Natural Hand Sanitiser Recipe

Using hand sanitizer is pretty common place these days, but what else is in these products? 

Did you know that most hand sanitisers contain an antibiotic compound called triclosan or triclocarban. Triclosan contributes to making bacteria resistant to antibiotics. Using hand sanitisers may actually lower your resistance to diseases by killing good bacteria, which helps protect against bad bacteria.
Hmmm that doesnt sound good does it!!
Instead, just using an alcohol based sanitizer or anti-bacterial essential oils are a really great alternative to these commerical sanitizers that you find in most bathrooms and public places, or on your supermarket shelf.
Most hand sanitisers active ingredients consist of either ethanol or isopropanol, both forms of alcohol. Alcohol kills most germs on contact without causing serious harm to the skin tissue, which makes it an effective active ingredient for hand sanitisers. Ethanol and isopropanol are antiseptics that kill germs by dissolving their essential proteins. This disrupts the normal cell activity of the germ, causing it to die.

You can very easily make your own using tea tree oil (a proven anti-bacterial oil) for your home, or taking with you on the go. I also like to make anti bacterial spray using tea tree oil, vodka and lavender essential oil and thyme essential oil.

Below is the recipe for a convenient natural hand sanitiser;

3 tablespoons aloe vera gel
1 tablespoon filtered water
5 drops tea tree essential oil
1 teaspoon vitamin E

Combine all ingredients together and mix.
Transfer ingredients into squeeze bottle, roller bottle, jar or bottle.