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