I was sent to a Shopper’s Drugmart on a mission for my guy with one prescribed task…buy some flash tape, whatever that is. Now keep in mind, going to the pharmacy is never a 5 minute pop-in for me…I’m always compelled to scour a few random product labels and suddenly an hour’s gone by. Call it a crazy compulsion. I call it a healthy obsession.
Either way, tonight, I’m kneeling in the deodorant aisle, squinting at fine print to see if Adidas 0% Aluminum and Soft & Dry Aluminum Free Deodorant still contain antibacterial triclosan/triclocarbon (now in the midst of being declared official toxins, though the government refuses to ban them outright), and wouldn’t you know it, check and check. They’ve still got the endocrine disrupting chems in there.
Then I spot Secret Natural Mineral Deodorant with “naturally derived odour protection.” Interesting. What exactly is giving this antiperspirant natural mineral powers, I wonder. Well, flip the product over, peel back the sticker and lo and behold it’s got the exact same aluminum zirconium as every other conventional antiperspirant. It’s the second ingredient right after environmental menace cyclopentasiloxane, followed by the EXACT same ingredient list as the non-naturally labelled Secret Scent Expressions sitting right next to it on the shelf! The ONLY difference between the “natural mineral” version and the regular one is that it’s got a little calcium carbonate in 10th place on the ingredient list. Wow. That puts it right up there with Degree NatureEffects for being a total poser! Degree NatureEffects, by the way, also has regular Aluminum Zirconium Tetrachlorohydrex Gly, eco toxic Cyclopentasiloxane, endocrine-disrupting preservative BHT, oh and a little corn starch for good measure.
Don’t get duped. This Secret’s out.
I love your work!!!
I have tried almost every brand of deodorant from the health food store and i always smell like body odor at the end of the day and i won’t even mention how bad i smell wheni wake up in the morning. So i went back to Secret antipersprant, and WOW what a difference. So as much as i would love to use the deodorants from the health food stores, none of them work and i can’t afford to smell like i haven’t washed in a month.
Are there any more “natural” deodorants out there that you would recomend? I have been avidly getting rid of many things in my household do to moslty, my sensitve skin. It has made things a lot better for me all the way around. Now to just get a few other things figured out…. Curly Hair Care Products, Deodorant, Get Husband “on board”…. It has been a journey so far and I know it will continue to be one.