Blue Dot Refill

The products are amazing, great staff, and reasonable prices. I get all of my cleaning products here, the only one I wasn’t crazy about us the dish soap (will try a different one next time.) My favorite products are the baby specific soaps and lotions (much better ingredients than anything in the store, even the honest products). Check this place out, you will get addicted like me.

So much selection it’s unbelievable and it’s fun to get creative on what bottles to use for what soaps.

This is a fantastic establishment… What a brilliant idea! Amber is incredibly helpful and nice, and the products are fantastic. There’s a loyalty system– (gotta love perks, #amIright?) so you can get a bonus after 10 purchases. Honestly– this place is great– you can re-​fill your sunscreen– so great for a beach community.

I won a prize in a raffle from this store, which was a nice thing. Unfortunately, I won body wash and lotion and I have extremely sensitive skin so I cannot use these things (the last time I used regular laundry detergent, I ended up on Prednisone for 2 weeks). It took me a week to get a call back from the owner to find out if I could exchange these things for a candle or something, and SHE WOULD NOT LET ME EXCHANGE! She said that she doesn’t keep retail sizes of her products (so where did this come from?), so she would not take these back and suggested that I re-​gift it. So much for winning, right? I also got a $ 20 gift certificate that I will throw away before I will purchase anything from this place. Boo.

This little place is so awesome! You can refill anything from shampoos, facial/​body washes and detergents. Laura really opened my eyes to all natural eco friendly versions of soap. She also makes a delicious smelling coconut body scrub (only $ 10 for a huge tub) I also bought candles for myself and my boyfriend. Vanilla sandalwood and patchouli can I get an amen?! Friendly, affordable, and eco friendly!

What an amazing place! The staff is friendly, eager to help, and knowledgeable about the products.
I’ve used the Griffin Remedy Shampoo and Conditioner, the Alaffia (unsure about spelling) body wash, a spray for removing pet odor from carpet, hand soap, facial wash, and even deodorant from Blue Dot Refill. I’ve been over the top pleased with the quality of all of these products. The best part is, you get to choose the quantity you want, so you can test out products to find which one you like best!
Hats off to Blue Dot Refill for giving us an opportunity to conserve and recycle without sacrificing quality.

This place is amazing! I got a little bag of 6 soap shells and an 8oz bottle of dog wash for less than $ 2.50!!!

I am down with this concept. I’ve only tried the shampoo and conditioner, but it’s an excellent set-​up that lets you try some before you go all in on a big bottle of something that makes your hair feel like straw and/​or mucky. The prices are extremely reasonable considering you’re buying the fancy organic/​sulfate-​free/​angel tears stuff — even the most expensive one I could find was on par with buying a 32 oz ABBA shampoo at a beauty supply store. The staff is always very helpful and friendly. Minus one star because I wish they had a slightly bigger selection of hair stuff, and a range of smaller empty bottles to buy there (while they do have bottles available that others have brought in to recycle, you can’t use glass in the shower and I can’t bring myself to fill a 5-​hour Energy Shot bottle for conditioner). Overall a great spot and I look forward to trying out more stuff!
PS. If you have a membership at Happy-​U Namaste down the street, you get 10% off here!

I love this place! They have so many great products to choose from, I love that I can bring my own little container so I can try a product before getting an entire refill.

Just bought my first re-​fill here on Lavendar Castile Soap and I am really excited. I have been using Dr. Bronner’s Lavendar Castile Soap normally, however Blue Dot’s Castile is made locally and honestly smells SO much nicer. Its smooth, refreshing, and has a great texture. I use the concentrate to clean with (a tea spoon mixed with 24 oz of water) makes a great all purpose cleaner. I also use in the bath for my 6 year old niece.
Beth helped me who is the owner, and she is REALLY sweet, and genuine. Glad to help out a local, and women owned business!!!
Tip for Massage Therapists they have massage oils here too!

Really appreciate this store, partly because of the service they provide, and also because they are just good people. It always used to be depressing coming to the end of hand wash bottles, or shampoo, or laundry detergent. Thinking of it going in to landfill and having to buy yet another huge plastic container.
Well, now it’s genuinely OK and even fun to run out because it means a trip to blue dot to refill the same container. Joy.

Keep seeing this new store on the way to Peoples, we decided to check it out. Wow! It smells wonderful inside! Love their concept of reusing containers instead of recycling them. Just bring empty containers and fill them with quality natural earth friendly products! Staff were super friendly and knowlegable. We bought some face lotion with sunscreen and some laundry detergent, both work really well and smell amazing. We’ll definitely go back to try other products.

