How To Buy Soap

Sustainable Minimalists

Bleav + Stephanie Seferian

Leisure, Parenting, Kids & Family, Home & Garden

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 9 November 2023

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Choosing the right hand soap and body wash isn't *just* about cleanliness. You deserve non-toxic products and our waterways deserve non-polluting ones, so it's really about committing to a higher standard of care. We're likely using soap every day for the rest of our lives; it's prudent, then, to get intentional about this must-have product. On today's show: conscious consumerism in the soap aisle. Here's a preview: [3:00] Are antibacterial/antimicrobial soaps really necessary? [6:30] A hand sanitizer tangent: pro tips for buying and using sanitizer the *right* way [9:00] Research finds that putting products with toxins on our skin is more deleterious to our health than eating them, and here's why [11:00] Everything you absolutely must know about Triclosan [19:00] How to excel at the hand soap class of life via Stephanie's handy-dandy grading rubric Resources mentioned: Dr. Bronner's Castile Soap bars Vermont Soap Company Attitude personal care products Carina Organics This show is listener-supported. Thank you for supporting! Join our (free!) Facebook community here. Find your tribe. Sustainable Minimalists are on Facebook, Instagram + Youtube @sustainableminimalists Say hello! MamaMinimalistBoston@gmail.com.

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0:00.0	It has been a summer of self-care over here. I'm talking lots of hikes, lots of beach trips with the
0:06.4	sunscreen of course, you name it, I'm fitting it in before Labor Day. Wherever you're off to this summer, know that you're taking your microbiome with you. And seeds
0:17.3	D.S. 1 daily symbiotic benefits your gut, your skin, your heart in just two capsules a day. Now if you've been around here for a while you
0:27.0	know that I pay close attention to what I put in my body I do my d darndest, to avoid synthetic ingredients, and that's why I trust seed.
0:37.0	Support your gut this summer with seeds, DS01, daily symbiotic.
0:41.8	Go to seed.com
0:43.0	sustainable and use code 25 sustainable to get 25%
0:48.0	off your first month.
0:49.0	That's 25% off your first month of seeds, DS01, daily symbiotic at seed.com slash sustainable,
0:58.3	code 25 sustainable.
1:04.7	Well, hello my friends and welcome back. My name is Stephanie Safarian and you're listening to episode 417 of sustainable
1:10.3	minimalists.
1:11.7	This is a show about intentional and eco-friendly minimalist
1:16.0	living. Today we're talking about everything you need to know to buy hand soap and
1:21.5	body wash like a boss.
1:25.0	Stay with me here, but I believe that selecting a hand soap for your home
1:30.3	should be a complicated and well thought out decision.
1:35.0	Now I know what you're thinking.
1:36.0	You are thinking to yourself, are you kidding me, Stephanie,
1:39.0	with all the things I have to worry about in this life,
1:42.0	you also want me to be worrying about my soap?
1:46.0	Yes, yes I do. And don't worry, I'm going to break it all down for you today by the end of your listening experience today. I promise you you are
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