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Fresh Palate is a natural, organic food store specializing in gluten free, dairy-free, and vegan. We also carry home, beauty, baby, novelty gift items, and essential oils.

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Castile Soap: It's History and Uses

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The Dr. Bronner’s Castile Soap brand was created by the Heilbronner family in the 1880's in Laupheim, Germany. During the 1930's, and with the rise of Hiltler, the Heilbronner son, Emanuel) decided to drop the "Heil" part of their last name and emigrated to the United States. In 1948, Dr. Bronner’s was founded! (Fun fact: Emanuel also invented a foam concentrate still used in fighting forest and structure fires today.)  

We know there are many companies that make castile soap, but after a lot of research, we fell in love with the ethics and quality of Dr. Bronner’s. Castile soap is made with 100% plant oils, with the exception of an added scent, which is organic as well. The ingredients are water, organic coconut oil, potassium hydroxide, organic palm kernel oil, organic olive oil, organic hemp oil, organic jojoba oil, citric acid and tocopherol. How simple is that list?!  I love that I can read it all without having to look up words that I don’t know how to pronounce! There is absolutely no synthetic preservatives, detergents or foaming agents. Dr. Bronner’s also has many "already made" products like lotions, shaving soaps and balms. Please check out their website for their dilution sheets (attached below).

Are you into DIY projects? Here is a wide list of some of the castile soap uses! Please check out their website for their dilution sheets (attached below).

  • dish soap
  • all purpose cleaner
  • laundry detergent
  • glass cleaner
  • dishwasher soap
  • tub scrub
  • face wash
  • shaving soap
  • shampoo
  • clearing congestion
  • hand soap
  • lotions

I absolutely LOVE the versatility of this product! In the hustle of life, who wants to remember to pick up ten different cleaning and beauty products. Not me. I’ve been slowly switching over to a more minimalistic approach to life and that includes the mental list of things to remember on my weekly store run, with this I can just make sure I have the castile soap of my choice on hand and enjoy the every day moments with my family more! If your kids are old enough, get them to help you make your DIY and teach them about becoming more conscience of what is going on our biggest organ, the skin!

Websites sited:

https://draxe.com/castile-soap/

https://shop.drbronner.com

dilution sheet:

https://www.drbronner.com/all-one-blog/2017/06/dilutions-cheat-sheet-dr-bronners-pure-castile-soap/