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The Best and Safest Hand Sanitizer Recipes You Can Make At Home

March 16, 2020 by Shellie Wilson Leave a Comment

DIY Hand sanitizer recipes have been around for years and suddenly everything DIY is cool again but only out of desperation :). Some of us are DIY preppers from way back in the day.

Here are the best recipes we have collected that cover DIY hand sanitizers. All of them are similar yet different. I personally love essential oils in mine – not only do they smell nice, but they have their own antibacterial properties and skin healing abilities.

Mind you, because everyone is adding chemicals to their hands and washing their hands with soap 100 times a day, the next issue is we are all going to have dry irritated skin so you will be running short of is hand creams. (We have recipes here).

Here is our own DIY Sanitizer recipe back from 2011 (updated to follow the CDC guidelines).


1 cup Aloe Vera Gel (or you can make your own)
3/4 cup of rubbing alcohol
2 teaspoons vegetable glycerin
8-10 drops tea tree or lavender essential oil 


Other recipes

Midget Momma shares her tutorial here. 

Seasonal Mumma shows you how to make a refill for your store-bought sanitizer and this on from Earth Friendly Tips. 

Here are some more details about essential oils with antibacterial properties.

Lavender Essential Oil – Headaches, stress, insomnia, minor burns, skin rashes, lowers blood pressure. Calmative. Basil Essential Oil- Anti bacterial, headaches, mental alertness, fatigue, stress, Period pains (Blends well with lemon and fennel).

Lemon Essential Oil – Cellulite, oily skin, anti bacterial, asthma and other respiratory complaints.

Tea Tree Essential Oil– Antifungal, acne, skin toner. (Blends well with spearmint, sandalwood, lavender, and eucalyptus).

Cypress Essential Oil – Diuretic, varicose veins, circulation, coughs and colds. (Blends well with lavender , sandalwood and patchouli).

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My Belly Oil Disaster (and Why Castor Oil Is Basically a Colon Cleanse in Disguise)

If you’ve ever bought a new serum or oil with the best intentions, only to forget about it two days later—welcome to my life. Honestly, I’ve got a drawer full of “miracle” self-care products that I remember to use about as often as my teenagers remember to put their dirty socks in the laundry basket.

One of those little bottles was castor oil. I originally bought it to massage into my mum pouch (aka the flabby belly that refuses to leave no matter how many salads I eat). Castor oil is supposed to help with skin elasticity, and I thought, why not? A little natural belly firming never hurt anyone, right?

Wrong. Very wrong.

The Belly-Rub Experiment That Turned Into a Marathon

So there I was, rubbing castor oil into my stomach like I was some kind of goddess of natural remedies. Candles lit, spa playlist on… I was feeling myself.

The next day, though, my stomach had other plans. Gurgles. Rumbles. The kind of noises that make you clutch your coffee and wonder if you should risk leaving the house. But silly me—I blamed dinner. “Oh, must have been the garlic bread,” I thought, like a fool.

Fast forward a month (because remember, I forget these things and only use oils occasionally). I tried again. And again. And again. Four different belly oil sessions over FOUR months. And each time? I spent the next day sprinting to the bathroom like I was competing in the Toilet Olympics.

When the Penny Finally Dropped

It took me embarrassingly long to realize: castor oil is one of the oldest, most powerful natural laxatives on the planet. People have been using it as a DIY constipation cure for centuries. And here I was, massaging it into my belly and wondering why I couldn’t trust a sneeze.

Now, if you have IBS-D like me (diarrhea-prone girlies, unite), then I’m begging you: do not slather this stuff on your stomach unless you enjoy living dangerously. But if you have IBS-C or struggle with occasional constipation? Oh honey, this oil is about to become your new best friend. It’s basically a natural cleanse in a bottle.

Castor Oil: The Accidental Miracle

So, lesson learned. No more belly massages for me unless I’m ready to “open the floodgates.” But for those of you searching for home remedies for constipation, this might be the magic trick you’ve been waiting for.

Massage it gently, use it in a castor oil pack, or (if your doctor gives the green light) take it orally in tiny doses—it works. This isn’t just another DIY Pinterest hack; it’s a tried-and-true natural laxative that will get things moving.

Want to try it the intentional way (instead of my “oops” belly disaster)? Grab a bottle of pure castor oil here on Amazon and thank me later when you’re finally saying goodbye to constipation, naturally.

 

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