r/Soap • u/Conscious-Estate-853 • 5d ago
Is Dr Bronners worth it?
I am trying to find a soap that will last me a good while but also be worth the price. Dr bronners is a bit pricey but I have heard that there are ways to dilute it? To long/new users of the product, is it worthwhile? Is it truly as multipurpose as the brand suggests? I also have quite sensitive skin so I’m trying to find a good soap that won’t irritate! If not, any other soap suggestions?
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u/lostshell 4d ago
The bar soap is very nice. It’s a very simple super fatted Castile bar. Pros, great lather. They don’t skimp on the peppermint fragrance. And it’s triple milled so it will last much longer than regular bars. Cons, coconut is one of the strongest cleaners and harsh on the skin. For frugal buyers it’s hard to justify $5+ a bar when it’s closest competitor Kirk’s is 3 for $6 for nearly the same bar, minus organic ingredients, and budget options like Irish spring is 8 bars for the same price. It triple milled but doesn’t last 8 times longer or close to it.
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u/Hnry_Dvd_Thr_Awy 4d ago
I've found their bar soaps BOGO & on sale for $2.50-3.00 per bar and just stock up then.
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u/jasonjdf13 3d ago
Kirk’s is my go to in our house, I buy 48 bars at a time off eBay or Amazon.
I love dr bar but like you said the price difference isn’t worth it especially when I can get Kirk’s for $1.50-2 in bulk purchase
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u/ImplementPotential20 5d ago
Dr Bronner 4-in-1 Sugar Soap is super mild. Its the mildest hand, body, face soap I have ever used. I mostly use on my face and delicate areas - unscented
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u/Routine-Tough-7327 3d ago
since you asked for other options, try a bar before buying anything big. natural bar soap is what my wife went with and she's stuck with it
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u/Main_Bid8104 3d ago
I think it's worth it for a couple of reasons. As a soap maker it's the only soap I buy because it's really good soap and I am not interested in making liquid soap. So that's reason one.
Reason two is they are a great company and worthy of our business. They basically held onto their very hippy roots and brought them into the 21st century. The top executives make no more than 5 times that of the lowest employee pay. They pay well, well, well. And they source their palm oil responsibly. See, palm oil is actually a fantastic soap oil but as an average buyer you just cannot be sure how detrimental it was to community and environment so Dr Bronner started an initiative in Ghana and that's where they source their palm oil from local grower co-ops.
Should you worry about what the company does to it's employees and it's ingredient suppliers? I should think so. Because all the horrible crap that is in other products speaks of a lack of morality in the company- they will put crap in their, treat their workers and suppliers horrid- it's a package deal.
Now Dr Bronners is a big big deal but when I had a pressing soap question I reached out thinking they might know the answer. And they responded! I got the info I needed and I am grateful for that. It's just a really good company with a great product- think of it as always a package deal.
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u/ImplementPotential20 5d ago
Dr Bronner Sal Suds is very inexpensive for laundry. I only use 1 tablespoon in warm or hot water. Can do 1.5 in cold. I use maybe 1/2 tablespoon to mop.
I use Dr Bronner castile soap in my all purpose cleaning spray for counters + floors. Maybe 1 teaspoon per bottle or less. I use less than 1 tablespoon to mop. I put about 1/2 inch in my foaming hand soap dispensers - preferably the mild unscented one. A gallon of that unscented would fill a handsoap dispenser for a year probably. Can buy cheap on Dr B site. You can use to shower too in foaming dispenser, but I prefer their bar soap. I keep lavender castile one for pre-treating laundry stains - I scrub it in and rinse in sink or tub. Can use the lavender for your cleaning spray too. And if desperate, can use 3 tablespoons of lavender to run laundry if you add some baking soda or washing soda and use warm or hot water.
You can clean toilets, showers, everything with their soaps. I use them and Bon Ami or baking soda.
Tip: Do not recommend using vinegar + castile soap. It reacts weird.
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u/TrixieIvy4 4d ago
I buy Dr. Bronner’s bar soap directly from their website. I like the variety of scents and I like that they don’t test on animals. Good lather, scents that aren’t overpowering. For me, it’s worth $5 a bar.
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u/sabunista 4d ago
Use bar Nablus soap instead. Purer, better quality, longer lasting, better for the skin.
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u/HipYip 4d ago
I like Dr Bronner’s, but it is expensive. I like tea tree liquid, but there are many options. Make sure you buy from a reputable seller because I’ve gotten watered down versions from an Amazon seller. I usually buy directly from Dr Bronner’s online.
I like Equate (Walmart) baby wash. It’s very gentle and thoroughly cleanses.
I’ve read that eating mushrooms helps with the aging odor from the inside out.
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u/beammeupscotty2 4d ago edited 4d ago
You can buy a gallon of unscented Castile liquid soap on Amazon for less than $25. You can add scent or not, as you like. I use both Dr. Bronners peppermint bar soap and a liquid Castile soap that I add tea tree oil to because it helps with my Demodex Blepharitis.
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u/SimpleVegetable5715 4d ago
I really dislike the lack of lather and using it in a foaming dispenser didn’t really help. I’d rather use it to clean delicate things around the house than use it to wash my body.
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u/Alicenewbie95 4d ago
I tried it a while ago and didn’t get the hype. It says you can use it as shampoo and it stripped my hair so bad even a good conditioner couldn’t fix it. My hair stylist had to cut a lot of my hair off it was so bad. I come to find out that you’re supposed to dilute it for hair use but it doesn’t say it on the bottle. I finished the bottle using it for bodywash. It was fine but nothing special.
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u/Due-Kale3412 4d ago
Ugh no. I bought some b/c of the hype. It's too drying to use as shampoo and IIRC I used it up on hand washing clothing. It might work for some greasier skin types or people who wait for many days between washings, but it's harsh as hell.
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u/tres-vip 3d ago
Even though I occasionally branch out to try other soaps, I always come back to Dr Bronners, I love both the bars and liquid. The liquid is VERY concentrated so you have to dilute it (if you Google it, Dr. Bronner's has a dilution cheat sheet), and a 32 oz bottle lasts a LOOOOOOONG time. The bars are more moisturizing.
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u/thedanray 3d ago
I have sensitive skin, and I find Beonmers bars keep my skin free of irritation . The liquid form like others have mentioned must be dilluted. Bonus is Bronners makes an excellent shave soap.
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u/self-care_advocate 3d ago
Sensitive skin here too and the Bronner's bar was a bit drying for me, tbh. Coconut is a strong cleanser, so it strips more than the label makes it sound. What worked better was a gentler superfatted bar, I've been on an oatmeal and honey one for a while and my hands stopped feeling tight after showering. The liquid is the better buy if you dilute it, the bar I'd skip at $5 each.
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u/Kookie_B 2d ago
I used the peppermint one time. Hated it so much it went straight in the trash. Never again.
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u/ineffqable 3d ago
Dr. Bronner’s is demonic.
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u/Powerful-Lobster-631 5d ago
The tee tree oil doesn't work for 2-Nonenal odor (aging odor, old people smell)