Get the germs away from me
I’m a little OCD when it comes to germs, maybe that’s why I started a soap company, although I doubt it. I think we could all wash our hands more, keep things a litlte cleaner, and all work towards having a germ free environment. Unfortunately, we have more to do in this world then constantly clean things and ourselves. As I woke up today with a slight cough the first thing that jumped in my head was, “oh God, tell me it’s not the flu, or another cold, or anything!” A sickness puts you out of being productive for a good week if not more, and in this world where we are supposed to be on demand people, we really can’t have that.
I saw a little news blurb the other day that a desk has 400 times more germs on it than a toilet seat. I may be misquoting that a little, but that was basically the theme. It makes since. As disgusting as a toilet seat may seem, our butts really don’t touch nearly as much as our hands do, so it only makes since that high hand traffic places like a desk are covered in all kinds of germs that want to do us hard. Now on top of all that I live in New York City, germ spreading capital of the country. One trip on the subway is basically like getting into a illness factory. 200 people in a small car all coughing and touching those poles. UGH.
It is flu season and it is the winter, and as much as a cold sucks anytime of the year, and illness in the winter when it is already painful to go outside, just seems so much worse. So a reminder from The London Soap Factory is to wash your hands constantly, and carry some of the nice hand sanitizer with you, especially if you live in the city.
Some people are die hard believers in the antibacterial soaps, which I believe are pure evil. I do not buy them as I believe that contribute to making bacteria more immune to our antibiodics. There are plenty of natural washing agents out there that will do the job just fine. In our next article I will talk about some of the natural oils and ingredients you can look for in soaps that act as natual cleansing agents and antibacterials. Perhaps not as potent as these commerical soaps, these agents will do the job just fine if you continue to wash your hands constantly and keep a clean environment.
So stay healthy and look for our next article of natural germ killing ingredients come later this week.
