Do you expect to see a fragrance? A wonderful synthetic fragrance that contains alcohol and who knows what else all those weird scientific words are! That one I do expect in most deodorants; however, I only wear ones that contain a natural scent normally from essential oils.
I can tell you one thing I did not expect to find. As I was reading the label on a deodorant labeled "natural mineral" I was shocked and greatly dismayed to find ANHYDROUS as the second active ingredient. Yeap you read that correctly anhydrous! AHHHH! Really women are putting that on their armpits? Wow!
I can't tell you how horrible that made me feel. They were labeling this product as natural and a mineral deodorant that is better for you, and yet here on the label is a deadly chemical!
Now what is normally the first active ingredient in most store deodorants? Come on what do you think? It's aluminum. Yeap great old aluminum. Did you know that some time ago they linked aluminum to Alzheimer's? Studies show an increased amount of aluminum in the brain of victims of Alzheimer's via autopsy. Aluminum is also thought to increase your breast cancer rates.
So tell me again why we as women constantly put that stuff on our arm pits? Truly? Okay so yeah I don't. I use only deodorants that do not contain fake chemicals or harmful ingredients. These normally have oils(coconut mainly) with beeswax and some essential oils. I have some deodorant that is a baking soda base with peppermint oils that works wonderfully for when I'm going to be very active and sweating.
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| My deodorant ingredient list. This is so much better than aluminum being #1. |
Okay off my soapbox for now. Enjoy your day and maybe please take the time to read the labels on your favorite deodorant and also don't forget about body care products(that's a whole nother post waiting to happen).
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Aluminum! Thats scarrrrrrry!
ReplyDeleteI guess I should check my deodorants!
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately most people probably don't even look at the labels or educate them as to what is harmful. Many other cultures don't even use deodorant, gasp!
ReplyDeleteI am aware of aluminum but other than that I don't even know what ANHYDROUS is! I use natural deodorants and most of the time I can pronounce what is in it, so I am not worried! Thanks for the info!
ReplyDeleteThanks for opening my eyes about deodorants and their ingredients. I am going to look at what I see on my deodorant and see about changing this because this is so important!
ReplyDeleteI know it is so scary when you read the ingredients! Aluminum is so bad for your body! I had a terrible reaction from aluminum. I even needed surgery to remove many of my glands. Aluminum is serious stuff!
ReplyDeletei didn't know that
ReplyDeleteOh dear...I guess I'm in trouble then...
ReplyDeleteI've been off deodorants except in extreme cases for about a year - now I'm off them for good! Learned today you can make your own clean, safe deodorant. As an aside, once I stopped the chemical filled bath products and got on clean ones, I got DAILY compliments from my hubby on how good I smell. Yay!
ReplyDeleteAll of my skin/bath stuff is natural chemical free. But I unfortunately tend to not even like my own stink these days with being pregnant and running after 8 littles all day so I still use deodorant just very picky about brands and ingredients.
DeleteWow .. news to me !
ReplyDeleteOh gosh! I never would have guessed this. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteThis was a revelation I had a few months back and it shocked me too! Truly's Natural Deodorant is a pretty fabulous company.
ReplyDeleteI just received some Truly's in the mail to review. Haven't tried it yet. Now I'm eager to!
DeleteDeodorants can have some disgusting ingredients!
ReplyDeleteI can not believe you found Anhydrous in some deodorant! Just thinking about a chemical used in fields that is meant to kill off weeds/bugs ect.. Yuck! then a story comes to mind where some poor guy drove through a cloud of some anhydrous that was just put on a field (wind blew it over a road)... Ugh!
ReplyDeleteI know! And the worst part was it was a name brand "natural" "mineral" one. . . Horrible!
DeleteYep, conventional deodorant is pretty disgusting! I'm using one from Monkey Baby Naturals right now - It's patchouli-based, which is a pretty strong scent, but I like it! I switched from the toxic stuff for good during my last pregnancy -- I especially hated the idea of a little newborn head snuggled up in my toxin armpit. :/
ReplyDeleteHow bad is it that I know the dangers and yet still use the "dove" ones because I have never found a natural one that works well for me. Though it has been a while since I looked for new ones.... so please do drop names!
ReplyDeleteMakes you wonder what else is in everything you use on a daily basis. :\ Yikes!
ReplyDelete0_0 Anhydrous...like the fertilizer? Eep!
ReplyDeleteI've got to admit it - I haven't spent much time checking my deodorant. I'm probably putting something nasty on my body... now I have to go check. Thank you for sharing this. Glad to have you link-up with Wellness Wednesday :)
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