I love the smells of Christmas, but I don’t like the toxic chemicals and artificial fragrances that many commercial hand soaps use.
It’s so easy to make your own foaming soap.
All you need is a few ingredients, and in about 1 minute, you can whip up an {all-natural} moisturizing foaming hand soap.
Try all 10 of these amazing Christmas scents- Gifts of the Magi, Oh Christmas Tree, Winter Chai, Christmas Candy, Sweater Weather, Peppermint Surprise, Merry & Bright, Winter Spice, Orange Pomander, Gingerbread Cookie, and Immune Booster.
They smell amazing!
And they’re very gentle and moisturizing for dry winter skin.
They make great gifts!!
Here’s what you’ll need to make Christmas hand soap
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16 oz glass foaming soap dispenser
here’s the one shown in the photos. I LOVE it! Cute and makes lots of foam.
and lots more great designs here
and here’s a great one in BRONZE
another beautiful one in a blue-green historical style mason jar
unscented Castile liquid soap (find my favorite here)
sweet almond oil (find my favorite here)
vegetable glycerin (find my favorite here)
essential oil
distilled water (you can find this in the water aisle of your grocery store)
To make foaming soap simply combine the following ingredients in a 16 ounce foaming soap dispenser:
1/4 cup unscented liquid Castile soap
1 tablespoon sweet almond
1 tablespoon vegetable glycerin
20-25 drops essential oil (see below for 10 of my favorite Christmas blends)
fill with distilled water, leaving a little room for the pump
When you’re done reading this post hop on over to this post with 25 Easy Homemade Essential Oil Gifts for Christmas. There are easy DIY recipes and ideas to make amazing Christmas gifts for almost everyone on your list – your mom, friends, sister, teachers, and even your husband. There are recipes and instructions for bath bombs, perfume, cooling foot cream, soap, whipped body butter, coffee scrub, diffuser necklaces, dryer balls, sugar scrub, mugs, sugar cubes, bath salts, foaming hand soap, gel air freshener, rooms sprays, lip balm, salt scrub, dry body oil, beard balm, men’s cologne, ornaments, heating pad, shower melts, reed diffuser, roller bottles, and lotion bars.
Gifts of the Magi Moisturizing Foaming Hand Soap
16 ounce foaming soap dispenser
1/4 cup unscented liquid Castile soap
1 tablespoon sweet almond
1 tablespoon vegetable glycerin
7 drops frankincense essential oil
7 drops myrrh essential oil
7 drops wild orange essential oil (represents the gold that was given to baby Jesus)
fill with distilled water, leaving a little room for the pump
Oh, Christmas Tree Moisturizing Foaming Hand Soap
16 ounce foaming soap dispenser
1/4 cup unscented liquid Castile soap
1 tablespoon sweet almond
1 tablespoon vegetable glycerin
10 drops douglas fir essential oil
10 drops cedarwood essential oil
fill with distilled water, leaving a little room for the pump
Winter Chai Moisturizing Foaming Hand Soap
16 ounce foaming soap dispenser
1/4 cup unscented liquid Castile soap
1 tablespoon sweet almond
1 tablespoon vegetable glycerin
10 drops wild orange essential oil
3 drops nutmeg essential oil (optional)
3 drops cinnamon essential oil
3 drops clove essential oil
3 drops cardamom essential oil
fill with distilled water, leaving a little room for the pump
Christmas Candy Moisturizing Foaming Hand Soap
16 ounce foaming soap dispenser
1/4 cup unscented liquid Castile soap
1 tablespoon sweet almond
1 tablespoon vegetable glycerin
15 drops wintergreen essential oil
7 drops cinnamon essential oil
fill with distilled water, leaving a little room for the pump
Sweater Weather Moisturizing Foaming Hand Soap
16 ounce foaming soap dispenser
1/4 cup unscented liquid Castile soap
1 tablespoon sweet almond
1 tablespoon vegetable glycerin
12 drops eucalyptus essential oil
7 drops juniper berry essential oil
5 drops sage essential oil
fill with distilled water, leaving a little room for the pump
