Touchland is a luxury hand sanitizer brand. The brand describes their products as “the most elegant, aromatic scents you’ll ever find in sanitizer” and claims that they can moisturize the skin.
But is Touchland really better than standard hand sanitizer? Does it have any harmful additive ingredients? What gives it its distinct fragrance? And how do real users rate its scent?
In this article we’ll answer all of these questions and more as we review every ingredient in Touchland hand sanitizer to give our take on whether the product is healthy and likely to be effective. We’ll also share a real, unsponsored user review including a scent review.
Touchland Ingredient Review
The active ingredient in Touchland hand sanitizer is ethyl alcohol at a concentration of 70%. This meets the Center for Disease Control (CDC) recommendation for concentrations at or above 60%, so we will consider Touchland to be effective at killing germs.
Aloe vera is one of the most effective natural moisturizers, so we do agree with the brand’s claim about the ability of this product to have a moisturizing effect.
Unfortunately, the product also contains a number of questionable additive ingredients.
Fragrance is an ingredient that we recommend consumers avoid. A medical review of fragranced consumer products published in the Air Quality, Atmosphere & Health journal concluded the following: “Results of this study provide compelling evidence that everyday fragranced products can impose serious risks to human health, environmental quality, businesses, and society.”
Coumarin is another scent additive, and one shown to be toxic to lung tissue in animal studies. We consider this a highly questionable choice for a spray product that may be inhaled.
Benzyl salicylate was categorized as a “hazard class 2” by a Japanese regulatory body due to toxicity data and its potentially endocrine-disrupting effects, as we documented in our review of Nexxus shampoo (another product containing this ingredient).
Overall we consider Touchland likely to be effective at killing germs and likely to have a moisturizing effect, but we do not recommend the brand overall due to the inclusion of a number of questionable additive ingredients.
The scented versions of this product are the worst hand sanitizer formulations we’ve reviewed to date on Illuminate Health, and we recommend that consumers avoid this brand entirely.
Touchland does offer an unscented version that is free of questionable additive ingredients, so for consumers set on purchasing from this brand, we would recommend that product.
Real, Unsponsored Touchland User Review
One of the most popular YouTube reviews of Touchland hand sanitizers comes from a YouTube creator named Morgen Raeh. She unboxes many different scents of the brand’s products, tries them and gives her take on which are the best.
The video is more focused on the experience and scent than the health benefits, and appears to be unsponsored:
Touchland Customer Reviews
Touchland is sold on Amazon which is a more objective resource for customer reviews than a brand’s website in our opinion.
The brand’s most popular product on Amazon is a 3-pack including Watermelon, Peach and Berry scents. It’s been reviewed over 600 times with an average review rating of 4.8 out of 5 stars. The product has an “F” rating on Fakespot, which is a software tool that detects potentially fake Amazon reviews. Fakespot’s “Adjusted Score” is only 2.5 out of 5 stars.
The top positive review from a verified purchaser comes from a user named “Tammi Hall” who appreciates the scent and product experience:
“They are the perfect size for a purse. The scents are delightful. My 4yo granddaughter loved them. Just another excuse to go in grammy’s purse😁. The spritz is a fine mist and it rubs away very smoothly. The bottles look like mini perfume.”
The top negative review from a verified purchaser is written by a user named “Yola” who claims that one of the products arrived half-full:
“The velvet peach one came less than halfway full. I tried to report it but couldn’t due to it being a flammable item. Sucks that I can’t get compensated for a defective item but the scents are nice. It also took a while to get here.”
Where to Buy Touchland
Touchland is available for sale at a variety of online retailers. Here’s the price breakdown:
Ulta: $10
Brand website: $10
Amazon: $9
Amazon currently has the cheapest per-bottle price for Touchland products, but not all Touchland scents are on Amazon. This price is for the 3-pack referenced above. The unscented version (which we believe is the healthiest option by far) is only available on the brand’s website.
Our Non-Toxic Hand Sanitizer Recommendation
The stain-free and non-toxic hand sanitizer brand we recommend is Dr. Bronner's Organic Hand Sanitizer Spray.
The only four ingredients in Dr. Bronner’s Organic Hand Sanitizer are: 62% organic ethyl alcohol, water, organic glycerin, and organic peppermint oil.
There is no fragrance or questionable additive ingredients. The product is naturally fragranced with the peppermint oil.
The 12-pack of Dr. Bronner's hand sanitizer costs $54.99 and each product contains 2 ounces (compared to Touchland which is 1 ounce. This makes the per-ounce price of Dr. Bronner's hand sanitizer $2.29 while the per-ounce price of Touchland is $10.
Interested consumers can check out Dr. Bronner's Organic Hand Sanitizer Spray at this link to its Amazon product page.
Touchland Pros and Cons
Here are the pros and cons of Touchland as a brand in our opinion.
Pros:
- Beautiful branding
- Unscented version is effective and non-toxic
Cons:
- Scented versions contain fragrance
- Expensive
- Questionable Amazon reviews
