Blogs the ‘personal care’ Category


Why I (try to) stay away from artificial fragrances

Thursday, July 15th, 2010

Part of my renewed interest in replacing my commercial deodorant with an all-natural one is the dangers posed by artificial fragrances.  Fragrances contain many ingredients which are untested for safety -- the FDA doesn't test them; it doesn't have to by law.  One ingredient in artificial fragrances, pthalates, have been ...

Non-Toxic, Homemade, Completely Edible… CocoDeo

Wednesday, July 14th, 2010

I've tried all-natural deodorants in the past, and always been very disappointed in their performance.  So for a while now (I hate to admit it) I have just been using regular old Dove.  But I was doing some reading about aluminum and other ingredients in commercial deodorant/antiperspirant products, which include ...