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Clean hands...the science

  • by Vicki Kajtar
  • 30 May, 2020

Leading scientists prove how hygienic bar soap really is.

Some interesting information about hygiene and bars of soap in a well documented scientific study...
 
“… soap bars were inoculated with E. coli and P. aeruginosa bacteria at levels 70 times as high as those reported on used soap bars. Then, 16 people were told to wash their hands as usual with the inoculated bars.


“After washing, none of the 16 panelists had detectable levels of either test bacterium on their hands,” the researchers wrote. “These findings, along with other published reports, show that little hazard exists in routine handwashing with previously used soap bars and support the frequent use of soap and water for handwashing.”

So how can a bar of soap have bacteria on it and yet not spread germs? Simply, washing is a two step process. When you lather up, the oil attracting end of the soap molecule picks up grease and oils on your skin. When you rinse, the water attracting end of the molecules follow the water, letting you rinse the soap molecules — and their attached impurities — away.

by Vicki Kajtar 3 February 2023
What a fabulous day we had thanks to Amazon! ðŸ’•

20 lucky Amazon customers were able to enjoy a bath bomb making workshop with me at the Grand Hotel in Birmingham, and I must say how impressed I was with all the bath bombs everyone made and here are a few photos here of the day!

Everyone also got to enjoy a reflexology session and a guided meditation, as well as an amazing afternoon tea. And they went home with a gift box containing their own handmade bath bombs as well as a matching Fizzy Fuzzy soy wax candle.

Thank you to everyone who came for making it a truly memorable day, and thank you again to Amazon for making it happen! 💕
by Vicki Kajtar 30 May 2020
I absolutely love being part of the Craft Coop in the Eden Shopping Centre in High Wycombe. I have all my Fizzy Fuzzy products in there, and I also work once a week in the store too. It's got a great selection of local hand made items, so if you are ever in High Wycombe, pop in and say hello!
by Vicki Kajtar 30 May 2020
How amazing to have such recognition - thank you Lisa!
by Vicki Kajtar 30 May 2020

I am so excited to have been chosen to partner with a new business venture called Trading-Stories.
Fizzy Fuzzy products will feature in their new Trading-Stories  packages.

Their company ethos is about showing the world the stories behind the products. 

So... drum roll ... they have produced a short video featuring me and my products!!

by Vicki Kajtar 30 May 2020

BODY AND MIND

 

The new soap stars that are raising the bar

 

Bin that plastic bottle of shower gel. The soap bar is back – and better than ever, writes Claire Coleman of The Telegraph

 

Bars of soap are back – and in a big way. Once thought to be old-fashioned, drying and harbourers of germs, we shunned them in favour of shower mousses and liquid soaps.

 

Now, though, we’ve fallen in love with them all over again. Data from Kantar Worldpanel show that in the year to September 2018, Britons spent £68.3 million on barred soaps. That’s up 2.9 per cent on the previous 12 months, confirming market analysis by Mintel in the preceding years.

 

Part of it is down to environmental concerns. A bar of soap requires minimal packaging and Kantar’s researchers found that almost half of bar soap users say that they avoid products that are harmful to the environment.

 

But what about the fears that soaps are astringent and unhygienic? Newer formulations no longer dry skin out, while several scientific papers dispute the theory that bars spread germs. Then there’s the luxury factor.

 

“Bar soaps are now slightly more indulgent than they have been in the past, as there is now a bigger opportunity for a more premium offering,” says Tim Nancholas of Kantar Worldpanel.

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