https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/hand-washing-not-hand-wringing Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Mon, 20 Apr 2026 00:38:38 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/hand-washing-not-hand-wringing#post-2110736 Wed, 01 Apr 2020 11:03:48 +0000 April 2110736@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks, ST!&nbsp; It's amazing that with nothing but time at home, I have not yet managed to sit down and actually create this playlist, but you're reminding me that I need to do that.&nbsp;</p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/hand-washing-not-hand-wringing#post-2110568 Tue, 31 Mar 2020 23:05:00 +0000 Anonymous 2110568@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Here's more "I Think we're Alone now," "Through Glass" (Stone Sour), "Waving Through a Window" (Pentatonix- love this one!). </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/hand-washing-not-hand-wringing#post-2110497 Tue, 31 Mar 2020 19:36:22 +0000 April 2110497@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I will take any and all ideas to make handwashing less of a horror.</p> <p>Incidentally, I am working on a playlist for my nearest and dearest based on this time at home and I wanted to include "Alone Again (Naturally)".</p> <p>That song was popular when I was 8 years old and I sang it constantly.&nbsp; But have you ever actually read the lyrics?&nbsp; Bloody hell.&nbsp; </p> <p>Fortunately I had no idea what the real words were.&nbsp; My cousin and I used to sing</p> <p>And as if to knock me down<br />The allergy came around...</p> <p>;)</p> <p>That was probably the same summer that my brother and I sang along to the Bee Gees' "How Can You Mend a Broken Arm". </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/hand-washing-not-hand-wringing#post-2110354 Tue, 31 Mar 2020 11:48:59 +0000 lisaflex 2110354@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>ms maven - my hands were so dry red and cracked they were actually aching. i ordered bag balm from amazon (took 10 days to arrive) but it has helped huge!!! hands are all better even with all the washing.&nbsp;</p> <p>it does smell like hell though! lol. ill take stinky over cracked hands.</p> <p>i have also added some cetaphil baby wash to all hand soaps as it is more gentle on skin. just a fyi </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/hand-washing-not-hand-wringing#post-2110262 Tue, 31 Mar 2020 00:54:29 +0000 Anonymous 2110262@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Shouldn't we go with something thematic?<br /> "Work from Home," "Don't Stand so Close to Me," "Alone," "Splendid Isolaton," "Stand Back," "Dancing with Myself" etc... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/hand-washing-not-hand-wringing#post-2110106 Mon, 30 Mar 2020 17:38:07 +0000 Angie 2110106@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>OH! Good to hear <b>April.</b>&nbsp;Enjoy the extra company.&nbsp;</p> <p>We know all about stressing about parents, unfortunately </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/hand-washing-not-hand-wringing#post-2110019 Mon, 30 Mar 2020 11:45:12 +0000 April 2110019@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hello fellow hand-washers and lotion-appliers!&nbsp; Sing whatever you like as long as it keeps you at the sink for at least 20 seconds.</p> <p>Angie, we are as well as we could be.&nbsp; The three New Yorkers who have been self-isolating in our barn for the past 14 days can join us in the main house starting today, as long as no one has a fever.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p>As for many others, the hardest thing for us is trying to make plans for our elderly relatives who will need help if they become ill but whom we will be unable to join in person.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/hand-washing-not-hand-wringing#post-2109987 Mon, 30 Mar 2020 06:41:23 +0000 Gretchen 2109987@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Africa has been my go-to. But I learned last week that Michigan’s fight song is also the right length, and adds in some fun energy as well. Hail to the Victors - Go Blue! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/hand-washing-not-hand-wringing#post-2109943 Mon, 30 Mar 2020 01:35:46 +0000 rachylou 2109943@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Has everyone washed the hand washing videos? If you do everything, it takes a little more than 20 seconds I’ve found... I sing Happy Birthday too fast, lol.</p> <p>I feel this video is good - it includes the wrists and using a paper towel to turn off the tap. I don’t love the finger tip palm twist... I prefer what the NYT video showed, but I can’t find that anymore. The wrist watch in the video also bothers me, because as a baker - no watches! They’re germy!