DIY Toothbrush Sanitizing Rinse: How to clean your toothbrush & keep it bacteria-free + kill and prevent germs with homemade cleansing spray

From my previous posts it may have become obvious that I'm a bit of an OCD freak - we're talking female version of Monk here!;-) So keeping my toothbrush germ-free is absolutely a no-brainer! Researches at England's University of Manchester have found that just one toothbrush can harbor more than one million (!) bacteria (including E.coli!) On top of that, most of us have small bathrooms and keep toothbrushes in the same room with toilets. According to WebMD, "every toilet flush sends a spray of bacteria into the air" and... they land onto our brushes! Even MORE than that: have you heard the saying - "if you can smell it, it's IN the air surrounding you"? See where I'm going with it?;-)) We HAVE to sanitize our brushes! And that's why I thought I'd share with you a DIY solution I came up with to keep my toothbrush bacteria-free. It's absolutely easy to make and you probably already have all the ingredients you need;-)

 
 WHAT I USE:

--2 tsp Baking Soda
--1 tsp Rubbing Alcohol - it's great for killing germs, however I'm only using a little bit of it, because I don't want to spray alcohol around too much. 

--1/2 cups Water

--20 drops Antimicrobial Essential Oil - again, the most potent antimicrobial oils are clove, cinnamon, bay and thyme. (according to the study 'Letters in Applied Microbilology')
--Spray Bottle 

WHAT I DO:

 I first dissolve baking soda in water very nicely to make sure there are no visible soda particles. I then add alcohol and essential oil, shake the bottle very well and that IS IT!

HOW I USE IT:

I spray the sanitizer onto the brush bristles after each use, and just leave it until next use. The next time, before applying tooth paste/ powder onto the brush, I rinse it first to wash away the solution. Simple as that! And on the picture you can see that I store my spray together with the brush in the holder. And I keep my tooth powder balls in that cute blue container with butterfly on top;-))))

  About me:

California girl who came to the US from a small town in Russia all by herself and now making her EVERY single dream come TRUE!

 

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