In the quest for natural living, we sometimes forget the essentials. We’re always reading the labels of food, but what about our shower products? There are so many hard to read (i.e. chemical) ingredients on that body wash bottle, it’s almost insane. And you know what else in insane? The price label. Homemade body wash is not only natural and good for you, but also affordable and good for your wallet.
11 Homemade Body Wash Recipes
1. DIY honey body wash
A four-ingredient body wash with moisturizing honey and coconut oil that’s moisturizing and customizable with your favorite essential oils. For body wash, citrus and eucalyptus oils are our favorite ways to start the day.
2. Skin Clearing Body Wash
For those with sensitive skin, this skin-clearing body wash is a game changer. Sudsing up regularly helps kill the bacteria that causes breakouts, so you can bust out the tank tops with confidence. This skin-clearing body wash is loaded with botanicals like tea tree oil and lavender to kill bacteria and soothe inflammation. Raw honey, a potent antibacterial and humectant, helps get rid of sweat-loving microbes and softens skin.
3. Green Tea Body Wash
When combined with extra moisturizing ingredients like shea butter, coconut oil and honey, this green tea body wash sinks into parched skin and creates a protective barrier against the elements. Green tea is chock full of healing antioxidants, flavonoids and catechins to counteract the effects of free radical damage.
4. Shea Butter Body Wash
This body wash is creamy but lathers nicely, and you can feel the oils staying on your skin like they are creating a protective layer. Mega moisturizing shea butter and sunflower oil are the perfect skin soothers for colder temps!
5. Moisturizing Citrus Body Wash
Start the day with an energizing scent with this moisturizing, all-natural homemade body wash with citrus essential oils. Castile soap is combined with 4 moisturizing ingredients: fractionated coconut oil, vegetable glycerin, jojoba oil and vitamin E.
6. Foaming Body Wash by Live Simply
If you’re a fan of the bubbles, you’ll enjoy this rosewater and jojoba oil body wash! The recipe is perfect for washing away summer sweat and dirt.
7. DIY Body Wash by Maple Alps
This simple natural body wash will leave your skin moisturized and clean, due to a great combination of sweet almond oil, castile soap, vitamin E oil and essential oils.
8. Coconut Milk Body Wash
Coconut milk’s vitamin E and lauric acid add moisture to dry skin in this hydrating body wash. Plus, it smells divine, making your showers a real pleasure.
9. DIY Lavender Body Wash by Simply Designing
Wind down after a long day with a lavender-scented shower or bath. It will make falling asleep so much easier!
10. Botanical Body Wash by Kolya Naturals
Purifying lemongrass or calming lavender? Whichever scent is your jam, you can bring it to your shower with this DIY recipe.
11. Homemade Body Wash With Essentials Oils by Your DIY Family
Lavender and eucalyptus essential oils are a refreshing blend to lather on your skin, and we love that this recipe comes with free printable labels.
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I’ve been dying to try this for ages! I need to get on it!
Is this really possible to make homemade body wash? I have experience in using different body wash but all of them are bought from the market or a shop. But interested to make my homemade body wash.
Don’t hesitate to update me further. LOL!
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I really wish like-minded people would start making products like these with the intelligent idea of preserving the smells we all have come to enjoy. I for one hate that sodium laureth sulfate is in my Axe products because I greatly enjoy Phoenix and Apollo. I want to take our fluoride and sodium laureth sulfate also know as: sodium dodecyl sulfate, sulfuric acid, monododecyl ester, sodium salt, sodium salt sulfuric acid, sodium dodecyl sulfate, aquarex me or aquarex methyl, reports the EWG.
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Great post, I’m really looking forward to trying some of these recipes out! I do have to say though that I agree with Daniel about synthetic and natural products. We really need to inform ourselves before making assumptions and hurt ourselves.
Moving on, I had previously tried the lavender and coconut milk body wash, and it definitely is one of my favorites! I love the smell, and how soft my skin feels. Another recipe I really enjoyed making and that also left my skin feeling really soft and nourished used soap nuts. The recipe I used was on this blog: https://www.treetotub.com/blogs/blog-posts/end-acne-dry-skin-and-sensitive-skin-with-this-ayurvedic-fruit. I also went ahead and added some essential oils and a few ingredients of my own to make it a bit thicker in consistency and to add a more pleasant scent. :)
Hi, I have a question. I’m going to be a grandmother and would like to make my win baby shampoo, body wash and diaper rash creme. The question is, all recipes call for essential oils. Do I use the food grade?
I love making my own body wash, and it is good to see just how many different approaches people take.
However, please don’t say that natural = good and synthetic = bad. There are many natural ingredients that can be harmful to our skin, and there are many synthetic ingredients that are good for our skin, especially if they don’t contain the allergens and impurities present in their natural equivalents. Insisting that ‘natural’ always means safer could risk someone being injured.
Other than that, great post.
Daniel,
You are SO right. people really NEED to look up every single ingredient. I even research the chemical compositions of each listed ingredient.
“Natural” can mean very detrimental-most toxic drugs can be natural-like cocaine, marijuana, Foxglove, and thousands of other “Natural” products.
Castile soaps are most often made with Calcium Hydroxide which is another form of LIME and Sodium Hydroxide is a form of LYE or Caustic Soda.
However, I want to add that all-in-all the blog posts are excellent, and I have copied/pasted the recipe in my notes and will make the product-but with my own home-made castile soap. And I meant to say that “Natural” can BE detrimental….not mean detrimental-sorry about that.
Have a blessed day!
Shame on you for suggesting cannabis is bad.
Hi There,
Lovely product range. I am interested in producing it locally here for our use. Kindly advise more detail in order to obtain the ingredients.Connie Brooks
I hardly consider adding ingredients to a massed produced store bought product “homemade.”
Your soap number 3 is misleading. It’s made with potassium hydroxide which is a form of lye. It’s the version used for liquid soaps. You might want to update your list.
The lye evaporates after 4 to 6 weeks so to say soap has no lye is true …. Although ALL SOAP is made with IT!❤
I want to do it plz kindly giv me d full details on how to do it wit ingredients
I produced it here in Nigeria. U can contact me on 08038554193
Thank you for sharing – love it!
I am a South African woman, suffering from Multiple Sclerosis. Your website got me interested again in meaning something for somebody else!! God bless.
YOU DIDNT LEAVE THE INSTRUCTIONS
You just have to follow the hyperlink under each picture, they’re in blue…
I would love to try these body wash recipes! How can I get them?
These all sound really cool, but can you give a recipe for them; and how about one for German Chamomile body wash? I’m in love with it. Thanks!