Are you using an antiperspirant deodorant? If so, you may want to consider making the switch to a natural deodorant. Many people are choosing to make the switch due to the harmful chemicals found in traditional deodorants.
Key Takeaways
•Making the switch to natural deodorant has many benefits, including reducing the number of chemicals and toxins in your body, helping your body to naturally detox on a daily basis, and contributing to your physical well-being.
• Natural deodorants come in eco-friendly or even reusable packaging and help you to live a more sustainable life.
• Armpit detox & transition to natural deodorant can be done in 3 easy steps: perfect timing, actively working with your body, and using natural deodorant.
Reasons to Use a Natural Deodorant
- It works with your body and naturally reduces the amount of sweat and body odour
- It reduces the number of chemicals and toxins in your body, which are often introduced by regular deodorants
- It helps your body to naturally detox on a daily basis
- As part of a healthy lifestyle it contributes to your physical well being
- Using it reduces the negative impact conventional deodorants and antiperspirants have on the environment
- It is often packaged in eco-friendly or even reusable packaging and helps you to live a more sustainable life
- It’s great if you have sensitive skin.
Switching to Natural Deodorants
Making the change to aluminum free deodorants should be easy, especially when the natural alternatives are so good. When it comes to living waste-free, a deodorant is often one of the last changes people want to make. It might have taken years to find an antiperspirant that works and who would relish the prospect of feeling sweaty and smelly?
However, there are many reasons why you should brave an armpit detox and make the switch to natural deodorants.
First of all: your health! Sweating is not only your body’s way of cooling down but also necessary in order to release toxins. Many common antiperspirants prevent this from happening, which causes a build-up of harmful toxins in your body. Additionally, the aluminium salts, which are commonly used to stop sweating are actually absorbed into your body and are linked to breast cancer and even Alzheimer’s disease.
Another reason for the switch to natural deodorants is the fact that the daily use of many conventional spray or roll-on, especially antiperspirants can actually change the bacterial microbiome in your armpits. This means that due to an overproduction of some bad bacteria, sweat a lot smellier whenever you stop or forget to use your deodorant.
And, since all our natural alternatives come in plastic-free packaging you are not just protecting and improving your own health, but also the health of our planet.
Armpit Detox & Transition to Natural Deodorant in 3 Easy Steps
1. Perfect Timing
We won’t lie. Depending on the products you have been using and on the amount you have been applying, the transitional and detox period might be tough. Especially in the first few days, you will notice a lot more sweat and stronger body odour.
Pick the time for your detox wisely. Make sure you are not having any important meetings, like job interviews or similar during the first couple of days. These would just put pressure on you and your detox and transition to natural deodorant might fail as a result.
2. Actively Work With Your Body
As soon as you stop using conventional deodorant your pit detox will start. To give your body a chance to release the build-up of toxins and regulate the bacteria, you should probably refrain from using any deodorant at all for a couple of days.
Once you notice that your body odour is getting fainter, you can start using the natural deodorant. However, there are ways in which you can actively support your armpit detox – not only in the first few days but on an ongoing basis:
Natural Fibres
In order to reduce body odour, you should wear clothes made from natural fibres. Unlike synthetic fibres, natural materials like cotton don’t trap bad smells or harbour bad bacteria. Plus: they feel so much nicer against your skin! Note this is just for the first few days of the detox and is not needed once you have transitioned.
Drying after your shower or bath
It is no secret that bacteria grow quickly in damp and warm environments, after all, that is why your armpits are so popular with all sorts of bacteria, especially on warm and sweaty days. Therefore it is important to dry off really well after your shower or bath. This will not only ensure that bacteria isn’t getting too comfortable but will also make sure the skin on your pits is perfectly prepared for your new deodorant to be applied.
Food & drink
Everything you eat and drink has a direct impact on your body and health. This means your food also impacts your body odour. In general, a clean, organic and healthy diet without (or very little) caffeine, alcohol, meat and fried food contributes to a more neutral body odour.
As important as food, is of course drink and I don’t mean fancy alcoholic cocktails, juices or smoothies – I am talking about plain water. Water is one of the most important things for your body. Staying hydrated by drinking 2 to 3 litres of water every day helps your body to rid itself of toxins on a day to day basis, which in turn helps to prevent smelly pits.
3. Using Natural Deodorant
At Baba Me we believe in only selling products that we use ourselves and that really work, this also includes our deodorant range.
Our deodorants are made from a blend of nature’s finest ingredients including arrowroot powder, baking soda and essential oils or plant extracts. All these ingredients work together with your body instead of just covering up bad odours. This means: the more you sweat, the more ingredients are activated and you will be kept dry and smell delicious.
If you are using the cream, take a pea-sized amount on your finger and gently massage it into your skin. One application will last for up to 24 hours, which means one tub will last a lot longer than most conventional deodorants. In fact, most people get between 2 and 4 months of use out of a single tin. If you are using the tube just apply as you would roll on.
Natural deodorants are a smarter option than traditional deodorant. They’re made from natural ingredients like baking soda and arrowroot powder that work with your body rather than block pores.
Unlike commercial brands on the market, all of our deodorants have no aluminium which blocks sweat glands resulting in dry skin since it only neutralizes bad odours instead of trying to mask them altogether!
You can feel good about using a natural deodorant that doesn’t contain any harsh chemicals and is free from aluminum and parabens. You’ll be happy to know that you won’t get any rashes or irritations when using our products because they don’t contain any synthetic fragrances either!
We even offer vegan options so everyone can enjoy our amazing line up of natural deodorants without worrying about their health or safety.
We are all conscious of what we put into our bodies and we know that organic foods are much better for us than foods covered in pesticides and chemicals. Many of us are also conscious of what we put on our skin.
Beauty product ingredients we put on the skin can be absorbed directly into our bloodstream. This is the reason why many natural product selections are available. And being conscious of things we put on our skin is important as there can be health problems associated with the use of chemicals like aluminium and paraben. These chemicals are considered toxic and can interfere with how our bodies are meant to work.
Conventional antiperspirants, deodorant roll on and deodorant spray keep you dry and feeling fresh by blocking your sweat glands. But sweating is our body’s way of cooling down and eliminating toxins, so it’s a pretty vital function and one that we shouldn’t be trying to stop.
A natural deodorant can keep you and your teenagers smelling fresh by eliminating body odor causing bacteria, and keep you dry thanks to arrowroot powder. Arrowroot powder is an excellent ingredient that absorbs sweat and is one of the most widely used ingredients in natural deodorants.
There are plenty of alternatives to conventional spray and antiperspirants. We’ve done our research and brought you our natural deodorant collection that really does work!
Fragrance Free Deodorants
There will be some who prefer a fragrance free or less fragranced deodorant. Both Ben and Anna and Your Nature make an aluminium-free deodorant in a fragrance free unisex formulation. It’s suitable for men and is great for kids and teens as well.
