Hand Soap

The best type of hand soap is one that effectively cleans while also moisturises your skin. Skipper’s hand wash uses surfactants to remove dirt without drying out your hands. For a more hygienic choice, especially when sharing with others, soap from a dispenser is preferable to bar soap, which typically has a higher pH and can strip your hands. Skipper soap, is actually "soap-free," and provides a perfect balance by leaving your hands feeling properly clean as well as soft and moisturised.

We've developed a foaming product that performs just as well as premium gel soaps. It's gentle on the skin, moisturising, and a highly effective cleanser. One of the reasons we choose to create foaming products is their ability to moderate consumption. Each pump mixes the soap solution with air to create a lovely foam, using fewer active ingredients than traditional gels. This makes them more affordable too! Foaming soap also lathers up quickly and rinses off easily, saving you both time and water.

In three easy steps you'll have a full bottle of foaming hand wash:

1. Fill the dispenser with warm water from the tap.

2. Drop in a refill tablet.

3. Leave the pump off while it dissolves, typically about an hour.

That's it! Enjoy a luxurious, moisturising hand wash.

Each refill provides approximately 150 pumps of hand wash and on average, lasts a month per dispenser. It will function just like any foaming soap you’re used to… that is, if you’re used to stunning scents, silky lather and stylish dispensers.

When it comes to removing germs, plain hand wash is actually recommended over antibacterial hand wash. Why? Antibacterial soaps often contain chemicals like triclosan, which have not been proven safe for human exposure long-term.

The top regulators globally (including the AU, US, EU and UK governments) all advocate that regular soap is equally as effective as antibacterial soap for removing germs and maintaining hand hygeine, as regular soap (like ours) contains surfactants, which easily lift and wash away germs & bacteria under running water. This recommendation was even made to the public during the 2020 pandemic to educate on hand hygeine best practice.

Long story short, if you're washing your hands for the recommended 20 seconds with regular soap, you're doing it right.

Yes, hand soap can be good for sensitive skin, especially if it has a gentle formulation containing mild surfactants that effectively clean without stripping the skin's natural oils. On the hunt for sensitive skin hand wash? Check the ingredients for moisturising components like aloe vera, added specifically to keep the skin hydrated. Additionally, fragrance-free options are ideal as they avoid artificial fragrances and dyes that may irritate sensitive the skin.

Luckily for you, Skipper’s hand wash is developed with sensitive skin in mind and comes in a fragrance-free option too.

You can even read reviews from customers that specifically mention "sensitive" or "eczema" by clicking the links.

Yes, our hand wash is soap-free and designed to be gentler on the skin than traditional soap. It also has a lower pH, leaving your hands feeling clean and moisturised without stripping your skin of healthy oils.

Sodium bicarbonate, citric acid, sodium coco sulfate, sodium c14-16 olefin sulfonate, peg150, sorbitol, sodium benzoate, parfum, aloe barbadensis leaf extract, vitamin e.

Additional ingredients for each fragrance below:

Vanilla, Coconut & Chai:

Vanilla planifolia extract
Cocos nucifera (coconut) oil
Zingiber officinale (ginger) oil
Elettaria cardomomum (cardamon) oil

Lavender, Cucumber & Lilly Pilly:

Curcumis sativis (cucumber) extract
Lavandula angustifolia (lavender) oil
Syzygium smithii (lilly pilly) extract

Bergamot, Blue Cypress & Sage:

Citrus bergamia (bergamot) peel oil
Salvia sclarea (clary sage) oil
Callitris intratropica (blue cypress) oil

Yes, our hand wash is considered septic and grey water safe, including for use with enviro septic systems. This is why we specifically avoid "anti-bacterial ingredients". In fact, all our products are septic and grey water-safe.

Our ingredients are reviewed internally for known hazards to our environment, waterways, longevity of septic systems (harsher chemicals can wear components) and of course, exposure to humans and pets at home.

Hypoallergenic means that a product is less likely to cause an allergic reaction, though it's still possible for any product to cause one. We carefully review our ingredients to ensure our hand wash is as suitable for sensitive skin as possible. This includes ingredients that are hypoallergenic, and some that are not. You can check out our listing on Product Review, where many customers with sensitive skin and eczema have weighed in on Skipper’s hand wash (click the links to view these reviews).

Refilling your Skipper hand wash is surprisingly affordable and with free shipping on all refills-only orders!

Refills cost between $2.50-$3 per refill (250ml) depending on your pack size (we offer a 6-pack and 12-pack). Refills can even cost as low as $2 each with Skipper’s Refill & Save program, where you save when you shop refills in bulk.

Specifically, spend $100 & save 10%, or spend $200 & save 20%. Customers often shop refills for all their Skipper products every ~6 months to hit these bulk buy tiers.

A variety of fragrance options are also available:

> Bergamot, Blue Cypress & Sage
> Lavender, Cucumber & Lilly Pilly
> Vanilla, Coconut & Chai
> Unscented (contains no scent/parfum)

Want to try them all? You can grab a variety pack to keep things fresh and sample all our scents.