Customer Reviews

Dr. Bronner's Magic Soaps Pure-Castile Soap, 18-in-1 Hemp Peppermint, 32 Ounce Bottle

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Dr. Bronner's is really fantastic stuff! I keep find more and more uses for it around the house. We've gotten to the point that we have replaced all of our toxic synthetic chemical products with this! The only thing I find it terrible for is washing windows, it leaves a film and you spend more time removing the film than the dirt! Otherwise, this stuff can easily replace 6-10 products around the home.

Be warned of this Peppermint, even though the peppermint is natural, it is extremely strong smelling. So strong, it can cause irritation for some people. I tried to use it on my floors, while it cleaned incredibly well, it nearly ran us out of the house the smell was so strong. This is even with me diluting it to a massive degree. I would recommend Peppermint for hand soap, dishes, laundry, anything outdoors. But would use something like Unscented, Lavender or Almond for general house cleaning, body soap and shampoo.

We also found this product is fantastic for cleaning our italian leather furniture! Normally we have to buy expensive solutions to effectively clean it while not damaging the leather. This stuff works perfect on it. If you use this in the bathroom for hand soap you don't need any air fresheners after you have a bowel movement. The peppermint quickly overtakes any other odors. We now use Bronner's for cleaning our jet tubs. Before they were very difficult to clean because you cannot use abrasive chemicals, but Dr. Bronner's practically melts the grim and dirt right off them!

Finally, I have dry skin. Up to this point I have been using Ivory Soap and it is horrible on my skin. A couple days of using Bronners and my skin is back to being normal! I love how this product rinses off so easily and leaves no films.

Reading the label on this soap is quite an entertaining exercise, but the soap is one of the best. This is pure Castile (olive oil liquid) soap, and the peppermint scent is refreshing. Showering on a hot summer day with this soap is incredible. It's a must on camping trips--it is relatively easy for the environment to break down as it's natural and has no detergent. You can even use it to clean pots and pans while camping, and we do that.

Dr. Bronner's liquid soap is great as soap, but it also works great as other things. It can be used as shampoo, as body wash, as shaving gel, and even for intimate washing because it's so gentle. However, the peppermint can be slightly irritating and stings for those last two, so it's better to use another, milder scent like lavender. The best discovery I've made is the shave gel--just lather it up on the area to be shaved and even though it doesn't foam as much as other products because it has no SLS, it is non-drying and doesn't strip the skin completely of it's natural oil. For me it even doesn't cause irritation bumps after shaving anywhere (which regular shave gel does).

Another hint, if you use it as a shampoo and notice that your hair has a slightly waxy feel to it, use an apple cider vinegar rinse (just mix the vinegar and water in a bottle). Rinse it out a couple times after with plain water and it won't leave a vinegar smell on your hair. In fact, this soap leaves a pleasant soap smell on you all day long. Quite a few people have told me that I smell nice...like soap (which I thought was a weird comment because I shower every day but didn't get that comment until the switch to Dr. Bronner's).

Br. Bronner's peppermint soap is wonderful for so many things but one thing that I love about this soap is that it gets rid of ants, too. I had no idea that it could be used for this until a friend told me. It got rid of ants around the foundation of my house outside. WOW!

I use Dr. Bronner's to clean the bathroom as well as a shower soap. I use it in the kitchen for cleaning the floors and counter tops. After running out of automatic dish-washing detergent, I tried it for that, and it worked like a charm!

It's very lovely this time of the year as it has a scent of "Christmas", but I use it all year 'round. It rinses clean, it leaves no residue, and with the peppermint it really is very refreshing and tingly. One only needs to use a little bit. It doesn't lather like commercial soaps, but it cleans (I believe) better. Dr. Bronner's soap brought up more dirt on the kitchen floor than Pine-sol, testing them over a month.

Dr. Bronner's has eliminated the "cleaner clutter" under my kitchen sink. I has replaced dish soap (automatic and general), floor cleaner, laundry booster, toilet cleaner, exterior ant repellent, pest repellent on interior and exterior plants, and bath/hand soap. I personally don't like to use it on my hair, it tingles a bit too much for that. For bathing, it isn't drying or irritating at all. Pure peppermint oil in this soap will make you tingle though.

I have been using Dr. Bronner's products for 20 years and I have always been pleased and have always gone back to them. I strayed briefly to Mrs. Meyers, which has lovely scented products, but they just don't have the cleaning power. I use Mrs. Meyers dryer sheets.

