How To Make Foaming Hand Soap Using Essential Oils

I love using essential oils in our home. Whether in an air freshener, as a cleaner or as a general antibacterial agent, essential oils are an integral part of our home keeping routine. So when we recently ran low on one of our bathroom’s soap dispensers, I decided to refill it with essential oils. Besides the obvious health benefits, it was an easy way to spend just a few extra pennies using supplies I already had at home. In today’s post, I’m sharing how to make foaming hand soap using essential oils. It’s an easy way to integrate less toxic options in the home, while also saving on costs – a win-win 🙂

Supplies You’ll Need

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• An Old Foaming Hand Soap Dispenser (or you can purchase an inexpensive one like this one or these ones)
• Dr. Bronner’s Castile Soap
• Essential Oil(s) – I used lemon & lavender
• Water – I used basic tap water

When transitioning to natural, homemade products, you will be making an investment initially. But the end result is that the ingredients above will last you much longer than having to purchase a new hand soap every time you run out.

In fact, these 3 ingredients – Dr Bronner’s Castile Soap, Essential Oils, and basic tap water – are all the ingredients you’ll need to DIY not only this project, but it’s all you will need for a wide variety of cleaning and freshening products. Just check out the two posts below to get you started:

• How To Reuse An Air Freshener Using Essential Oils
• How To Make An All Natural Multi-Surface Spray Cleaner

How To Make Foaming Hand Soap Using Essential Oils

Step 1 – (Optional) Remove Labels

If you’d prefer, peel off any labels still on the soap dispenser.

I still had sticky residue left on mine, so I soaked it in hot, soapy water and scrubbed off the excess.

Step 2 – Fill Dispenser

Fill the dispenser with these 3 ingredients:

•  3/4 water
•  1 squirt of Dr. Bronner’s Castile Soap
•  5 or more drops lemon essential oil + 5 or more drops lavender essential oil

(If you prefer to use something to disperse the essential oils, add a dash of SEA SALT, BAKING SODA, or ALOE GEL – these are natural substances that can be effective. With a foaming hand soap dispenser, however, I don’t find this to be necessary as the essential oils seem to get distributed fairly well with each pump.)

I hope you see just how easy it is to make foaming soap using essential oils and other all-natural ingredients. I personally enjoy finding less toxic options to clean and deodorize my home, but also, it’s a great way to save money, too 🙂