Homemade Liquid Hand Soap Recipes

Total Time: 1/2 hour plus overnight setting

Yield: one gallon

Supplies:

• 1 bar worth soap scraps or little hotel soaps to equal one bar for one gallon
• 1 gal water
• pot
• mixer
• optional: essential oils
• bottles to store

Steps:

1. Cut up or grate scraps of soap bars and add to a pot with one gallon water, heat and let it melt until smooth.

 
2. Turn off heat and let cool. I left mine overnight. It will gel up.

 
3. I used my mixer and mixed it for about 3 minutes to break down the clumpy gelatinous mass. You may add more water if you want thinner soft soap. I chose not to this time.

 
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4. If you would like you may add a few drops of your favorite essential oils to scent the soap, or not, your choice!
5. Then just pour some of the soap into some pump bottles (perhaps your recycling bin?) and save the rest in a larger bottle for refilling!

 
6. Note: You may choose to separate some soap to scent while preserving the rest unscented so you can change scents the next time (by mixing in a different scent before bottling it) for use.
   It makes a ton!

 
7. Extra tip: You may thin down the soap to a 1/4 ratio if you have an empty soap foam dispensing bottle to turn it into a foam soap too!
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crystal chamberlain

March 7, 20110 found this helpful

A long time ago I purchased bottles of liquid hand soap at the Dollar store. When they ran out I refilled them with colored liquid dish soap using 1/3 soap and 2/3 water.

Jaci

March 7, 20110 found this helpful

I read that you can use plain old bubble bath. I do, and just fill up a used dish soap containter. It makes your hands feel so soft and smell so good!

Laura

March 7, 20110 found this helpful

Great ideas! Thank you. I could check out the dollar store, to see if they have large dish soap or bath soap, and dilute to a good mix.

DCA
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August 25, 20150 found this helpful

Try craft stores like Joann's and Michael's or search online for specific ingredients.

Donna
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August 27, 20150 found this helpful

Originally I thought only health food and natural stores would have supplies I wanted for these items (essential oils, particular natural materials like white cider, baking soda, etc) BUT many grocery stores now carry them and I even found essential oils both IN some dept. stores like Walmart (in health and beauty section) and on their online sites and some are the same companies at lower prices!) Happy Hunting!