A convert to castile soap....
Oct. 12th, 2005 11:34 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
poltr1Some time ago, I bought a bar of Kirk's Coco Castile Soap. Last week, I opened it and tried it out in the shower.
I like it. A lot.
It suds up well, even in this hard-water town. It has a nice light fragrance, not overly perfumey like some other soaps on the market. And my skin feels very clean and tingle-y after using it. I wondered if the "clean" feeling was a result of my skin being dried out by the soap. (I don't think it is. Can someone confirm?)
AFAIK, "Castile" refers to the Castile region of Spain, where soap was made from olive oil. Castile now refers to any vegetable oil based soap (e.g. coconut oil). Another castile soap I like is Dr. Bronner's Magic Soaps. And the label is an interesting read.
One advantage about castile soap is that it's completely biodegradable. I wish I knew about castile soap when I was in Boy Scouts. I would have used this instead of Ivory on my camping trips. (I'm still wondering: If the soap is 99.44% pure, what's the other 0.56%? And how biodegradable is it?)
I like it. A lot.
It suds up well, even in this hard-water town. It has a nice light fragrance, not overly perfumey like some other soaps on the market. And my skin feels very clean and tingle-y after using it. I wondered if the "clean" feeling was a result of my skin being dried out by the soap. (I don't think it is. Can someone confirm?)
AFAIK, "Castile" refers to the Castile region of Spain, where soap was made from olive oil. Castile now refers to any vegetable oil based soap (e.g. coconut oil). Another castile soap I like is Dr. Bronner's Magic Soaps. And the label is an interesting read.
One advantage about castile soap is that it's completely biodegradable. I wish I knew about castile soap when I was in Boy Scouts. I would have used this instead of Ivory on my camping trips. (I'm still wondering: If the soap is 99.44% pure, what's the other 0.56%? And how biodegradable is it?)
