Bar Soap and Hand Soap

I have been a firm believer for a long, long time that deoterant soap was the way to go.  I grew up using Dial Soap, which would dry my skin out in the winter, and then I discovered Zest!  Maybe it was the catching jingle, but I did love the fresh smell.  (click on link to see watch)

Old Zest Commercial

I would sometimes even use Irish Spring, and yes, I do love both of these "soaps". But once again I wanted to use things that were better for me.  I searched, SEARCHED for the ingredients to Zest, and this is all I could find from their website:


Zest products are kosher, but the tallow ingredient in our bar soap is derived from beef fat
Zest soap is neither antibacterial or deodorant, but it is PH balanced


I started to read about better soaps, and then I read more about  Dr. Bronner's Magic Soaps!  So, on the same trip where I purchased my hair conditioner at Vitamin World, I purchased a bar soap(for my shower routine) and a liquid soap(for my bathroom sink).

I bought Lavender Bar Soap, and Oh My Gosh does it smell lovely. It washes me just fine, and does not dry out my skin.



Here are the ingredients in this bar of soap:

INGREDIENTS:
Organic Coconut Oil*, Organic Palm Oil*, Sodium Hydroxide**, Water, Lavandin Extract, Organic Olive Oil*, Organic Hemp Oil, Organic Jojoba Oil, Organic Lavender Oil, Salt, Citric Acid, Tocopherol 
* CERTIFIED FAIR TRADE INGREDIENTS
** None remains after saponifying oils into soap and glycerin

The best thing about this soap is that it doesn't "melt" like Zest or Irish Spring.  As long as you don't let it sit in a big pool of water, it lasts much longer.

The liquid soap was another great find for my bathroom sink!  You barely have to use any at all.  Just a couple of drops on your hand(don't squeeze the bottle), and you have plenty of soap.  I purchased Baby Mild and it's very mild. No strong scent.




Here are the ingredients to this liquid soap:

INGREDIENTS:
Water, Organic Coconut Oil*, Potassium Hydroxide**, Organic Olive Oil*, Organic Hemp Oil, Organic Jojoba Oil, Citric Acid, Tocopherol 
* CERTIFIED FAIR TRADE INGREDIENTS
** None remains after saponifying oils into soap and glycerin




I would love to learn how to make my own bar soap, and liquid soap eventually, but the liquid soap is very economic.  Trader Joe's sells a big bottle for 10 bucks, and that is plenty to last all year long(according to my friend Jason D. who was raving about this stuff the other night).  His personal favorite it Peppermint.

Here is the link to their webpage sharing info on their soaps:

Dr. Bronner Soap making

Again, any an all comments are appreciated.  If anyone has a great recipe on how to make soap, I would love to see it.  Thank you again for reading and listening to my daily trip to becoming more organic.