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Home » Bath & Body » Dr. Bronner’s Castile Lavender Liquid Soap offers a cheap, relaxing makeup brush washing experience

Dr. Bronner’s Castile Lavender Liquid Soap offers a cheap, relaxing makeup brush washing experience

May 11, 2015 Paris B 17 Comments

Apparently right, I’m the last person on earth to have heard about or tried the Dr. Bronner’s Magic Soaps. I vaguely recall coming across it a while ago, but it was always touted as this magical all-in-one cleaning product by hippie green-scaring people and websites, and you know how I feel about all-in-one products, right? You don’t? Well, I think they’re bollocks 😛 Ok, the greeny-scary people scared me too.

But you know what? I’m not a greenie-monster (pinky promise!) and I’m not going to tell you how wonderful this product is for cleaning the 1001 things in your house. Instead, I’m going to share just what an excellent brush cleaner I’ve found! 😀

dr bronner 18 in 1 lavender castile liquid soap
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Another brush cleaner, PB? How many do you need?!

Well, ok just one if I’m to be honest LOL! Previously I’d told you about how useful the Dove soap bar is for cleaning brushes. So cheap, and so good. I’d also told you about the Daiso brush cleaner, but that one comes with a warning from me. Don’t be over-zealous when using it on natural hair brushes or be faced with a dried out, scratchy brush. You don’t want your precious blue squirrel hair brush to die right?

I moved houses and in the process, I tossed my Dove soap bar (it lasts ages and ages!) but I picked up a bottle of the Dr. Bronner’s 18-in-1 Help Lavender Pure Castile liquid Soap and this is now my brush cleanser. Cheap, good, smells lovely and is gentle. It’s awesome, I promise you! 😀

I don’t know much about this brand except that they make soaps. Soap bars and liquid soaps. I’m not a soap bar girl, so I picked up the bottle of liquid soap instead. This is an organic product and biodegradeable and vegetable based. I don’t want to offend but this ticks all the boxes for the greenies. It’s no wonder they’re all over it.

The product is like a shower gel consistency. Slightly viscous but liquid. It comes in various scents and I picked up Lavender, which I’m happy to report, smells of lavender and does not smell fake and headache-inducing.

The product is supposed to be concentrated so you are supposed to dilute it with water and you can use it for a myriad of uses, from showering and washing your face, to cleaning your kitchen. That actually makes this product quite economical because it’s a one size fits all product right?

dr bronner 18 in 1 lavender castile liquid soap
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Well I’ve never tried it for anything else other than washing brushes. I might use it for a shower if I was pressed, but not for my face. Maybe for my kitchen. Who knows.

But we’re not talking about household cleaning here (although if you’ve used it for household cleaning, please tell me how effective it is!) but instead how useful it is for cleaning your makeup brushes and for that, I give this the thumbs up!

For brushes that I use with cream products – foundation brushes mostly, I use this full strength. I usually drop a couple of drops onto my Daiso pan holder brush washing thingamajig and run my brushes up and down until they’re clean. With dense brushes like the Shiseido Perfect Foundation brush or similar, it can take me a while.

If it’s a white haired brush like the Wayne Goss brush No. 1 it gets clean more quickly, and here’s the best part. It gets the brushes all clean and white again! It’s just as effective as the Daiso detergent, but so much more gentle on my brushes because none of them look like they’re going to die on me. Instead, they all feel lovely and soft after washing and drying.

With brushes I use for powder products – blush, eyeshadow etc – it gets them clean quite quickly. If the brush isn’t very dirty, I drop a few drops into a bowl, fill halfway with water and swirl my brushes in them and rub a little on my Daiso brush egg and all is clean in a jiffy!

Best of all, they smell lovely thereafter with a faint scent of lavender. Doesn’t stay very long, but hey, it makes the cleaning process a relaxing one!

dr bronner 18 in 1 lavender castile liquid soap
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The only thing is, I don’t know where or if it is sold locally. I’ve never seen it but then I don’t go to stores that sell natural/organic products so if you’ve seen this anywhere locally, please holler so someone else can enjoy this product too.

I used to see these on iherb but they seem to have been discontinued from there. If you shop at Asos then I’ve seen them on sale there, but I bought mine from Bath & Unwind. It comes in 3 different sizes and prices seem cheaper on Asos where this bottle retails for about £8.50 (approx RM46) for 237ml which, if you’re like me, will last forever. You could even use it to shower and not make a dent in it 😛

IN A NUTSHELL

The Dr. Bronner 18-in-1 Pure Castile Soap is an organic soap formula that is biodegradable and organic and gentle on the environment. It is a concentrated formula so you may need to dilute it when using it for body cleaning. I’m not sure, I’ve never tried as I only use it for washing my brushes. It gets my brushes clean quickly, it smells lovely, and it’s above all, gentle on my brushes, from the synthetic ones all the way to the expensive squirrel hair ones. It’s also super affordable and your only problem if you’re in Malaysia, is where to find it, which isn’t a problem if you’d just shop online! 😉

PROS: Affordable, Gentle on makeup brushes, Cleans makeup brushes easily and quickly, Only very little is needed so it is very economical, Lasts a long long time

CONS: Unable to find in Malaysia

WHO WILL LIKE THIS: Anyone who wants a gentle, organic brush cleanser for your makeup brushes

Here is the ingredient list for this liquid soap.

dr bronner's 18 in 1 hemp lavender castile liquid soap ingredient list
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Have you used this product before? What other uses have you used it for?

