Dr. Bronners Peppermint Liquid Castile Soap, 32 FZ

This will be a long review but I think its necessary. It's also very divided. It worked good for general cleaning, not necessarily heavy stuff though. And I loved it on my skin. I didn't try it as a toothpaste, maybe i will one desperate day lol. It helped as a deodorant and killed fleas on my dog. It's rated as a 4 only because I didn't like it as a shampoo. I've read tons of reviews on how people just love it as a shampoo, and complain that people that don't like it didn't give it enough time (they advise at least a week). Well I gave it a week and am now giving it up. I've read you're not supposed to wash your hair every day, especially with a real soap, so that is why I only used it every other day or so. Here is my story: DAY ONE- 1st I should note my hair is shoulder length, fine but fairly thick, & bleached blonde with light reddish brown lowlights. Received Dr. Bronner's Peppermint Soap & Shikakai Conditioning Rinse. 9pm washed hair with soap full strenth, probably used 1/4 cup, and poured 2-3 tbsp on rag to wash body & face. Smells awesome but loses lather fairly quick. Common sense, but avoid eyes! It dripped in mine a little & burned (yes they were closed tight) but I wouldn't expect any different it IS a soap after all. And any astringent type face treatment does that. Body felt SOOO crisply clean, with a cool tingly feeling. Super cold when you get out of the shower btw lol. Hair felt icky but I had read to expect that, and that the conditioning rinse helped. Mixed 2 caps of rinse with 1 cup of water, per instructions & poured into hair, rubbing in best I could & rinsed out. Result: Yuck! Hair felt waxy, grungy, sticky, took forever to comb out (literally OUT) & you could see the buildup on the comb. Dried gross too. Decided maybe I should have diluted the soap on my hair as instructions suggest (after I finally found the instructions on the bottle amidst the 3000 other words lol) My face looked a few years younger though, very smooth, pretty complexion. Skin wasn't dry at all. Fiance loved it on his skin too, and his hair felt fine. DAY TWO- hair still feels nasty all day. Researched internet & found that shampoos coat your hair with bad stuff & Bronners soap strips all that away, leaving your hair in its natural state (no wonder mine felt so damaged, I thought). Soaps are alkaline so the acidic rinse (vinegar, citrus rinse, etc) is supposed to balance it out and seals the cuticle back for protection and softness. Suggested a natural deep conditioning to revitalize the hair. 3pm-applied conditioning mix to hair (2 eggs, 1/3 c coconut oil, 2T olive oil) rubbed in really good & let sit 3 hours. Loved the way my skin felt after applying it (since a lot dripped & ran down my body) & decided to start using diluted coconut oil rinse on body in shower. 6pm- rinsed mixture out with water only & mixed shikakai rinse (3/4 cap to 1 cup water this time) & let sit a couple minutes then rinsed out. Hair still felt a little sticky but not near as bad. Hair dried WAY better but became a little greasy at roots (prob because of oil conditioning), but it felt a lot better than yesterday, not such a build-up feeling. DAY THREE- Put hair in ponytail & avoided all mirrors. DAY FOUR- Have to go to town so ponytail it is. Planning to avoid mirrors again. Ordered Dr. Bronner's lavender & coconut leave in cream, supposed to add softness to hair. 10pm- showered. diluted 1-2T Bronners Soap to 16 oz warm water & washed hair, that old familiar waxy build-up feeling came right back. Rinsed with 3/4 cap Shikakai to 1 cup water. Dried ALMOST as bad as the first night. Ready to give this up as a shampoo! Still love it as body wash though :) Maybe it's still not diluted enough, some people say only a few drops... DAY 5- 11:30am- cant handle this hair another minute! Hopped in shower, washed hair with water only & rinsed with Apple Cider Vinegar Rinse (ACV rinse) 1/2 cup ACV to 1.5 cups water. Hair feels amazing while drying, but stinks to high heaven, but I don't like vinegar smells. This could work except they only advice ACV rinses once a week. Had a little body to it once dried but kinda greasy lookin again. This is gettin old. Tryin hard to stick with it! DAY 6- 9:30am- at a hotel so just washed with water to avoid using standard shampoo & risking everything I've suffered for. My hair stinks!! I would rather just use a natural shampoo/cond with a few not-so-good things in it than this all the time. It did actually look good after drying, surprisingly, probably better if I'd had a straightener. Put hair up halfway through the day cause it stinks n I'm driving. Creme was delivered when I got home. DAY 7- Giving Bronners soap one more chance as a shampoo. This makes a week. 10am- washed hair with soap, 1 tsp to 16 oz water. Rinsed with 1/2 cap Shikakai to 1 cup water. Used 1 pump of creme and smoothed through hair. It helped with the tangles a little, but build up is still visible on the hairs on the comb that have been pulled out. Dried with that same waxy feeling. Bought Renpure Organics shampoo & conditioner at HEB later (Color safe, No sulfates, parabens, dyes, gluten, phthalates, propylene glycol). DAY 8- Shampood & conditioned with Renpure, used 1/2 pump of creme. Perfection :) Conclusion- Maybe it didn't work because my hair is bleached, if your hair isn't bleached or if you're a guy with short hair this could very possibly work for you. It stripped my lowlights of their color, maybe not necessarily the soap but something in the process did :( I'm looking at the positive side though and deciding that maybe all the toxic build-up from regular shampoo & conditioners is all stripped away now, and I can use the organic brand to maintain healthy hair. I would still highly recommend it for your BODY & FACE, obviously dilute it (a few drops on a wet rag is diluted enough) I even SHAVED with it but you have to use a lot to keep a lather going. I don't use "real" deodorant, I use the Thai Crystal mineral stuff, and it works ok but I noticed it seemed to work a lot more this week, I'm giving credit to this soap which does say it works as a DEODORANT. I bathed my dog in it one day and a few fleas fell off and I found a dead tick on her later, so I will definitely continue to use it as a DOG SHAMPOO, just not as mine. Sorry it was long but I hope it was helpful.

