Friday, February 14, 2014

Make Your Own Foam Soap

We go through a lot of hand soap at our house. My daughter's favorite is foam soap, it's just so much fun! Instead of buying new soap every week or two I found an easy and cheap recipe from www.wellnessmama.com. It literally took only 5 minutes and I love that my 5-year old can help (minus a few frustrating tears).



Gather your ingredients:
Distilled Water
2 Tablespoons of Liquid Castile Soap (I like Dr. Bronner's Pure-Castile Baby Mild best)
Foam hand soap dispenser (I reused a Method one from Target) 
1/2 teaspoon of Almond or Olive Oil (this is optional, but I like that it makes your hands a little softer)
Essential oils (any scent, but we like lemon and we put around 10 drops)
Measuring cup and spoons

Here's my little helper!

First, add the distilled water. Make sure you leave room for the big foaming pump.
We didn't leave enough room and had to do some cleanup!

Add 2 tablespoons of Castile Soap (you can add more if you would like) and 1/2 teaspoon Almond or Olive Oil. .
Add 10 drops of essential oils. Little gal got a little upset trying to pour the Castile Soap (that's why she has a red face). It's a roller coaster of emotions with a 5-year old!!

See if it smells strong enough, you can always add more essential oils if you like a stronger smell.

This is the best after shot I could get! Though it doesn't look like it, she had fun and it seriously took less than 5 minutes and is a lot cheaper than buying new soap every week or two!