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Dr. Bronner's Soap & Moral ABC's
Click the link if for no other reason than to see the illustration at the top.
Anyway, like most tree-hugging, dirt-worshiping hippie types I buy bottles of Dr. Bronner's soaps. Typically I buy one of the YUGE bottles and pour it off into multiple smaller bottles around the house - kitchen, bathrooms, garage - and then dilute and use as needed. The first bottle I ever bought was on sale somewhere and I picked up the citrus/lemon scent. It wasn't until I got home that I noticed the label was covered - COVERED - with tiny print and, unfortunately since I'd picked citrus, it was white print on a primary yellow background, meaning it was nigh on impossible to actually read.
I did what any reasonable person would do in that situation and Googled it. The text had me scratching my head and finally thinking, "Well, whatever, he seems like a nice guy and this is good soap." I also noticed he really likes exclamation points! A lot!
Some of the stuff on that label doesn't make a lot of sense. Some of it is downright incoherent, and would probably be indecipherable to anyone outside of Dr. Bronner himself. But on the whole the exhortations and ABC's seem positive, and like good if somewhat wacky advice.
If you're curious, but not going to the store any time soon, here's the label text copied more or less exactly.
Happily they no longer recommend that people with vaginas use this stuff as a douche, but there really are a lot of uses for it, but you have to dilute! You can wash cats as well as dogs, just as with any soap, though, make sure you rinse the cat very well because they WILL go a start grooming themselves as soon as you're done. I also clean my stainless steel sinks by using a sinkful of hot water with a one-second squirt of soap. It's pretty good on hair, not great for teeth, terrific for mopping the floor, and I have honestly not tried it as a bug spray yet, but gardening season is just around the corner.
OK!
Click the link if for no other reason than to see the illustration at the top.
Anyway, like most tree-hugging, dirt-worshiping hippie types I buy bottles of Dr. Bronner's soaps. Typically I buy one of the YUGE bottles and pour it off into multiple smaller bottles around the house - kitchen, bathrooms, garage - and then dilute and use as needed. The first bottle I ever bought was on sale somewhere and I picked up the citrus/lemon scent. It wasn't until I got home that I noticed the label was covered - COVERED - with tiny print and, unfortunately since I'd picked citrus, it was white print on a primary yellow background, meaning it was nigh on impossible to actually read.
I did what any reasonable person would do in that situation and Googled it. The text had me scratching my head and finally thinking, "Well, whatever, he seems like a nice guy and this is good soap." I also noticed he really likes exclamation points! A lot!
Some of the stuff on that label doesn't make a lot of sense. Some of it is downright incoherent, and would probably be indecipherable to anyone outside of Dr. Bronner himself. But on the whole the exhortations and ABC's seem positive, and like good if somewhat wacky advice.
If you're curious, but not going to the store any time soon, here's the label text copied more or less exactly.
Happily they no longer recommend that people with vaginas use this stuff as a douche, but there really are a lot of uses for it, but you have to dilute! You can wash cats as well as dogs, just as with any soap, though, make sure you rinse the cat very well because they WILL go a start grooming themselves as soon as you're done. I also clean my stainless steel sinks by using a sinkful of hot water with a one-second squirt of soap. It's pretty good on hair, not great for teeth, terrific for mopping the floor, and I have honestly not tried it as a bug spray yet, but gardening season is just around the corner.
OK!
