A Short But Long Lasting Post Mainly Intended for Women Who Shave Their Armpits

I am not by any stretch of the imagination an "Earth Mother."  Long flowy skirts do not look good on me.  To be honest, short skirts don't either and I'm sure we can all be grateful for cooler weather and me in pants. I have long hair because long hair is a lot easier to pull back in a ponytail than short hair.  I am all about getting rid of unneccesary chemicals & pesticides but I have no problems pulling out the hairspray for special occasions that will involve my mother or grandmother (then I bask in their approval of my big hair all day and wonder why I don't take their advice more often and consistently wear make up and fix my hair).  And while I really love, love my Muck boots, I've had my pearls a lot longer.

 That said, I wanted to quickly write a post about my great new deodorant.  My earth-mama-loving-aluminum free-deodorant.   Of all the recommendations for cancer prevention in the book Anticancer: A New Way of Life, by far the easiest one to follow I think is for women who shave their armpits (like me) to switch to an aluminum-free deodorant.

I found my stick of Tom's Natural of Maine (in lemongrass) at Bi-Lo here in Washington and I'm sure Ingles has it too. (The stores in our neck of the woods).  I tested it out and it passes a baking all day in the kitchen test and an entire morning market test.  It costs about the same as other brands so it really is one of the easiest things to do to take away another little factor that may contribute to breast cancer (shaving your arms leaving tiny little cuts and immediately putting aluminum on it so it can get into your body).  So check your brand for aluminum and make a simple switch. (Unless of course you look good in long flowy skirts and don't shave your pits in which case deodorant may not be something you bother with anyway.)