Deb's Thoughts

Ok, so there is a lot of talk about taking care of the environment.  I guess I will jump in with what our company does.  Of course, the soaps have very little packaging which is healthy for the soap (it can “breathe”) and the environment. While at first glance, glass seems to be reasonable choice for our other products, it is very impractical for what we do.  Heavy to ship, easily broken, etc.  Then there is tin.  Lighter, doesn’t break, but not easy to use for lotions or creams. This leads me to the packaging that I have chosen.  The...

     A dry itchy scalp led me on a journey of investigation to learn about shampoos.  Some “experts” say you should never use a bar soap on your hair.  In the case of a commercial soap I would agree!  I don’t think that a commercial soap is good for anyone ever, but that is my opinion.  There may be scientfic studies to back that up, but I do not know of them.  I haven’t looked either!  Anyway, here are some things that I knew to begin with: My scalp was dry and itchy Switching products helped for a little...

  This is me on my “soap” box!  I have never been convinced that hand sanitizers are a good idea.  There is nothing natural or cleansing about them.  Plus when killing any bacteria, the good go with the bad thus no protection from anymore bad.  What about the viruses?  They do not work on viruses, just bacteria, but now there is nothing good to fight them! A vicious cycle begins.  By the way, your hands still aren’t clean.  So, it is not just me that would like proof that hand sanitizers work.  The FDA has told the manufactures that they...