When all the hand sanitizer spray (and gel) was flying off the shelves a few weeks ago and then it was nowhere to be found in stores, it didn't bother me a bit because I knew I wasn't going to use that toxic stuff anyway with all the weird ingredients. Mostly I just wash my hands like normal, but as time went on and the nearby COVID-19 cases started to increase (not nearly as bad as they thought though, thankfully), I did want a little something to use on my hands after grocery shopping. Especially before touching my steering wheel, etc. Or if someone tries to come at me with theirs in a store or wherever, I keep this in my purse and just pop mine out. (Or I'll tell them, “Oh I just used mine, thanks anyway!”)

So I found this DIY homemade hand sanitizer recipe online and I actually had all of the ingredients on-hand!

This homemade hand sanitizer spray is adapted from the homemade hand sanitizer gel at that link, so go check out their recipe for that. 🙂 I'll show you the ingredients that I like to use and the exact amounts.

I made 2 bottles of this homemade hand sanitizer spray, one for my purse and one for just inside the door at home in case I want to sanitize packages before they come in the door, etc., although I haven't done much of that, and now they say it's not necessary anyway.

Once you get your spray made and someone offers you theirs when you walk into a store, you can say, “No thanks, I have my own right here!“

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Homemade Hand Sanitizer Spray

Make your own spray instead of using the store-bought hand sanitizers with crappy ingredients! Note, you'll need a funnel for this.

Servings: 2 spray bottles

Ingredients

2 two-ounce spray bottles like these -- the darker are best so the essential oils aren't exposed to light which can weaken their effectiveness.
Here are the labels I used.

These amounts make ONE 2-ounce spray bottle:

1 Tablespoon witch hazel
3 Tablespoons 70% rubbing alcohol also called isopropyl alcohol -- some said to use only 90%, others said 70% was better, so do you own research on that, but I used 70% because that's what I had. Hopefully you can find some if you don't have it on hand, I couldn't find any to link to.
30 drops tea tree essential oil this kind has the best quality for the price in my opinion
10 drops lavender essential oil again, this kind is my favorite, free shipping too!