Dr. Bronners is the greatest soap ever... i've been using it everyday for about 5 years now, and i'll never use anything else. I am an ex travelling/backpacker/street musician, and thats when I discovered this stuff... and i've used it for everything from brushing my teeth, to my hair, to my clothes, to my body, to my pets, to my dishes.... EVERYTHING... and it's ALWAYS worked out very well. The Rose scent is my favorite, because while in the bottle it smells like Rose petals, but when you shower with it.... it actually smells like Sierra Nevada beer, which has a naturally rosey/fruity smell to it. It's incredible. Dr. Bronners is the first/only soap i've ever used that also doesn't make my skin feel dry and tight. I just can't speak enough to the quality and overall love I have for this stuff. The ONLY thing I would mention to a person new to Dr. Bronners in the way of advice, is that ALL the scents are good, but everyone will have their own personal preference... HOWEVER... people new to this stuff should understand that essential oils are used in these products, and Peppermint is one of the available scents.... which means, if you choose to get the Peppermint soap, you should know beforehand that you will FEEL the Peppermint oils. The other scents don't really have that "feel" factor.... but, the Peppermint one will make your skin feel cold and tingly.... which, some people like... but.... leave it in your buttcrack for long enough and you'll start to feel like someone shoved an ice cube up your butt. I know that sounds funny... but, i'm 100% serious. If it ever happens to you I 100% guarentee you'll start laughing and saying "that dude on Amazon knew what was up!". Lastly, the Lavender one is my least favorite, and it is the only one that doesn't smell exactly as advertised. If you buy the Lavender one, you may be disappointed by the scent, but it has a very nice silky feeling on your skin. Hope I helped.

Love the smell of the almond and the hands/face feel very clean after use

My favorite soap. Great as a shampoo, body wash, and dog shampoo. I love the smell. A little goes a long way.

Easy on the skin and gentle fragrance. I put 1 bottle in a gallon-size big-mouth jar full of water then pump it through a foam soap dispenser attachment mounted to the sink.

Nice suds, clean smell and rinses off well.

Always enjoyed the true natural soap no chemicals . My family enjoys the lather and cleanser of liquid soap.

Love this soap. Purchasing by the gallon means I can plan ahead and never run out.