Great idea! Bring your own bottle and buy in bulk to save!!! Love it!
If you’re environmentally conscious and/​or you like to try items without having to buy a whole bunch of it, then this store is for you. They have lots of different types of items: shampoos, conditioners, shower gels, moisturizers, laundry detergent, homemade castile soaps, sunscreen, sunblock, cleaning agents, massage lotion… you get the idea! Charging by the ounce, it allows you to bring in a bottle and only choose a small portion so you can sample it. Ranging from $ 0.35/oz to $ 1.15/oz, filling an entire bottle will save you money over a similar purchase at the store — and you’re not contributing to yet another plastic bottle in the world.
They also have a community donation section of bottles to choose from if you forget your own. And you can «drop while you shop»… so drop off your bottles and tell them what you want, then go over to Peoples’ and do some grocery shopping, and by the time you’re done, your bottles will be filled up.
Love this concept — definitely will be back to try more items including the laundry detergents and shower gels once my current ones run out.

Blue Dot please come to North Park! We need you!
This place is worth the weekly trek to OB, and I am loathe to battle weekend beach traffic. The staff always greets every customer with such sincerity and pleasant conversations. Not to mention how good it feels to save plastic.
What a great concept; bring in your empty containers and refill dish soap, hand soap, laundry detergent, pet and human shampoo, lotions… etc.
I love this place. If only there were more Blue Dot Refills… everywhere.

I love going in there — I used to go to Target when I ran out of soap. Now, I head over to Blue Dot Refill.

What a gem! The concept is new to San Diego, but I know it’ll take the city by storm quickly.
The products are all top quality. There are even free recycled containers you can put your goodies in.
Ask about the AMAZING cocoa powder sugar scrub they have for the holidays. It’s fantastically priced and oh. ma. god makes you smell and feel great.
Deirde is such a sweetie. She hugged us after our first visit!

Such a great concept: instead of recycling your plastic containers (who knows what happens to them after you put them in the blue can?), reuse them! Refill them with higher quality stuff too if you are so inclined. Blue Dot is the place to be if this idea resonates with you.
Blue Dot has an amazing selection of excellent products to keep you looking beautiful: shampoo, soap, sunblock, conditioner, lotion, and on and on as well as laundry and dish soap and other vital ingredients for keeping your household running smoothly.
I am super excited to welcome this store to San Diego and I think the location right behind People’s is genius! I’m looking forward to heading back and refilling my containers with beauty products. Yay!

Yes this place is awesome if you are looking to reduce and reuse. If you shop at the People’s Market anyway, it’s right next door. The staff are friendly and helpful, I think this business has HUGE potential if they can franchise it throughout the USA. I also love the fact that I can WALK there from my house… Yes I will be going back

The Blue Dot Refill is delivering on their promise to reduce and reuse by refilling soap containers with their organic and sustainable soap as a service. SOAP AS A SERVICE! That is right. You heard it here first. There is a real trend emerging in the world and The Blue Dot Refill is leading the way in San Diego to reduce the amount of plastics being consumed.
For a long time I had this understanding that plastics are the junk mail of our American shopping experience. It is so hard to avoid buying plastic because it is everywhere. So intense is our consumerist addition to plastic that globally there are 5 giant plastic islands the size of Texas. Disgusting. Five plastic islands.
How do we stop using so much plastic?! By buying from shops like this one! We always need soap, so why do we always need to buy a new container to hold it? I tend to have a favorite soap and use the same one for awhile so now I’m going to The Blue Dot Refill to buy my soap because I actually want to enjoy the ocean when I’m an oldtimer.
I heard that there is a place in Italy where a soap truck comes around and refills your bottles with the detergent, body wash and hand soap that you need. I read about it a long time ago and I am so happy to see that finally a service is offered locally where I can purchase soap and say GOOD-​BYE to the wasteful side of these purchases. Soap as a service is here to help us become better consumers and healthier humans!

Awesome concept for a business and planet earth friendly! Refill your shampoo, body wash, conditioner, pet shampoo, detergent, dish soap, sun screen, all-​purpose cleaner, and any other household necessities. Rather than continuously purchasing plastic containers for these liquids, bring in your old plastic container to refill. I buy a big bottle of sun screen at least 4 times over the summer after losing or spilling it everywhere in my trunk… why not buy it as I need it in small amounts or in bulk?! Lets save the planet together, people! The variety of products, friendly and informative staff, and the cause will keep me coming back!