Talk:Dr. Bronner's Soap
[edit] Mainspace, shirley
It's a lightweight article, but it's on-mission and slightly informative. What's wrong with moving this to mainspace? - David Gerard (talk) 01:34, 5 June 2010 (UTC)
- Move article, OK! All-one or none! OK! OK! Secret Squirrel (talk) 01:42, 5 June 2010 (UTC)
- I use this stuff. The lavender liquid version makes nice bubbles. Tyrannis (talk) 17:46, 17 June 2010 (UTC)
If the lemon juice irritates you enough so you don't do it, then it #is# an effective birth control method. 82.44.143.26 (talk) 15:47, 4 April 2011 (UTC)
The article should also mention the documentary "Dr. Bronner's Magic Soapbox" which explains a lot about the man and his family:
[edit] Cuts grease?
Dr. Bronner's soap is terrible at cutting grease since, unlike some modern liquid soaps, it doesn't contain synthetic detergents. This makes it milder on skin and hair but worse for almost everything else. Try washing a greasy or oily pan with it and compare it to a dish soap.
Incidentally, the suggestion of lemon juice as birth control has been removed from the label, as well as some of the other uses of the soap, probably for reasons of liability.
The hemp is also a recent addition to the formula (although the company seems to bury this fact and even mildly suggests the opposite, that they will "never remove" the hemp), perhaps for reasons of political advocacy or niche market appeal. Older labels list only "coconut-olive-jojoba-(fragrance) oils". And, obviously, the logos (e.g. the PETA rabbit emblem) are recent additions, since the soap outdates many of them, as well as the phrase "fair trade" as used today. An old-school label is here for reference: http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ew8NHpIn9EU/TAFNZs_zjEI/AAAAAAAAAJ8/bcinlrFdU-w/s1600/dr+bronners+peppermint+soap.jpg