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Chemist reviews Dr Bronner’s Castile soap

Affiliate Disclosure: I receive a small commission for purchases made via affiliate links. As a practising organic chemist this post will explore the effectiveness of Dr. Bronner’s Castile soap as well as the ingredients list. I started using Dr. Bronner’s Castile soap to wash my body roughly one year ago; I was looking for something that would be a bit more ‘kinder’ to the skin than typical shop-bought shower gels. Something with fewer unnecessary ingredients. Also, something more effective, I find a lot of shower gels to be a bit ineffective. One year on and I don’t use anything else.…

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Are ‘natural’ beauty products better?

What are ‘natural’ beauty products? First off, let’s talk about what ‘natural’ actually means when it comes to beauty products; does ‘natural’ mean a product is chemical-free? No, since every compound or ingredient is technically a chemical (whether it is extracted from nature, or synthetically derived), despite connotations that chemicals are only compounds that are artificially prepared. So, what does natural mean if it doesn’t mean chemical-free? Are they using ‘natural’ chemicals they’ve extracted from flowers and other natural sources? Sometimes, although the product might only contain 1% of a chemical extracted from nature. There aren’t enough flowers in the…

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