i am sure it works for others but did not for me [SEP] i would like to give this stars because i love that it is made here they really do smell great they are not overly scented as some of the other brands out there howeveri recommended using these only for skin beauty products i tried them in my homemade dish soap they did not workthey left everything greasy with a film on them that does not happen with dr bronners same with the hand soap i made it worked but was not overly cleaning like dr bronners instead my hands feel oily afterwards i sometimes have to use more then the pump to clean them unless i have batches of homemade skincare products to do shower gel shampoo etc i will not be purchasing them again i will be going back to dr bronners because i know that those do work in my recipes i am in chicago so have no hard water issues or anything that would alter how these work maybe these work better with certain types of water such as hard water