How to Make Homemade Dish Soap

Whether you have sensitive skin or simply cringe at the prices of high-end natural dish soaps, making your own dish soap at home is easy enough that you will not miss commercially made dish soaps. If you have a skin reaction to a commercial dish soap, you will never really know which ingredient is the problem. When you make your own, you can add or subtract scents and other additives until you have a formula that works for you. The process is so easy that you can even keep differently scented dish soaps on hand to suit your moods!

Things You'll Need

• 2 cups boiling water
• 1/4 cup grated Ivory soap flakes
• Heat-resistant bowl
• Wooden spoon or silicone spatula
• 1/4 cup glycerin
• 1/2 teaspoon lemon oil
• Funnel
• Empty squeeze bottle

Instructions

1. Pour the boiling water into the bowl. Add the soap flakes and stir them gently with the wooden spoon or silicone spatula until they dissolve.

2. Add the glycerin and lemon oil, stirring gently until just combined.

3. Let the mixture sit at room temperature until cool to the touch.

4. Use the funnel to pour the soap mixture into the squeeze bottle.

Tips & Warnings

• Try replacing the lemon oil with other oils, such as orange, for different scents.

• Use caution when pouring boiling water, as it can cause serious burns.

• Do not use this dish soap in automatic dishwashers. It is only suitable for washing dishes by hand.

• Do not stir vigorously when dissolving the soap flakes and additives. Stir gently to avoid making suds.

References

• Easy Homemade Recipes