Homemade Organic Liquid Handsoap
In my recent post; 23 Refillable Liquid Hand Soap Pumps, a reader (and cool blogger I know - Angelique) asked:
“I was wondering if you (or any readers) knew of a cheap way to make your own liquid soap from all those crazy “soap slivers” that slime around the kitchen, bathrooms, showers and tubs?
There has to be a way to liquify them, right? Or am I in la-la land?”
Angelique is not in la-la land. I answered her question in the comments, but one I answered it with a short version (leaving out specific timing), and two, since maybe you missed that post, I figured I’d post about this topic.
You can make liquid soap from all those left-over slivers, or buy a natural, (detergent free) organic bar of soap. Depending on how much liquid soap you need buy a 3-4 oz bar, or save up enough slivers to equal the same.
You also need distilled water. You can buy some or better yet, simply leave a gallon on water sitting open on your counter for a couple of days.
Chop the soap up super small or grate. Boil the water (start with 3-4 cups) and once hot, add the soap. Mix, let it sit on a low boil, and if needed add more soap and or water, let low boil, mix. Once it appears to be the right thickness, do a massive final mix, it needs to be completely blended or little soap hardened pieces will show up, which of course will clog your pump. After the final mix, run a test. Your test is to let it sit out overnight. If you come back and it’s too thick, heat and add more water.
Getting the thickness right is the hard part. It depends on the soap. If you add 3 oz of soap or so, start with 3-4 cups H2o and go from there. It will turn out different depending your soap, so this is a project you need to watch, at least the first time you do it. You can add a few drops of organic essential oils too.
Variations:
Scrubby shower soap: You can make this as a liquid shower soap with scrubby bits in it - such as ground almonds or oatmeal. However, you can’t put this in a pump, it’ll clog. You need to put it in a bottle.
Herbal: Before adding the soap, boil organic herbs in the distilled water. Remove and strain before adding soap.
Other additions: Other items you can play with as additions include; a few tablespoons of Aloe Vera, honey, coconut or olive oil, vanilla or cinnamon (boil whole sticks), flower essences, and more - really whatever you like. This is an almost free project, so mess-ups won’t kill you.
You can also use this to clean your house, not just your body.
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