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Liquid and foaming hand soaps are easy to use and by far more hygienic than soap bars. They keep the bacteria at bay and prevent skin diseases. However, ready-made bottles can be expensive and bad for the environment. Making your own foaming hand soap is an easy way to save money in minutes.
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Making Your Own Bottle With Ready-Made Soap
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Buy or recycle an empty bottle with a dispenser pump. Plastic and glass bottles can be acquired cheaply in most supermarket and online. If you want to make a good gesture for the environment or save money, you can clean and recycle an old bottle with dispenser instead of buying a new one.
- Choose a sturdy and aesthetically pleasing bottle. Remember that you want to use it for a long period of time.
- If possible, test a few bottles. Make sure that the pump works well and look for a sturdy bottle which can survive a fall on the floor.
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Buy the right bottle of gel soap refill. Washing your hands can damage the skin. If you suffer from hand dryness, irritation, itching or cracks, look for hypoallergenic or scent-free soap. [1]
- Examine the label. The most common allergic reactions are caused by the following ingredients: QAC, iodine, iodophors, chlorhexidine, triclosan, chloroxylenol and alcohols. [2]
- Look for a soap with moisturizer to protect the skin of your hands.
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Mix the ingredients. Pour tap water into your empty hand soap bottle until it is one third of the way full and then add the gel soap refill until another third of the space is filled. Shake well to mix the gel and the water until they form a liquid. Tighten the pump back onto the hand soap bottle.
- Add the water first. If you don't, the water will make the soap foam up.
- Do not fill the bottle beyond two thirds of the way. If you do, the bottle will overflow when you screw the cap back on.
- If the dispenser pump is not springing back to the up position, rub a bit of petroleum jelly on the dispenser stem to get it freely moving again.
- The mixture must be diluted enough to flow through the pump. If the dispenser is clogged, clean it and add more water to the mixture.
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Making Scented Foaming Soap With Essential Oils
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Buy the right ingredients. In addition to an empty bottle with a dispenser pump, you will need liquid scent-free soap and perfumed essential oils. Essential oils will determine the color and the scent of your foaming hand soap and are believed to have various health properties.
- Make sure to use a scent-free soap. Otherwise, the soap will overpower the subtle smell of the essential oils.
- Essential oils can be found in most supermarkets and health shops. There is a large range of colors and scent, such as orange, rosemary, violet, and many more.
- Aromatherapy claims that essential oils have many health benefits. While some are true, many others are largely exaggerated.
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Prepare the room in which you will make your soap. Cover the surface on which you will work with a plastic tablecloth and be sure to have a tap in the room. Wear an apron to avoid staining your clothes and use gloves if you have sensitive hands. Keep a kitchen roll handy in case water spills on the table or on the floor.
- Be particularly careful with essential oils. They stain easily and are very hard to remove.
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Mix the ingredients. Pour the tap water into your empty hand soap bottle until it is one third of the way full and then add the gel soap refill until another third of the space is filled. Add a teaspoon of essential oil and mix until the ingredients form a homogeneous liquid. Tighten the pump back onto the hand soap bottle.[3]
- If the scent is not strong enough, add another teaspoon of essential oils. Don't add too much at once as essential oils are both powerful and expensive.
- You can also modify the color by adding food coloring. Always use natural coloring to avoid chemicals.
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How do I make soap with almond oil?
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First you need a foaming soap dispenser. You can use an empty one or buy one that's reusable. Next, fill it with 1 part water and then add a few drops of almond oil. It may not mix well since water and oil don't mix. Finally, add 1 part liquid soap and shake it up. Pump some out, and you just made your own foaming hand soap.
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Do we add foam to liquid soap when preparing?
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It's best to just have the soap container itself froth the liquid into foam when you squirt it.
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This article was reviewed by . Claudia and Angelo Zimmermann are the founders of Everneat, an Eco-Friendly Cleaning Service based in New York City and in Connecticut. They are also the founders of Clean Code, a DIY 100% natural cleaning product line. This article has been viewed 110,864 times.
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To make foaming hand soap, buy or recycle an empty bottle with a dispenser pump and fill it a third of the way up with tap water. Next, add an equal amount of gel hand soap to the water, hold your hand over the open mouth of the bottle, and shake the ingredients thoroughly until they're fully incorporated. Then, tighten the pump back onto the bottle before using your foaming hand soap. For tips on adding essential oils to create scented soaps, read on!
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