Multi-function soap

Cool Tools on Dr. Bronner’s, a favorite of many enterprising travelers:

The potent soap is vegetable-oil based (including jojoba, coconut, and hemp oils) that when diluted can be used in a number of different ways. When I spent four months traveling through China it replaced my shampoo, face and body wash, deodorant, laundry detergent, and, when I ran out of it, my toothpaste (but only once as it overwhelmed my mouth). Using it meant I could pack less and lighten my load. I have also brought it camping to clean pots and pans where the use of harsher soaps and detergents would sully sensitive environments. - Cool Tools

(Brad)

Comments

[MaxD]

I like this stuff a lot. I like to buy the large bottles, as it will last for ever. Good bang per buck.

Usually, when travelling I will bring a couple of varieties. I like the tea for washing laundry and my hair. However, the tea and especially the minty one are not as pleasant for the sensitive parts of my anatomy. For a body wash I like the lavender or almond ones.

[Lisa FD]

We forgot shaving cream on a recent trip so my husband used the Dr. Bronner's we brought. Now, he uses it at home for that purpose.

I use the solid bars of Dr. Bronner's for bathing at home. I'm going to have to test its adaptability for all the other things that the liquid does since it has the advantage of being a solid rather than liquid.

[Monte]

The best prices for Bronner's I've seen are at Campmor,Campmor.com. And that includes shipping.

[Maria]

I tried their solid "baby" soap, in hopes it would do all of the above and would work with my sensitive skin. Not quite, as I found it to leave a film.

At least if the rumours are true about a possible fading out of the liquids ban for size - this multi-function liquid soap may be the answer for longer trips!

[Frank II]

I have a bottle of the unscented Dr. Bronners liquid and plan to give it a try.

My question is: which "fragrances" do people people here find the best for specific jobs--bathing, shaving, brushing teeth, hand washing of clothes, shampoo, etc.?

And, how much do you use for each job?

[stevenshytle]

Love the stuff. Reading everything on the bottle is an adventure unto itself.

[Monte]

I've never used the liquid, always the bars in flavors lemon and almond. We use it for shampoo and laundry when travelling, and showers too, if the hotel doesn't furnish soap. In Europe and Britain B&Bs usually do not furnish shower or bath soap so its a good idea to take a bar or two. $2.99 at Campmor.

[Till]

Last a really long time as a bar. Probably longer than the liquid, can be cut to size and needs no extra bottle that occupies space even when empty. I tried to brush my teeth with the peppermint version. Frankly, you gotta be pretty hardcore to use that. :) Works well enough for the hair and body. Never used it for dishes. Works also well enough for clothes. The bars are based on the same mix of oils it would seem. It's Castillian Soap. There is an unscented baby version which is what I'd use preferably for all tasks.

I do like Aleppo soap even more. The foam is even nicer and the smell is fantastic.

Till

[Dan]

I just picked up a travel sized bottle in lavender scent at Target store.
Thanks for the posts above. I am going to try it out.

[Dom]

I like the versatility but for me its not as good as everyone seems to think.

I've used it for bath, body, hair, shaving, dishes and clothes and prefered the citrus for general use (lathered more easily) while the lavender is magic for a relaxing bath. The almond scent was way too strong for my liking.

It's very runny and doesn't lather easily, which means you end up using more than you think you should, the only time I got decent results was using a shower "puff", I might try the solid soap for this this reason. It also leaves your skin quite dry ("Squeaky") which my other half didn't like in particular.

Its a very poor substitute for a proper, glycerin rich shave soap or cream (you'll know what I mean if you're a brush and bowl user.)

As this is a "travelling light" blog, it is a good travel item, but it falls short of excelling at most of its uses.

[Till]

I did try shaving with the bar soap version and a brush. It is rather thin as a foam but it works. It does leave the skin a bit dry. That's true. Being that one can easily cut off a piece of shave soap and wrap it in alu foil, I think that's the more comfortable way to go. Although, if you do soap you almost need a brush which drives up weight again.

Shave oil is a good compromise but often clogs up the razor.

[Frank II]

I've been using the liquid version of Dr. Bronners unscented/baby mild soap for shaving. It's not bad. A little drying but I got a close shave. They come in 2 oz bottles as well as the larger sizes. I don't like the smell of the others.

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