Wipe Spray Take Two!

We're nearing the end of our first spray bottle of wipe spray that I made down in New Orleans. If you remember back that far, I made some liquid Castile soap out of a bar of soap, but I didn't have an immersion blender to blend it up. That was step one of making these wipes. Before, it had small solid beads suspended in thick olive green gel. Look how nice it blended together: 

The first time I made the recipe, I used aloe vera juice we bought from the store. However, I have an aloe vera plant at home I could get gel from. I've used aloe vera straight from the plant before, but that was as a treatment for sunburns and I just took a leaf and spread it on myself. This time, I needed to get two tablespoons worth of aloe vera gel. 

There was a learning curve.

The first leaf accidentally had some dirt on the end, which ended up going into the measuring spoon. The second leaf I tried ended up with some of the green part in the measuring spoon along with the gel because I scraped it too close. Eventually, I found a method that worked.

I cut a leaf off the plant, sliced it open, and used the knife to scrape the gel into a measuring spoon.

All the good stuff went into a glass jar for mixing. Doesn't look too appetizing does it?

I did a quick couple pulses with the immersion blender when all the ingredients were added, and my wipe spray was made!