Think you know where his hands have been?
Hand washing is a key combatant in the ongoing battle we wage against illness. Washing your hands can be taken a step further by using waterless hand sanitizers. You can quickly and easily make your own at home. You won't believe how soft and silky your hands will feel after you use this simple cleanser.
Advantages of Waterless Hand Sanitizers
Most people are familiar with the fact that hand washing is important. But often it's something they do only out of habit, not because they understand the health benefits. It's been well-proven that most infectious illnesses and food-borne diseases are spread by hand-to-hand contact.
Even though almost everyone knows that hand washing is beneficial to our health, lots of people don't do it very often. Believe it or not, there are many who don't even wash their hands before they eat, or after they've used the restroom. This is particularly true of most children.
If they're in too much of a hurry to properly wash their hands, or if they're just downright lazy, these folks are potential transmitters of disease to all of us. Maybe they should carry a little bottle of alcohol-based waterless hand sanitizer with them. Maybe everybody should.
Not only is waterless hand sanitizer portable, it actually kills viruses and bacteria far more effectively than simple soap and water hand washing, as long as it contains at least 60 percent alcohol. Another plus for waterless sanitizers is that they don't produce as much dryness and skin irritation as soap and water hand washing does.
Make Your Own
The only necessary ingredients for making your homemade waterless hand sanitizer are available in any pharmacy. Rubbing alcohol and aloe vera gel or liquid are always well-stocked on store shelves. You may have to ask the druggist for the glycerin, which is sometimes kept behind the counter.
Pour 4 oz. of rubbing alcohol into a clean empty plastic bottle. Add 1 tsp. of glycerin and shake it up a little to blend. Add 3 oz. of aloe vera gel or liquid, and shake vigorously. The glycerin is a wonderful emollient, and the aloe vera has excellent moisturizing properties. So don't worry that your sanitizer may seem to have a great deal of alcohol in it.
If you'd like to make your waterless sanitizer even more effective for moisturizing, break open a vitamin E gel capsule and add the liquid to it. You can also add 12 to 16 drops of lavender or tea tree essential oil for fragrance and added antiviral properties.
Keep in mind that although it's a little thin compared with commercial preparations, a very tiny bit of this waterless hand sanitizer goes a long, long way. For the average-sized woman, a little puddle slightly smaller than a dime is more than sufficient for a total hand cleansing.
Purchase some empty plastic bottles with tight-fitting lids that are so perfect for airline travel. These are great for storing your waterless hand sanitizer so that you can take it with you wherever you go.
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