</p> <p><a href="https://youtu.be/seA1wbXUQTs" rel="nofollow">https://youtu.be/seA1wbXUQTs</a> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/hand-washing-not-hand-wringing#post-2109908 Sun, 29 Mar 2020 23:15:14 +0000 MsMaven 2109908@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>My cuticles are ragged and peeling and the skin around the nails is turning red. I keep forgetting to add cream or oil after washing. How am I going to remember? I put a Bandaid around one finger--but it's not going to last more than a day.</p> <p>It's good to know it doesn't have to be hot water. Using cooler water might help. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/hand-washing-not-hand-wringing#post-2109871 Sun, 29 Mar 2020 18:22:31 +0000 Angie 2109871@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Fab info! Thank you, sweet <b>April.&nbsp;</b></p> <p>I'm going with Toto's Africa.....</p> <p>How are you doing over on the East Coast?&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/hand-washing-not-hand-wringing#post-2109807 Sun, 29 Mar 2020 13:03:15 +0000 nemosmom 2109807@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p><div>You can make a hand washing routine from just about any song using washyourlyrics.com. :D<br /></div> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/hand-washing-not-hand-wringing#post-2109804 Sun, 29 Mar 2020 12:47:23 +0000 Star (Lise) 2109804@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Great advice!&nbsp; I think I will do Toto's Africa seeing that I am originally from Africa, although Karma Chameleon is an old fave </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/hand-washing-not-hand-wringing#post-2109763 Sun, 29 Mar 2020 05:49:34 +0000 Bijou 2109763@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Love this, I have been changing up the songs I use too. Britney’s Dancing Till the World Ends is my current hand washing song. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/hand-washing-not-hand-wringing#post-2109761 Sun, 29 Mar 2020 05:21:53 +0000 Tina 2109761@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thank you for this very practical and helpful information. Knowledge is power and this is something I didn’t know, I really appreciate it!<br /> Also, it had me reminiscing about Dolly Parton music </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/hand-washing-not-hand-wringing#post-2109754 Sun, 29 Mar 2020 03:03:12 +0000 Diana 2109754@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I’d also add that those with long fingernails should seriously consider cutting them. &nbsp;It’s very hard to adequately clean under long nails. &nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/hand-washing-not-hand-wringing#post-2109745 Sun, 29 Mar 2020 02:43:16 +0000 Jaime 2109745@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thank you April! Great tips. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/hand-washing-not-hand-wringing#post-2109721 Sat, 28 Mar 2020 23:35:33 +0000 April 2109721@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hi all -- many of us are heartily sick of all the hand-washing this crisis requires.&nbsp; Just thought I'd check in with some things I've learned about hand-washing lately.</p> <p>1.&nbsp; Soap and water and the friction of rubbing are what matter.&nbsp; Temp of the water doesn't matter, and anti-bacterial soap isn't better (this is a virus, not a bacterium).&nbsp; Soap, water, and friction for at least 20 seconds.</p> <p>2.&nbsp; It works because viruses live inside a fatty coating, without which they die.&nbsp; The soap breaks down the coating.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p>3.&nbsp; If you're sick of singing Happy Birthday to time your hand-wash, the LA Times reports these alternatives, all of which last 20 seconds if sung at their original tempo:</p> <p>  The chorus from <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7vRSu_wsNc">Prince's Raspberry Beret</a><br />  The chorus from <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPaD513xWOY">Beyonce's Love on Top</a><br />  The chorus from <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0eeSoU35wM">Dolly Parton's Jolene</a><br />  The chorus from <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P00HMxdsVZI">Lizzo's Truth Hurts</a><br />  The chorus from <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTQbiNvZqaY">Toto's Africa</a><br />  The chorus from <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WM7-PYtXtJM">Fleetwood Mac's Landslide&nbsp;</a><br />  The chorus from <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Yhyp-_hX2s">Eminem's Lose Yourself</a><br />  The chorus from <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOGEyBeoBGM">Belinda Carlisle's Heaven On Earth</a><br />  The chorus from <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmcA9LIIXWw">Culture Club's Karma Chameleon</a></p> <p>Keep washing - we can do this.</p> <p>Also, if you're gloving up for certain tasks, remember you can wash heartily with your gloves on, save your hands a little wear and tear, then dry and re-use the gloves. </p>