Cool Mints & Forest: Foaming hand soap

Wash your hands with a DIY hand soap made with wintery essential oils

Step into a tranquil winter oasis with this soothing recipe!

Combining three mint essential oils and one conifer oil, you can experience the freshness of snowy evergreen forests right in your home. On top of their wonderfully crisp aromas, these potent extracts help clear germs from the skin. At the same time, Castile soap gets busy getting rid of microbes - offering an extra layer of defense against those nasty bugs to keep us healthy during cold months.

Recipe: Cool Mints & Forest Foaming Hand Soap for Winter

7 fl oz (210 ml) Castile soap
40 drops Spearmint essential oil (Mentha spicata)
30 drops Peppermint essential oil (Mentha x piperita)
20 drops Black Spruce essential oil (Picea mariana)
10 drops Wintergreen essential oil (Gaultheria fragrantissima)

Make your winter foaming hand soap in an 8 oz (240 ml) foam soap bottle. (That's big enough for your kitchen or bathroom sink.)

The foamer pump top of the bottle is what creates the foam effect. It's a little bulky, so we're not filling the bottle all the way up with Castile soap. We're only using 7 fl oz of soap in an 8 oz bottle.

Add the essential oils to the Castile soap.

Close up the foamer pump top and shake well.

Wash your hands!

Let's take a closer look at the essential oils in this foaming hand soap recipe.

Spearmint essential oil
Mentha spicata

Not only does Spearmint essential oil fight germs and encourage immune health, but its powerful ketones can also help support your respiratory system. Plus, its fungal-fighting properties make it an ideal choice if you're looking for a natural cleaning solution. Even better? Its refreshing aroma is known to provide a sense of clarity while helping boost energy levels simultaneously!

Peppermint essential oil
Mentha x piperita
Peppermint oil is a natural cleaning powerhouse! As its main component, menthol acts as an effective purifier against germs and provides a cool sensation to the skin. Besides being antibacterial, Peppermint essential oil can give you that ultimate pick-me-up with its refreshing aroma; it helps open up your breathing and mentally refreshes you for life's challenges.

Black Spruce essential oil
Picea mariana

Black Spruce oil is a special evergreen that adds enchanting element to our winter-foaming hand soap. Blending esters and monoterpenes, this luxurious coniferous scent infuses itself with mint oils - creating the perfect combination for reducing germs around you and protecting respiratory health when taking deep breaths into your chest. It doesn't end there, though! The calming presence of Black Spruce brings balance to its pleasant environment and can help harmonize energy levels if feeling fatigued or run down after long days at work or school.

Wintergreen essential oil
Gaultheria fragrantissima

Wintergreen oil is a powerful and energizing addition to any winter foaming hand soap recipe, but consider the necessary safety precautions before you add it.

Wintergreen may work wonders for our environment and adds a sweet note to your blend; however, if you have pets or are pregnant or breastfeeding - not to mention taking anticoagulant medications – this essential oil should be left out entirely. Instead of using Wintergreen as suggested in this concoction, why not add even more invigorating Peppermint or Spearmint?

Another cool benefit of your Cool Mints & Forest Foaming Hand Soap . . .
All of these essential oils are intensely soothing for sore muscles and joints!
Feel free to spend a little time massaging your hands before rinsing off the soap suds.