Rub a dub dub

Yes I know it's been forever, but it's summer and we have just been crazy busy. I feel like I have been learning so many new things though! For example and this is gross, almost all commercial soap is made with "fatty remains of slaughtered cows, sheep, and horses. Brains, fatty tissues, other unwanted parts of diseased or dead animals are collected into large vats and used to create "tallow." This tallow is shipped off to commercial soapmakers where it is processed into bars soaps." What!? Seriously people enough is enough. Not to mention Triclosan which is what is in all those antibacterial soaps in everyones bathrooms, it's almost hard to find a hand soap this isn't antibacterial anyway here is another quote about triclosan "Triclosan, an antibacterial chemical found in some bar soap, is a chlorophenol, a class of chemicals suspected of causing cancer in humans. It is also a chlorinated aromatic compound, similar in molecular structure to some of the most toxic chemicals on earth: dioxins, PCBs and Agent Orange. Do you really want these substances being applied intentionally to your skin?" Here is the full article about natural soaps if you would like to read for yourselves. While I have not tried the products from this company it was interesting reading none the less, and I have read about the dangers of antibacterial soaps from other sources other than a soap making company, I just thought the article was well written. Suggested by my lovely sister in law, though I'll have to ask her if she used their products I think the lotion maybe, lets see if we can get a review, shall we? So the point? Please don't use antibacterial soaps! Especially when you are washing your kids hands 50 times a day, warm water and regular soap work just as well. And while it would be great to always be able to use natural handmade soaps some are a bit pricey, but hey there is other options, Tom's of Maine Body Bar rates a 0 or 1 on the toxicity scale, and I'm sure there are other alternatives just read the ingredients, say no to Sodium Tallowate, Parfum or anything else you can't really pronounce. Besides nothing says clean in the summer like a little run through the sprinkler right? :)