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I'm sure you've heard it before: an important key to staying healthy is keeping your hands clean. While there is no substitute for washing your hands with soap and water to help prevent illness, certain hand sanitizers can help when soap is not available. Commercial hand sanitizers can have a negative impact on your health, though. Here are five dangers related to many commercial hand sanitizers and a recipe for making your own toxin-free ve...

April is Earth Month, and today is Earth Day, so it’s a good time to talk about the ways in which cosmetics and personal care ingredients can impact the environment and the plants and animals living in it. Many ingredients in such products are questionable at best due to the adverse effects that they have on humans. Triclosan, for example, has been linked to contact dermatitis and skin irritation in humans and has been implicated in the developme...

There is a wide variety of hand soaps available to customers today. Not all soaps are created equal, though. Many commercial soaps contribute to dry, irritated skin or contain unnecessary and even toxic ingredients. In contrast, Verefina’s soaps are hand-crafted with 100% natural ingredients that contribute to overall good health. Here are the top five benefits of using Verefina’s soaps.Verefina Soaps Won’t Cause IrritationMany skin irritations l...

If you’re a regular follower of the Verefina blog, you know that what you put on your body is just as important as what you put in it. The skin is not only the largest organ of the body, but also a permeable one that absorbs much of what goes on it.Children’s skin is no different. In fact, a child's skin (and therefore her body) is more susceptible than that of adults to the effects of topical toxins. There are a couple of key differences between...

In January, I looked at 5 ingredients that Verefina does not use in any of its products. One of these ingredients is triclosan, an antibacterial agent that is frequently added to soaps. Today I want to take a closer look at triclosan. Adding this ingredient to soap may seem like a good idea on the surface. After all, killing germs should help prevent illness. In recent years, however, there have been increasing concerns about this synthetic chemi...