How To Make Hand Sanitizer

With the shortage of sanitizers, would not it be great to learn how to make natural hand sanitizer? Some of the hand sanitizers is hard to use if I wanted to spray an surface. Therefore, sprays really work well for things like articles of clothing.

There are a lot of different instructions out there for homemade sanitizers, but I really like this one for all the beneficial ingredients. Also, this homemade hand sanitizer smells really nice. All you really need is a few ingredients.

Benefits of Essential Oils

Essential oils are already known to improve the immune system. Some even helps with reducing infection when you are sick with something like the flu. 

There is a lot of great benefits of using essential oil. If you do get the set you can also use the other oils for other usage. You can use a diffuser or rub it on your skin for relief. 

Here is a video on the description of each kind of essential oil.

Things You Will Need

  1. 70% alcohol 30ml : disinfection, sterilization. (click  to read why 70% is used instead of 90%)
  2. 4 drops of essential oil of lavender: anti-viral
  3. 8 drops of tea tree oil: sterilization, ant-bacterial, anti-viral
  4. 6 drops of eucalyptus oil: anti-viral, anti-bacterial
  5. 30ml spray bottle.

You can purchase essential oils online. I ordered mine on Amazon for around $14 for a set.

Steps: How To Make Natural Hand Sanitizer

  1. Pour the the alcohol into the spray bottle.
  2. Next add the 4 drops of the lavender oil.
  3. Then the 8 drops of tea tree oil.
  4. After put in the 6 drops of eucalyptus oil
  5. Lastly, cap the spray bottle, give a shake, and can be used right away. 

Note: Do not spray on face or on a open wound.

 Shelf life of 2 months

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