so, here we go...
what you will need :
- 1 soap pump bought at your local pharmacy (the kind that transfers the liquid to foam - if you can find an empty soap pump in a specialty store, that's even better! )
- 1/4 cup of castille soap (we use dr. bronner's baby mild)
- a tiny sliver of vitamin e oil and/or almond oil
- 3 drops of tea tree oil - optional but i find it helps with hydration, although too much can render the opposite effect!
- 5 drops of any essential oil of your choice for the scent - if you want! (we use lavender)
*when it comes to the essential oils as well as the vitamin e oil, you can play around with the amount of drops (or even kinds of oils), these are the amounts we found work best for us. obviously too much sweet almond or vitamin e oil will make a very oily soap.
the first step is not very eco-friendly*, but it consists of emptying the soap pump of the nasty neon blue "soap" that's already in there and washing it clean. (you might also to pump it a few times to empty the reservoir of the soap that's seeped in.)
*the upside: atleast you only have to do it once!
*the upside: atleast you only have to do it once!
we like to take off the silly label and write our own little title for the concoction - yann insisted on calling this one 'amazing soap (and cheap)' for the purpose of the photoshoot.
you can keep the label if you like, it makes no difference in the end - your soap will still rule even if spiderman (or strawberry shortcake) stays!
next, measure out about 1/4 cup* of the castille soap.
*now that i've been doing this for almost 6 months now, i sort of just eyeball it and it works just fine. when doing it for the first few times, i did take the time to measure it out but in the end, it's your soap, so have fun with it; play around with measurements and find what recipe works best for you and your family's needs.
add to the soap a tiny bit of the vitamin e oil and/or almond oil. you can do one or the other... or both! our original recipe only contained the vitamin e oil and when élie was teething yann suggested we added a little bit of sweet almond oil (which was already our go to 'diaper rash' solution) to the mixture.
now is also a good time to add the drops of essential oils - which are optional. you can try this recipe first and then research a little about which essential oil does what - this will allow you to play around with the recipe and make your own little mixture!
once all the ingredients are in the soap pump, fill up the rest of the bottle with water. be careful though - don't fill it up too quickly or else it'll foam up and overflow. another good thing to keep in mind to avoid overflowing is to leave a little room for the pump - if you fill all the way to the top, it'll come through the sides once the pump is inserted. in any case, it's nothing that a little rinsing can't fix.
there you go - all done! how easy was that?! if you pump and the soap looks this... you've succeeded! if it comes out still in liquid form, it's ok but i find it uses up the soap much quicker. if this happens, you might have the wrong type of pump.
i just simply love this recipe. i love running out of soap and opening up the cabinet and being able to wipe up a batch in about 30 seconds flat. it sure beats going to the pharmacy and paying 4$ everytime only to put nasty commercial soap filled with tons of random ingredients on my kids... keep in mind: the starter kit will cost you - about 4$ for the soap pump, 16$ for the dr. bronner's 32 oz bottle of soap and anywhere from 5-10$ for each of the essential oils, depending on which ones you choose.
the upside: the 32 oz bottle of castille makes about 20 bottles of soap!
add to the soap a tiny bit of the vitamin e oil and/or almond oil. you can do one or the other... or both! our original recipe only contained the vitamin e oil and when élie was teething yann suggested we added a little bit of sweet almond oil (which was already our go to 'diaper rash' solution) to the mixture.
now is also a good time to add the drops of essential oils - which are optional. you can try this recipe first and then research a little about which essential oil does what - this will allow you to play around with the recipe and make your own little mixture!
once all the ingredients are in the soap pump, fill up the rest of the bottle with water. be careful though - don't fill it up too quickly or else it'll foam up and overflow. another good thing to keep in mind to avoid overflowing is to leave a little room for the pump - if you fill all the way to the top, it'll come through the sides once the pump is inserted. in any case, it's nothing that a little rinsing can't fix.
there you go - all done! how easy was that?! if you pump and the soap looks this... you've succeeded! if it comes out still in liquid form, it's ok but i find it uses up the soap much quicker. if this happens, you might have the wrong type of pump.
i just simply love this recipe. i love running out of soap and opening up the cabinet and being able to wipe up a batch in about 30 seconds flat. it sure beats going to the pharmacy and paying 4$ everytime only to put nasty commercial soap filled with tons of random ingredients on my kids... keep in mind: the starter kit will cost you - about 4$ for the soap pump, 16$ for the dr. bronner's 32 oz bottle of soap and anywhere from 5-10$ for each of the essential oils, depending on which ones you choose.
the upside: the 32 oz bottle of castille makes about 20 bottles of soap!
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