Finally, it's extremely economical. It's less expensive then almost all of the products that I have replaced with it.

Take it camping - clean your entire house with it (to make everything smell CLEAN) - wash the dog or children with it - wash your car/truck inside & out - there's just no end to it's uses!! Put a small cap of the peppermint soap in a spray bottle & fill with distilled water to spray yourself and the camp site (or your house for an air freshner). It also keeps away MOSQUITOS & other flying insects. I share it in the wash-room when I go camping - and all the other campers love it! Don't forget to wash your clothing with it too! Great for traveling. Soak your tired feet in hot water & lavendar soap -- ahhhh!

Dr. Bronner's soaps are the epitome of strange labeling.

But the soaps themselves in their almost infinite variety, are simply great. The peppermint is great for adults, though some children do not like the peppermint "sensation". For them, you may prefer Almond or even Baby-mild. I switched recently (recently for me is 10 years or so) to Tea Tree oil, as a skin treatment for the many punctures of diabetic blood testing. If you want the "medicinal" effect/smell of tea tree oil, buy almond or peppermint and add tea tree oil to it. I dilute at about 3 (water) to 1 (soap) and a gallon of soap lasts forever. Buy at least the quart size (to save money) and pour it into a gallon sized container, fill with water. The small bottles are indeed priced rather high (but only by comparison to the half-gallon or one-gallon sizes), but costs go down for the larger sizes. Or you can buy the 8 ounce size, and put 2 ounces into the bottle and fill with water. This stuff is concentrated. Dilute! Dilute! Okay! Okay?

I've been using Dr. Bronner's since the late 60's. I guess that verges on forever. It is without a doubt the best soap ever made. It smells wonderful and a little goes a long way. A consistently excellent product. The lavender and eucalyptus, though, make me sneeze. I stick to Almond and Peppermint.

I find that if I scrub with it after I've been exposed to poison ivy I manage to avoid an outbreak.

Plus, as noted, it comes with the best label ever written. And written. And written.

I can't tell you how wonderful this liquid soap is (and the bar soap is not shappy, either, but definitely get the liquid). Dr. Bronner's is one of the few soaps/gels with scent that doesn't irritate my super-sensitive skin. Most gels and soaps make me itch or get dermatitis. Not this one.

The minty smell is a joy. Makes you feel so clean. And it lathers like nobody's business. A little goes a loooooooooooong way. Many gels claim the same, but it's a fib. This one really lathers like crazy. (I find that I can make it last longer by diluting the contents with water for showering purposes. Still great cleansing and smell.)

For hot days, nothing is more refreshing than a cool shower with minty Dr. Bronner's.

The packaging is basic (good, I want what's inside to work well and the price to be low). The label is actually quite weird. (Other reviewers have commented on the "trippy" or "hippy" text. They ain't exaggerating.) You'll get a kick out of trying to figure out the odd--but nice!--writing on the label.

I really recommend this product. Great smell, affordable, and effective.

Dr. Bronner's soap is amazing and was a staple when I was at college. The peppermint soap is so strong that it tingles when you bathe with it--gives a cool sensation that really wakes you up. It can be used as toothpaste if you're in a bind, laundry detergent, and any number of things. But one of my favorite things about Dr. Bronner's products is the interesting labeling--if you've never picked up one of his products, then do find one and check it out. It has an incredible peace message and prayer of sorts for world peace encompassing the entire wrapper. His motto is "All-One!" It's very hippy and might not appeal to outright cynics, but as a self-professed cynic, I still like it and it's apparent why it resonates with the college crowds. That aside, it really is just terrific soap. Possibly a little drying on the skin, but leaves you smelling wonderful.

Bronner's doesn't have tooth-coating ingredients found in even 'healthy' commercial toothpastes. But you say you -want- those? Actually cleaning teeth instead of supposedly protecting them allows your natural processes to rebuild enamel. There is still so much not known about all of the weird ingrediants in just about every other product. Perhaps the strange new feeling isn't 'nice'? You'll get used to it, and learn to love it. I use peppermint, as toothsoap and mouthwash, and have found that it gives me a clean feeling no other product does. Perhaps what others find undesireable about Dr Bronner's is exactly what they really need. I believe that it may be able to stop a cold before it starts, cleaning out germs and mucus in the mouth and throat in early stages of a possible cold. Some interpret this as an uncomfortable sensation, (it involves quite bit of spitting afterwards if the mucus is there). I've found no other product cleans as well clean