Comments on: Homemade Deodorant To the Rescue!

By: Whttitney

Whttitney — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 00:27:03 +0000

Behind any human being is a mystery: What happened to make him … him? When considering extraordinary people, the question becomes an obsession. What produces the sort of people who create world-changing products, inspire by example and shock by justified audacity, and tag billions of minds with memetic graffiti? What led to his dead-on product sense, his haughty confidence, his ability to simultaneously hector and inspire people to do their best work?
He went to Reed, a well-regarded liberal arts school known as a hippie haven, but dropped out after a semester, choosing to audit courses informally. (Including a class on calligraphy that would come in very handy in later years.) Jobs also took LSD in those years, and would claim that those experiences affected his outlook permanently and positively. After leaving Oregon, he traveled to India. All of these experiences had an effect on the way he saw the world — and the way he would make products to change that world.

By: Sreetgeds

Sreetgeds — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 14:37:40 +0000

Hi everyone!,

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This is all absolutely unexplainable – are they all scam? I would like to believe there are some decent ones, please recommend one if you can!

Thank you very much!

By: wendy

wendy — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 01:56:20 +0000

Hi,
I’m 65 years young and have been using Lavilin for about 20 years!! This question may sound funky, but this seems to be the right place to ask it. The lavilin really works against under arm odor, but I get little bumps, maybe dried balls of whatever the pores excrete, at the base of each hair or from each pore. I can only remove them by rubbing hard or scraping them off with my fingernail. They don’t come off with just soap and water. Does anyone else have an experience like this or suggestions? Some of the Lavilin is probably 10 years old. Does anybody know the deodorant’s shelf life? The creme smells fine.

By: suzi Fields

suzi Fields — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 05:08:55 +0000

yes it is

By: Mags

Mags — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 13:16:30 +0000

Sage oil is not for the amateur to use. Clary Sage is safer but also has contra-indications. Do not use if pregnant or if you have high blood pressure. If new to using essential oils at all please always research the subject. There is a lot of information on the internet now which was not available when I became an aromatherapist about 25 years ago.. We had to wade our way through huge text books on the subject. Now you could just type in ‘sage essential oil – contra-indications’ and you’ll find a list of dos and donts. Play safe, they are wonderful, God-given, products but must be treated with respect just as we treat drugs.

By: Mags

Mags — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 13:07:38 +0000

It is true that tea tree can help cold sores but the best one by far is geranium. If you buy a 10 mls. bottle of the neat pure essential oil you can make, from that bottle, many bottles of treatment oil for future use. Only ever make one at a time though because the neat oil keeps for years whilst the mixed oil only months. To make a treatment bottle you need an empty 5 or 10 mls. bottle with a dropper insert (buy from a chemist initially but never throw them away – keep for re-use). You add 3 drops of pure geranium oil to 5mls. (one teaspoonful) of vegetable oil. This can be the kind you cook with (sunflower, rapeseed, safflower but NOT olive) or you can buy the more expensive cold-pressed vegetable oils from health stores. Mix your small bottle and keep it in a cool place out of the sun and LABEL it. Give the oil a good shake and apply one or two drops to a cold sore. It usually works very quickly if used at the first signs of a cold sore developing. If left until developed a cold sore is harder to treat but this is still worth trying
before resorting to any chemical answer. Geranium oil is a middle priced oil but a treatment mix as mentioned above works out very cheap indeed and you’ll find many other wonderful uses for geranium oil. Do a little research and get the best you can out of these little bottles of wonderful stuff.

By: Susie-Q

Susie-Q — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 12:24:44 +0000

Before you try something different, make sure your underarms are completely clean. Many of the products leave a residue which takes days to wear completely off. I can’t use any anti-persperants or mineral crystals or I break out. Aluminum IS a mineral, and can be toxic. I use Lavilin cream every four days. The main ingredient is zinc oxide, also found in Desitin diaper cream. Zinc is a vital mineral. Try: soap and water scrubbing twice, dry completely, and apply a generous amount of rubbing alcohol with 2 or 3 cotton balls. (Don’t do this after shaving, or it will burn.) After the alcohol dries, apply your new product. Or you could try going without any product. I’d bet you’d be surprised how long it takes before odor actually occurs. If you’ve been using anti-persperants, there are probably accumulated body toxins. Sweating is good for you, and helps to clean the pores. Better to deal with moisture than poison your body. I have no doubt that there scientists paid (by the uber-wealthy cosmetic industry) to debunk research linking anti-persperants with breast cancer. Another option is to spray one’s clothes with cologne in the underarm area. I do that also.

By: Leah

Leah — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 08:40:11 +0000

Your curiosity is so funny, reminds me of that across-the-fence movie Perfume. But I do love the scents that essential oils in a diffuser create (Ylang Ylang + Geranium = very soothing)
And I did read somewhere that the sense of smell ignites the memory more than any other, so it’s important. Good thinking!

By: Sean

Sean — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 03:15:49 +0000

1/4 teaspoon Baking Soda on washed damp armpit. Immediately neutralizes even the strongest body smell. The end. If you shave your pits it will sting. So let your fur grow a bit (need not be bradeable). Give the baking soda a place to cling. Super cheap, no metal, envrionmetally freindly.

The hard rock crystal works equally well, it is potassium aluminium sulfate. Unlike the aluminum compunds in anti prespirants, the aluminum in the crystal deodorant does not enter your body or cause your pores to shut, so you still get lovely cooling sweat, but no odor which might arouse attention.

In either case you can put a nice smell on your armpit 1st if you want (your favorite essential oil, cologne, perfume, whatever!).

By: Sandy

Sandy — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 15:28:46 +0000

In the USA we can buy it in 10 LB boxes very reasonably. I use it in the laundry, cleaning etc…