This post is sponsored by simplehuman.
Chris has always been hyper-aware of cross-contamination in the kitchen. He wears gloves when handling raw meat. We have a touch faucet so he can turn on the water--with his elbow!--and we now have a sensor soap dispenser from simplehuman. (We love it so much, at the end of the post we're giving one away!)
While Chris does the cooking around here, I can't tell you how many times the girls or I have been covered in stickiness or germs from school or paint or some other crafty mess that got transferred onto the soap dispenser to live until it was sanitized. Or how many times Chris has said, "Jules, can you squirt some soap in my hands" after handling raw chicken. A hands-free soap dispenser makes so. much. sense.
I love the sleek, but discreet dispenser--it fits so well next to the sink and the soap is rich, luxurious and foamy--the girls' favorite. The dispenser works with a wide range of soaps and scents from simplehuman hand and dish soap, to hand soap from other great brands like EO and ARIA by Antica Farmacista that run from $7-$15. And instead of messy refills, the cartridges easily click into place.
And the icing on the cake? It's rechargeable (no batteries!) *cue hallelujah chorus*, can still be rinsed in the sink, and one charge lasts about 3 months.
A lot of times, we focus on big things we did that drastically changed our home or improved our lives. It's refreshing to share with you a small thing that did that for us, too.
You can purchase the dispenser and soaps here. And we're giving one away, too! Enter below.
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I would pick lavender since that's one of my favorite scents.
this would be so fun to try :)
Mandarin Orange everything!
Since I have a deep love for all things grapefruit (cologne! candy! all the grapefruit things!), the grapefruit soap looks amazing! Would love to try this handy little gadget.
Ooh! Very interested in the bergamont hand wash. Definitely on my wish list!
That lavender scent is calling my name!
Mandarin orange! Great giveaway!
I'd like peppermint and tea tree soap.
Lavender is my favorite. How long have you had this? I love the design of SimpleHuman and have invested in their products several times hoping they'd last. Been a bit disappointed.
Love this. Would enjoy the lavender especially.
lavender for sure!
Lavender everything!
We're in the middle of building a house and this bad boy would look beautiful in our new kitchen.
What a fantastic idea! Lavender is yummy!
I love love simplehuman products!! They look so modern yet so practical! Thanks for sharing Julia! :)
Oh and totally forgot - Lavender. Yes yes yes ❤️
I would love the cucumber one!
You had me at grapefruit!
That looks wonderful!
I was just talking to my husband about a hand free soap dispenser for the bathroom.
Lavender! I love lavender everything :)
Ohhh, I would love to have a soap dispenser like this.
Orange Blossom...
Mandarin orange. Thanks for the giveaway!
I've always wanted to try an auto soap dispenser! I bet the EO Peppermint & Tea Tree smells wonderful.
I've always been a sucker for anything orange scented, so the Mandarin Orange scent sounds heavenly!
Lavender, my favorite!
Love this! Lavender is the first one I want to try.
Mint lime!
Lavender!
Grapefruit for me!
EO lavender looks like it would smell heavenly.
What a great idea, thank you for the opportunity! I have no idea what scent I would want to try. :)
So cool! I love grapefruit scents!
Grapefruit - so fresh and clean!
My husband would love this. All of the soaps sound great.
Sounds like a great idea! Mint lime!
Wow! This is so nice. Grapefruit!
I love all of simple human's products! Mandarin oranges seems lovely in the kitchen.
Spring water by simple human
Grapefruit. I could totally use on of these
What a great idea, grapefruit!
Mint lime sounds so refreshing!
the bergamot sounds amazing!
Orange Blossom sounds lovely!
This is so smart! My fiance would love this! He's the cook in our house too and is equally as obsessed with cross contamination as it sounds like Chris is!
I noticed a friend of mine had these and I though CLJ!
I want one of these. I've added it to my Christmas list for all those people who haven't finished their Christmas shopping. I'm a BIG grapefruit fan, I would like that in my kitchen.
grapefruit or lavender
The grapefruit, please.
