If you are searching for a product that is environmentally safe to clean both your house and your body, castile soap could be just what you have been looking for.

The first castile soap was supposedly made in Castile Castle, Spain in 1567. It was made from 100% olive oil, so many soap purists will say that in order for the soap to be considered a pure castile soap, it must be made from 100% olive oil. Dr. Bronner’s Pure-Castile Soap (the brand I use) is made with coconut oil, hemp oil and jojoba oil as well as olive oil.

Castile soap can be used for many other things besides washing your skin. It can be used as a shampoo. I have read that you might need to dilute it half and half with water to do this, though I feel it is far too thin to dilute anymore. I mix baking soda in with mine before I use it as a shampoo.

When you consider all of the harmful ingredients in shampoo (sodium laureth sulfate, propylene glycol, etc.) , Dr. Bronner’s Castile Soap is a safe and effective replacement.

After washing my hair, I use either apple cider vinegar or lemon juice as a natural conditioner.

I have rosacea, so I am very selective about what I use to wash my face with. Dr. Bronner’s Castile Soap in bar form is extremely gentle on my face and moisturizes as it cleans. One bar lasts for about 5 or 6 months. The results have been so great that I won’t wash my face with anything else.

Use in the shower as a body wash. It will leave you feeling and smelling clean. This soap is also the safe and gentle way to clean your baby.

Dr. Bronner’s Castile Soap makes a wonderful replacement for shaving creams whether you are male or female. Also, a capful in a basin of warm water will soothe tired and aching feet.

Liquid castile soap is an effective cleaner for your counters, stovetops, and any other surface. Place a couple tablespoons of soap in a squirt bottle and then fill to the top with warm water. The cleaner is quick to make and cleans just about anything.

Make a disinfectant with it by filling a squirt bottle about ¼ of the way with white vinegar, fill it almost the rest of the way up with warm water, then add a good squirt of Dr. Bronner’s Castile Soap. The vinegar kills the germs while the castile soap cleans.

A squirt added to your load of laundry will boost its cleaning and leave it smelling fresh. I use the magnetic laundry system, which works wonderfully, but if the clothes smell really bad (cigarette smoke) I sometimes add a squirt of Dr. Bronner’s Castile Soap as insurance the clothes will emerge smelling fresh.

Dr. Bronner’s Castile Soap can be bought at most drugstores, but it is also available at Amazon in both liquid and bar form. I have provided shortcuts below if you wish to purchase it from them.

Dr. Bronner's Magic Soaps Pure-Castile Soap, 18-in-1 Hemp Almond, 32-Ounce Bottles (Pack of 2)

Dr. Bronner's Magic Soaps Pure-Castile Soap, All-One Hemp Almond, 5-Ounce Bars (Pack of 6)