deodorant /Re: baking soda and aluminum

[Guest guest]

holy cow -- I just looked up benzethonium chloride

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benzethonium_chloride

Out goes the Mexsana. I love that smell, gonna miss it.

Joy

>

> Baking soda works great as a deodorant for me. I even keep some in the

> car for those especially sweaty days... ;+)

>

> It is irritating in the summer, though, but I've found that Mexsana

> powder works really well, too. I don't know what benzethonium chloride

> is, and the " fragrance " keeps me from using it year-round. I suppose I

> should use plain cornstarch, or mix up my own stuff...

>

> Joy

>

> ---

[Guest guest]

My personal favorite is a mix of peroxide and salt, kept in a spray bottle

for ease of application. It works wonders all year round.

Dissolve 1/2 tsp sea salt

in 2/3 cup warm water

add 1/3 cup 3% hydrogen peroxide

-Lana

On Sat, May 10, 2008 at 5:11 PM, jmr1290 <jomarex@...> wrote:

> Baking soda works great as a deodorant for me. I even keep some in the

> car for those especially sweaty days... ;+)

>

> It is irritating in the summer, though, but I've found that Mexsana

> powder works really well, too. I don't know what benzethonium chloride

> is, and the " fragrance " keeps me from using it year-round. I suppose I

> should use plain cornstarch, or mix up my own stuff...

>

> Joy

[Guest guest]

This looks great, Lana -- I will have to try this one.

On May 10, 2008, at 2:52 PM, Lana Gibbons wrote:

> My personal favorite is a mix of peroxide and salt, kept in a spray

> bottle

> for ease of application. It works wonders all year round.

>

> Dissolve 1/2 tsp sea salt

> in 2/3 cup warm water

> add 1/3 cup 3% hydrogen peroxide

[Guest guest]

Wow that is nasty. Why do they have to put that stuff in?

Looks like it's mainly corn starch. Also some kaolin clay and zinc

oxide and fragrance.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexsana

I use plain organic corn starch under my arms and it works pretty

well. Add some kaolin clay, zinc oxide powder and some essential oils

-- lemon oil, eucalyptus oil, and camphor oil and you would probably

be able to come pretty close to the Mexsana (they also list

" fragrance " so who knows what that is).

Ann Marie

On May 10, 2008, at 2:45 PM, jmr1290 wrote:

>

>

> Out goes the Mexsana. I love that smell, gonna miss it.