soap n stuff

kelly5309

Hey everyone,
Ive been going through all the forums looking at links about face soap and regular soap, and a lot of you say you don’t use soap. I was just curious if you guys still experience BO, or other things like oily skin on your face. I’d love to hear what you all prefer.

40in8

My mom was on a 100% raw vegan diet for 2 months, and she said that after the first 6 weeks, she no longer got funky armpits. And she didn’t use anything as an underarm deodorant. Just washed in the bath every night. I have also read of at least one other person who found they no longer needed deodorant on their raw foods diet.

I personally have only just started an all raw diet in earnest, so I still need deodorant.

There are a variety of more natural deodorants available in my local healthfood store, though. I tried one, it was an amber colored deodorant stick, looked the same and worked the same as a regular deodorant stick from the supermarket. Only this one said it had enzymes in it or something. I was allergic to is, so I have to use regular supermarket stick deodorant. I may try the ‘deodorant rock’ from healthfood store later.

I think a cousin said she uses baking soda for deodorant, though. Here is a page which describes one alternative to the supermarket preparation:

http://www.care2.com/greenliving/deodorant-or-a…

Personally, I have replaced soap, shampoo and conditioner with apple cider vinegar and baking soda, and I bathe with a brush or a loofa instead of a cloth, so I get pretty clean. Here is a page which discusses using baking soda and acv as shampoo and conditioner:
http://naturaldsm.wordpress.com/2006/12/20/25/