Dr. Bronner's Question

I love the peppermint feel of this soap. Being a tightwad, I bought a bottle of peppermint oil from a health food store (enough to last a lifetime) for about $6, and I add a few drops to my homemade cleaners and pump soaps. You have to be careful, because too much peppermint will tingle/burn more than you want.

If you use too much, you'll know it...

I do a drop at a time, and rub it in... why let the bath rag have all the fun.

Can remember on long backpacking trips (back when I went lightweight, and didn't believe in carrying real books) having the opportunity to read and reread all the fine print on the bottle... stuck in a tent for a few days, a few drops also makes a good deodorant.

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First time I met the peppermint stuff I didn't know it was supposed to be diluted. Whoowee! Woke me right up.

I think the bigger bottles have more stuff on the label to read so they are more fun than the little bottles. I suppose there's the economic savings of a bigger bottle, but betcha some folks get them just to read the label better.

Hi Christy,
I no longer buy laundry soap, I just use the Dr. Bronner's peppermint soap and an 8oz bottle lasts months in our family. At first I mixed about 1oz per 2 gallons water and added about 3 or 4 tablespoons of borax for extra cleaning power. I would use about half a cup of this in each load of laundry. But I found that with my new washing machine (it runs water right through the detergent drawer) I can put about 1 teaspoon of borax and 2 drops of Dr. Bronner's right in the machine and I don't have to keep a bucket of 'laundry soap' around.

I started out making my own laundry soap from 1 bar of Ivory soap, water, baking soda and borax. That mixture gelled up and was a bit more difficult to stir up and use than the mixture I use now. Either way, I don't use as much plastic or cardboard since I no longer buy laundry soap, and I save money too!

if anyone wants to read the labels to see what all the fuss is about:
http://www.drbronner.com/dr_bronners_philosophy.html
--sgl

I don't mix it ahead of time. I just keep the bottle in the shower, wet the wash cloth like normal, tilt the bottle and put a "dab" on the wash cloth and then wash. I mix it with my regular dial soap. I just "dab" the peppermint or lavender on the cloth, then use the bar soap like normal. If I really want the scent and coolness of the peppermint, then I use it with hands just like any liquid soap - just a bit less.

We use alot of it here.

In the shower, just a small squirt of it.



I also use it for hand soap, I have a couple of old foaming squirt hand soap pumps and fill them about a 1/4 of the way with soap and then water.



I have used them to hand wash some clothes and a few times on hand washed dishes.



They are good to take camping. The bars are ok for camping too as they wont spill and make a mess.




They do make a "special" one called "Suds" (I believe) which is meant to be used as a cleaner for household type items.





And yes... take care with the peppermint and the nether bits. If you must rinse FAST!





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Peppermint to brush your teeth.
Works great when that's all you have.
The other flavors suck as for taste.

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Using it to brush your teeth? That's bit far-out. I've always made jokes about accidentally using the soap instead of the paste.

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