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I’ve been doing that for a while. I also use B&B’s foaming body wash container and put whatever shower gel I want in it. I have a lot of trail sizes because I get sick of one scent all the time.
That’s a great idea, Allissa!
~ Heidi
I use warm water and a little less soap. Then i leave it upside down overnight.
Wow!You’re amazing!I’m sooo excited and happy to find a wonderful site!Thanks for cutting the costs on everything!!!
Aww ~ thanks for the sweet words, Natashia!
I’m glad to have you here, joining in the $$-saving FUN!
~ Heidi
I love this idea, THANK YOU SO MUCH! I recently bought a gallon of cheap shampoo (can get a gallon as low as $3.99) from Sally Beauty that can be mixed 1 part to 7 parts water, to make up to 8 gallon of shampoo. I didn’t like it as a shampoo, but LOVE it as a foaming hand soap and as a bubble bath for the kids.
I just finished cutting my favorite Seventh Generation dish liquid and am. in. love. I put it into a B&BW foaming dispenser and it works like a charm. The best part is that I only paid something like 69 cents for the Seventh Generation soap (thanks Frugal Girls for finding THAT deal!) and my BFF picked up the B&BW soaps on super after Halloween clearance for less than a dollar! Thankfully I found this before I wasted money on a refill!
My grandmother made her own handsoap from scraps of bath bars, hotel bars, or a brand new bar if she loved the soap enough, for as long as I can remember. When she had enough scraps to equal a regular bar, she would grate them and add them to gallon of boiling distilled water and 2 tablespoons coconut oil. The finished soap was thinner than your average hand soap, but probably would still need to be diluted for use in a foamer. She made amazing soap once from Lavender oatmeal soap made with a gallon of lavender infused water. It was ah-ma-zing! The coconut oil helps with later, but she used it primarily for skin benefits. You can omit it all together if you don’t have it on hand.
I’ve been doing this for a while now– the only difference is that I use plain old Dawn in mine– it’s antibacterial and I already have the dishsoap.
Im going to try this! But also going to try adding some drops of essential oils to make it extra refreshing.
super dumb question but…..HAND soap for DISH soap? REALLY????? Am I THAT dumb??? I am SOOOOOO doin this! who doesn’t have water??? who doesn’t have liquid hand soap on hand?! you can even get it in the dollar store! oh boy am i excited! lol
I’ve been wanting to do this for some time, but never wanted to spend the money on the foam containers. Finally found some on sale and we’re coming to the end of them… Thank you for posting this. I’m doing it today.
Thank you for this. I will give it a try. Why not the creamy soaps? Just curious. thanks again.
I have been making this homemade foaming hand soap since I moved out of my parents house. Buying foaming refills is more costly than buying plain hand soap refills. This works great and you go through a lot less soap. You can pick up foaming soap at Bath and Body works for $3 or less most of the time… and the great thing about using there soap dispensers is that even after you have refilled it a couple of times you still can smell the original scent that was in the bottle.
Does anyone have a good remedy to clean a soap scum off the glass shower door? I’ve been trying everything w/no luck!
Target has the super cute fall/Halloween foaming soaftsoap bottles that glow in the dark again! I had one saved from last year and I just used some watered down black raspberry vanilla to refill it! Did I mention that the bottle Glows In the Dark! Great for kids or if you’re like me and still love glowing stuff
thank you for sharing! bless you!!!
You can add in a splash of liquid body spray/spritz and have scented handwash even from plain soap too – see my blog above. I linked back to you in my post. Thanks for the tip!!!!
My husband is an obsessive hand washer and always uses and obscene amount of soap. I LOVE this idea and will be using it immediately. I had a hunch something like this would work but didn’t know what proportions to use, thanks for posting! (I can hear the savings cha-ching now!)
I’ve been doing this for a few years now. I find it works best if you put the water in first and then the soap. If you put the soap in first, it could clog the pump at the bottom. Also, I use hot water, as it mixes with the soap much better. So hot water first, followed by just a bit of the soap. Mix and you are ready to go!
I have been doing this for years. It works great and I usually buy the hand soap at a wholesale warehouse (it’s 2 huge bottles for like $7) and it lasts about 6 or 8 months to do it like that. Having to buy hand soap only twice a year is good!!! One less thing to have to remember to get from the store!!!!
I have done this a while now, but I was told to use a little dish soap so now I will try the hand soap. I also make my own dishwasher liquid, laundry detergent, and fabric softner. THANKS! Love you guys!!!
I do this but use Dr Bonner’s Castile soap. Might be even cheaper and it doesn’t have chemicals added.
Hi there, I’ve tried this a few times with the Bath and Body Works bottles and have had problems when pumping the soap out. You seem to have to press the pump down really really hard to get the soap out…..so it does not work too well. Am I doing something wrong? Has anybody else experienced this? I would really like this to work but don’t understand why it’s not working. Help?
I actually was given bath and body works soap as a gift, but it was the thick stuff so what I did was put 1 tsp of it into my foaming bottle, filled with water, and it just took a little longer for the water to come together, still works just as well and now my soap will last a lot longer! thank you
I have been doing this for years and years. I purchased a gallon of antibacterial hand soap refill at Walmart for $4.00. It was on clearance, and I already had two of the foaming hand soap bottles on hand. Lets just say it’s been almost 7 years now and I’m just coming to the bottom of my gallon. Best four bucks I ever spent!
This is an awesome idea! i was just wondering if you are diluting the soap too much by doing this? is the soap still effective? does it matter how much “soap” you are using? Also, if you do this with dish soap, it is a foam dish soap also? Thank you so much for your tips!
I pinned this a while back and ever since I have been waiting for my bath & body works soap to run out so i had a container to try it in. I finally did this today and LOVE it! Thanks for the great tip!
I do this trick but put a more organic/natural spin on it. I use Castille soap as my soap (same proportions) and add about 10 drops of tea tree oil to act as the antibacterial agent. The initial investment might be a bit, but it lasts a long time and it keeps lots of chemicals out of the water and out of my home.
I’ve been doing this for the last couple of months and I LOVE it! It really works great. My little ones go through so much soap, this saves us so much $ and they think the foam is really fun. I’ve been using ivory dish soap + water and adding a few drops of pure essential oils both for the antibacterial properties and the lovely scent.
I tried this and the soap and water separated. What is best hand soap to use?
I did this with my Skin So Soft foaming oil moisturizer from Avon, too! Just added a bit to the bottle & a smidge of water…yep, it worked just fine! LOVE IT!!!
OMG! Where have I been? I made this and it was so easy…I will NEVER buy foam soap again! I then googled Lysol Soap and found how to replace that…Love living Frugally…saving for my Parisian Vacation!
This is a good idea… But don’t u worry if u are getting enough soap to kill the germs? I always use foam soap, and buy refill foam soap. I’d like to do this, but it seems to me that if u water it down so much you are just getting bubble/foam and not a high quantity of germ killing soap.
But yes, I’m kinda a germ phob lol
I do something similar to make eyeglass cleaner. The eyeglass cleaner they give you at the optometrists is only dishwash soap and water. So I fill an empty hand soap bottle nearly to the top with water. Add 3 TBL of dishwash soap (not the type with hand lotion in it, it will leave a film on your glasses, just the cheapest brand you can buy). Here you should shake the bottle to get that nice foam. Spray on both sides of each lens and wipe dry with a cloth towel.
Great tip, Judie! I’ll have to give that a try!
~ Heidi