Grapefruit!
This is amazing! The The grapefruit would be right up my alley.
Definitely mandarin orange. It smells clean to me. Thanks!
I would love to try the lavender scent!
Lavender! Or maybe one of each. ?
This would be awesome! Would love any of the lavender soaps.
This looks great! I'd love the unscented hand soap
grapefruit!!
Mandarin orange!
i would love to try the EO peppermint and tea tree hand soap.
We live on a lemon ranch and have a few orange trees so definitely orange blossom!
Lavender!
I'm a sucker for citrus in the kitchen so I'd love grapefruit!
I love how sleek it looks!
Love it!
Grapefruit!
Is it bad that I want two?!? One for hand soap and one for dish soap. The Bergamot hand soap sounds like a nice hand soap to try.
I would try the bergamot. I really like savory scents in the kitchen.
Cucumber is my fav!!
Cucumber!!
That makes so much sense!! Hands free soap.
I am a new reader at CLJ, but loving your blog - Thanks so much for the giveaway
This is genius! I would love the orange blossom or mandarin orange scents.
Mint lime! I love that it's rechargeable!
This is such a smart idea. I'm a nurse and where I work the pump of the hand sanitizer is one of the first things I clean each morning. I imagine they get so germy!
Grapefruit!
Spring water!
Oh man I need that! I was my hands constantly while I'm cooking!
This would be so great in a bathroom, too! The less touching the better! Grapefruit scent in the kitchen always smells good to me, and lavender for the bath.
lemon eucalytus!
Love Simple Human
I've been eyeing that dispenser! I think I'd try the mint lime.
Lemon Eucalyptus please!
Bergamot sounds divine!
This changed your life? A soap dispenser changed your life? WTF. That is so stupid.
A $60 soap dispenser with $7 soap , so almost $70 for soap???..... Instead of $15 for a manual soap dispenser.
So many amazing scents! I'd love to try the Orange Blossom by ARIA
Grapefruit looks good. I tend to stick with citrus in the kitchen
The apple soap! My fav
I would love to try the EO peppermint and tea tree soap. This soap dispenser looks perfect for me. I am a germ freak!
Geranium is such a great underrated smell!
Lemon eucalyptus sounds amazing!
Would love to try the Bergamot!
Love this! The water scent sounds very appealing.
This thing is AMAZING!! Seriously, we need one of these, especially the dish soap dispenser. I am putting it on my Christmas wish list! Thanks for sharing!
I love grapefruit soap so I would definitely try that one first.
Sooooooooooo many delicious soap flavors to chose from ! But I think I would love the "Mandarin Orange".
I'd like to try the spring water scent!
Spring Water sounds fresh! Thanks for this opportunity!
I want to be clean!
We had one of Simplehumans' older model for the longest time and loved it! It broke a few months ago and we just haven't found the chance to replace it. It would be great to try out their latest and greatest. They're so innovative!
Love to Try the Grapefruit one. :)
So many great scents, but right now I would pick grapefruit!
Grapefruit!
That is by far the nicest automatic soap dispenser I've seen. Super sleek!
I saw they had geranium soap. My fave!!!
These scents sound amazing!
grapefruit grapefruit all the way!
I was literally just thinking if there is something like this on the market after I washed my hands a bajillion times making chicken the other night and hating touching the soap dispenser AGAIN. Germaphobe dream!
It's so hard to pick just one! French lavender because it's so calming and serene. Peppermint and tea tree sounds sooo nourishing. Or grapefruit because it's invigorating!
I am the biggest germaphobe...kuds with immune disorders and hospital scares have gor this mom a sanitizING junky. This would be life changing. Especially in fragrance free (allergy issues too:(
Peppermint and tea tree oil sounds perfect!
Team lavender! Thanks for the opportunity.
So handy!!!
Cool!
Orange blossom sounds amazing!
Lavender. Great soap dispenser!
