Deodorant Update

I made deodorant on Friday and said I would report back in a few weeks, well I lied, I’m going to report my findings now.

David came home Saturday from Seattle, so I of course did my customary house scrubbing.  I try and make it look like I didn’t let the girls destroy the house all week, or as I tell him to cover up the wild parties we had.  ;)

Getting a week of house cleaning crammed into a few hours will of course ensure that I’m a nasty mess by the time I’m done.  I had put on my deodorant the day before after my shower, and yet there was no stink.  I had also given some of the deodorant to my sister, because turning as many people into tree hugging hippies as I can is a goal of mine.  She went on a major house cleaning bender yesterday (to feng shui your home you must first make it look like a 4 year old, 2 dogs, and 2 adults don’t live there .. hehe), and informed me that she too worked up the epic “I cleaned the house” sweat and did not stink.  I’d say two clean homes, and two non-stinky hippies means the deodorant works.  :D

Homemade Deodorant

My crafty friend who recommended muesli to me recently made deodorant and lip balm.  I ordered the stuff for both from Mountain Rose Herbs and got it today, and purchased from ylang ylang from Whole Foods.  Despite being VERY tired I decided to whip up a batch of deodorant.

Now I admit I LOVE ylang ylang.  It’s my favorite essential oil, lavender is close on its heels though.  There’s sweet orange oil in it too, but ylang ylang is the dominant scent.  Here’s where I admit that I seriously thought about smothering myself with cocoa butter.  The smell is a-mazing.  I also sampled some of it since the cocoa butter I got is food grade.  It tastes good too.  ;)

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Homemade Liquid Laundry Soap

A few years back I tried doing homemade laundry soap of the powder variety.  It wasn’t bad, but powder was more of a pain than I wanted to deal with since you needed to mix it with water to ensure that it dissolved properly.  In 2008 I got my LG Tromm washer and dryer set, and it was HE so I used HE detergent until we came back to Nevada.  I had been doing some research because I was pretty well set on not having commercial chemicals all over my house (yeah, I’ve cheated a bit, but I’m still over 75% on it).  I found some HE friendly liquid laundry soap recipes that seemed easy enough.

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