Natural Deodorants

A range of natural deodorants including Thai Deodorant Crystal Stones and Lafe's full range of Natural Organic Roll-ons, Twist Sticks, Mineral Salt Spray Deodorants and convenient Crystal Sticks.

Natural deodorants offer an organic and economical alternative to potentially harmful anti-perspirants. We perspire to balance salt levels, regulate the body's temperature and eliminate toxins and waste produce. Body odour is caused by bacteria dissolving the waste material in our perspiration. Conventional anti-perspirants contain molecularly small aluminium salts that get absorbed by the body and simply block pores to prevent perspiration and trap the toxins inside the body. In contrast, ammonium or potassium alum-based deodorants work through bacteriostatic action, which means they inhibit bacterial growth while allowing the elimination of toxins without clogging pores. These products come in spray, roll-on, or crystallized rock form. They are hypoallergenic, contain no aluminium or perfume (optional), can offer twenty-four hour protection and tend to last for six to twelve months or even longer. Best applied to a wet pit, crystallized deodorants are just as effective in hot temperatures and for people who play sports. To use the rock or spray you douche the underarm and apply; it usually dries within a minute. The layer of mineral salts is non-sticky, does not leave stains on clothing and can be used on a hairy or naked arm pit or even the feet.

One of the main organic ingredients in our natural deodorants is ammonium alum or potassium alum. Alum has been used in Asia and Egypt for over two thousand years. Production began in England in the seventeenth century. Because alum is a compound found in nature most people ingest between 20 to 60 milligrams of alum per day through the water we drink, the foods we eat and the air we breathe. In its natural form, alum is the third most abundant element in nature, after oxygen and silicon. It has been part of our environment since the beginning of time and is one of the basic building blocks of our universe. It makes up almost 8% of the earth's crust, surpassed in quantity only by oxygen at 47% and silicon at 28%. It is found in soil and clays that only produce metallic aluminum products when processed. Even so, the alunite molecules are too large for the body to absorb physically. This is confirmed by the fact that alum weighs over 36 times as much as water and it is impossible through natural means to get water to permeate the skin.

If you have never had the opportunity of trying a natural deodorant, Lafe's offers a couple of their products in trial sizes.