The Spring Water scent sounds crisp and clean. Awesome soap dispenser!
Any dish soap, but if I had to choose mint and lime
The mint-lime is intriguing!
The grapefruit would be amazing! Thanks for the chance to win!
Need!!
This is awesome! I would love to try grapefruit.
Lavender!
Orange blossom gets me every time. I'd love to try it!
I definitely want to try the Grapefruit and the lavender. Thank you super human:)
Peppermint and Tea Tree oil are two of my favorite scents, so I'd have to go with that one!
Mint lime sounds like I'll be waving my hand just because ?
Excited about cucumber!
Grapefruit, for sure!
This is so great! I always hate the thought of germs and bacteria on the soap dispenser.
Unscented, sensitive skin sucks!
Orange blossom!
French lavender is my favorite :)
I have the older soap dispenser with the batteries, and it has been awesome. It would be even more wonderful to have a rechargeable one!
lavender!
Grapefruit for me!
Lavender! My husband would freak over this!
Great idea!!!
I would really love to try the orange blossom sent. It sounds so fresh and light!
Ah, the joys of leaving e coli behind!
I've never seen this dispenser before! Genius!
Lemon verbena sounds perfect!
This sounds like the perfect solution with little ones.!
Lavender is a favorite, but the grapefruit sounds nice too!
Always lavender! :)
i would like to try the orange blossom!
Lavender! Thanks for sharing, this product looks like a great gift idea too
I would love to try any of the EO soaps because I love their other products :)
I'd try spring water!
How fun! I'd love to try the lemon and eucalyptus!
Cucumber sounds amazing!
I'd definitely try the Grapefruit!
Grapefruit for me!
I want to try all of them! Especially the lavender one.
I would love to try the mandarin orange. It looks so rich and foamy!
Lemon verbena dish soap-mmmmm
Awesome idea especially since we're buying a new house.
I love simplehuman! I have several products of theirs in my house
Mint lime sounds good
Spring water - love that fresh cent!
I mean scent!
Grapefruit sounds amazing!!!! Thanks so much!
mandarin orange!
Grapefruit!
Can't decide if I would want to gift it for Christmas or keep it myself! Anything citrus-y is my jam :)
So smart!
Would love to try!
EO Peppermint and Tea Tree!
the apple scent sounds wonderful this time of year. Thanks
I love cucumber!
Grapefruit!
Lavender!
Hi, I would love to try the spring water Simply Human fragrance but probably need to go with the fragrance free because some scents give me a reaction on my hands. Would love to try this out! Thanks for the chance to win.
Ooh peppermint and tea tree.... yum.
I would love one of these! We have food allergies in the house and I am constantly worries about contaminating my allergic daughter through touching food that the other kids are allowed. Plus, grapefruit is my favorite fresh scent!
Grapefruit sounds great! What a fun and practical gadget!
The grapefruit sounds wonderful!
Would love to try the mint and lime - sounds fresh, but fun!
I would like to try the Grapefruit.
Verbena or grapefruit, two of my favorites!
I'd love to try the peppermint & tea tree!
I would love to try the EO peppermint & tea tree soap!
Love this, my brother has the hands free faucet and I am always so jealous.
Had never heard of this prior to the post here
I would like to try the peppermint and tea tree.
I would love to try the Lemon & Eucalyptus! I love lemon soap in the kitchen.
Funny question - where do you guys keep the dishwashing soap?
It's in a tupperware bin under the sink.
Lavender
I love the scent of lavender! and I love the idea of a touches soap dispenser!
I would go with either the grapefruit or mandarine orange.
I would love to try the ARIA Bergamot one! It is so sleek and would fit right into my kitchen?
Oooh. With a three year old boy I could use this!!!!
So fun!
Orange blossom
EO French Lavender or Simple Human Mandarin Orange. <3
Love Simple Human!!
mmm Geranium!
Great gadget! I would probably choose spring water or lavender.
I would like to try the Aria bergamot scent.
