Organic Deodorant 

🌸 Are you looking for a safer deodorant, made without aluminum, parabens, BHT, talc, triclosan, silica, propylene glycol, stearates, and fragrance? (If your current deodorant contains any of these toxic ingredients listed above, it is time to replace it with a safer one!) 🎉

Conventional Deodorants 

We know that in addition to being toxic, aluminum also interferes with the body’s natural and necessary process for overall health – sweating! Since we are all demanding more natural deodorants, many brands have come out with “aluminum-free deodorant” alternatives, but this is not enough.  Diisopropyl adipate, Dimethicone, Heptyl Undecylenate, Triethyl Citrate, BHT, talc, triclosan, silica, and stearates, to name a few more. 

 

  • ❌ Aluminum – Linked to Alzheimer’s disease and heavy metal toxicity

  • ❌ Parabens – Endocrine/hormone disruptors, found in 99% of breast cancer tissue sampled study

  • ❌ Propylene glycol – Classified as a skin irritant by the EWG

  • ❌ Phthalates – Endocrine disruptors linked to permanent birth defects

  • ❌ Triclosan – Linked to liver toxicity and thyroid dysfunction

  • ❌ Formaldehyde – contaminated synthetics – carcinogenic

  • ❌ BHT

  • ❌ Talc

  • ❌ Silica

  • ❌ Stearates

  • ❌ Fragrance: A Cocktail of chemicals creating skin sensitivities and irritations. Learn more here

Greenwashing Deodorants 

Avoid greenwashing deodorant made by companies started by venture capitalists and then sold their brand to greedy multinational corporations. Greenwashing is when a brand pretends to be organic, eco-friendly, natural, or safe when it is not. They use misleading greenwashing techniques, tactics, and claims to convince you to buy their products! 

 

These companies focus more on profits, cutting quality and costs, and spending on marketing. Reducing the original formula and quality. Claiming to be natural is not enough for a safe deodorant! We need to check the rest of the ingredients of a “natural” deodorant.  They may still sell us synthetic ingredients in their aluminum-free deodorants to help give the smooth, blended texture you’re accustomed to with conventional deodorants. ​​Those controversial active ingredients are: 

 

  • Magnesium Oxide: considered toxic also for the worker. Magnesium Oxide is on the hazardous substance list. A suspected nano-scale ingredient with the potential to be absorbed into the skin. So if you find this ingredient in your deodorant, you want to check that it is non-nano, just like in sunblocks when we check for non-nano zinc oxide. Magnesium Oxide has not been tested for safety to affect reproduction.

  • Magnesium Hydroxide:  Suspected nano-scale ingredients with the potential to absorb into the skin.  Avoid or minimize skin exposure. Restricted in cosmetics. Magnesium hydroxide has also been found to be a skin sensitizer. (Source

Organic Deodorants 

Pick only Organic and natural deodorants made with safer active ingredients. Even better when they are USDA Certified Organic, and even better in plastic-free packaging to avoid any plastic contamination or pollution.

 

  • Magnesium Sulfate: recognized as a safe ingredient by EWG

  • Magnesium Chloride: recognized as a safe ingredient by EWG

  • Tapioca Starch: is an approved food-grade ingredient. Since you can eat it, it is safe to put it on your skin. 

  • Arrowroot Powder: is another food-grade ingredient. If it is organic, it is even better since it means no pesticides or GMOs.  

  • Sodium Bicarbonate (Baking Soda): approved ingredient since it is food-grade. Baking soda has a very alkaline (or basic) pH of 9. 

  • Cornstarch: approved food-grade ingredient. If it is organic, it is even better since it means no pesticides or GMOs. 

 

NOTE: When you are transitioning from chemical antiperspirant to natural deodorant, you may need Eartley’s detoxifying Pit Mask to help you accelerate the detoxification process. You can find it on this page below. 

​The Best Organic Deodorant Brands

Here you will find the best and safest organic deodorant brands on the market: aluminum-free, paraben-free, synthetic-free, artificial fragrance-free, plastic-free options, and eco-friendly.

My number one certified deodorant brand recommendation is:

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