Cut down on your time spent leaning over the kitchen sink fiercely scrubbing dishes by finding a powerful liquid dish soap. Some dish soaps are better than others. If you opt for one of the best liquid dish soaps, it might mean that it takes you only 2 minutes to tackle the pan with burnt food at the bottom vs. the usual 10 minutes. Sure, your arms might not get as much of a workout, but the skin on your hands will thank you—and that’s more time you can spend unwinding.

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To help you out, we rounded up the five best liquid dish soaps on Amazon. We found effective and powerful degreasing options and some eco-friendly options that manage to be gentle on the environment and your hands while still getting the job done. Some of these soaps even contain plant-based ingredients, while others boast that you won’t need to keep re-upping on soap during the cleaning process—a few squirts will do.

And if you’re wondering about my level of expertise, I unfortunately don’t own a dishwasher, so I hand wash every single one of my dishes, pots and pans.

Once you switch to a new dish soap that cuts through grease and food debris, you won’t want to go back to your old one.

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Boasting a biodegradable formula and plant-derived ingredients, this dish soap is one of the more environmentally-friendly soaps on the market. Despite the lack of harsh chemicals, it can still wash away grease, leftover food debris and leave your pots, pans and dishes gleaming.

This six-piece set includes four Dawn Ultras and two anti-scratch sponges, so you’ll be ready to take on any cleaning challenge—including the pan that’s been “soaking” for three hours. According to the seller, you won’t need very much dish soap to pack a punch, so your liquid dish soap will last longer.

This dish soap is clear, boasting a lack of dyes, fragrances and triclosan. Another eco-friendly option, Seventh Generation is gentle on your skin. You won’t have to immediately reach for the hand lotion after doing a round of dishes. Plus, you get six bottles in this set.

This Kosher dish soap boasts 50 percent more degreaser in each drop, so you can wash those greasy pots and pans faster. The soap also helps fight foul food-related odors, which is good news if you have some smelly plastic food containers with leftovers in your fridge.

Cut through grease and get rid of stains, like coffee and tumeric, with this liquid dish soap. It comes in a bottle made out of 100 percent recycled plastic. Plus, it’s a multi-use cleaner. You can also use it to wash your car and clean the grill.

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