I bought some today.
It makes a great shampoo & bodywash.
The Peppermint formula smells wonderful, & makes the skin tingle.
No Cosmic Awareness per se, as yet. Perhaps I need more than one washing…
I bought some today.
It makes a great shampoo & bodywash.
The Peppermint formula smells wonderful, & makes the skin tingle.
No Cosmic Awareness per se, as yet. Perhaps I need more than one washing…
When I was a hippie in the 1970’s I used to brush my teeth with it. Don’t swallow, you’ll regret it.
Their peppermint bar soap is my favorite bar soap ever, and their almond (I think it was almond) liquid is excellent as well.
Got mine from Target, oddly enough.
I once encountered a bar of hand soap with almond scent. (Don’t ask where.) I’ve wondered ever since, where to get soap like that. I’ve never seen in in a store anywhere.
Crabtree & Evelyn
Caswell Massey
Yardley
Dr. Bronner’s of course
and a zillion artisan soap makers on Etsy
You must be a guy, to not know how to find soap. No offense.
This is not only high-quality soap, I feel good about supporting the company.
They are one of the few remaining small companies that have built their reputation on producing high-quality, natural products that have not been purchased by a large corporation. All of their products are still produced in small batches using the original formulas.
Bob’s Red Mill is another company like this.
Others that have retained the brand, but are now part of large corporations include:
Burt’s Bees
Tom’s of Maine
Ben & Jerry’s
Odwalla
Kashi
… and others.
The company is still owned by the son of the original Dr. Bronner, and I even like his stand on political issues. I’ve begun to consider the expressed political positions of company executives when making purchasing decisions. I’ve decided to stop supporting some of financially because I have come to consider that as a form of supporting their political views.
Highly recommended product for a variety of reasons.
Plus, the liquid soap goes a long way with a few drops. I have bought the larger $15 bottles a couple times, and I’m pretty sure each has lasted over a year just using as shower soap (but not shampoo). Just a couple nickel-sized servings in the palm of my hand seem to be all I need per shower.
The employees also are treated well, IIRC without looking it up right now, something about the executives not taking salaries any higher than the highest paid employees, or something like that. Fair wages and benefits and the profits are distributed rather than the top people taking home enormous bonuses and laughing all the way to the bank.
There’s also a documentary, “Dr. Bronner’s Magic Soapbox,” available instantly on Netflix. He was a nut, but I guess as good as a nut could be.
We buy the giant bottle, then fill up old smaller bottles with 5-10% soap & 90-95% water. Lasts forever, lathers great, smells good.
Yep, it’s a very good soap. But a little pricey for me. I like the idea of cutting it with water though. Maybe I’ll try that…
You should do that with almost any liquid soap. You really only need a small amount of soap and having it thinner makes it easier to distribute across the surfaces that need cleaning.
It’s **not **a good bubble bath.
But the bath smells wonderful.
Oh, I wish I could get that around here, it sounds very nice. The story of his family history was very sad though, it may have sent a little dust into the air here or something.
The writing on the products distinctly reminds me of the print-outs Crazy Bus Lady hands out on Manchester Magic busses. She always told us that we could look it all up in the John Rylands library, so I will just go ahead and assume the same is true for the wisdom of Dr. Bronner!
You know, they should really mention that great idea on the label but I bet they don’t
A decent and responsible policy. But also keep in mind that the opinions of a company’s few executives are not necessarily shared by the company’s many employees, whom your dollars also support. That’s certainly the case in the company I work for.
Dilute! Dilute! OK!
Again, try Target.
Don’t forget the soap contains hemp seed oil. So, you’re not just getting a great product, you’re supporting hemp farmers and more sustainable agriculture.
You might be interested to know there’s a reasonably good documentary Doctor Bronner’s Magic Soapbox, currently available on netflix instant.
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