DIY Foaming Hand Soap
DIY Foaming Hand Soap – Who doesn’t like foaming hand soap. The problem is that you tend to go through it so quickly – especially if you have kids. Not to panic, there’s a really simple way to make your own foaming hand soap. It’s actually the container pump that makes the soap come out all foamy and lately I’m finding it hard to throw away perfectly good containers so why not be both frugal and environmentally conscious by refilling your old container. I worked it out and it cost less than a quarter to refill a container with this DIY foaming soap. This inexpensive soap is also perfect for the cottage, camping, or to keep near the garden.
The recipe for the DIY foaming hand wash is crazy simple. You take your container, you add some dish soap, some water and voila you’re done.
Materials:
- Clean container with foam pump (I used one from Bath and Body Works and removed the labels)
- Dish soap of your choice (I’m sure liquid hand soap would work too)
- Water
Instructions:
- Get an empty and clean foam pump container and fill it up between 1/6 and 1/4 of the way with dish soap.
- Fill the rest of the container with water (make sure you don’t fill it too much but leave space at the top for the pump to go in – otherwise it will overflow).
- Twist the pump lid on and give the container a gentle shake to make sure the soap and the water mix together.
- Go ahead and give it a few pumps and the foam should start coming out.
Pam
April 17, 2014 at 3:23 PM (5 years ago)OMG! It’s that easy?? What a cut in hand soap costs. Thanks for posting this! Can’t wait to try it out.
Awesome
May 13, 2014 at 5:52 PM (5 years ago)Yesssssss
Julia
May 13, 2014 at 5:52 PM (5 years ago)So easy and cheap wow
Cydiegirl
October 21, 2014 at 5:54 AM (5 years ago)I just made this. It was incredibly quick and easy to make! I added a few drops of preferred essential oil for scent. How perfect and economical. Thank you!
Stephanie
January 10, 2015 at 10:47 AM (5 years ago)Great idea! Does the water and dish soap separate after sitting for a while?
Jamey
February 12, 2015 at 8:48 AM (4 years ago)Hi Stephanie,
No, we use this all the time and there’s never been any separation.
~ Jamey
Bonnie
February 17, 2015 at 1:09 PM (4 years ago)I used bottled water. Tap water has too many contaminates. Still crazy cheap!
Diana
March 30, 2015 at 1:45 PM (4 years ago)I love the simplicity of this and it really helps to stretch a buck, been doing it for a while now.
Linda
August 27, 2015 at 9:00 PM (4 years ago)thank you!! I used soft soap hand soap and it worked like a charm.
Ruth
January 8, 2016 at 6:50 PM (4 years ago)I do this all the time, but I go to Marshall’s or a similar store and splurge on a very nice liquid soap (my one weakness) and only need a small amount to get lots of beautifully fragrant foam.
Good to see others are doing this, too.
Jamey
January 19, 2016 at 11:19 AM (3 years ago)Thanks Ruth. I’ve also been switching to some beautiful castile liquid soap and it’s lovely.
~ Jamey
Bernadette
November 21, 2017 at 5:15 PM (2 years ago)I do the soap all the time just boil the water and let it cool.
Jackie Mullinax
June 9, 2019 at 12:50 PM (1 month ago)Just made my 1st bottle for the kitchen using a Bath and Body Works empty bottle. It foams up like crazy! Love it and will keep on doing it, thanks so much for sharing this hack!