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CleanWell’s Kid-Safe Hand Cleaning Products

by Peggy on March 16th, 2008

CleanWell seems to care about making products naturally and kid-safe. They sent me their hand wash and hand sanitizer spray to try out. By the way, CleanWell is available at Target, but you can also order online.

So, I’ll make this easy. I’ll tell you what I liked, then what I’d change if I could. But please click over to read the rest of this review. I don’t want you to miss the really nice hand sanitizing spray.

All-Natural Antibacterial Hand Wash (foaming)

What I liked:

•Rinses easily and leaves hands feeling clean
•Has all-natural ingredients, including the fragrance
•Certified cruelty-free
•Biodegradable and paraben-free
•Uses sustainable ingredients, including thyme
•The bottle is made of an easily recycled plastic
•You can peel off the label and have a nice, colorful dispenser like above

What I would change:

•Make an unscented version

(Nothing about the Orange Vanilla scent I tried was offensive. It reminded me of an orange cream soda. So, probably a kid would like it. However, I don’t particularly like to have a scent linger on my hands, no matter how yummy. I found the Orange Vanilla scent at my local Target, but didn’t see the two other scents they offer: Lavender Absolute and Ginger Bergamot.)

•Make the container refillable (Offer a larger refill size)

(I usually buy a large container of hand soap and refill my soap container. This is more earth-friendly than buying a new bottle each time. I’ve never seen refills for foaming hand soaps, so it may not be possible.)

Now, for my favorite — the hand sanitizing spray.

All-Natural Hand Sanitizer

What I liked:

•You can spray it instead of pouring/spilling gooey gel all over your hands
•Impossible to spill and you get more uses out of it than gel
•I love the flip top
•Hands feel clean instead of sticky like with some leading brands
•Has a nice citrus scent
•You can really tell it doesn’t have alcohol (It feels much nicer on the hands than some leading brands.)
•The spray is probably more convenient to use with kids since they won’t have to rub their hands together to make it work
•And many of the same things I said about the hand wash — naturally antibacterial, cruelty-free, use of sustainable ingredients and biodegradable with a recyclable container

What I would change:

•Not much at all

(The scent didn’t seem to linger like with the hand soap, but husband Michael still noticed it. I think he’s a super-smeller. So, maybe make an unscented version?)

Just a note to parents — they also make hand sanitizing wipes (which I also tried). I can see these being useful for big messes when kids can’t wash. Also, probably great for long road trips, but overall I can’t see using them on a daily basis. I guess the thing I’d change about them is the packaging. Each wipe is individually wrapped, so there’s a lot of packaging involved.

And in case you’re wondering what in the world Ingenium is (on the label over there) — it’s a patented formula of essential plant oils that are proven to zap 99.99 percent of harmful germs. I guess they had to give it a cool name since they don’t want to reveal the formula.

So there you go — natural and green and kid-friendly hand cleaning products you can find at Target. I will probably buy the refreshing hand sanitizing spray. I think I might be hooked on it.

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