It was much less than 100 years ago that the major brands of bar soap that were marketed around the country were made out of vegetable oil -think, for instance, the original Palmolive -and Kirk's Castile must have had its place among those lathering luminaries.
I'm not a soap historian so I don't know exactly when or why the manufacturers switched to using tallow for their formulations (maybe it was cheaper to obtain?, maybe easier to work with?) but in any case they all attempted to outdo each other by advertising those bars of tallow soap with various gimmicks using newfangled technology. There was deodorant soap, 'beauty' soap, 'mild' soap for your babies, and so forth. In the process, their original products were all superseded.
Nevertheless, when I first became aware of Kirk's Castile Soap (mid 1970s) it was still a brand of Proctor and Gamble and could still be found in supermarkets in some places, where it was the largest (in size) bar on the shelves, and also the least expensive. P & G did not, however, advertise it or try to market it aggressively in any way.
Today none of the facts in the above paragraph may still be the case, but what remains true is that this soap produces the greatest lather of anything you've ever used, and washes both your body and your hair very effectively (yet gently).
That, kids, is your brief soap lecture for today. Remember to wash behind your ears, rinse your hair until it squeaks, and use vegetable oil soap so you can go about your business without your pores being clogged by greasy renderings from cattle, and so that you may carry the vague fragrance of the tropics with you instead of the unsubtle scents synthesized from petroleum.
A good soap, not harsh, free from unwanted colors, perfumes or lotions. Quick delivery and solid packaging. Recommend.
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Great soap for body and hair, lathers well. Check drugstore-dot-com if you're going to buy, as this seems a little pricey.
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I tried three bars of the scented soap and the scent aggravated my allergies. The only difference in the formula between the scented and unscented versions of the soap is the scent-everthing else is the same. I loved the lather!! I ordered the eighteen pack of unscented and I have had several very nice showers! I highly recommend this soap!
1) it lathers nicely and feels very gentle on the skin. Rinses completely and leaves the skin soft and NOT ITCHY!
2) After five showers the bar of soap looks new. There were a couple of complaints in reviews for this soap that it just shrunk down to nothing very quickly: I didn't see any problem.
3) If worried about cost-per-shower of the soap buy MANY bars at once. Remember, old soap is cheap soap. Not only did you probably pay a lower cost two years ago but the soap has been sitting on the shelf slowly drying. The result: when you unwrap an old bar it lathers the cloth nicely but the bar doesn't shrink/dissolve as fast. So, more showers per bar of soap!
Have courage: Buy a large amount. I can't imagine you not liking it, but if you don't, you can give this soap as a gift to someone or donate to charity. But, I think you will like it!!!
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This is the only bar soap that we buy now. We all have sensitive skin and find that this works wonderfully for us!
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I give this soap top marks for excellence! I love the box it comes in, and the adorable soap itself if marked with a pine cone, and needles. It's a pale green, glycerinelike soap, but I've never had a glycerine soap last as long as this. It just keeps going! My favourite part is the scent. Not overwhelming, but a very pleasant Pine (not in anyway reminiscent of cleaningproduct pine, thank goodness). This is going to be my go-to wintertime soap because the scent just says Christmas to me. Mind you, it would be lovely any time of the year!