Peppermint Surprise Moisturizing Foaming Hand Soap
16 ounce foaming soap dispenser
1/4 cup unscented liquid Castile soap
1 tablespoon sweet almond
1 tablespoon vegetable glycerin
15 drops peppermint essential oil
10 drops ylang ylang essential oil
fill with distilled water, leaving a little room for the pump
Merry & Bright Moisturizing Foaming Hand Soap
16 ounce foaming soap dispenser
1/4 cup unscented liquid Castile soap
1 tablespoon sweet almond
1 tablespoon vegetable glycerin
10 drops white fir essential oil
7 drops grapefruit essential oil
7 drops frankincense essential oil
fill with distilled water, leaving a little room for the pump
Winter Spice Moisturizing Foaming Hand Soap
16 ounce foaming soap dispenser
1/4 cup unscented liquid Castile soap
1 tablespoon sweet almond
1 tablespoon vegetable glycerin
10 drops bergamot essential oil
5 drops ginger essential oil
5 drops cassia essential oil
5 drops white fir essential oil
fill with distilled water, leaving a little room for the pump
Orange Pomander Moisturizing Foaming Hand Soap
16 ounce foaming soap dispenser
1/4 cup unscented liquid Castile soap
1 tablespoon sweet almond
1 tablespoon vegetable glycerin
10 drops wild orange essential oil
5 drops clove essential oil
5 drops rosemary essential oil
fill with distilled water, leaving a little room for the pump
Gingerbread Cookie Moisturizing Foaming Hand Soap
16 ounce foaming soap dispenser
1/4 cup unscented liquid Castile soap
1 tablespoon sweet almond
1 tablespoon vegetable glycerin
10 drops ginger essential oil
5 drops cinnamon essential oil
5 drops clove essential oil
2 drops nutmeg essential oil (optional)
fill with distilled water, leaving a little room for the pump
Immune Booster Moisturizing Foaming Hand Soap
16 ounce foaming soap dispenser
1/4 cup unscented liquid Castile soap
1 tablespoon sweet almond
1 tablespoon vegetable glycerin
4 drops rosemary essential oil
4 drops clove essential oil
4 drops eucalyptus essential oil
4 drops cinnamon essential oil
4 drops wild orange essential oil
fill with distilled water, leaving a little room for the pump
Want to make hand soap in other scents?
click here for 20 fall-scented hand soap recipes
click here for 21 hand soap recipes in spring and summer scents
click here for moisturizing winter hand soap recipes
You might also be interested in checking out these other posts about using essential oils at Christmas:
How to make a reed diffuser PLUS 25 Christmas blends
25 Easy Homemade Essential Oil Gifts for Christmas
9 ways to Make Your Home Smell Like Christmas
My 20 Favorite Roller Bottle Blend Recipes and Free Printable Labels
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Hi!
First off, thank you for all of these great recipes! So fun to make things ourselves. I have a question about subbing something for the sweet almond oil?? I have a child with a nut allergy and I’d rather not use nut oil. Do you think I could sub olive, argan or jojoba oil for the sweet almond? I’m not sure where those are in relation to the almond and moisturizing. Have you ever subbed a different oil? Thanks! Angela
Hi Angela,
Yes, many oils will work well in this. I’ve used olive oil, apricot kernel oil, argan oil, fractionated coconut oil, and probably others that I’m forgetting.
You can also make this without the oil, and it will still be a good hand soap, just without the extra moisturizing boost.
Hope that helps,
Sarah
Can any other oil be substituted for sweet almond oil? I ask because I have others on hand already.
Yes, many oils work. Olive oil works well, so does avocado oil, apricot kernel oil, rosehip seed oil, and argan oil.
I just love your recipes! Could you please format this recipe so that I can print it out?
I can’t wait to make these!
Hi Jennifer,
I try to go back to older recipes and add printables as I have time. I’m not sure how long it will be before I can get to this one, but it would definitely be easier to use with a printable, so hopefully, I get to it soon.
Sarah