Dr. Bronner's Magic Soaps: 18-in-1 Hemp Peppermint Pure-Castile Soap. Made with organic oils. No foaming agents. Enjoy 1 soap for 18 different uses! Guaranteed pure potassium castile soap & 100% vegetarian. Dr. Bronner's Peppermint Pure-Castile Soap has our most controversial label, as it includes Dr. Bronner's ecstatic love poetry. Supermild Castile has outstanding water softening and cleansing powers, preferable to harsh soap & defattening synthetics. It does not cut dirt, but dissolves it. It is the mildest, most pleasant soap you have ever used. Soap is made by saponifying a fat or oil with a strong alkali. A fat or oil is a triglyceride, which means that three fatty acids of various carbon lengths are attached to a glycerine backbone. The strong alkali is either sodium (for bars) or potassium (for liquids) hydroxide. The saponification process is a simple one-step reaction with no waste generated: the glycerine is split off from the fatty acids, and the fatty acids combine with the sodium or potassium to form soap, while the hydroxide forms water. The result is soap, glycerin and water (no alkali remains). Quality soap-making consists in great part in choosing the right proportions of the right oils with their different fatty acids. Most commercial soaps skimp on quality because of cost, and use lots of tallow from beef fat with a little bit of coconut or palm kernel oil. Our unsurpassed soaps use olive, hemp, and palm oils instead of tallow, and use three to four times more coconut oil than commercial soaps. Saponified coconut oil generates high-lather cleansing even in hard water because it has shorter-chain saturated fatty acids. Hemp, olive, and palm based soaps make a mild, smooth, creamy lather, because these oils contain longer chain unsaturated and polyunsaturated fatty acids. Dr. Bronner's makes a higher quality soap in other ways as well. Unlike most commercial soapmakers who distill the glycerin out of their soaps to sell, we retain it in our soap for its superb moisturizing qualities. We also superfat our soap with olive fatty acid, which both ensures that there is no free alkali, and lowers the pH, making a milder, smoother lather. We use rosemary extract and plant-derived vitamin antioxidants to protect freshness (the rosemary is effective at 0.005%, so it contributes absolutely no scent). We do not add any chelating agents, dyes, whiteners, or synthetic fragrances. We use only 100% pure high quality essential oils. Our liquid soaps are so concentrated that they are only a few percent away from being a solid, which ecologically saves on packaging materials. They are a superb value, costing less than less-concentrated inferior detergent body-wash "liquid soaps." Our soaps are most popular for at-home washing, but they also are the choice when camping and hiking, as our soaps are so biodegradable and nature-friendly. Dr. Bronner's soaps have spread by quality and word of mouth alone into virtually every health food store in the country. Unsolicited articles raving about our soaps have appeared in magazines and newspapers as diverse as Natural Health, Outdoor Gear, Vogue, The Washington Post, The Chicago Tribune, The Associated Press, The Wall Street Journal, Parenting and New Age.
Average Customer Rating:
4.8 out of 5
6 of 6 (100%) customers would recommend this product to a friend.
Customer Reviews for Dr. Bronner's Organic Pure-Castile Liquid Soap Peppermint -- 2 fl oz
Overall Rating:
4
out of 5
Instant rash, but apart from that...,November 18, 2009
By lightfusegetaway
Value:
4
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Quality:
4
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Effectiveness:
5
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Satisfaction:
3
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"...it smells really good and it seems to clean fairly well, but the first time I used it, I had a rash within 10 seconds. I'm not sure which ingredient I'm allergic to, but I wish I wasn't. This really seems like a great product. Start with the small sample to make sure you're not allergic to it."
Age:
25-34
Gender:
Male
Referral source:
Self-referred
Duration of use:
Less than 30 days
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Review 2 for Dr. Bronner's Organic Pure-Castile Liquid Soap Peppermint -- 2 fl oz
Top 500 Contributor
Overall Rating:
5
out of 5
Great Product,October 1, 2009
By EquineLadyfrom Pennsylvania
Value:
4
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Quality:
5
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Effectiveness:
5
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Satisfaction:
5
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"This is a very high-quality castile with the added bonus of healthy essential oils. The scent is terrific! I use this for everything from toothpaste to dishwashing soap. I would highly recommend this brand."
Age:
18-24
Gender:
Female
Referral source:
Self-referred
Duration of use:
61-180 days
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Review 3 for Dr. Bronner's Organic Pure-Castile Liquid Soap Peppermint -- 2 fl oz
Overall Rating:
5
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REFRESHING!,May 22, 2009
By HealthDivaNYCfrom NYC
Value:
5
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Quality:
5
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Effectiveness:
5
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Satisfaction:
5
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"Great for the summer and sometimes the winter blues. It is so refreshing and leaves a great scent."
Age:
35-44
Gender:
Female
Referral source:
Other
Duration of use:
30-60 days
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Review 4 for Dr. Bronner's Organic Pure-Castile Liquid Soap Peppermint -- 2 fl oz
Top 250 Contributor
Overall Rating:
5
out of 5
ALWAYS GOOD - Dr. Bronner's,April 24, 2009
By msalias206from Seattle, Wa
Value:
3
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Quality:
5
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Effectiveness:
5
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Satisfaction:
5
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"I purchased the small size to sample the peppermint. I love it! nice and minty, tingles your scalp and helps you to feel refreshed and awake. My teen son likes the minty smell and all the bubble."
Age:
35-44
Gender:
Female
Referral source:
Self-referred
Duration of use:
61-180 days
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Review 5 for Dr. Bronner's Organic Pure-Castile Liquid Soap Peppermint -- 2 fl oz
Top 1000 Contributor
Overall Rating:
5
out of 5
Not so good as toothpaste,April 2, 2009
By Gecko
Value:
5
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Quality:
5
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Effectiveness:
5
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Satisfaction:
5
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"Maybe I am too old and granola-e but I thought, at one point, Dr. Bronners was toted as an all around kind of product (hence the 18-in1) and specifically good for camping. So I finally tried brushing my teeth with it and and, wow, only do that if you have too! Surprisingly the scent wasn't as strong as I expected but the texture, a bit bubbly and slick, was not pleasant."
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Review 6 for Dr. Bronner's Organic Pure-Castile Liquid Soap Peppermint -- 2 fl oz
Top 100 Contributor
Overall Rating:
5
out of 5
Smells lovely!,March 12, 2009
By LhasaApso
"I bought a bunch of the little 2 oz. Dr Bronner's soaps, to give them a try. A used the Peppermint first on my delicates, and even when using just a little, the whole room is filled with a minty-fresh scent."