Dr. Bronner - Castille Soap Baby Mild Unscented, 1 Gallon liquid
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Customer Reviews of Dr. Bronner - Castille Soap Baby Mild Unscented, 1 Gallon liquid
Customer Review: Great for the chemically sensitive!
Summary: 5 Stars
I have MCS (multiple chemical sensitivity, aka environmental illness, aka environmental sensitivities, aka sick building syndrome). Dr. Bronner's is what I use for EVERYTHING: body, hands, kitchen cleanup (when detergent not necessary), shampoo, mopping floors--everything soapy! I used Dr. Bronner's peppermint for decades, then switched to the unscented version when that came out a few years ago..This product is all you need for everything except severely greasy pots & pans--for that I use 7th Generation dish detergent. One person said it was too strong for a baby soap, but it says all over the label to dilute it. I buy the gallon, then use an old smaller bottle for the bath, in which I dilute it half and half with water. If used full-strength it will clog most soap dispensers--that's the main reason to dilute it. I like that it comes double strength, so that we're not using fossil fuels to ship extra water all over the place. Just dilute by half and you're good to go! One note: because it lacks preservatives (one of the reasons I can use it despite my chemical sensitivity) you do have to use it up before the natural oils "turn." If you store it for more than a few months, the oil goes (mildly) rancid--it still works (and I use it up anyway) but it's a less pleasant smell. So gauge how much you'll use in, say, 3 months, and just buy that much. I buy it by the gallon because I use it for everything, including bath, hand soap dispensers, and housecleaning.Customer Review: We must have this in stock at all times in our household!
Summary: 5 Stars
We use this Unscented, Baby Mild Dr. Bronner's for all body and hand washing in the house so we use a lot of it and always need it. We just went through potty training my 2 year old, so we did a LOT of hand washing every day for weeks and this is nice and mild on my sensitive skin.
The 1 gallon liquid container on Amazon was the cheapest/oz price +shipping I've found online as well as from our local stores in Jersey City, NJ.
To use for hand soap, be sure to use a "foaming" dispenser and dilute it by half with water. I hated the way Dr. Bronner's soap squirted all over the place when using a standard liquid soap dispenser, and at half strength, this lasts much longer but is still a strong cleaner. My only "meh" is that it leaves kind of a light, um, for lack of better descriptive: barfy odor on hands after washing. I never noticed it after showering, but I always use body lotion so I suppose it got covered up. I'll be getting the almond scent next for hand washing.
Customer Review: Great for kids with sensitive skin
Summary: 5 Stars
My daughter has asthma and allergies, and her skin is very sensitive. Using other soaps - even mild baby soaps - she would have problems with eczema and really dry skin on her legs, back, sides and tummy. We started using this soap about 2 years ago, and she hasn't had problems since. Even though it's expensive, it works out to be a good deal when we factor in that we don't have to slather her down with expensive lotions and creams any more.
It's OK on hair, but we use it just occasionally to get out the gunk that shampoos leave behind.
This isn't a really sudsy soap, and it's easy to use too much. What we do is mix half of this with half water in a foaming soap dispenser (ours is an old Dawn foaming pump). That helps make a nice lather that can be spread around, rather than just having the liquid soap run down into the tub.
Even though this is mild, it's definitely not tear-free, so be careful not to get it in the eyes with younger kids.
Customer Review: Used on Fire Ant Bites - Really!!
Summary: 5 Stars
We purchased Dr. Bronner's Liquid Baby Soap to use for all-purpose cleaning (people and household) on our small place in the country. We're trying to stay as natural/organic as possible. We're still moving in and today, after a rainfall, I stepped in a fire ant nest. I wasn't wearing socks, and had atleast a dozen bites on one foot. We have little on hand since we're in the midst of the move, but I had the Dr. Bronner's for cleaning. Best I could think of was soap is alkaline and fire ants poison is acid (I thought); I was hoping to neutralize the bite/sting. I put some Dr Bronner's on a tissue, undiluted, and just wiped it over my bites. I was pretty desperate, I normally blister up and itch for a week. Within about 20 mts, the bites had all but disappeared. No itching, no blisters, no redness. All that's left is a slight bump. I can't explain it, but it worked. We had the 30oz bottles on hand; I'm ordering a gallon.Customer Review: Good soap to buy in bulk
Summary: 4 Stars
I really like this product, and I can buy it cheaper through Amazon than I can buy it directly through Vitamin Shoppe even though Amazon offers it by...you guessed it, Vitamin Shoppe.
Since I have a lot of allergies to chemicals and fragrances, the grocery store brands irritate me. With castile soap, use it plain or add your own fragrances such as essential oils - those don't seem to bother me. Another positive is that it's fairly concentrated, so I do half water, half castile in my soap dispensers and it seems to work fine that way. By the time it's diluted, the cost is about the same as buying the cheapest liquid soap at our local Kroger. But you have to buy it in this particular bulk size to get the cost advantage - the small Bronners sizes can get pricey per ounce.