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Thu Feb 14, 2008 10:46 am  |
My search for a non-drying, alcohol free hand sanitizer has ended! I have major issues with dry hands so the last thing I can do is wash them all day long. I do however, need to keep really clean for my sons sake and my job, enter Clean Well. This stuff is great, no sticky residue, light clean scent and hasn't dried my hands out despite daily use. They also make hand washes in a variety of yummy sounding scents.
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Sat Feb 16, 2008 9:21 am |
I checked out their website.Sounds like a great product!
I currently use Purell hand sanitizer. Although it doesn't contain the ingredient "triclosan" (a common germicidial ingredient that can be dryng and leave behind bacteria that are more resistant to antibiotics,) it does contain alcohol which is also drying. I'm going to look for it this week at Whole Foods and try it out. I'll pot back my results. |
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Sun Feb 17, 2008 7:21 am |
| Bath and Body works, has these great antibacterial lotions that work better than the Purell. Since they are moisturizing it doesn't have that drying effect that alcohol based sanitizers have and they come in great scents. |
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Sun Feb 17, 2008 8:11 am |
I second Bath and Body works. The only hand
soap I use.
My current favorite is the exotic coconut
scent - yummy! |
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Sun Feb 17, 2008 8:50 am |
| What is the name of the product from Bath and Body works that you're referring to? I checked their website and their antibacterial hand santizers contains ethyl alcohol-just like my Purell hand sanitizer. |
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Mon Feb 18, 2008 10:34 am |
| This stuff is also great to sanitize brushes, etc., in a pinch or pre MU application. It doesnt cause any irritation for me or dry my face out, of course I do let them dry before picking up product. |
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Mon Jul 18, 2011 3:51 am |
| vonstella wrote: |
| This stuff is also great to sanitize brushes, etc., in a pinch or pre MU application. It doesnt cause any irritation for me or dry my face out, of course I do let them dry before picking up product. |
yeah its really great stuff of sanitizing brushes. |
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Mon Jul 18, 2011 10:43 am |
Wow thanks for bumping this bakc up erikasha. I was just looking for some hand sanitizers hat wouldn't dry out my hands  |
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Mon Jul 18, 2011 4:08 pm |
Hand sanitizers will only protect against bacteria for one or two minutes, after that they are ineffective. In addition, many of them contain toxic chemicals that are worse than the germs they are supposed to protect you against.
Everything on the planet is covered in bacteria - but the human body builds up immunity to it. You are just wasting money and doing more harm by using this stuff. My daughter's best friend has a toddler and she is constantly wiping her child's hands with sanitizer wipes all day long - then the child puts her hands straight into her mouth - it makes me cringe.
Just last week I was out walking my little dog Lulu and a small child came over to pat her. Afterwards, his mother whipped out the hand sanitizer and cleansed his hands - honestly, since when can't a child pat a dog without being in danger of contamination!
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2005/03/050325160931.htm
http://www.naturalnews.com/030193_hand_sanitizers_germs.html
http://rismedia.com/2010-09-14/study-hand-sanitizers-ineffective-in-warding-off-flu-cold-viruses/ |
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Mon Jul 18, 2011 4:33 pm |
Thanks for the links Keliu.
I have always known that hand sanitizers will only work for a minute or so, because everything and everyone is covered with germs. But when I touch things like escalators or touch something slimey on the bus, I'm really just trying to get rid of the germs that I'm not normally exposed to on a regular basis. But when I pet my dogs or place my hand on my desk, I don't bother using a hand sanitizer for those things because I know that I will always have those germs on me no matter what I do. |
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Wed Aug 10, 2011 3:10 am |
There are many germs that alcohol can't kill, and it just evaporates too fast for it to be effective. But if it helps a little, then using it during emergencies is better than not using anything at all  |
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Wed Aug 10, 2011 8:42 pm |
I agree with you Keliu. I get really grossed out touching public door handles, shaking hands, riding buses, etc, but I simply make VERY sure that I don't touch my face while I'm out. The second I get inside I wash my hands, and definitely wash before I use the restroom or eat.
I actually go so far as to wear gloves while riding public transit well into the spring, and never touch public restroom taps or door handles. I use a kleenex or piece of paper towel both before and after using the taps. Sure, I feel a little crazy sometimes, but when in ROME!!!
But the chemical in a lot of the wipes make me even more uncomfortable since I know there's good bacteria on my hands which is protecting me and my skin from more benign things like flu germs, but its not enough to protect my prescious hands against the drying/damaging nature of certain chemicals. I might consider more natural or diy wipes made with a few drops of tea tree or citrus oils or something similar. |
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Wed Aug 10, 2011 11:56 pm |
| Did you know that the biggest spreader of germs is MONEY. Seriously, all of this isn't worth worrying about. When we're babies, we put everything we can lay our hands on into our mouths - this is nature's way of allowing our bodies to build up immunity to germs. Mothers who don't allow their children to do this are doing them a great dis-service. This paranoia about germs and trying to create a sterile environment for children is causing a rise in allergies and asthma in the population. You can't live in a sterile bubble - everything is covered in bacteria but that doesn't mean you're going to contract some terrible disease by touching things. Get out there are live your life without all this stress!! |
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Thu Aug 11, 2011 1:54 am |
I agree, Keliu.
I used to work with a lady who kept those hand sanitizers in her car & had them in her home. She was a bit fanatical about using them. I've never met anyone who had to take more time off work for sickness. Every second week she was sick or one of her kids were sick & she couldn't come into work. Her kids had asthma too.
Wash your hands regularly & thoroughly with warm water & soap & teach children to keep their hands away from their faces. |
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Fri Aug 12, 2011 12:50 am |
Now there's this 'disease' called Morgellons that is spreading like wildfire on the net. People claim that blue and red fibres come out of their skin and one guy even managed to link it to the same blue and red fibres in US notes.
Talking about money, I agree it is one of the dirtiest thing ever... lol. Imagine the number of hands it has passed through, dropped in a public toilet or even in a toilet bowl and retrieved (of course!). Some people even use money as tissue paper (in emergency situations) for whatever crap you can thing of.
I have the habit of using tissue/paper to open toilet doors and pressing the toilet flush too! Though the entire public toilet is filled with stinky bacteria spray from flushes anyway  but any little bit helps. I wonder why they don't go the Japanese way and have everything on sensor where you don't have to touch the soap dispenser nor the tap nor the flush (flushes when the toilet door opens). Even the main door opens via sensor. |
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Thu Aug 18, 2011 9:35 am |
| I like to wash hand instead of use this |
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