Hand Soap Recipe

Actually the first Pininterest project I tried, this recipe to make hand soap was fairly easy. As an added plus it uses up bar soap, that doesn't seem to leave our house fast enough. I love the smell of Ivory soap (and we happen to have a ton of it) so I used an Ivory soap bar for this batch. But I'm getting a head of myself. Here is where I found the link, and here is what I ended with:

Not as pretty as their picture but oh well. So...

Discoveries:

1. The glycerin was right where she said it was. I found it in Wal-Mart.
2. Be careful when grating the soap. It is fast (and that makes it gratifyingly fun), but make sure not to grate your knuckles like I did.
3. The soap doesn't smell as strong as the original bar, but still smells like Ivory soap.
4. I let it cool in the container and it seemed to pretty much congeal. Not having a funnel meant I lost a good deal of soap to the counter and sink. So I would advise you to not be lazy like me and just buy a funnel.
5. After sitting for a while in the hand pump, the soap has separated some. It's watery when I pump it out, but I think that a little bit of shaking every now and then will help. It also still works just fine a little waterier.

I will probably try the next batch without glycerin, to see if that takes care of issue 4 and 5, but it will be a while before we go through this much soap.