How to make The Best Homemade Liquid Dish Soap
Today I am going to show you how to make liquid dish soap from scratch! This is one of the recipes I use the most around here in the kitchen.
I will show you how to make a very effective and The Best Homemade Liquid Dish Soap in less than 5 mins. It doesnt foam like regular detergents, but it cuts grease so good that you will be amazed! Plus this recipe is super simple to make. No cooking or anything else needed. I make a galon of this recipe every month or so, depending on how many people we have around the house. But regularly we are a family of 4.
The reason I began looking into a biodegradable dish soap was the main tree in our house. She’s so sensitive to anything that you can buy around here in Lake Atitlan that I had to change from chemical detergents to natural soaps for everything in our home.
So if you are planning on rehusing your grey waters, this recipe is great for you! Or if you want to mix something together that is supper simple and is great for the enviorment.
So lets start!
HOW TO MAKE THE BEST HOMEMADE LIQUID DISH SOAP
Before we start let’s talk about whats important in making dish soap:
- Making it as simple as possible and quick as possible
- That it cuts grease out really well, I know this sounds silly but a lot of the recipes I have tried dont really do the job.
- That its cheap to make!
Now lets get to the recipe!
Ingredients:
- 2 cups of water
- 1/4 cup + 2Tbs Liquid Castile Soap ( I normally use the recycled liquid castile soap)
- 2 Tsp washing soda( I used sodium bicarbonate)
- 1 Tbs vegetable glycerine
- 20 drops Essential oil
- 2 Tsp Salt
Tools:
- Container and a spatula! That’s it! This recipe will make you around 600ml.
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PROCESS
- First, you will need to measure your water. In a large container add your water, your castile soap, sodium bicarbonate, vegetable glycerin and salt.
- Mix all together and add Essential Oils! Pour into your pump and ready!
- That’s it! You can double the size of this recipe and save yourself from having to make it often. I make it in a galon container and then just pour into my soap pump!
HOW TO USE IT
This is the best part! This homemade liquid dish soap is so simple that you just pour into your loofah(a natural sponge) or what ever sponge you have and enjoy doing those dishes with your very own homemade liquid dish soap!
If you don’t feel like making it go to our SHOP to get some of our solid shampoo bars!
ABOUT ESSENTIAL OILS
Adding essential oils will help your homemade liquid dish soap with its cleansing properties, specially the citrus varieties. You can also have a lovely aromatherapy experience while you wash, you can use any combination you like there is no rules to this recipe!
Some nice combinations:
- 15 drops lemon, 10 drops grapefruit.
- 10 drops lemon, 10 drops orange
- 15 drops lemongrass, 10 drops tangerine
- 15 drops orange, 5 drops peppermint
Lately I have been using only this recipe, I have another one using solid soap bars to make liquid dish soap, so stay tuned for more recipes!
Have you ever experimented with a homemade DIY liquid dish soap? Let us know about your experience!