Heidi at The Frugal Girls shares with us her tips for making foaming soap!
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Homemade Foaming Soap Saves $$
As you know I love to save $$, and my favorite frugal tips are the simple ones! Following is how I keep the costs down on hand soap…
My favorite soap for the bathrooms and kitchen are the Bath & Body Works antibacterial foaming soaps. The big fluffy suds that come out are so fun the kids even enjoy washing their hands!
So one day I got creative, and attempted to make my own refill for my existing bottle.
Guess what… it worked! I’ve been doing this for about 5 years now, and have saved loads of money with this simple trick.
What You’ll Need: Liquid Antibacterial Soap (Softsoap, Dial, etc.) & 1 empty bottle of Bath & Body Works Antibacterial Gentle Foaming Hand Soap (the other styles of bottles will not work).
Step #1: Fill up the bottle with about 1 inch of antibacterial liquid soap. {I buy the large bottles from Costco}
Step #2: Slowly fill the rest of the bottle with tap water, put lid back on, and gently tip upside down and back and forth to mix the soap and water together. Don’t shake ~ it will get too sudsy.
And there you have it! I love that it is a diluted version of antibacterial soap, and is much gentler on my family’s sensitive skin. I also love that one big bottle of antibacterial soap literally lasts us years… and years… and years!
How’s that for frugal?!?
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I’ve also had success with the Tone brand of hand soap dispenser. They are right around $1 and they last for a long time(the foaming pump and bottle). Mine gets a ton of use as we have 10 people in our house.
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