[1] Easy to carry in a pocket, you can keep different scents in purses, gym bags, etc. Above: Watermelon hand sanitizer (all photos © Earth To Skin).

[2] The inexpensive six-pack lets you hand out little gifties to your friends, colleagues and helpers. Above: Blueberry hand sanitizer.

[3] Lemon + Basil hand sanitizer, like all of the varieties, has a refreshing aroma.

Here’s a perfect food-related stocking stuffer for these times:

Hand sanitizer with different food scents!

Earth To Skin has added something special to their moisturizing hand sanitizer: fruit scents.

Like other fine sanitizers, Earth To Skin’s reduces the bacteria that potentially can cause disease, by killing 99.99% of many common harmful germs and bacteria.

In two-ounce sizes, these mini-sanitizers are sold in a 6-pack bundle exclusively at Walmart.com, for just $4.99 (and are NextDay eligible).

The scents include:

 
They are 72% ethyl alcohol, along with moisturizing aloe.

Click on the individual links above; or here’s the whole line.
 
We’re handing them out to everyone, including the people who help us year-round: hairdressers, letter carriers, package delivery people, etc.

And, we’ll be buying enough of a supply to enjoy them long after the holiday season.
 
 
SOME HAND SANITIZER HISTORY

Alcohol has been used as an antiseptic at least 1363. Alcohol-based hand sanitizer has been commonly used in Europe since at least the 1980s.

While there are non-alcohol-based versions that typically contain benzalkonium chloride or triclosan; they are less effective than alcohol-based ones

The alcohol-based version is on the World Health Organization’s List of Essential Medicines, the safest and most effective medicines needed in a health system [source].

Purell hand sanitizer, the first American brand, was invented in 1988 and introduced to the consumer market in 1997.

Its primary component is 70% ethyl alcohol [source].