Lavender & Rosemary Natural Deodorant

Hello Lovely! Well today I have some very exciting news to share with you. Here at Beyond Your Mirror we are so happy to bring you our first Natural Bicarb Free Deodorant. This has been a long time coming as we wanted to get our ingredients right the first time and after months of testing and feedback we're happy to say we have a winner! So let me tell you a bit about our Lavender & Rosemary Natural Deoderant.

Since switching to organic products two years ago now I've tried A LOT of natural deodorants, some have worked, some haven't and some have left me irritated and with a rash. The first time I realized my pits had gone brown I pretty much freaked out. I mean, what on earth was happening to my arm pits and why were they brown and isn't this deodorant meant to be better for me? Not making it so I can't lift my arms in public. Believe me there were a lot of questions going through my head and I did the only thing I could think of (after scrubbing my pits clean with a fresh flannel, which by the way, don't do that...ever.) which was to jump on google and do my research. After about twenty minutes of research and reading and comparing research and reading more I learned that the culprit of turning my pits brown was most likely the bicarb soda in the deodorant. I checked my product and sure enough there was bicarb in it. The research I had found suggested some (not all) people react to the bicarb and it changes the ph balance in the skin under the arms. The research also suggested not scrubbing your pits clean....oops. I also found a product that would detox my pits and bring them back to normal. So I took extra care of my pits from then on. I detoxed them to restore the ph and return them to their normal colour and I found a new deodorant without bicarb in it.

However it's still been a challenge to find a natural deodorant paste that doesn't affect me in one way or another so I decided to start making my own and naturally I was going to leave the bicarb out! So a few months ago I made up a deodorant which surprisingly is a lot easier than it sounds and at first smell I loved it but the real test would be how it would perform and whether or not I'd react to it. I'm so happy to say that it performed better than I ever expected and months later I've not had any reaction! Yey!

Well this all led me to think about all you lovelies as I had heard, seen and read many comments about people reacting to Natural Deodorants with and without bicarb. So I decided now is the time to share what I have with you all and so I went forth making deodorant, designing labels and picking beautiful jars. I also decided to include sample sizes because there's nothing worse than buying a full size product only to have a reaction to it and have to either throw it out or give it away. I want you to be able to try a sample before committing to a full size jar to make sure you're not going to react. You can find all the selections on our Shop page with the full list of ingredients as well.

I chose Lavender & Rosemary because together not only do they smell amazing and create an amazing scent they both have antibacterial and anti-fungal properties which is going to keep you smelling fresh while fighting off body odor. Remember though that a deodorant isn't an antiperspirant, you're still going to sweat and that's perfectly fine and normal as it's your bodies way of flushing out toxins from your lymph glands. You'll sweat but you won't stink, it's a win all round.

So there you have it lovely Beyond Your Mirror's first natural deodorant ready for you to purchase and while our original formula contains beeswax we will be offering a vegan formula in the not to distant future.