I just buy a bar of mild handsoap like you'd use for an infant. A bit of a wash up up and a good rinse and she's set to go. We usually dry off the female and tuck them into a temporary holding container while we empty her enclosure and give it a good clean up, fresh bedding, etc. Then in she goes all clean and into her clean enclosure with no smell of her eggs on her or her home.
Last year we did have one female that resisted going back to eating after laying her eggs. I mentioned it to Tim Bailey and he suggested re-washing her and her home. Worked like a charm. Obviously I rushed and perhaps missed something.
Things to buy now if you don't have them already - cuticle scissors for egg cutting, small but very strong flashlight for checking veins in the eggs, batteries for your camera because you know you want pictures of your first female on her eggs and so forth.
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