DIY Hand Sanitizer Spray

Have you ever looked at the ingredients in hand sanitizer?  Here are the ingredients in Purell:

Water, Isoproply Alcohol, Caprylyl Glycol, Glycerin, Isopropyl Mysristate, Tocopheryl Acetate, Acrylates/ C10-30 Acrylate Crosspolymer, Aminomethyl Propanol, Fragrance (parfum).

I don’t know what most of those ingredients are so I definitely do not want to be putting it on my family’s hands since everything we put on our skin gets absorbed into our blood stream.  I do know that Fragrance is one ingredient, out of many, to avoid! The word fragrance is an industry loop hole.  Companies can put the word fragrance or perfum on a label, potentially hiding hundreds of toxic chemicals. There are about 80,000 chemicals in the US and most have them have not been tested for human safety.  The US has banned 11 of these chemicals while Europe has banned about 1,300! Just like food, it is important to read our labels and look for ingredients that we can read and understand.  I love that this DIY hand sanitizer has 4 ingredients, all of which I know and feel comfortable putting on my family’s skin.

I keep one in my purse, at all times, and I put, a mini plastic spray bottle with the hand sanitizer solution in my daughter’s lunchbox.

Give this simple recipe a try and let me know what you think.

Ingredients:

20 drops Tea Tree Essential Oil

10 drops Lavender Essential Oil

1 ½ tablespoons Witch Hazel

distilled water

·       Make sure to choose a brand that is 100% pure essential oils.  I like Pure Haven, Now, and Doterra. 

Instructions:

1.     Add the essential oils and Witch Hazel to each individual glass spray bottle.

2.     Fill the rest of the bottle with distilled water.

3.     Shake