Customer Reviews

Dr. Bronner - Organic Almond Castile Soap Bar, 5 oz bar soap

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I am a soldier serving in Iraq, where as you may know, it gets pretty hot here. After a full day out in the desert sun in all of my gear, I find myself dreaming of the moment when I can get in the shower and cool off with Dr. Bronner's soap. It works great. Lathers great, and leaves me feeling cleaner than chemical soaps, not to mention the fact that it feels very cool and tingly. Although I am military, which may go against what Dr. Bronner's philosophy suggests, I am a country boy who loves the outdoors, and the conservation and protection of our environment. I will always choose products made in America so as to support the businesses of my fellow Americans, and will always choose organic items over those items which use ingredients that I can't pronounce, or in which animals are senselessly wasted.
I suggest you use this product for all the right reasons.

I love the scent of almond, and this soap has a wonderful, lightly sweet almond scent. The ingredients are all natural, no man-made chemicals, no animal testing, and organic too! I love the way my skin feels after wahing with this soap, squeaky-clean. I also love that it will not leave a nasty soap scum on my shower, bathtub or sink. I am usually VERY particular about the shampoo I use, but I tried this soap out on my hair too, just for the heck of it. My naturally curly hair needs some form of conditioner or it gets frizzy - so I follwed up with my usual leave-in anti-friz product and my hair looked great. It didn't leave my hair feeling dry, or heavy, but instead it felt light and bouncy, and my curls seemed to have a better definition. So, now I soap up from head to toe with Dr. Bronner's Castile Soap, and I feel good about my choice.

Dr. Bonner's Castile Peppermint Soap is amazing, especially in HOT WEATHER! In the middle east where I live you gotta be rich to afford air conditioning! All I have to keep cool is Dr. Bonner's Peppermint Soap! Amazing to take a bath on a hot day...you will think your freezing to death! Wow and wonderful with an extra POW to your senses! That's right friends...remember Dr. Bonner's Peppermint Soap!

The peppermint scented soap has real peppermint oil in it, and that is the secret to the tingle! The ingredients are all natural, no man-made chemicals, no animal testing, and organic too! I love the way my skin feels after washing with this soap, squeaky-clean, and tingly. This soap it great for waking up your senses! I also love that it will not leave a nasty soap scum on my shower, bathtub or sink. I am usually VERY particular about the shampoo I use, but I tried this soap out on my hair too, just for the heck of it. My naturally curly hair needs some form of conditioner or it gets frizzy - so I follwed up with my usual leave-in anti-friz product and my hair looked great. It didn't leave my hair feeling dry, or heavy, but instead it felt light and bouncy, and my curls seemed to have a better definition. So, now I soap up from head to toe with Dr. Bronner's Castile Soap, and I feel good about my choice.

It comes in funky orange packaging, has a strong medicinal smell, but man ..it's the best soap I've ever used!

Previous to switching to Dr. Bronner's, I was using some run of the mill Sam's Club body wash. I had problems with back acnie, oil buildup (especially around the nose) and fungus (itching).

I remember washing with it for the first time, not knowing what to expect (if anything). After rising off, I actually felt clean! Those oily areas were no longer oily. Drying off, my skin felt tighter and smoother. As time went on, I noticed that a certain area was a lot less itchy and irritated. My backnie problem went from multiple large sores to one small one at the moment. Same with the face zits are a lot less common and generally smaller. I also had a problem with facial hair becoming partially ingrown, resulting in either zits or inflammation. It was so bad that they would catch my electric razor and start bleeding every time I shaved. Today, I can usually shave without bleeding! I used to have bad chlorine itch after swimming. After washing off with this, I had no problems with chlorine itch.
There are things it's not good for, though. First, it'll strip every bit of oil and crud right out of your hair. Mine becomes a straw-textured, fluffy mess if I just use Bronner's. About once a week, I'll wash my hair with it, then use my normal shampoo/conditioner - this prevents product buildup. My hair feels softer and more manageable after doing this.

I would also advise against using it as a hand soap. After multiple uses per day, my hands started peeling because they got so dried out. Oh... and keep it away from the eyes. It really stings.

I ran out of this stuff over Christmas break and couldn't find it locally, so I switched back to the body wash. Sure enough, the backnie returned, along with the fungus and everything else.

What makes it so special anyway?
First, the formulation used is simply effective - no filler, no scents, just good soap. Second and most important is the Tea Tree Oil, which is a really good natural antiseptic. This explains its effectiveness with acne, fungus and the like. Secondly, it's very anti-inflammatory, hence the "skin tightening" effect.

We are just making the move from Dove soap to castile soaps. Dr. Bronners tea tree is the first we've tried. I was concerned about lather especially because we have hard water, but it lathers really well. I was impressed at how clean my skin felt afterward. My children have really dry skin and though they still need lotion there is still a difference in the way there skin feels after a week. We seem to be using it a little faster than we use Dove (5 people @ 1 bath per day). We started a new bar after 6 days and at 3 bucks a pop it may get a little more expensive than we can do for the long haul.

I can't believe I am writing a soap review. But this stuff is really great. It's my favorite for the bath b/c of the tingly effect, and like all the Dr. Bronner soaps it is gentle on the skin. The liquid variety of this is my favorite soap/shampoo for backpacking trips as a little bit goes a long way and really knocks out that noxious hiker B.O.

I have used the Dr. Bronner's soaps previously and liked them all a lot. The Eucalyptus soap is no exception. The only problem was that I bought the soap through Amazon's reseller "The Vitamin Shoppe" and since they have stores near my house, I had to pay shipping for the soap and sales tax. Other than that, I like the soap very much.

What a wonderful product and I am no longer a hippie! I live in a very hot european country without an airconditioner so I spend a lot of time in the bath....on a typical hot humid day I use Dr.Bonner's Peppermint Soap, then I feel wide awake and refreshed...even freezing! YOU MUST TRY IT!

I began using the Dr. Bronner's Peppermint Castile liquid soap in 1999 when I moved to Michigan, and I got to tell you, this is the BEST soap you can use after a 95 degree day with 80-90% humidity in Michigan, and now the Arizona summers I'm stuck with in Phoenx. Few things short of sitting in ice water will cool you off faster....for the people complaining about the "lather" this is 100% natural soap, so it does not have the chemicals that other soaps have for sudsing. It requires the use of a bath poof or sponge. I have sensitive skin, and deal with hard water in Arizona, and this is also extremely well performing in terms of my skin and getting clean.