Vel Soap or Vel Detergent (from the slogan "Mar-VEL-ous")[1] is a soap liquid detergent by Colgate-Palmolive. Introduced in the United States in the late 1940s,[2] the product has been sold in places such as Argentina, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Venezuela and other Latin American countries as well as in Scandinavia.[2] [3] In Mexico, it was sold as Vel Rosita (Vel Pink). This was due to the liquid being pink as well as the bottles it was sold in.