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While I don’t overly worry about having clean hands, mainly because over-sanitizing isn’t great for the immune system, it never fails that when we’re out and about, away from a sink, my little Turkey Buns needs a diaper change. Or wants to play with street trash…and then take a snack break. Hand sanitizer to the rescue!
Traditional hand sanitizers contain all sorts of nasty ingredients. For me, asthma attack-inducing ingredients. Non-toxic herbal hand sanitizer is ridiculously easy to make and requires only two ingredients: water and essential oil.
To make, simply fill a one-ounce pump bottle with water (I get mine locally at Mirador), and add 18 drops of pure antibacterial essential oils such as tea tree, lavender, or eucalyptus (find more suggestions here). I use Aura Cacia’s First Response
*If you are sensitive to scents, even of the natural variety, substitute 25 drops of grapefruit seed extract for the oil. Find it at your local health food store, most likely near the spirulina.
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5 Responses to “make herbal hand sanitizer”
yes please! what an awesome idea. and i have the same issue with the touching of street trash….and also with the touching of public toilets when your brother is trying to pee in one without making contact with it. bella, always good for a panic attack!
What a great idea! I have to admit, I’m a bit of a hand sanitizer addict. I work with kids all day who are inevitably sick and sneezing all over me. I would be nice to have an alternative to the store-bought stuff.
Great post!!! As always!
on May 6th, 2011 at 6:31 am #
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