liquid soap

i am fond of (read: addicted to) DIYs.  when i see something or taste something good, my first thoughts are always, "how do they do this?  how can i do this?"

ang next ko naming pinuntirya ay ang paggawa ng liquid soap.  hahaha!

a bottle of liquid body soap costs ~ 6 - 8 SGD.
a small bottle of hand wash costs ~ 2 SGD.
5 bar soaps cost ~ 4 SGD.
1 bar soap will yield 1.5 L of liquid soap that could be your body soap or hand wash.
so 5 bars of soap will yield 7.5 L of liquid soap!

please do the math of the savings.  i'm not good at it.

i really want to like regular body wash (ex: dove, johnson's, goat milk).  they smell really good.  the thing is, i have eczema that attacks me maybe once a year, so i have to stick to non harsh soaps like cetaphil (kaching kaching).  so i tried to do the liquid soap experiment with johnson's baby soap.

here's how i did it.  warning: poor documentation ahead.

1. grate 1 bar soap, then you'll have soap chips like this!

2. microwave a cup of water on high for 2 minutes.  

2.1 transfer the water in a good pitcher (one that can hold super hot water).

2.2 add 1/3 of the soap chips and stir like crazy until the chips melt (chopsticks work well as stirrers).

2.3 while you are stirring like a madman, microwave another cup of water.

2.4 repeat 2.2 and 2.3 until you have a total of 3 cups of water and all the soap chips are consumed.

leave the mixture to cool down for about an hour or more.  

once cold, the mixture will solidify - like a big block of soap.

add 2 cups (or 1.5 cups, depending on the mildness of the soap) of tap water and stir like crazy again.

transfer to dispensers.

that's it!  it's not really like the "real" liquid soaps.  this one's a bit like sipon in texture hahaha!  but hey, what's a bit of a slime if you could save a dime?  haha. labo.  i like how it's really mild too!  

even kuya does this with dettol or lifeguard, and he uses it as his body wash and hand wash.

no pic of the final "product".  sorry!  hehehe.