Moisturizing & Antibacterial Liquid Hand Soap
8.5 ounces of pure luxury and the delightful fresh scent of lemon verbena or French lavender, not only does our handmade soap leave your skin feeling soft, with added vitamin E, avocado oil, and aloe vera juice, but it kills germs and bacteria using natural, organic ingredients and essential oils instead of toxic (and sometimes carcinogenic) ingredients found in commercial store-bought soaps,
One of the main ways your body acquires nutrients, other than eating, is transdermally through the skin. Your skin is your largest organ—22 square feet on average—and 60 percent of the substances you put on it are eventually absorbed into the bloodstream. This semipermeable membrane allows us to absorb vitamins and minerals, but, unfortunately, it absorbs harmful chemicals we put on it, too.
Chemicals in common soaps are no joke. They can disrupt our hormones, promote allergies, lead to reproductive issues and increase risk of some cancers. With serious side effects like these, we need to be particular about what we put on our skin.
Many soaps you find at the grocery story might be laced with parabens, triclosan, sodium sulfates, or other carcinogenic chemicals so, instead, our soaps use oregano oil to kill the bad bacteria and cinnamon oil to support the good bacteria as well as lemon, rosemary, almond oil which are all natural antiseptics, antibacterial, antimicrobial, and antifungal.
Here are four chemicals we avoid when making our handmade liquid hand soap:
Fragrance.
Our soaps use only phthalate free essential oils (lemon, lavender, vanilla) for fragrance.
With commercial soaps, if the ingredient is vague, it’s probably hiding something. “Fragrance” could actually be a cocktail of chemicals and you’d never know it. The FDA doesn’t require companies to disclose the breakdown of a fragrance’s ingredients to consumers because the chemicals that produce fragrance are considered “trade secrets.” Most of the time, synthetic chemicals and cancer-causing toxins (like phthalates, used to make fragrances last longer) are hiding under that one sneaky term. Constant exposure to fragrances has been shown to negatively impact the central nervous system and can trigger allergies, migraines and asthma symptoms.
Parabens. These ingredients are estrogen mimickers—meaning that once applied to the skin, they enter the bloodstream, and the body mistakes them for estrogen. When the body thinks there is an abnormally high amount of estrogen present in the bloodstream due to the presence of these hormone disrupters, it reacts in various ways: decreasing muscle mass, increasing fat deposits, causing early onset of puberty and spurring reproductive difficulties in both men and women.
Sulfates. These chemicals are used to produce lather and bubbles in soap. Some common sulfates are SLS (sodium lauryl sulfate) and SLES (sodium laureth sulfate). Sulfates strip the skin of its natural oils and increase penetration of the skin’s surface. They are also irritants for people with sensitive skin or eczema.
Triclosan. This chemical is most often found in antibacterial soap. Recent studies have found that triclosan actually promotes the emergence and growth of bacteria resistant to antibiotic cleansers. It also creates dioxin, a carcinogen that has been found in high levels in human breast milk. Dioxins have disruptive effects on the endocrine system and negatively affect thyroid functions. And here’s a fun fact: dioxin is the primary toxic component of Agent Orange!
So, it is very important that we protect ourselves by washing our hands with soap multiple times daily. However, it's also important that we don't choose soaps that contain harmful ingredients. If we use these toxic chemicals every day, over a lifetime, it truly wreaks havoc on our health. With minimal government testing on these chemicals, it becomes up to us, as smart consumers, to make informed decisions as to what does and doesn’t go on our skin.
Improve your overall health by choosing high-quality soap and body wash free of these four hormone-disrupting toxic additives.
ADDITIONALLY! Our foaming bottles are BPA & LEAD FREE.
Make the switch and both your skin and your body will be thanking you.