Lavender or peppermint are my default choices but love to switch it up with a special soap every once in a while seasonal like the bergamot. I'd love to see a orange spice soap ☺. The rechargeable battery might have sold me on this thing. I hate to throw away batteries and were switching to rechargeable for everything we can. It's even more convenient when we can recharge just by plugging it in.
Great idea! Though I have invisible hands, lots of sensor dispensers don't work for me for some reason, so I am interested if this one would work well.
Oops! I missed the scent part. I would try Spring Water, I like milder scents in the kitchen.
I'm boring and would go unscented :)
Omg I could so totally use this!!
My kids might like this a little too much but I'd find this handy.
I'd love to try the grapefruit one!
This looks awesome! I would love to have one.
Anything with eucalyptus!!
Grapefruit all the way!
Mandarin Orange! I love citrusy flavours.
Lavender always puts me in a relaxing mood.
I automatically gravitate toward anything lavender. In a house of all boys, anything soothing sounds wonderful! I also think that grapefruit would be worth a try.
I think I'd like to try the peppermint and tea tree.
I'd love to try the ARIA Grapefruit soap!
The grapefruit one sounds amazing!
I would try cucumber
I would like to try the Bergamot or Verbena.
Yep I'm a germ freak and this would be awesome!
I'd love to try the peppermint and tea tree! Especially for the holidays!
This is awesome! I'm Always so worried about germs transferring but so often the sensor dispensers are tacky!
This is a beautiful option and the mint lime sounds so perfect for this season!!
LOVE your blog
We have chickens and whenever I deal with something particularly dirty I always wish someone was there to squirt soap for me. I'd love this!
Lemon eucalyptus for sure!
I would love to try the grapefruit! ❤️ I've been wanting one of these for our kitchen. I love all simple human gadgets, we have a garbage can from there and it's amazing!
The mint lime dish soap must smell divine! I love that its foamy when it comes out!
would love to try the orange blossom!
Love the look of this! I'd like to try the Mandarin Orange!
The grapefruit sounds awesome!!!
I'd love to try the lemon eucalyptus!
Lime mint for sure.
I would love lemon eucalyptus!
This would come in handy after dealing with raw meats!
I would love to try the grapefruit - what a great idea!
I would like to try the Bergamot or Verbena.
I would love orange blossom or grapefruit. I love your blog. It gives me so much inspiration for my own home.
We would love the lemon eucalyptus! Thank you~
I'm boring, the spring water is probably the only one I could handle
I would LOVE this. Mint lime sounds really good!
Lavender!
Oooh Peppermint and Tea Tree and the Mint Lime!
This soap dispenser looks great on the counter and is so easy to use, there's no excuse not to wash your hands thoroughly. I'd love to have one.
So cool! Would love to try the mint lime dish soap.
I'd love to try one of these.
Grapefruit!
Would love the orange blossom scent..
Mint Lime soap sounds fabulous for the kitchen!
Where has this been my whole life!!!! I am totally going to try this with Mandarin Orange!!!
Awesome! It really is the small things.
I am sooooooo with you on the "hey squirt me some soap" post chicken handling!!! I would love to try the mandarin orange soap!
spring water for sure!
Now I want to run over and clean my soap dispenser! This is a great idea!
Neat gaget
What a fun giveaway!
Love it!
I love how it blends right in and doesn't detract from the other kitchen details.
With three lite messy kids and me bring the messiest of all I need this soap dispenser!
oooh, would love to try the french lavender
What a great concept and they look beautiful sitting on your counter! My husband is always asking me to soap his hands when he is handling meat and to prevent cross contamination (my son has life threatening food allergies...so we we are always washing our hands!) Those soaps look amazing too!
I'd honestly like whichever one! They would all be so helpful and cool!!! Haha
This is ah-mazing. I can't tell you how many times I touch the kitchen faucet and groan from whatever is stuck to it. Genius product!
I'd try the orange blossom.
Peppermint and Tea Tree!
