We all know that washing your hands with soap and water is the most effective way to stay healthy. But, sometimes you don’t have access to a bathroom to wash your hands.
You can buy hand sanitizers, but if you are like us, we like to know how to make our own products when possible, and we want to make them safe and effective. We found out that a hand sanitizer is easy to formulate. The important part is that it requires at least 60% alcohol.
Because that is a lot of alcohol you’ll want to find a way to reduce the skin-drying aspects of the alcohol. We put in glycerine and it still wasn’t quite enough, so for safety we left the hand sanitizer formula alone and recommend also using one of our lotions or creams (or one of your preference) to keep your skin soft and supple.
Here is a recipe for you to make your own Lavender Hand Sanitizer.
This is a basic recipe to use. It will make about four 2-oz. bottles.
| Ingredient | Amount | Units |
| Alcohol | 129.0 | Grams |
| Lavender Hydrosol | 49.0 | Grams |
| Glycerine | 9.0 | Grams |
| Grosso EO | 5.0 | Grams |
| Peppermint EO | 2.0 | Grams |
| Clove EO | 1.0 | Grams |
| Cinnamon EO | 1.0 | Grams |
| Total | 196.0 |
You will need a scale to weigh the ingredients. It’s much more accurate to do it that way, so we haven’t included the measuring equivalent in cups and spoons. Kitchen scales aren’t that expensive and you can use them for so many other things you want to create.
If you don’t have access to all these essential oils, that’s ok. Use what you have. The ones included here are commonly thought to have good anti-microbial qualities, but the reality is that the alcohol is the main ingredient for safety.
If you don’t have hydrosol you can substitute witch hazel or even water.
You can get the Lavender Hydrosol and Lavender Essential oil at our shop or on our website.
The other essential oils are available through many other sources.
After you have made your Hand Sanitizer, be sure to label the containers. Either make a cute sticker or write on it with a permanent marker. This is important!
Please contact us through this form if you want us to put together a kit for you. We’re not sure how we’d manage that yet, but we are willing to look into it. – March 1, 2020
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