Dr. Bronner's Magic Soaps Pure-Castile Soap, 18-in-1 Hemp Unscented Baby Mild, 32-Ounce Bottles (Pack of 2)
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Customer Reviews of Dr. Bronner's Magic Soaps Pure-Castile Soap, 18-in-1 Hemp Unscented Baby Mild, 32-Ounce Bottles (Pack of 2)
Customer Review: My favorite cleaner!
Summary: 5 Stars
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.
Customer Review: I love this stuff - and I'm no baby.
Summary: 5 Stars
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.
Customer Review: i use it for face soap- cleared my skin up!
Summary: 5 Stars
After struggling for years with terrible adult acne I finally tried this soap which I had used forever as a body wash. I had spent hundreds(if not thousands)of dollars over the years on acne products and professional treatments. Nothing worked. Everything seemed to make it worse. I never thought of using this soap on my face because of the oils that are in it I thought for sure it would break my skin out. One day I was out of my face cleanser so I went ahead and used it. I was so happy with how smooth and clean my face and skin felt and it removed my eye makeup easily. I used it for a few days and my skin began to clear up. I have been using it for about a year and a half now and have had almost no breakouts since. Everyone who knows me keeps asking me what I did to my skin because it looks so good compared to how it used to. My favorite is the Almond, for my face but the citrus is nice too. The Peppermint is the best body wash ever in the summertime because it is so cooling on a hot day. I recently had a baby and I'm now going to use this soap to clean the house as well so my baby isn't exposed to harsh chemicals. I'm getting the baby mild to use for his bath time. If I were Oprah this would be on my Favorite Things show! I give it to friends as gifts because I love it so much.Customer Review: Green Household Must-Have
Summary: 5 Stars
I can't do without this vegetable oil soap for household tasks. It's the most versatile commercial cleaner I know of, and is safe and environmentally-friendly. The ingredient list can't be beat, and it's a great all-around cleaner. I don't use it for bathing, but just because I never remember to try it. I use it to clean delicate laundry items, sinks, counters, floors, tubs, showers, patio/deck, siding, and driveway (it does a great job of breaking up oil, and since it's biodegradable, there are no worries about what chemicals I'm washing into the sewer).
This "flavor" is unscented, but smells a bit like olive oil. Very mild scent, and if you want a scented soap but don't want to be locked into one of the pre-scented versions (almond, peppermint, tea tree, etc.), for the duration of a bottle, just add a few drops of the essential oil of your choice to your dilution bottle or mix.
The label's on the fruity side, but it doesn't bother me. It's entertaining, the product is effective and green, and the sentiments on the label are well-meaning and innocuous, so I don't give it a second thought.
Customer Review: Love it!
Summary: 5 Stars
I found this product while searching online for a natural product to bathe my children with. I ended up buying a small bottle at Whole Foods to see if I liked it before spending $21.00 on two Giant Bottles. Let me tell you the small bottle at Whole Foods was 8 oz and $6.00 - so Amazon has an amazing deal. I was so excited to try it on my kids that I gave them a bath right away. It lathers up very well and rinses very easily. The only downside to this particular variety is that there is no scent really. It kind of has an olive oily scent for a second and then it rinses off. My kids have soft skin after using this though and I have no need to put lotion on them afterwards. I love this and plan on using this for a long time to come. I even used it on myself and couldn't beleive how moisturized my skin felt afterwards. A little goes a long way too - my little 8 oz bottle will last a long time - afterwards I will definately be buying from Amazon. I just wish they had on Subscribe and Save so that I would never run out. Give it a try!