Yes please!
Oh this is going on the Christmas list right now. I like lavender but for the kitchen perhaps cucumber would be better.
this is such a good idea and THERE'S A GERANIUM SCENTED ONE :-O i love geranium and am always wishing more things came in geranium scent
My grandma asked for the soap dispenser for Christmas. But I secretly wanted it too!
I would totally go with the Apple scent, love apple in the kitchen!
Verbena
Love this idea! Would love to try the citrus scent!
Thanks for the giveaway! I would try lavender or unscented.
I love to try the spring water scent, as I love clean scents!!
I had no clue such an amazing thing even existed.
I want one by every sink! Now if it can just magically refill itself... :)
It does refill itself. :) I'd love to try to mandarin. Citrus always smells clean to me.
Genius! Mint lime sounds so fresh!
I'd love something like this! Cucumber sounds nice and fresh. Perfect!
Aria's Grapefruit! Adore all things grapefruit! The soap dispenser looks amazing would really like to try it out.
What a nifty gadget! I can see it being really useful!
This is interesting, I haven't seen anything like this. I went to the website and it looks like they do dish soap as well, which is what I would prefer to use it for.
peppermint and tea tree sounds great!
Love it!! All the soap options are great!
Would definitely want to try the orange blossom or grapefruit scents - citrus always says "clean" to me!
The lime mint scent sounds amazing!
I love this idea! Why have a touchless faucet and not a soap dispenser?! The lavender scent sounds heavenly.
Would love to try the mint lime soap!
Love it!
I'd try spring water!
The orange blossom by Antica Farmacista sounds good!
This is so cool and smart! I love citrus scent so probably the grapefruit soap!
This is so neat! I’d love to try the lavender hand soap!
I didn't realize these were chargeable!
I would go with fragrance free.
Is this how I enter to win? I sure hope so because we need this and there is no way I can afford to buy one right now. Love this gadget and love your home!!
I was just thinking last week that we really need something like this. The Verbena dish soap sounds lovely!
Live this so much! Would definitely start with the mandarin orange.
This is such a great idea! I always have stuff all over my hands and get it everywhere while trying to clean up! I also need to look into the faucet...
I asked for this soap pump for Christmas! I would love to try the EO peppermint and tea tree scent.
I'd love to try the spring water soap!!
Yep need to purchase!
This would come in really handy, especially during batch cooking days. Do you think the pod could be refilled?
Mmm, bergamot scented handsoap!
This is such a cool kitchen item! I'd definitely want to try the cucumber soap.
Would love to try the EO peppermint and tea tree soap
This would be amazing!
Oh man, I could have used one of these while baking up a storm last weekend. And Orange Blossom??? Yes, please!
This would be great in the bathroom too :)
Love the idea of not needing to change batteries!
I would love the orange blossom!
This seems like it would work well in the kids bathroom as well. I have toddlers who sometimes struggle pumping their own soap into their hands. :) And my favorite scent for everything is always lavender.
Recently got a couple of simple human trash cans for our kitchen and bathroom and am in love. I would love to try the EO peppermint & tea tree, mint lime, and spring water soaps!
We also got their pet food container for Charly's dog food and their plunger! Great products.
I love the idea of having one of these! I am always so careful with raw meat and cross contamination.
Would love to have this in our bathrooms too!
Lime mint sounds amazing!
Ohhh I would try the mint lime soap !
Clever! It's not only functional, but streamlined too! love it!
Mint Lime sounds fantastic!
As a former microbiologist I can totally get on board with something like this!
The Grapefruit one seems like it would cover up the "doing the dishes" smell wonderfully!
As someone who lives alone this would be great. I'm constantly washing off my soap dispenser because I don't have anyone to help give a squirt.
I'd love to try the EO peppermint & tea tree oil foaming soap. Mmm
What a great idea! I would love the smell of lavender!
