a shake, and it’s ready to use!

how to make foaming hand soap

Wasn’t that easy?

Supplies Needed to Make Foaming Hand Soap

  • Foaming Soap Dispenser
  • Castile Soap
  • Essential Oil (optional)

Related Posts:

Peppermint Foaming Hand Soap

Homemade Mouthwash

Homemade Coconut Mint Toothpaste

Vanilla Brown Sugar Body Scrub

Lavender Linen Spray

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How to Make Foaming Hand Soap

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Comments

  1. noemi jean rulloda says

    April 22, 2021 at 5:45 am

    Do you have a diy recipe for sanitizer and a hand sanitizer mam and a diy recipe for body wash for oily skin to sensitive skin

    Reply
    • Joy Kincaid says

      April 22, 2021 at 6:08 pm

      I have this hand sanitizer recipe, but it’s more like a traditional hand sanitizer (made with alcohol). I haven’t tried a body wash recipe yet.

      Reply
  2. Dee | Grammy's Grid says

    April 7, 2020 at 1:06 pm

    I’ve pinned for making my own, thanks!!

    Reply
  3. Jenny says

    September 1, 2019 at 8:00 am

    Love the idea, but the soap will need to be shaken for each use because of the lavendar EO, correct?

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    • Joy Kincaid says

      September 2, 2019 at 1:37 pm

      We use this soap at our bathroom sink, and we don’t shake it before each use. I usually just shake it when I mix it up the first time, and after that I don’t worry about it. 🙂

      Reply
  4. Lacey says

    September 19, 2018 at 10:34 am

    Great post! Thanks for sharing!

    Reply
    • Joy Kincaid says

      September 20, 2018 at 3:34 pm

      Thank you! So glad it was helpful.

      Reply
  5. Amy @ The Quiet Homemaker says

    September 19, 2018 at 10:05 am

    This is so simple! Who would have thought! Thank you so much for this! 🙂

    Thanks for linking up @LiveLifeWell!

    Blessings,

    Amy

    Reply
    • Joy Kincaid says

      September 20, 2018 at 3:33 pm

      It’s so easy!

      Reply
  6. Kelly says

    September 17, 2018 at 2:13 pm

    Thanks for the great DIY, and other great recipe links I saw at the bottom.
    Congratulations, we’re featuring you on the Homestead Blog Hop this Wednesday. Thanks for sharing with us.

    Reply
    • Joy Kincaid says

      September 17, 2018 at 6:04 pm

      Thank you, Kelly, and thanks for the feature!

      Reply
  7. Stella says

    September 15, 2018 at 2:18 am

    Thank you for this simple recipe.I have always wanted to make something like this.I will look for castille soap.

    Reply
    • Joy Kincaid says

      September 15, 2018 at 4:10 pm

      You’re welcome! Enjoy making your own hand soap!

      Reply

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