How To Make Homemade Liquid Hand Soap

Liquid soaps are a fast and steady growing trend today. However, these soaps are actually detergents and they are not the best substances to put onto your hands. Ad agencies act like liquid soaps are a brand new idea yet the idea is actually as old as soap.

Did you know that American Indians use to make their soaps from agitated yucca and other sud-producing plants? Did you know that Ancient Hawaiians used the flowers of a wild ginger plant for the same purpose?

There are many saponin or soap producing plants that grow throughout the world and they were often used to make soap by various peoples because it was the only thing available to them. You can make your own liquid hand soaps very easily at home in your own kitchen. The following is a recipe on how to make a base liquid hand soap.

Base Liquid Hand Soap

Ingredients:

Castile Soap
3 cups Hot Water

Grate the Castile soap into small flakes and fill a measuring cup up to 1 cup. Be sure to pack the soap into the cup and use exactly 1 cup. Bring water almost to a boil and remove from heat. Mix the 1 cup of Castile soap flakes into the hot water and blend well with a wooden spoon or metal whish until you have a nice liquid.

Let it stand until cool and then add in your essential oils. For this amount of soap you need to add 50 to 60 drops of essential oils or less for less of a fragrance.

The following are some useful soap and essential oil recipes for you to try. I hope that you enjoy!

Lotus Soap

Ingredients:

1 cup Base Liquid Soap
2 drops Frankincense Oil
1 drop Lotus Bouquet Oil
3 drops Myrrh Soap

Mix these ingredients together then bottle and use or store until needed.

Palmarosa Soap

Ingredients:

1 cup Base Liquid Soap
4 drops Geranium Oil
1 drop Ginger Oil
3 drops Palmarosa Oil
2 drops Neroli Oil

Mix these ingredients together then bottle and use or store until needed.

Nutmeg Soap

Ingredients:

1 cup Base Liquid Soap
2 drops Orange Oil
2 drops Nutmeg Oil
2 drops Vetivert Oil

Mix these ingredients together then bottle and use or store until needed.

Peppermint Soap

Ingredients:

1 cup Base Liquid Soap
1 drop Basil Oil
1 drop Cinnamon Oil
3 drops Patchouli Oil
2 drops Peppermint Oil
1 drop Pine Oil

Mix these ingredients together then bottle and use or store until needed.

Sandalwood Soap

Ingredients:

1 cup Base Liquid Soap
2 drops Camphor Oil
1 drop Eucalyptus Oil
1 drop Lemon Oil
3 drops Sandalwood Oil

Mix these ingredients together then bottle and use or store until needed.

Rosemary Soap

Ingredients:

1 cup Base Liquid Soap
3 drops Basil Oil
1 drop Bay Oil
1 drop Frankincense Oil
1 drop Mint Oil
4 drops Rosemary Oil

Mix these ingredients together then bottle and use or store until needed.

Lemongrass Soap

Ingredients:

1 cup Base Liquid Soap
2 drops Bay Oil
1 drop Cinnamon Oil
3 drops Lemongrass Oil

Mix these ingredients together then bottle and use or store until needed.

Ginger-Cinnamon Soap

Ingredients:

1 cup Base Liquid Soap
1 drop Bay Oil
2 drops Cinnamon Oil
2 drops Ginger Oil
1 drops Lemon Oil
1 drops Myrrh Oil
2 drops Patchouli Oil
1 drop Rosemary Oil
1 drop Sandalwood Oil

Mix these ingredients together then bottle and use or store until needed.

Cinnamon Soap

Ingredients:

1 cup Base Liquid Soap
2 drops Cinnamon Oil
1 drop Orange Oil
2 drops Pine Oil
3 drops Rosemary Oil

Mix these ingredients together then bottle and use or store until needed.

*Note: You should always test a small area of skin with a little bit of the mixture before you use a large amount of the mixture on a large area of the body, just to make sure that you don’t experience some kind of an allergic reaction to the mixture.*

The material in this article is not meant to take the place of diagnosis and treatment by a qualified medical practitioner. All recommendations herein contained are believed to be effective but since the actual use of essential oils by other individuals is beyond the author’s control, no expressed or implied guarantee as to the effects of their use can be given nor liability taken.