This sounds exactly like my husband!! He would love to use this in the kitchen! (the technology aspect is definitely a bonus for him too!)
now I have the urge to go clean all my soap dispensers... such a simple and beautiful solution.
amazing!!
I'm obsessed with handsoap! Yes, please!
I'd love to try the simplehuman lavender hand soap. What a brilliant idea!
I'd love to try the spring water scent!
I love this idea..raw chicken grosses me out so much and I'm always trying to avoid touching anything with the germs on my hands! I don't use gloves, so this would be great for our household
I had to chuckle just a teensy bit. I was a microbiologist before my kids and I am constantly amazed at how much people freak out over germs. I would caution everyone about trying to be as germ free as possible because it actually leads to humans being sicker because they aren't being exposed as much to germs. We don't use hand sanitizer or wipe our carts ever. Just practice good hand washing, and while the soap dispenser isn't a bad idea, it's okay to use the pump with dirty hands, just rinse it off. Same goes with the faucet handle. And for the love of all things, don't touch your face, especially your mouth or nose. That would solve a lot of problems by itself.
great gift for the in-laws that have everything. Thanks!
Wash, rinse and sanitize was the motto I grew up with in the restaurant business. Have never forgot it after 35 years. I know this little dispenser would make it way easier in the kitchen for everyone. Now I need that faucet.
Cute product but I just squirt the soap onto one hand with the press of my forearm when my hands are dirty. I do like that Chris wears gloves though, & picked up that tip from him and no more raw meat under my fingernails now!
O.M.G. You just gave me the best gift idea for my son! Thank you!!!!!
I truly love everything you guys do, but this dispenser feels like another task....like another thing I have to charge. :( I also think the insert is adding to the waste problem like the K-cups plastic cups. It's definitely personal preference, but we bought a target silver dispenser and continue to fill it with a bulk size container of soap refill. I do love that it's hands free!!!!
Totally get your point of view. For us, it's a lot LESS tasks. Less pumping soap for each other. Less sanitizing soap dispensers. Less germs.
I have contemplated getting an auto soap dispenser for a long time but spending that amount of money makes me cringe ? I like have to make the leap. The charging capability has me sold!
If you're concerned about price, I use another Simplehuman auto soap dispenser purchased for around $30. I love it because you can refill it with any liquid soap. There's no need for the pods.
Ha! I was raised OCD with germs...a mother nurse and a father dentist so I used to spray lysol on the doorknobs of the entire dorm hallway if I heard someone cough during that day. (I have come a long way...I only have lysol wipes and only do the doorknobs a few times a year.) I used to use rubber gloves and gag my way through raw meat handling with Vicks Vapo rub smeared under my nose and singing Jingle Bells year round to keep from gagging. Even my kids will join in to distract me as needed, but I have, for the most part even ditched the gloves and Vicks. I still, however, wash my spatula or wooden spoon between each stir of meat or flip of bacon until it is fully cooked and I wash my hands countless times when dealing with raw meat...and always a child is called over to squirt the soap. Once when nobody was present, I tried to turn the faucet on with my foot (success) and squirt soap with my other elbow (epic fail as I shot the whole container across the floor.). I still immediately scrub the sink after containers with raw meat juice (turkeys, etc.) are rinsed down. What a brilliant idea this soap dispenser is!
We have a Simplehuman dispenser as well and absolutely love it! We have the one that dispenses the regular soap and does require batteries, but the batteries seem to last about three months as well. At first my husband thought it was silly and a waste of money, it's soap. But he has totally seen the benefits that you spoke of and is totally on board! There's no more gunk on the soap handle, no more sanitizing that as well, and it just.makes.sense to have one in the kitchen. Whoever wins one will love it! And if you don't win, seriously, go get one!
Well that's a smart idea! I've been looking for cute soap dispensers lately but the practicality of this might just win out.
Thanks for the info.
Oh my goodness. I can't tell you how many times a week I wish that I had something like this! I'm constantly asking someone to squirt soap into my hands, too, and it's incredibly frustrating. This is ingenious. Love it!