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Mar 4, 2009

Again With the Deodorant

Posted by Lilla under Innovation: a nice way of fixing a screw up, Just thinkin', Personal Care

If you have been reading this blog at all you will know that I’ve been experimenting with homemade deodorant stick. And I’ve had some good luck with baking soda and cornstarch in a cocoa butter/coconut oil base.

Yesterday I changed the formula to create an even more stable product that would stand up better to increases in temperature. So it seems that the new formula is going to be exactly what I want in solidity.

I’m really pleased that it is as stiff as it is… here’s my dilema: I was so excited at the solidity that I tried to turn the knob on my recycled deodorant container too soon and broke the screw right off the knob. So here I was with my freshly concocted solid in a container that I could no longer get it out of in a usable form. Read the rest of this entry »

Deodorant…Again!

Posted by Lilla under Just thinkin', Personal Care, Recipes

OK, so I have to tell you that I really like the deodorant I made a while back. It was great until, after having a warm day two days ago and it melted a bit in the container and slumped to the side. Which wouldn’t have been a problem except I am not used to using a microwave.

I put the container into the microwave thinking to warm it enough to allow the contents to melt back into original form. And it probably would have worked except I, being “microwave challenged”, managed to melt it and pop the retaining seal off the bottom of the deodorant container. There was my wonderful concoction all over the slightly dirty glass tray. Read the rest of this entry »

Homemade Deodorant

Posted by Lilla under Personal Care

Like most people I don’t like to offend. I shower regularly with soap (Kirks Castile usually). I’m a little sensitive to perfumes and fragrances, meaning that usually they give me a bit of an ache in my sinuses. Oddly enough…natural scents don’t bother me, flowers and herbs and natural incense, but that is another post entirely I think

So I finally ran out of the last store bought deodorant I will ever buy two days ago. I have been reading about how aluminum in antiperspirant isn’t good for people. I also have to wonder about trying to shut down a system that has been working well at cooling humans for millennia. Read the rest of this entry »

What the heck?

Posted by Lilla under Book Reviews, Gardening, Household Cleaning, Just thinkin', Personal Care, Recipes, Uncategorized, While I was out...

Since I started writing this blog and began using advertising, I get really annoyed with the automated ads that get thrust upon me from time to time. I want you all to know that I am aware of the inconsistencies that show up from time to time, and am working on a better filter for the ad content.

Amazon is keyword driven, and at times the products that are featured with my articles are conflicting with my views. For instance, the insecticide that was being featured under my article for NATURAL PEST DETERRANTS. I saw that this morning and was both annoyed and amused.

There is a way to get adverts that are consistent with my content, I know there is!!! I will prevail in this, I promise. Until I get it managed… bear with me and ignore those ads that seem really out of place.

Old Skin

Posted by Lilla under Personal Care

My skin is getting old. No use in denying it, it is finally happening. I’ve caught myself looking at the anti-aging products aisle in Walmart. My laugh lines are changing to crows feet, I have a permanent “11″ between my eyebrows. The wrinkles and the grey hairs I can deal with, but the dry unhappy skin was killing me. It itched, and felt dry although I could see it was oily. but the really bad thing was that it looked so dull.

Granted, I live in a fairly dry climate, the high desert of southern California, but I drink water all the time. I eat a really healthy diet, although admittedly a little too much of that, very balanced. I exercise, although right now, coming off a knee injury not as much as I should. I don’t drink alcohol to excess, very often. I do love a good beer . So what could be causing my problem?