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Monday Mission: Find and Replace SLS

October 31st, 2011 · 41 Comments · Green Living

Your mission, if you choose to accept, is to read your soap and cleaning labels, seek out "sodium lauryl sulfate" and "sodium laureth sulfate," then begin to look for natural alternatives. (Can you see why I just wrote "SLS" in the title?) Impact Ratings: Level of Commitment: Making Strides Since last year’s natural personal products [...]

Monday Mission: Tackle Those ‘Pits

October 24th, 2011 · 18 Comments · Green Living, Monday Missions, Natural Health

Your mission, if you choose to accept, is to make sure your deodorant is safe. Impact Ratings: Level of Commitment: Making Strides Way back over a year ago when we talked about the dangers of aluminum during Analyzing Aluminum in August, I posted the homemade deodorant recipe I had been using. At that time, however, [...]

An Update on Homemade Deodorant

January 6th, 2011 · 70 Comments · Green Living

It’s been over a year since I posted the baby steps I used to move from traditional antiperspirant to an actual homemade deodorant. Many of you have taken the plunge as well (if you haven’t, winter is a great time to start something like this!) and I wanted to update you on what I’ve learned [...]

Monday Mission: Green and Natural Body Products – Pick One

November 8th, 2010 · 57 Comments · Green Living, Monday Missions, Natural Health

Your mission, if you choose to accept, is to find one new natural product to use in your home. This marks Kitchen Stewardship’s first two-week mission, as it’s been some time since I visited this topic and there’s plenty to say. Plus, if you’re anything like me (i.e. slow as molasses) it might take you [...]

Effective Homemade Deodorant: My Baby Steps Story

August 27th, 2009 · 127 Comments · Big Changes, Do It Yourself, Frugality, KS lifestyle, What to Buy

I never thought I would make homemade deodorant, believe me, but as I told you Wednesday when we talked about hazards of antiperspirants, I wanted to make a baby step away from antiperspirant last December. I have used Degree for years, because many other name brands didn’t work for me. I’m not a dainty little [...]

Analyzing Aluminum in Antiperspirants: Hazard or Hoax?

August 25th, 2009 · 39 Comments · Big Changes, Food for Thought

My husband is not a violent man at all, but he may just kill me if I tell the world I haven’t worn deodorant since last Christmas. So I won’t tell you that. I like sleeping in my bed and don’t want to make up the couch each night. So I’m not going to tell [...]