A Wipe? A Quat? Or, a Real Soap?

A facial wipe is a quat.  A.k.a.  QAC (quarernary ammonium compound). And the possibility of the wipe being toxic is huge.

Most of us have used wipes at one time or another. On our hands, removing eye makeup, cleaning, dusting, shining, disinfecting, freshening, removing grease, soothing babies. Trade names may pop to mind:  Sani- Wipes, Germs Be Gone, Oxivir TB, Ki-ose disinfectants, Clorox Disinfecting Wipes…and more.

Covid expanded the wipe market. Like the masks, wipes were deemed necessities. Clorox responded to the demand by increasing production of wipes to over 1.5 million packs a day.  That’s a lot of quat.

Wipes, quats or QAC’s are a broad class of several 100 chemicals very common in the USA and Canada.  Interestingly, quats are highly regulated in the European Union.  Meaning, their safety is questioned. But that’s Europe. Not here.

True, quats or wipes do kill bacteria and are easy to use.  But at what cost to us?

Quats can cause allergies, skin, eye and lung irritations. Some packages of antibacterial wipes actually recommend that you wash your hands after using.  It would be comical, if not so serious.

Our facial toner, with rosewater, can be an alternative mild disinfectant and can be used anywhere on the body. Cleans and nourishes the skin, removes makeup, cleans eyeglasses, and is safe for babies too.  

We make the best natural alternative to quats. Pure soap, real soap. (not the detergent bars).  We add extra nutrition that not only cleans, but nourishes.