To use our Hydrating Hand Wash with Kalahari Oil at the kitchen sink, dispense one pump into your palm before you put your hands under the water, then wet them, build the lather slowly over palms, backs, fingers, thumbs and nail beds for about 20 seconds, rinse in warm water and pat dry. Wash before you start cooking, after handling raw ingredients, and after the dishes. Keep a hand cream next to it for the end of the evening.
The kitchen sink sees your hands more than any other, and by the time dinner is on the table they have been washed more times than you could count. That is the sink this 16 fl oz bottle is made for.
Why the kitchen sink is the one that matters
Bathroom soap gets a quick rinse a few times a day. Kitchen soap gets garlic, onion, olive oil, flour, dish water and raw chicken, often within the same hour. That is a lot of washing, and an ordinary soap starts to make your hands feel tight long before the cooking is done.
Our hand wash is a castile-style liquid soap: organic coconut, olive and jojoba oils, saponified the traditional way, with organic aloe vera, rosemary extract and a touch of Kalahari melon seed oil. It cleans with real soap rather than a thickened detergent, and it leaves hands feeling soft and comfortable after every wash, which is what makes washing this often bearable.
How to wash at the kitchen sink
- Dispense into a dry palm. Press one pump into your palm before your hands go under the tap. Real liquid soap pours fluidly, and putting it straight onto wet fingers lets it run off before you have worked with it. Two pumps after very messy work.
- Add warm water and build the lather. Palm to palm first, then the back of each hand, then between the fingers.
- Do the parts that hold on to food. Turn each thumb in the opposite fist and work the lather into the nail beds. This is where garlic and dough hide.
- Give it about 20 seconds. Long enough to clean properly, and long enough for the olive oil and jojoba to leave your hands feeling soft.
- Rinse and blot. Rinse well, then blot with a towel and stop while your hands are faintly damp.
When to wash while you cook
Before you start. A full wash before you take anything out of the fridge.
After raw ingredients. Raw meat, fish and eggs call for a full lather every time, not a rinse. For strong-smelling things like garlic, onion or fish, give the lather a little longer and rinse thoroughly.
Between jobs. Moving from chopping to kneading, or from the stove to setting the table, a quick one-pump wash keeps things clean without slowing you down.
After the dishes. Dish water and dish soap are hard on hands. A last wash with our hand wash, followed by cream, puts back the comfort the dishes took away.
The scent is light enough for the kitchen. Moroccan Fig and Bergamot, crisp with apple, grapefruit and plum, and Rosewood and Litsea Cubeba, bright and citrusy, sit especially well next to food.
What to keep beside it
The wash does the cleaning; a cream does the holding. Our Hydrating Hand Cream with Kalahari Oil is rich but quick to sink in, made with Kalahari melon seed oil, aloe leaf juice and jojoba, and it leaves no greasy film on the next thing you touch. That matters in a kitchen, where the next thing you touch might be a knife handle or a cookbook. Work it into the cuticles first, then the backs of the hands, then the palms.
The Hand Wash and Hand Cream Bundle is made for exactly this: a 16 fl oz bottle of each, in one scent, set side by side at the kitchen sink.
Small kitchen habits that help
Stand the pump where a wrist can reach it. When your hands are covered in dough or oil, you want to press the pump with the heel of your hand, not hunt for it. Keep the bottle in the open, pump facing you, within reach of the tap.
Keep the water warm, not scalding. Kitchen taps often run hot from the dishes. Very hot water leaves hands feeling drier, so turn it back before you wash your hands.
Leave the cream for the end. During cooking, the wash alone is enough. Save the cream for the last wash of the evening, when your hands can keep it on.
Questions about using the hand wash in the kitchen
Is it gentle enough for a sink I use all day?
Yes. It is real soap made with organic coconut, olive and jojoba oils and aloe vera, so hands feel soft and comfortable after each wash rather than tight.
Why dispense the soap before wetting my hands?
Liquid soap pours fluidly, and on already wet fingers it thins out and runs off. In a dry palm you can start the lather with a splash of water and use less.
How long does a 16 fl oz bottle last at a kitchen sink?
It depends on the household. A busy kitchen sink empties a bottle much faster than a guest bathroom. For refilling, the same wash comes in a 128 fl oz gallon.
Leave a comment
This site is protected by hCaptcha and the hCaptcha Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.