Dr. Bronners Magic soap
I have been a ardent user of Dr. B's magic soap for 30 + years. I always called it the original hippy soap. It is, now a days, quite expensive. The cheapest I have found is $9.99/quart at TJ's. I heard a tip though, and I thought I would try it. Take a bar of Dr. B's hard soap bar, put it in purified water and let it set or steep for several days. The soap will brake down and you will have liquid Dr. B's...
Here's the project. I bought a bar of Dr. B's peppermint bar soap, put it into a plastic container with 5 cups of water. After 1 week, i drained out the soap into a recycled Dr. B's 1 quart container. I still had at least 1/2 the bar left. So I put in another 5 cups of water and let it steep. That was a least 1 week ago. Meanwhile, I have been using the soap as usual in the bath and as body soap. It is lighter but works just as well. I don't get the same bubbles so far. By the way, the bar of soap only cost $3.95 at TJ's. Happy bathing!!!
"He started his business making products by hand in his home. The product labels are crowded with statements of Bronner's philosophy, which he called "All-One-God-Faith" and the "Moral ABC". Many of Bronner's references came from Jewish and Christian sources, such as the Shema and the Beatitudes; others from poets such as Rudyard Kipling. They became famous for their idiosyncratic style, including hyphens to join long strings of words and the liberal use of exclamation marks. In 1947, while promoting his "Moral ABC" at the University of Chicago, Bronner was arrested and committed to a mental hospital in Elgin, Illinois, from which he escaped after shock treatments." from Wikipedia
Great tip!
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