Make Liquid Soap from Soap Leftovers
Making your own liquid soap by using up the soap leftovers has to be one of the ultimate frugal means for stretching resources! The resulting liquid soap is a delight and the mixture of soap scents can be very tempting. Here is how to make the mixture.
Steps
- Gather together the soap scraps that are no longer any use for the shower or bath. These are the pieces that are hard to hold and use anymore.
- Cut these pieces into smaller pieces. Use a Clean a Kitchen Grater if it's not too difficult to hold them against the grater.
- Find an empty squeeze bottle. Wash out the finished sauce bottle for an easy squeeze bottle.
- Pour in a little lemon juice. You can use freshly squeezed juice or juice from a bottle.
- Add a capful of Make Lemon Verbena Soap. You can find this at the pharmacy.
- Fill with soap pieces and hot water. If the squeeze bottle might melt with hot water, do all of the mixing in a safe container first and pour into the squeeze bottle after it has cooled.
- Allow the soap mixture to stand for a few days. This will give the soap time to dissolve. Shake now and then.
- Use. Once the soap has dissolved, you can now use the reconstituted product as liquid soap. Easy!
Things You'll Need
- Squeeze bottle
- Old pieces of soap
- Lemon juice
- Glycerine
- Hot water
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