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How to MOO Foaming Hand Wash
Liquid hand wash revolutionised hand washing and bathrooms around the world. Then along came foaming hand wash, which revolutionised liquid hand wash!
Foaming hand wash is amazingly frugal, but it can be very expensive for what you get - a tiny, teeny amount of liquid detergent and a bottle of water. Never fear though - it is so easy to make your own, and for just a few cents a bottle.
Best of all you're not limited to the artificial scents available from the supermarket or chemist; you can easily create your very own signature foaming hand wash and in under five minutes.
You will need:
A foaming hand wash bottle - reuse one you already have to be a genuine Cheapskate or buy one to go with your bathroom or kitchen (or wherever you use foaming hand wash)
Liquid soap (hand wash or shampoo)
Warm water
A tablespoon measure
Step 1. If re-using a pump, rinse it out. You want to remove any caked-up soap residue as that might clog the pump. Wash it under warm running water, or soak it in a bowl of water overnight and rinse (pour the water into the washing machine or use it to clean the bathroom basins, don't pour it down the drain and waste that soapy water).
Step 2. Fill the empty dispenser with clean water three-quarters of the way with clean, warm water. This means if your bottle holds 200ml, then you'll add 150ml of warm water - adjust the quantity according the size of the pump bottle. Warm water works best for getting the water and detergent mixed.
Step 3. Pour one tablespoon of liquid hand or shampoo soap gently into the container. Swirl to mix. By adding the soap after the water, you won't end up with a lot of bubbles at the top.
Step 4. Fill the rest of the dispenser with water, leaving a little space at the top of the container for the pump.
Screw on the lid/pump and gently shake. Pump the dispenser a few times to get the foaming started.
One tablespoon is 15ml. A 250ml bottle of liquid hand wash will give you 16 refills for your foaming hand wash. At $2.99 a bottle that equates to just 18 cents a refill!
Variations
• If you are sensitive to scents, find unscented soap that you like and now you won't have to hunt for unscented foaming hand soap. Liquid Castille soap is good for this, but it will increase the cost per refill. You can get liquid Castille soap from most health food shops and some good pharmacies.
• If you don't like the idea of synthetic fragrances, you can add natural scents such as essential oils to that unscented soap. Orange is nice for the kitchen, lavender is lovely in the bathroom and eucalyptus smells great in the laundry. Choose your favourite scent and make it your own.
• You can make grease-cutting foaming soap for the kitchen by using dishwashing liquid. A 450ml bottle of dishwashing detergent at $1.89 a bottle will give you 30 refills at just 6 cents a refill!
Why Choose Foaming Hand Wash
The biggest advantage to MOO foaming hand wash is the price. The second biggest advantage is the mess, or rather lack of mess, in the bathroom or kitchen or laundry or anywhere else you use soap for hand washing. There are no bars of soap to go soggy and no pumps of liquid hand wash to drip and make a mess that you are left to clean up.
Don't stop at hand washing. You can put a foaming dispenser in the shower with body wash in it and stretch that expensive body wash by up to 33 times! And yes, a couple of pumps on a scrubby or face washer or loofah is enough to wash thoroughly!
Foaming hand wash is amazingly frugal, but it can be very expensive for what you get - a tiny, teeny amount of liquid detergent and a bottle of water. Never fear though - it is so easy to make your own, and for just a few cents a bottle.
Best of all you're not limited to the artificial scents available from the supermarket or chemist; you can easily create your very own signature foaming hand wash and in under five minutes.
You will need:
A foaming hand wash bottle - reuse one you already have to be a genuine Cheapskate or buy one to go with your bathroom or kitchen (or wherever you use foaming hand wash)
Liquid soap (hand wash or shampoo)
Warm water
A tablespoon measure
Step 1. If re-using a pump, rinse it out. You want to remove any caked-up soap residue as that might clog the pump. Wash it under warm running water, or soak it in a bowl of water overnight and rinse (pour the water into the washing machine or use it to clean the bathroom basins, don't pour it down the drain and waste that soapy water).
Step 2. Fill the empty dispenser with clean water three-quarters of the way with clean, warm water. This means if your bottle holds 200ml, then you'll add 150ml of warm water - adjust the quantity according the size of the pump bottle. Warm water works best for getting the water and detergent mixed.
Step 3. Pour one tablespoon of liquid hand or shampoo soap gently into the container. Swirl to mix. By adding the soap after the water, you won't end up with a lot of bubbles at the top.
Step 4. Fill the rest of the dispenser with water, leaving a little space at the top of the container for the pump.
Screw on the lid/pump and gently shake. Pump the dispenser a few times to get the foaming started.
One tablespoon is 15ml. A 250ml bottle of liquid hand wash will give you 16 refills for your foaming hand wash. At $2.99 a bottle that equates to just 18 cents a refill!
Variations
• If you are sensitive to scents, find unscented soap that you like and now you won't have to hunt for unscented foaming hand soap. Liquid Castille soap is good for this, but it will increase the cost per refill. You can get liquid Castille soap from most health food shops and some good pharmacies.
• If you don't like the idea of synthetic fragrances, you can add natural scents such as essential oils to that unscented soap. Orange is nice for the kitchen, lavender is lovely in the bathroom and eucalyptus smells great in the laundry. Choose your favourite scent and make it your own.
• You can make grease-cutting foaming soap for the kitchen by using dishwashing liquid. A 450ml bottle of dishwashing detergent at $1.89 a bottle will give you 30 refills at just 6 cents a refill!
Why Choose Foaming Hand Wash
The biggest advantage to MOO foaming hand wash is the price. The second biggest advantage is the mess, or rather lack of mess, in the bathroom or kitchen or laundry or anywhere else you use soap for hand washing. There are no bars of soap to go soggy and no pumps of liquid hand wash to drip and make a mess that you are left to clean up.
Don't stop at hand washing. You can put a foaming dispenser in the shower with body wash in it and stretch that expensive body wash by up to 33 times! And yes, a couple of pumps on a scrubby or face washer or loofah is enough to wash thoroughly!