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Average of 7 Reviews
Value 4.5 star rating
Effectiveness 4.5 star rating
Overall 5 star rating
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This stuff lives up to its name!
oakling reviewed April 21, 2008 at 7:41 pm

I love this dishwashing liquid. All those mainstream kinds that derive their fragrance (and their suds, and everything else about them) from weird chemicals smell terrible to me now - and the scent clings to my hands and sponge for ages.

Fortunately, Trader Joe's would never do that to me. When I use this dish soap, I don't have to worry about friends with chemical sensitivities. Or what weird invisible residue I might be eating off the plate afterwards. It comes in lavender and in orange; I think the orange one is particularly effective on grease, but that might just be my perception because I know that orange oil is great for that. Both smell good; not too strong, just a pleasant smell that comes from essential oils.

The best part about this soap, in my opinion, is that it makes FANTASTIC bubble bath. I toyed with a long line of costly bubble bath gels and foams and balls before this, always struggling to find one that didn't have weird chemicals and didn't cost a ton of money. I finally had to admit that none of them stood up to Trader Joe's dish soap.

A few squirts make a nice long-lasting foam; a lot of squirts make a huge foam head on the bathtub. And it's ridiculously cheap at three dollars a bottle. I could never find regular old bubble bath in a bottle this size, and certainly not at the same cost and with the same big white fuzzy piles of bubbles. And it lasts a long time... at least, until I get in the bathroom with it!

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Value 5 star rating
Effectiveness 5 star rating
Overall 5 star rating
Pros: No petrochemical residue; biodegradable; no chemical fragrance; smells nice; TONS of bubbles; effective on grease
Purchase Date:April 2008 Purchase Price:$2.99
3 people found this review useful
good effective soap
dana1981 reviewed May 18, 2008 at 9:02 am

I haven't used this soap in a while because I don't get to Trader Joe's very often, but I really liked it when I had it. The lavender scent is nice and light, the soap is very effective, and it's biodegradable and doesn't have weird chemicals. It's also nice and cheap, and makes lots of suds, which I like. The only downside is that you can only get it at Trader Joe's. They need to hurry up and build one near my house!

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Value 5 star rating
Effectiveness 5 star rating
Overall 5 star rating
Pros: biodegradable, cheap, effective, no chemicals

Cons: only available at Trader Joe's!
Purchase Date:October 2007 Purchase Price:$2.99
1 person found this review useful
good stuff
smart4u reviewed October 18, 2008 at 9:32 am

works well; good price too. 

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Value 4 star rating
Effectiveness 4 star rating
Overall 5 star rating
Purchase Date:October 2008
good and non-toxic cleaning power
MagdalenaC reviewed July 7, 2008 at 9:19 pm

I've been liking this dish soap quite a bit because it isn't so "thin."  It has a consistency that allows it to run out of the bottle slowly so you don't risk using too much, more than you need.  The scents are natural and not over -powering.  It lathers up well and cuts through grease easily.  All  in all, I think it is a good product.  And  it eco-friendly too!
 

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Value 3.5 star rating
Effectiveness 4.5 star rating
Overall 4 star rating
Pros: affordable, not heavily scented, good consistency

Cons: only found at Trader Joe's
Purchase Date:May 2008
My wife loves it!
dordal reviewed June 13, 2008 at 1:16 pm

My wife loves this stuff... she buys it for us all the time. I like it too, although I really don't feel it is that different than many other dish soaps. And I'm not in love with the kooky name... but hey... whatever sells, right?

Still, I'll give it five stars because she likes it so much.

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Value 3 star rating
Effectiveness 3.5 star rating
Overall 5 star rating
Great Stuff!
lapyles reviewed April 21, 2008 at 8:22 pm

I bought this while I was at Trader Joe's on a whim, because I was almost out of dish soap. The low price and the fact that it was biodegradable drew me to buy it. Needless to say it is very good stuff. It cleans just as well as anything I've used. It also has a great scent that is natural instead of heavy and unnatural like some other brands. The only reason that I don't have it any more is because I didn't make it back to Trader Joe's when I ran out of dish soap again (I replaced it with another eco-friendly dish soap). But I will definitely buy it again!

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Value 5 star rating
Effectiveness 4 star rating
Overall 4.5 star rating
Pros: Cleans well, fresh scent
Purchase Date:January 2008 Purchase Price:$3.00
1 person found this review useful
Great Stuff
carlsr reviewed April 29, 2008 at 8:05 am

This is a very gentle soap for handwashing dishes, it has a great price and some nice scents to go along with it. I definitely recommend!

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Value 5 star rating
Effectiveness 5 star rating
Overall 5 star rating
Pros: Nice price, gentle on hands

Cons: None