... is cool. They have both liquid and solid soaps.

Btw liquid castile soap can be mixed with oil (olive/almond/coconut/castor) and water or herbal tea in proportions of 1:2:1/4 - castile liquid soap:water/tea:oil. You can also play with the proportions to find your own recipe that works for you.

And instead of hair conditioner - 1 table spoons of apple cider vinegar in a cup (~220 ml) cold water, just pour it on your head and don't wash away.

Also water plays a big role. Hard water demands more soap/shampoo to work and creates a film with non-SLS soaps (clogging the pipes, the pores, drying the skin and hair). Here in Israel the water is very hard, so it is a big challenge to find something that works ok.

My grandma in Ukraine was colecting rainwater and washing her hair with it. Another good reason to collect the rainwater. Some people boil and then cool the water, it makes it softer.

But for me it is enough just to boil and cool that cup for the final hair rinse.

In general, hair is probably one of the most problematic areas to deal with when survivng: washing long hair is a problem, then hair-loss due to stress, malnutrition or inability to wash the sculp, and there is a well-known problem - lice. So cutting the hair as short as possible or shaving a head can be a great way to minimize these problems in extreme conditions. Then of course, it will be colder, as the body looses heat through the top of teh head - so wear a hat or wrap your head with some cloth.-

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Now, another big advantage of Bronner's soap is that it is ok if there are traces of it left on the skin.

So what can be done with this kind of soaps is a "4 cups of water wash" :D It can be useful to know this option in case there will be a water problem. I've tested it and it works just fine:

Place 4 cups of water (or some ammount that works for you) with some soap in it (the water should be really slightly soapy) in a pot or bowl.

And then - just wet a soft cloth or a sponge in the water, squeeze just a tiny bit and wash some area, start from the upper part of the body. Wash the cloth in the soapy water and go again, from up down. Most dirty areas, like feet are the last to wash. now if you stand in a tub or something that can trap the water flowing down from the body,then you will stand in a puddle which already 'washes' the feet, you can wash your feet then in it better than with just a cloth.

If these 4 cups include a face wash, then you can add the soap after washing your face, first wash your face bending over the pot and then the rest of the body.

The same will work with the 'plants' water and 'herbal teas' water if there's no soap.

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Now I wanted to make an important note: because I could confuse somebody when I said ~"the above-mentioned plants are good for brushing teeth". I meant the desinfecting and cleaning plants and substances, not the soapy plants :S