I’ve come across people who use this as their shower gel because their skin can’t handle soap. It’s less drying I’m told but I haven’t used it for that purpose. So far, only my makeup brushes have “bathed” with this and I think they’re quite happy about it LOL! 😀

Paris B

Dr. Bronner’s 18-in-1 Hemp Castile Soap comes in soap bars and liquid soap in various scents Price: From £3.28 onwards Availability: Asos, Bath & Unwind and other online stores

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  1. Peggy says

    May 11, 2015 at 8:44 am

    wow, im going to get this. the wayne goss white hair brush killing me, coz i have difficulty making it white again.

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    • Peggy says

      May 11, 2015 at 8:49 am

      btw, did u dilute it when u use it to clean brushes?

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      • Paris B says

        May 19, 2015 at 11:28 am

        If it’s for stubborn items like foundation brushes or cream, I don’t dilute. I just drop a few drops on my Daiso mat and run my brush over it. If it’s for powder brushes, I dilute a little in a container.

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    • Paris B says

      May 19, 2015 at 11:27 am

      No problems getting any brush white with this cleanser! 🙂

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  2. Tracy says

    May 11, 2015 at 9:47 am

    Glad you discovered it because it’s great. I’ve been using the bar version for years and can’t see myself using anything else anytime soon. It’s cheap and last forever. All of my white goat hair brushes that tend to stain easily are instantly white again. I’m always reccomending to friends as a more affordable version of throes solid brush cleaners you find in beauty stores.

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    • Paris B says

      May 19, 2015 at 11:29 am

      I’ve heard loads of great things about the bar version too! It does the job so well, like you I won’t get those solid brush cleaners either. Why pay more when you can get the job done for so much less eh? 🙂

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  3. LeGeeque says

    May 11, 2015 at 11:54 am

    I take this as a sign I should wash my makeup brushes. 😛 I stick with my Dove bar 🙂 So easy. 🙂 THANKS FOR THE REMINDER!

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    • Paris B says

      May 19, 2015 at 11:30 am

      The Dove bar is a great money saving option and does the job just as well 😀 If I hadn’t moved, I’d still be using that

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  4. Lily says

    May 11, 2015 at 4:00 pm

    Oh thanks for this! I’m still using my Barbara Hoffmann brush soap bar which I bought from Shins a couple of years ago. I wash my brushes rather frequently, but I still have more than half a soap left! Once I’m done with it, I’m going to use the Dove soap you recommended. Such a clever option 🙂

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    • Paris B says

      May 19, 2015 at 11:33 am

      Soap bars are great for washing brushes. Last forever too! LOL The Dove soap bar is great and it leaves the brushes smelling very nice as well and best of all doesn’t dry them out. Oh and it’s super cheap too!

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  5. synical says

    May 11, 2015 at 4:20 pm

    Good to know, but since I’m down to only washing two makeup brushes every week, I guess I can keep using the Daiso one and the Bobbi Brown one that I’ve still not finished. If this is as organic as they claim, it’ll probably degrade before I can finish…

    There’s another brand of castile soap being sold locally, but I’ve not tried it myself so I can’t comment on it.

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    • Paris B says

      May 19, 2015 at 11:34 am

      I didn’t know castile soap was a thing to be honest LOL! But the Daiso brush cleaner is quite something. When I have a very stubbornly dirty brush (usually foundation) I usually resort to the Daiso cleaner. Gets everything off in a flash!

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  6. kuri says

    May 15, 2015 at 6:55 pm

    Awesome! I need to get that washing pad too. I’ve used Dr. Bronners before but having to dilute it was a bit of a pain – it sounds perfect for brushes! I’ll remember to be careful with the Daiso cleaner.

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    • Paris B says

      May 19, 2015 at 12:15 pm

      Daiso is your best friend Kuri! 😀

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  7. Lexi says

    June 10, 2015 at 3:48 am

    I am a big fan of Dr Bronner, I usually got mine from Naturisimo (10% off) or lovelula (tax free shipping).

    Stay out from Bath & Unwind, the product cost changes with delivery country.

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    • Paris B says

      June 10, 2015 at 10:15 am

      Ooh thanks for letting me know about lovelula! I didn’t know they shipped internationally 😀

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  8. adila says

    March 19, 2018 at 12:29 pm

    Loove this review because I have started to use it as well! Anyway you might want to update the cons because I got mine from Koyara + free shipping bcs they’re based in MY.

    Reply

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