To Dilute or Not to Dilute Dr. Bronner's

[Upside]

I got my first glorious giant bottle of Dr. Bronner's Almond scented soap. Now what? The bottle says to dilute, however a friend of mine has always used it straight to: wash hands and do dishes. What do you do?

[VeganCupcake]

: I need to know this, too.

[dawningmama]

I dilute and mix with coconut oil and I find the dr bronners to be kind of drying. I have it in those foam-maker bottles for handwashing.

[Leta]

Oh, dilute. For sure. Easier on the skin and the wallet.

[anotherKatrina]

For hand washing I dilute. Otherwise is clogs up the dispenser. Foaming dispensers work really well.

[Whittliz]

Originally Posted by Leta

Oh, dilute. For sure. Easier on the skin and the wallet.

Can you dilute with water?

[texaspeach]

IME it works just as well diluted and a little goes a long way

[Anna Rose]

Does anyone know if I can get the little foam bottles at Target or a store like that? I've seen the links to buy online, but I'd rather pick it up locally rather than ship one single little bottle. Thanks!

[andimae]

I've been wondering about the whole diluting thing as well. When you dilute it, what are the ratios that you usually use? I am planning on using it mostly for hand soap and in a spray bottle for cleaning my counters, etc.

I'll have to keep my eye open for those foaming bottles as well!

[VeganCupcake]

I've never seen those bottles empty, but maybe some kind of a craft or soapmaking store would have them, or maybe a natural foods store. I've mostly seen them full of soap, sometimes icky, nasty soap, and sometimes not-so-bad soap. For instance, there's some Kiss My Face soap that comes in those foamers that my natural foods store sells.

[lindberg99]

Originally Posted by Whittliz

Can you dilute with water?

Yes, but it works best to use distilled water if you have hard water.

I usually use about 3 T Dr. B's per 16 oz of water.