{make your own: hand soap}

so, have you bought your castile soap yet? because you'll be needing it.

& maybe i'll post a million & two things you can do with all 32 ounces of it someday.

you will need:

a foaming soap pump

castile soap

water

add 1 tablespoon of castle soap per cup of water & you have hand washing soap that makes you smell like peppermint for hours!

i hope you like peppermint.

i first decided to make our own hand soap after reading an article similar to this one.

but if you aren't going to read that here are two points to keep in mind:

1.) soap contains this stuff called triclosan. its classified as a pesticide & while it does clean your hands really well, it actually kills both bad & good bacteria. now i am all for being nice & clean, but zero exposure to bacteria actually isn't a good thing, because your immune system isn't able to build up fortifications against really bad bacteria.

2.) it contributes to bacteria resistance. this bad bacteria can then survive & reproduce more bad bacteria etc etc... 

either way, the main component of washing your hands is really just scrubbing. did your friends ever tell you about the 20 second rule growing up? that you had to was your hands for 20 seconds or you won't get rid of any of the  germs on your hands? anyone? maybe it was just public school…but its kind of true. with just a non-anti-bacterical soap & a little scrubbing, you will be totally fine.

{if you don't want to make your own soap, stores still totally sell soap that isn't anti-bacterial, by the way. if its not on the front label, it probably isn't}

dont let it freak you out too much. it just kind of nice to be aware of. & seriously. its so cheap & easy to make anyways, why would you not?