Liquid Castile Soap Organic 500g

I am so happy with this natural soap. Previously bought Dr Bronner's and this is so much cheaper. It is not only cheaper but gloopier, in a good way! I take a couple of tablespoons put in a few grinds of sea salt and mix it until it becomes a 'glob'. I then mix it to the required thickness with coconut milk and oil, you can use cooled boiled water, rose water or oil on it's own I suppose to enable you to keep it longer (never done this). I then add essential oils. It is silky smooth and thick, like commercial soap. Make it fresh and don't keep it too long if you use water or coconut milk, probably about 3 weeks or so (you can use it in the shower or as hand soap so it never lasts that long in my house anyway!) I put 1 part to 4 parts boiled water in a spray bottle with a few drops of teatree and lavender oil to clean everything. As it is oil based it shines up work surfaces and floors, but remember to buff it dry or it will be greasy. Clean your bath, sink and loo with a spray of this, a shake of bicarb, a rub with a damp cloth (and a loo brush and tooth brush for the loo). Rinse, spray with a mist of hydrogen peroxide to sanitise, dry off and hey presto, best cleaner ever with no nasty chemicals! One little thing is you have to add a few more drops of essential oil to cover the smell, it isn't horrible, its just olive oily. If you hadn't realised, I will be ordering again, and again, although this will last a good few months.

I am so happy with this purchase! I have just put the 5kg bottle in my amazon basket. I bought the 1kg bottle several months ago to use as a handwash. We have 5 people in our household and 3 bathrooms and I just hated buying bottles and bottles of chemical filled, brightly coloured handwashes - it was costing a small fortune not to mention the chemicals it was exposing us too! I researched castile soap and bought the 1kg bottle, some essential oils and some empty clear dispenser bottles thinking was this going to work..........! Well it has and I am so happy!! Just used as a handwash for a family of 5 I estimate 1kg will last at least 6 months. The first month is more expensive as you are buying the bottles and essential oil (you do not need the essential oil but it is nicer to have a sweet natural scent after washing your hands - the castile soap doesn't really have a smell so not like you are trying to mask anything, you are just adding your preferred smell - the essential oil will last a really long time!! You just need about 10 little drops per bottle). I HALF FILL the dispenser bottle with castile soap then fill to the top with water and then add the essential oil and shake. Yes - the handwash is much more watery than the thick horrible stuff you might be used to with chemical handwash soaps but when you rub your hands together - it gives a good coating of soap and when you rinse it off you feel completely clean and cleansed without any residue. This is the way to go for handwash!! natural, chemical free, no dispenser bottle wastage as you reuse them for aslong as they work, you can tailor the scent with natural essential oils and it works out cheaper (not a HUGE amount but probably half the cost). I haven't used it for shampoo, body cleanser or laundry but now I am hooked I probably will!

Great for sensitive skin - I used this to bathe a gravel rash with no irritation. Ideal for use in home made toiletries and baby wipes etc. The consistency is great, not too watery. Feels luxurious and creamy on wet skin. Cleans effectively. I used it after sport as a shower gel and it got rid of all sweat odours. Leaves skin feeling clean, doesn't seem to dry out skin like fragranced products do. A little goes a long way. No discernable scent, just a neutral, subtle hint of soapiness. Doesn't foam too much, just enough to get a lather.

So this is a good Castile soap - I bought it as an alternative to Dr Bronner's which is admittedly very expensive. However, this is not a rival, by any means. It is simply not as good, it doesn't foam as well (I use it diluted in a foaming dispenser) and you need more of this to get the same results. It has a clean scent but again, nowhere near as strong as Dr. Bronner's so I think I will return to my usual, once I run out - sorry :(

amazing castile soap. make skin feels so soft. great to use as a shampoo with your own oils. Very thick and not running highly recommend.

Before buying this pure soap I had an endless cycle of washing with commercial shower gels which dried my skin and left it constantly dry itchy and scaly. I would then have to use copious amounts of moisturiser just to stop scratching my legs raw. I bought this soap initially as I wanted to reduce the amount of harmful chemicals I used on my skin and hair, and decided to give the 'no poo' method a go. I have not so far got on very well with it as a shampoo. Its only been a few weeks and apparantly I have to go through a transition period. However, the soap has had an almost miraculous effect on my skin to the point where I have not had to use any moisturiser on my body, hence no more itching and scaly skin. It also feels cleaner and without that residue feeling of a shower gel. I would also recommend it to women who have problems with using perfumed or coloured shower gels for their 'sensitive' areas as it has a dramatic positive effect there also!! The soap does not smell as pleasant as a commercial shower gel but I have added essential oils which have improved it.

This item arrived the next day after I ordered it and it was free delivery too so that was brilliant! This is the second bottle of Castile soap I have purchased from this company, I have used it for adding to my home cleaning solution that I make with vinegar and lemon which works well and I have used it for making my own hand wash, I have found that it's very watery even on its own and when I have added water to my foam dispenser with essential oils I can still smell the Castile soap and have found that it's still too watery and I don't get the foam that I want more like a few bubbles with water so now I am using it on its own. My family have complained that it still smells awful even with essential oils added I had to add 20 drops so I could smell something nice. My hands are still dry after using this so haven't noticed any difference there. I have used this once on my hair as I wanted to be free of all chemicals in my house and I found it just didn't work for my hair, I had to use a lot and I do t have thick or really long hair and found it was just like putting soap on my hair it left it knotty and feeling awful so I am sticking to normal shampoo and conditioner as I use far less and it feels soft, I worked out at this price and the amount I need even with my own foaming soap this is by far costing me more money to use as it's just so watery. I have used this as a body wash and again just feels like a normal bar of cheap soap on my body, I know it's all natural but it makes my body feel not too nice so not sure if I will carry on using as a body wash either as I prefer my organic body wash I bought from somewhere else at a ridiculous price but I use a lot less. Over all I've given it 3 stars as the service is good and it is all natural which is great but I think it's costing me more.

Really good castille soap, perfect for sensitive skin and heads. I bought a refillable soap dispenser, and watered it down 5:1. This ratios works great, and means it’s great value for money too. I use one of those microfibre cloths for removing my makeup with just water, and as soon as I put some of the watered down mix on, you could see how much cleaner that part of it was, so even watered down its better than most soaps. Also works great with those silicone sonic face cleansers like the sunmay ones. I have tried it for laundry yet, but my husband likes it for washing his hair. Just one warning, when its watered down, it is very runny of course, but a small price to pay for not having so many chemicals in it. Very happy, and will buy again.