Cut costs and while easily saving money with this easy DIY Foaming Hand Soap Recipe!
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DIY Foaming Hand Soap Recipe
Are you wondering how to make your own foaming hand soap refill? It’s so much easier than you think!
You are going to LOVE this easy DIY Foaming Hand Soap Recipe!
Angie writes: "I've been doing this for years and have saved so much money, we love it."
I. Love. Fluffy Soap! It’s true ~ I love the foaming suds… but not the price.
So one day I decided to just make my own Homemade Foaming Soap!
What did I have to lose? Only money in my wallet, so I thought… why not give it a try?
Well guess what… it works! And it’s so easy. And it will save you SO much money!!
I’ve been doing this trick for years now… and you can too!
Homemade Cleaners are such a simple way to save BIG, and this is one of the easiest tricks to start with. So are you ready for my favorite foaming handsoap recipe?
It takes just a few seconds to make… seriously, how easy is that?
Here’s what you’ll need to do…
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Foaming Hand Soap Reviews
What Your Frugal Friends Are Saying About This Foaming Hand Soap Recipe…
Jeanie writes: “Tried this and it worked great!”
Angie writes: “I’ve been doing this for years and have saved so much money, we love it.”
Dawn writes: “The formula was perfect!”
Heidi writes: “Wow- super easy and worked perfectly! My kids love foaming soap and this really stretches the dollar!”
Melissa writes: “Works perfect!”
Crystal writes: “Works perfectly! Literally less than a nickel to make!”
Daniela writes: “It worked! We have foaming soap!”
Rebecca writes: “I do this all the time. This saves so much money!”
Mrs. H. writes: “I have made multiples for my kitchen and bathroom, very easy to make.”
Jordan writes: “I do this and love it! Thanks for the hot tip!”
Joyce writes: “I run a home daycare and the kiddos LOVE to go through the soap. It gets us just as clean, the scent is not as over powering and if you bought them during the Bath and Body Works Sale you are really saving $$$$. I love stretching the budget!”
Tiffany writes: “Works like a charm!!!”
Angelica writes: “‘I’ve been using this method for years. Great idea/method!!!”
Katie writes: “I just used the bottles from the Dial fluffy soaps, and I buy a bulk size of a soap I like maybe once a year. I keep more bottles on hand than we need (we need 4, I think I have 8 now) and pull out a full bottle whenever one runs out. Then I just fill all of them at once when we don’t have any more full ones to replace with.”
DIY Foaming Hand Soap Refill – What You’ll Need
You’ll just nee a few simple things to make your own foaming hand soap!
Check your bathroom cupboards or closet, or add the following to your next shopping list to make sure you’ve got everything on hand…
Clear-Based Liquid Hand Soap (Softsoap, Dial, antibacterial or other) *Don’t use the thick & creamy soaps. The clear-based soaps foam best!*
1 Empty Foaming Hand Soap Bottle (I use old Bath & Body Works bottles.)
Optional: Add in several drops of your favorite Essential Oil to give it a nice, light scent.
See… I told you this was going to be EASY!
How to Make Foaming Hand Soap
You won’t believe how simple it is to make your own foaming hand soap at home!
Here’s what you’ll do…
1. Fill the Empty Foaming Soap Bottle with approx. 1 inch of your liquid hand soap.
2. Slowly fill the rest of the bottle with tap water.
3. Put lid back on, and gently tip upside down & side to side to mix and shake gently if needed. (No need to shake vigorously, though… it will get too sudsy ~ just trust me.) 🙂
4. Then, when it’s time to wash your hands, pump a few pumps of foaming hand soap onto your hands, and wash well with warm water.
5. A nurse at the hospital where I worked once told me to wash at least as long as it takes to sing Happy Birthday to yourself in your head… about 20 seconds or longer. Don’t forget to wash under your nails, too!
6. And here’s one more tip from frugal friend Vicki… “And remember to turn the faucet off with the back of your wrist”
So that’s it! Now isn’t this Foaming Handsoap Recipe so easy?
You really need to give it a try. Making Foaming Soap is such a cinch!
Plus, your hands… and wallet will thank you! 😉
I personally use my leftover foaming hand soap pump dispensers from Bath and Body Works to make foaming hand soap for my kitchen and all the bathrooms around my home.
Foaming Soap Variations
Once you know how to make foaming soap, there are so many other things you can make that foam, too!
You won’t believe how much money you’ll save around the house!
Simply use the same ratio and process as above, and give these a try, too…
Foaming Body Wash
(1 inch clear-based body wash + water)
Amy writes: “I do this all the time! Works perfect!”
