Top Alternatives to Toxic Products: Deodorant

Deodorant - Your underarm skin is one of the thinnest and most sensitive areas on your body, so it's important to treat it with tender care. Common deodorants contain aluminum chlorohydrate (an antiperspirant) and parabens (preservatives) that can irritate skin and even has been linked to cancer (source).

Sweating is a necessary function that cools the body and purges toxins from the bloodstream. Aluminum chlorohydrate works by plugging up sweat ducts so sweat and toxins can't get out.

Too much sweat leads to moisture, creating an ideal breeding ground for smelly bacteria. How to avoid toxins and keep dry and fresh naturally? Read on.

Living Organic for Cheap

Eating healthy and using products that don't harm our bodies or the environment shouldn't be a luxury,  it should be our right. But from cage-free eggs to all-natural face cream, responsibly made products can be double or more compared to the conventional products. Maybe celebrities can afford to taut organic cotton outfits for their babies and sip fair-trade lattes, but the average mom has to worry about paying for the mortgage and diapers too! How do we keep our homes free of harmful chemicals as well as maintain a budget to save for our kids college or even just to make ends meet?