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Even though this soap is "mild", it still dried out my skin. In my experience, it was not as mild as Johnson & Johnson Baby Shampoo.
i love this soap, i use it for everything including my teeth.
It has a mint taste to it and it does not pollute the earth.
love, peace,no-shower,hippie
This is the best of all the Dr. Bronner's Castile soaps. We buy it by the gallon and use it for everything, including laundry (you don't need much). It's especially great for delicates, as it is extremely gentle.
I agree with the other reviewers that it is more drying than one might hope. For this reason, I use very little of it directly on the skin and follow up with a good-quality moisturizer right away.
iHerb.com is a terrific source for this product if you can't buy it locally. Fast shipping, low shipping rates, and outstanding customer service.
Great product! I am on a tight budget and although the soaps may appear to be pricey at most stores, a little bit goes a long way and lasts a very long time so it may actually be cheaper than most conventional soaps. I sometimes suffer from eczema and I do not feel that it dries out my skin like other reviewers have mentioned. I have actually had less problems with eczema after I started using Dr. Bronner's. I do not reccomend using this as shampoo though.
Fascinated with this legendary natural soap that is good for the environment, I bought the unscented baby-mild and several scented bars. Strangely, my little son and husband with sensitive skin had no problem with it. But, my daughter and I, who both have normal skin, found it stinged in certain areas. After two days of use, I had several little itchy red spots all over, and my daughter cryed to have me use it on her. Needless to day, I stopped using it for the whole family. The soap is also very watery, so after I diluted it, in a squirt bottle, it was even more watery. I guess I can still use it in the dishwasher, or for floor soap as it is recommended.
Beginning 10 or 15 years ago, I started having problems with my skin - a kind of itchy irritation on my shins, eyelids and elsewhere. My doctor gave me various kinds of cortisone creams which were effective, but the problem would always return when I stopped applying them. When I researched a bit, I discovered that the most frequent cause of this type of trouble is soap and shampoo! I tried some "extra mild" type soaps and got enough improvement to be encouraged but not as much as I had hoped for. Until finally, I stumbled on to Dr. Bronner's.
Initially, I tried the Almond scented variety. The improvement was quick and complete. I was thrilled, but I didn't really like the scent. That's when I tried the Unscented Baby-mild. Works just as well and no scent except for a barely noticeable "green" aroma. It's almost a year now, and I've not had any recurrence of the skin irritation that used to bother me.
I use it as both soap and shampoo. I am a man and keep my hair reasonably short, but not like I just got out of the Army. After shampooing, my hair is not oily but not dried out. Combs easily without knots. Looks pretty good, I think.
Since it contains no scent and no deodorant, if you sweat you'll smell. Pardon the bluntness but you should know the trade-off you're making.
It makes a nice lather, but it's not very foamy or bubbly. I suspect that some of the chemical additives contained in regular soaps provide this function. It is "thin" rather than creamy. Again, that's probably what other soaps' additives do.
A 32-ounce bottle lasts me, with daily showering, shampooing and generally 1 face-washing, just about 6 weeks. That makes the cost higher than non-organic, non-castile soap and shampoo, but only slightly so. I am happy to pay the difference to get the relief that this product has given me.
If you're going to try it, search Amazon thoroughly. There's more than one listing for this and different listings have different prices, vendors and shipping costs and (occasionally) go on sale at different times, so do a bit of checking before you pull the trigger.
This is the absolute best soap/shampoo I have found for my youngest son. He's one of those kids who gets 'funky' really fast, and I was having a hard time finding something that works well, doesn't cost an arm and a leg, and doesn't have a whole bunch of unpronouncable foolishness in the ingredients list. Dr. Bronner's is without a doubt the only soap I like for my kids. It's mild and hard working, and a little goes a looooong way!
This old brand has a reputation for purity, and it does seem suitable for washing vegetables. Some say it's even safe for colon cleansing.
It is gentle on the skin, and it has a pleasant, clean fragrance.
However, it is about as thin as plain water, and really dumps right out of the spout. Easy to use it up fast.
Even if you use a lot, the little bit of suds that form disappear in about 30 seconds. Then you have milky looking water. I've always thought suds are very important to do any kind of cleaning--especially dishes.
My parents used this for body and hair when I was a kid, and I remember it being much thicker back then, more like Baby Shampoo. If anybody remembers differently, please leave a comment.
For people with sensitive skin or sinuses, it seems safe enough, but we have to use too much to get most any job done. I'd rather pay a little more per bottle and have a more concentrated formula.
As it is, it seems useful only for cleaning fruits and vegetables.
I highly recommend Dr. Bronner's Unscented. I started using it in a spray bottle with baking soda and water because it does not trigger my migraines and when I realized how well it cleaned I started using it to clean pretty much everything in my home.
The scents and chemicals in mainstream cleaners were causing such severe migraines that I could not clean my house. Newer `green' cleaners from Clorox and the like did not help either because of the fragrances. I learned about Dr. Bronner's and gave it a try. The scented versions are too strong for me so I stick with the unscented. Most of my friends like the unscented too because they can add whatever essential oils they need (or are in the mood for) to clean.
Information on the internet for green cleaning is all over the place and there is a lot of bad advice out there. I recommend getting a book on green cleaning that will bring all of the information together - check one out from your library or purchase one if you've got a little extra money. For a basic over view of green cleaning I recommend Jill Potvin Schoff's Green Up Your Cleanup (The Green House). For a comprehensive book with a lot of depth, try Renee Loux's Easy Green Living: The Ultimate Guide to Simple, Eco-Friendly Choices for You and Your Home. (I have written reviews on both books.)
The only things I do not use this soap for are washing my hair and doing the dishes. I have really oily hair and the castile soap leaves it very stringy and with a lot of oil in it. I've got several friends who use it as shampoo and they do not have the same problem that I do. I also do not use it for dishes because it is more cost effective for me to get Seventh Generation dish products from Amazon's Subscribe & Save program. As a side note, Dr. Bronner's works great with oxygen bleach (like OxyClean) for laundry, but I use Seventh Generation laundry soap and oxygen bleach instead because it is more cost effective per load.
Yes, the writing on the bottle is kooky, but nothing says you have to read it. This castile soap works better then any other castile soap I've tried. I do not normally spend money with companies that speak in terms of religion, but given the safeness and effectiveness of the product combined with their IMO certified fair trade practices to purchase organic ingredients, I don't care WHAT the label says.
The product contains: water, saponified organic coconut & olive oils, organic glycerin, organic hemp oil, organic jojoba oil, citric acid, and Vitamin E.
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