Foaming Shampoo
(1 inch clear-based shampoo + water)
Nicky writes: “Loved this idea, tried it and it worked great. Smells Great. Cleans just as well as our normal Johnsons!”
Foaming Baby Wash
(1 inch clear-based baby wash + water)
Shanna writes: “I’ve been doing this for a while now with my two boys. They have so much more fun with the foam in the tub, and it goes a lot further!!”
Lindy writes: “This worked perfectly! Love it.”
Brooke writes: “My 2 year old loves it. I decorated the bottle with his favourite character stickers and he always uses this for hand washing (instead of stronger stuff that irritates his skin)”
Karena writes: “Saved me quite a bit of money”
Rajene writes: “Best refill I’ve tried yet and smells great!”
Emily writes: ” LOVE LOVE LOVE this DIY, when you finish and realize that it works, it makes you feel so good about yourself, not to mention it smells good to!! However I used the bedtime bubble bath Johnson and Johnson”
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I do this too!
Carole, will you please share your recipe for home made laundry soap? Does it make your clothes just as clean? I dislike dingy laundry. Thanks so much for any info!
THANK YOU FOR ALL THIS INFORMATION
the homemade laundry soap is wonderful and it realler gets my whites whiter
I do this as well, but you have to watch what soap you use because some will separate no matter how much you mix. (Softsoap Aloe soap always separated for me.) Dish soap does work very well, but it was drying my daughter’s hands out.
Very true, about the dish soap. But if you purchase the Dawn Plus Hand Renewal Dish Soap, that will be amazing on your hands, even when washing the dishes! If you’re on a tight budget, like me, Walmart came out with their Great Value brand of the hand renewal for only 2 bucks, and it has the same ingredients, and works just the same, if not better. I have the pomegranate scent so it works well in the kitchen and bathroom!!
The Softsoap with aloe one separates because it is more creamy…if you get a soap that you can see through in the bottle you won’t have any problems with separation. Can’t say the same for the creamy dish soaps though because I haven’t tried it, has anyone had any separation with the creamy dish soaps?
You can use hand soap just the same. I buy a 56oz. Bottle of hand soap at Walmart for about 3-4 dollars and that should last you about 6 months to a year if you put it into a suds pump. 🙂
ok i need to go get a foaming bottle now…my kid goes thru that softsoap sooooo quickly its ridiculous…sounds like it will last me alot longer this way..thanks
I’ve refilled the foaming bottles with just plain water before, and have been able to still use it.
I have been doing this since you posted it over 6 months ago and LOVE IT. I have told everyone I know about this little trick. THANK YOU THANK YOU!
Thank you so much. I’ve been making my own laundry soap for quite a while now and I love it. I even make it for my sister now and my kids love helping me do it. Can’t wait to try this one!
I would like the recipe for the homemade soap.
Hi Sally ~ here’s a link to the Homemade Laundry Detergent recipe…
https://thefrugalgirls.com/2010/08/how-to-make-homemade-laundry-detergent.html
~ Heidi 😉
Is the homemade detergent safe for HE (High Energy) washers that can use only detergents with “HE” on the label?
I’ve been using the powdered version of the homemade laundry detergent in my HE washer for several years with no problems.
Isn’t it amazing …it’s actually LESS soap and yet it costs TONS more at the store.
It’s funny, I was never a fan of foam soap (I felt it went quicker than regular hand soap). But with this trick, it’s cheaper to do it this way. I’ll give it a try!
I have been doing this for a while with dish soap, but putting even less than a whole inch of soap in. It makes the dish soap last longer because less soap is wasted down the drain. One bottle of good dish soap like Dawn, because it starts out so think, has lasted me 6 months or more.
I’ve done that too, and I agree, 1″ is using way too much (and wasting) soap!! You don’t need near that much.
I’m actually still working on the amount to use, but that is way more than you need!
I’m having trouble with some of my foaming pumps tho. (Sometimes even the bottles I’ve bought just to get the bottles & pumps, before that bottle is even empty!) Anyone else having trouble with the pumps. Some seem to work fine, and can be reused several times (my daughter has some she’s been using for years), and and sometimes they don’t even last thru the first bottle.
I think the Dial foaming soap pumps are sturdy and have had great luck using a refill to replenish the quantity of just 3 pumps around my house for at least a year. Typically my husband throws one out once empty, no matter how many times I nag him about it. I recently bought an Orla Kiely edition of Method purely for looks, and it seems to work well enough. Fingers crossed!
Wow…now I’m gonna have to try that! Thanks for such a great tip!