I don't stink!

I gave up deodorant this weekend after my last post about what was in my "natural" deodorant and I started using Alcohol and guess what?  It works.  I have zero smell.  I even went out on Friday night and nothing.  So I gotta tell you, so far I'm very happy with this little experiment. 

Now I gotta stop and say this:  Boob is back from Alaska today.  What does that mean?  It means I'm still at home (at 11:00am) because I faked another headache this morning so I didn't have to deal with him.  I also have a few things that I had to take care of with my lines (you know, the ones I'm responsible for and make commission on?  Yeah... The ones that my job depends on).  Had I gone into the office this morning he would have had a list of his jobs that needed to be done (you know, the stuff that has NOTHING to do with my job?  Or the company for that matter) and I wouldn't have got my real work done.  It's funny because even when I tell him "Boob, I have a ton of stuff to do for Line A and Line B today, do you think you could look up the golf course and book your own tee time today?"  And instead he will write out (that's right!  Instead of turning on his computer and using 'google' himself - which I've showed him a few times now - he will write out everything he wants me to google for him and then put it on my desk for when I'm finished my real work.  Then he will let it sit there until the end of the world while he sits at his desk writing out more things for me to do rather then just doing his own stuff himself).  So now I've started telling him I'm busy all the time, I'm making up work so that I never have time to google the car repair shop he wants to take his car to, all the while telling him that 'he knows how to google, it would be faster for him to do it himself' instead of writing everything out and letting it sit on my desk when I have no time to do it.  Guess what his response is to that?  "Oh I know how to google, it's just easier for me to have you do it."

How nice.

So here I sit dreading the moment that I pull into my parking space and see his car there.

Back to my underarms!

If there is anyone out there that is trying the Alcohol and Baking Soda deodorant, PLEASE comment below and let me know what you think of it.  If there is a different natural deodorant you are using I'd also like to hear about those too. I'll be doing alcohol morning and night until this Friday (that will have been a week) and then I'll be using Baking Soda in the mornings and using Alcohol (hopefully) once or twice a week.  I will continue to update on this as the weeks go by.

What's in your deodorant?

Do you ever think about what's in the products you use?  What chemicals are you putting on your body every single day?  Is it safe?  I'm on a quest for health - not weight loss - health.  That includes the products I use: Make-up, Shampoo, soap, moisturizer and toothpaste.  Today I'm going to talk about deodorant.  This is something we all use everyday, some of us use it a few times a day, and I want to know what exactly is going onto and eventually into my skin.  I have 2 different brands that claim they are completely natural so I'm going to do a little digging on: Jason and Toms of Maine.

The First one is Jason:  On the label it says "Natural Pioneer since 1959", "Pure natural deodorant stick" and "No Aluminum, Parabens, Phthalates or Propylene Glycol"


Pretty good start...

But I should point out that there is no where on here that says "No animal products", although it does tell me they don't test on animals.


Let's google the ingredients to see what really is in here:


Propanediol: This is what I found -
Propanediol may refer to either of two isomeric organic chemical compounds:

• 1,2-Propanediol (Propylene glycol)
• 1,3-Propanediol (Trimethylene glycol) 

(Source)

 So which one of the 2 chemical compounds are actually in this?  Why doesn't it tell me which one?

The first (of the 2 options) is this - Propylene glycol, also called 1,2-propanediol or propane-1,2-diol, is an organic compound (a diol or double alcohol) with formula C₃H₈O₂ or HO-CH₂-CHOH-CH₃. It is a colorless, nearly odorless, clear, viscous liquid with a faintly sweet taste, hygroscopic and miscible with water, acetone, and chloroform.

(Source)

Chloroform?!  That stuff is HAZARDOUS!!! "Chloroform was discovered by three researchers independently of one another. Chloroform was reported in 1831 by the French chemist Eugène Soubeiran, who prepared it from acetone (2-propanone) as well as ethanol through the action of chlorine bleach powder (calcium hypochlorite).^[9] The American physician Samuel Guthrie prepared gallons of the material and described its "deliciousness of flavor."^[10] Independently, Justus von Liebig also described the same compound.^[11] All early preparations used variations of the haloform reaction. Chloroform was named and chemically characterized in 1834 by Jean-Baptiste Dumas. "


(Source)


I don't want that going into my body!!!

The second (of the 2 options) is this - 
1,3-Propanediol is the organic compound with the formula CH₂(CH₂OH)₂. This three-carbon diol is a colorless viscous liquid that is miscible with water.<sup>[2]

(Source)


Seems OK...

But later in that same article I see this:</sup> 1,3-Propanediol does not appear to pose a significant hazard via inhalation of either the vapor or a vapor/aerosol mixture

<sup>And that gives me a bit of a warning... it doesn't say definitely that it is or isn't harmful - I say avoid this.

So I didn't get past the first ingredient and I already want to throw this away.

It goes on to say: Aqua, Glycerin, Sodium Stearate, Zinc, Ricinoleate, Polyglyceryl-3 Caprate, Aloe Baradensis Leaf Juice, Citrus Grandis (Grapefruit) Seed Extract, Allantoin, Behenyl Alcohol, Ethylhexylgycerin, Glyceryl Stearate, Silica, Sodium Bicarbonate, Sucross Cocoate, Tocopheryl Actetate, Zea Mays (Corn) Starch, Benzoate, Hexyl Cinnamal, Fragrance (Parfum).


The second one is Tom's Of Maine: The front says "aluminum-free" and "natural"


The back tells me this is "Cruelty Free" (yay!), "Giving Back" (double yay!) and "Sustanable Practices" (triple yay!!)


Here's what's in it: Propylene glycol - Hold the phone! That's the first ingredient in the last deodorant!  I'm outta here!


Clearly I need to make my own, I found this video that says to try alcohol and baking soda.  Off to the store - I'll let you know how it works!</sup>