When I first learned about the yucky and potentially dangerous ingredients found in conventional deodorant (aluminum, parabens and phthalates – oh my!), I knew I couldn’t continue to use it.
The first place I turned was grocery store brands. I tried many of them with little to no success. As much as I wanted them to work, they just didn’t do the trick (far from it – none of them gave me lasting odor protection and I even developed a natural deodorant rash from a few of them). In the midst of my search for the perfect natural deodorant, I read something about the powerful odor-busting effects of coconut oil + baking soda.
I filled up two tiny little honey jars (you know – the free ones they have at restaurants and hotels) with baking soda and coconut oil. For the next few months, I would dab my finger in the coconut oil jar and smear it on my pits followed by the baking soda. It worked great! When I urged my husband to adopt my new method of odor control, he was not about to give up the convenience of a stick for dabbing and smearing his pits with 2 separate substances.
I couldn’t exactly blame him. It wasn’t the most convenient process and despite my success with it, even I had to admit that it was kind of annoying. So with no background in chemistry or cooking/baking, I decided to try my luck at formulating a natural deodorant stick.
It took me over a year of research, experimentation and testing on friends and family members before I finally came up with a stick that both my husband and I LOVED. And it wasn’t just us who loved it – my testers did too! After a ton of encouragement from friends and family, I started selling it on our family farm’s website along with a few other natural skincare products I had been working on, and BAM! Primally Pure was born.
Despite how much success most people have had with Primally Pure deodorant, there are still some pitfalls (ha ha) that can occur when using it. The good news is, most of them can be fixed quite easily! The purpose of this post is to help guide you through potential problems and solutions with natural deodorant.
Natural Deodorant Problems + Solutions
- Pitfall #1: I’m sweating too much! Sweat is a HEALTHY and NORMAL part of being human! And since this product doesn’t contain any of the toxic chemicals found in conventional deodorants, it won’t interfere with your body’s natural and necessary detoxification process (also known as sweating).After making the switch from a chemical-laden deodorant or antiperspirant, you may be extra sweaty as your body rids itself of toxins. This should normalize soon enough. And once it does, you may find that you sweat even LESS than you did before!
