Homemade Herbal Hand wash recipe that is of excellent quality, is a PEG free, Silicone free, Paraben free and SLS free product; that is anti-bacterial and anti fungal!
This homemade herbal handwash recipe has been customized to your personal preference, and has been homemade by you and your loved ones, is a cherished together time fun project.
Hand wash is a daily use essential item, frequent use of it keeps us protected from unwanted germs and ailments. Lets see how we can make a cost effective liquid hand soap sitting in the comforts of our home.
Our homemade herbal handwash recipe makes a product that is three times inexpensive than most of the store bought liquid hand soaps.
The Hand wash concentrate comes in a packaging of 750 ml at a price that is within the range of your store-bought 300 ml hand wash. Furthermore, this concentrate when added with 2/3rd amount distilled water will give you an output of 2.25 litres.
You will have 2.25 litres of personally homemade herbal handwash at the price of 300 ml of store-bought hand wash with a guarantee on quality and personal preference in fragrance and additives.
By reducing the packaging costs and reusing the bottles, you will also be doing your bit to reduce your carbon footprints on this planet.
With its plant based abundant conditioning agents, this hand wash is a welcome regimen in your daily personal care and hygiene and will keep your hands moisturized, soft and tender.
Come, lets delve into this really exciting recipe and whip up our batch of personalised, home made herbal hand wash.
Ingredients
- Hand wash base concentrate, 100 Grams
- Aloe vera Gel, 50 Grams
- Distilled water, 150 Grams
- Fragrance oil, up to 6 Grams
- A pinch of salt (if required)
Recipe
Time needed: 15 minutes
- Weigh and pour the Hand wash base concentrate
In a clean and dry container, weigh and pour 100 grams Hand wash concentrate.
- Add Aloe vera gel
Weigh 50 grams of Aloe vera gel, add it to the Hand wash concetrate and mix well.
- Add the Distilled water
Pour in 150 grams of distilled water to the Handwash concentrate & aloe vera mix and subsequently stir it well.
- Stabilize the handwash by adding a pinch of salt
If you find your hand wash a little watery, add some table salt one pinch at a time to your concentrate solution and mix well till you get the desired thickness in your handwash.
- Add the fragrance
Stir in up to 6 grams of fragrance oil, you may also use a blend of fragrance oils or a blend of essential oils in equal proportion up to 6 grams.
- Put in a container
Stir it well and pour the Herbal Hand wash in a clean, sanitized container.
Your personally customized Herbal Hand wash is ready for use!!
Always use Isopropyl Alcohol (99% rubbing alcohol) to sanitize your equipment, container, and workspace.
You can buy all the ingredients needed for the recipe from www.soapytwist.com
Do comment and let us know if you have any questions!
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Frequently asked questions
A. 1. Above we have provided a recipe of a Herbal Hand wash using just 4 natural, plant based ingredients, this hand wash is cost effective, free from harmful chemicals and customized to your personal preference.
Q.2 What is the pH of this hand wash, is it pH balanced?
A.2 Yes, this hand wash is pH balanced and its pH is 5 – 6.5.
A.3 Yes, you may use a blend of Essential oils of your choice, but you need to remain within the dosage of upto 6 grams.
Q.4 If I want to add extracts, like neem, turmeric, calendula etc do I use oil soluble ones or water-soluble ones?
A. 4. You need to use water soluble extracts, that will go very well in this recipe, and make sure to not exceed upto 2% of entire amount.
Q.5 I have very dry hands, will this hand wash dry my hands further? What precautions can I take to keep my hands moisturized?
A. 5 This Hand wash concentrate has all the necessary plant based conditioning agents to keep your hands protected from dryness, however, if you still need to, you may add a carrier oil of your choice to upto 1 % of the output.