Today I was getting ready to refill my foaming hand soap...I decided to grab my cell phone, snap a few photo and show you how to easily make your own.
DISCLAIMER - I am a compulsive hand washer. I easily go through one bottle of hand soap a week in my kitchen ~ EASILY. I love Bath & Body Works. I love their foaming hand soaps. The problem for me, I go through my kitchen hand soap too fast and I hate when I run out. One day I decided to see if I could make my own using their empty foaming container with some liquid dish soap... IT WORKED PERFECT! Now I never run out of hand soap. YAY! Oh, and I can wash my dishes too!
Here's How To Make Your Own Foaming Hand Soap:
{Grab an empty foaming dispenser & liquid dish or hand soap}
{fill dispenser with 1 inch of liquid soap}
{fill remainder with water}
{ replace cap, shake and done!}
I NEVER RUN OUT!
I can wash my hands and dishes!
Saves me time & money!
Happy Dance!
I've used the same dispenser for almost a year.
When it gets grubby, I'll just grab a new one.
Thanks so much for stopping by!
Cheers!
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I am hopelessly addicted to bath and body works foaming hand soap. I seriously love it. I always stock up when they are on sale 5 for $15.... But now while I wait for the sale I can fill up my own :)
ReplyDeleteWhy didn't I ever think of that? You are one clever girl! I'll be doing that for sure. ~ Maureen
ReplyDeleteOh I love this! I just ran out in the kitchen and really hate to have to buy soap just for those dispensers. Thanks for the info!! I'm pinning for future reference.
ReplyDeleteOh my gosh, what an awesome idea, you are too good! What an easy way to make soap last longer, woohoo!
ReplyDeleteI've done this a quite a few times. It works just as well as those expensive foaming soaps, and I never run out anymore. Love it!
ReplyDeleteI tried to fill my original Foaming Soap bottle with regular handsoap and it didnt work. Little did I know, all I had to do was add water? really! Thanks
ReplyDeleteI also do this with a mild shampoo and body wash as long as they are clear and not milky they work great and are gentle on hands . I love the savings
ReplyDeleteI have been doing this for about 2 years now. I love B&BW, but it can get really expensive with 3 kiddos at home. I use lemon for the kitchen as well, but other fun scents for the bathrooms. It saves tons of money, especially when I can stock up on dish detergent using coupons!!! I love love love to save $$$$!!!!
ReplyDeleteI buy my liquid hand soap at the dollar store and add scented oils for the extra aroma! Love it!
ReplyDeleteHon,I've been doing this for years. Not to take anything from your post but necessity brings invention. You run low on funds, you find lots of ways to cut corners.
ReplyDeleteI am impressed!! I am going to try it next time I run out!! Thanks!! :)
ReplyDeleteIf you can afford it use the Dawn with aloe or add coconut oil or your favorite hand lotion to keep your hands from drying out. I tilt gently side to side so it doesn't get too foamy before I am ready to use it.
ReplyDeleteI can't believe everybody didn't already know this. We have always done this
ReplyDeleteI do this too, I love b&bw but with 3 boys in the house hand washing is essential and can get expensive. Now we just buy a big bottle of antibacterial soap and put it the foaming dispenser and it looks cutier in the br.....
ReplyDeleteGoogle antibacterial soaps; they are really not any good for you. Plain soap and hot/warm water does the job just as well. I use original Dawn or the gentle Dawn. It's kind of similar to nurses telling you to wipe with an alcohol swab to sterilize; first year college chemistry tells you that a solid object needs 10 minutes soaking in alcohol to sterilize it; wiping it with alcohol does less than washing with soap & water.
DeleteI've done this with my dish soap for Years. It's the same exact thing as the soap only mostly water. Paying for water always bothers me. So one day I tried it and it worked. I always put the water in first so I don't use too much liquid soap because when you do that it comes out liquidy not foamy.
ReplyDeleteFor my hand soap I too love BBW. But again not loving paying for water. I use my BBW bath gel and it is perfect. You get the smell you love for a fraction of the cost!
I will definitely be trying this to save money on hand soap.
ReplyDeleteI have tried to do this so many times but the pump dries out for some read and gets stuck after about 3 months of reuse. Am I not filling it enough with water am I supposed to cover the plastic 'sleeve' inside the pump? What could I be doing wrong?
ReplyDeleteHi Shelly, hmmmmm??? That has never happened to me, sorry you are having issues. Are you using a Bath and Body Works foaming hand soap dispenser? Whatever dispenser you are using, it has to be for foaming soap. The only other thing I can think of is that you are not adding enough water OR are not shaking up the solution enough to get the thick soap at the bottom mixed evenly. As for the plastic 'sleeve'...I don't do anything - I just twist off dispenser top, add a little bit of soap and fill it with water, twist the cap back on, shake it up and it's ready to go! I have been doing this for years and use a dispenser for about a year each, before swapping it out....so I know it works. Let me know how it turns out next time. I hope you have better luck!
DeleteGood because bbw soaps have triclosan in them, a known hormone disruptor.
ReplyDeleteWas just wondering if you could take the non foaming soap from bath and body works and add a inch of it then put water in it and it would work the same as the dish soap? that would be a longer way to make a bottle of bbw work
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