Dr. Bronner’s Peppermint Pure Castile Liquid Soap
May 10, 2007
(Click for full size image…)Oh, I also (finally) replaced the Dial-branded pump soap dispensers which I’ve had in the bathrooms since I bought this place with something nicer. The old dispensers weren’t dirty or worn out, but I was fairly tired of the smell and anti-bacterial-ness of Dial soap. The cheap, prone-to-toppling dispensers were a bit of a bother too.
Stopping at Trader Joes on the way home I picked up a bottle of Dr. Bronner’s Liqiud Soap, in Peppermint. At US$8.99 for one quart it’s not very cheap, but it is very nice soap.
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Plus it doesn’t have any Sodium Laurel Sulfate which is just brutal on skin, and what causes bubbles. So, if it’s less soapy than what you’re used to it’s because it doesn’t have this detergent ingredient in it.
Strangely, it still lathers fairly nicely. It’s just not overly foamy.
I’d consider using it for bath-time soap, but body hair makes using any sort of liquid soap really difficult. It requires loads of soap and the plastic mesh washing things feel like they drag. :(
For normal bath soap I’ve been using Trader Joe’s Tea Tree Oil stuff for a while now. Not as natural as Dr. Bronner’s bars, but loads cheaper, and still pretty mild.
Be warned, as awesome as the stuff is it can be weird in pump dispensers (even says somewhere on the side of the bottle – don’t tell me I’m the only who who sits and reads it for fun. :)
Hmm, do you remember what it said? I can’t find anything on there, and I’d read all of it thus far…
Oh! Danielle just found it, in the large print on the front. That shouldn’t be too much of a problem I don’t think… Worst case I’ll just soak the pumps in hot water from time to time.
I love Dr. Bronners soaps. My boyfriend uses the peppermint and I’m a fan of the lavender.
the place in ferndale (i dont remember what it is called) sells that soap for by the gallon for 28 and change. it is the cheapest place to buy that stuff…. also i have dr. bronner’s in a soap dispenser like that. prepare to have soap clog the openings