Liquid Hand Soap

Want to stretch your money? What would you say if I told you that it is possible to make approximately 3 litres of hand soap out of a single bar of soap? Well it is possible and when I made myself a batch last week,
I was very pleasantly surprised with the outcome.
Here is a link to the website I used for the recipe.

http://www.savvyhousekeeping.com/how-to-turn-a-bar-of-soap-into-liquid-hand-soap/

I did change the recipe just a little bit for myself.

Here's what I did:

I grate an entire bar of soap and used all of the shavings. I added the shavings to 10 cups of water and 1 Tbsp. of glycerin. I let the mixture heat up over medium to high heat until the soap shavings were completely dissolved and the liquid was steaming hot. I then took the pot off of the heat and let it sit over night. In the morning, the mixture had hardened to a jello-like consistency. I was completely surprised when I was able to stick a spatula into the mixture and it stood completely on it's own.



I then took my hand mixer and beat up the soap so it was nice and smooth. I used a fairly mild smelling bar of soap, so before storing the soap mixture, I added about 20 drops of essential oil and mixed it up well.

I funnelled some soap into an empty soap dispenser and put the rest of it into an emptied and washed out 4 litre milk jug. I now have about 6 months of liquid hand soap and all it cost me was $4.97for the bar of soap (I used Dr. Bronner's).