saumiller123:

Here are a couple of solutions. I have tried them all and they all work.

I don't know if you saw my earlier post, but I tried the baking soda and the peroxide and they did not work for me. I am reluctant to try the oil of oregano because it is so irritating (I have sensitive skin), and also because a small amount costs so much--so if it doesn't work, I've spent $10 for a little bottle of something I can't use. I ended up just buying deodorant when I found some that wasn't too expensive.

Sadly, the chemistry expert misunderstood my question and told me that most aluminums are the same and that we shouldn't worry about using aluminums except if we as individuals feel its use leads to Alzheimer's. My question was about how to go about using a chunk of the potassium aluminium sulfate to stop nosebleeds and reduce hemorroids. Some websites I saw that looked credible said it could be used for water purificiation, for tanning, and for explosives. (But again, it's the method that I'm missing.) I imagine that a direct application just like its use as a deodorant would work for the topical skin uses - as an aftershave, to clean shallow cuts, for nosebleeds (good luck with that, though) or for hemorroids.

Applying it for hemorrhoids might get a bit tricky, too, I would think. (Side note: I once checked the ingredients on those pricey little medicated pads they sell for hemorrhoids, and the main ingredient was witch hazel. And there was the big old bottle of witch hazel solution sitting there just down the aisle for 79 cents. Yet another example of how to get people to pay more for packaging.)

Maybe for tricky applications (nosebleeds, hemorroids), the stone deodorant could be applied heavily on a damp cloth or paper towel or gauze and placed where needed?

I don't know if you noticed, haverwench, but shark's fin oil is also an active ingredient in hemorroid cream. I wonder who was the first person to try THAT out.

Fish oil! Lordy, it makes me stink...If I don't eat it, I can get away with only using deodorant once a week.

And curry powders with fenugreek, but if you eat enough of them and eat them regularly, the smell gets into your pores and repels mosquitoes.

I remembered seeing this thread last week, and I just noticed a set of links on TipNut.com:  http://tipnut.com/homemade-deodorant-instructions/ .  The first link on the page is for a "recipe" with shea butter, baking soda, cornstarch, cocoa butter, Vitamin E and essential oils.

I don't have any experience with using homemade deodorants, but with the price getting expensive, I'd love to know how you like using them.

 

 cornstarch with a drop of scent in a jar (let it sit for a week so it all gets the scent)

rubbing alcohol, except that you have to reapply in a few hours, so if you have a small atomizer, that'd be an option. you can again, add scent.

sage oil works even with hair!

 

Some people have great luck with baking soda.I did for a while, then  I got  fire pits. Or pit, rather,  which is a huge pain, so if you use it, keep an eye on your pits for the first weeks. Red marks are bad.

cmouse01:

I remembered seeing this thread last week, and I just noticed a set of links on TipNut.com:  http://tipnut.com/homemade-deodorant-instructions/ .  The first link on the page is for a "recipe" with shea butter, baking soda, cornstarch, cocoa butter, Vitamin E and essential oils.

I wonder whether that would work out to be a money-saver. Some of those ingredients are expensive.

cmouse01:

I don't have any experience with using homemade deodorants, but with the price getting expensive, I'd love to know how you like using them.

They haven't really worked out for me. None of the ideas I tried (baking soda, rubbing alcohol, vinegar, etc.) worked to my satisfaction. I ended up buying deodorant when I found some cheap (and I had to buy three of them to get the low price, so I won't be needing any more for a while).

Do you think you might find the mineral deoderant working in your house in any of these alternative uses (aftershave, nicks and cuts, out-of-the-way bleeding spots)?

Joyous:

Do you think you might find the mineral deoderant working in your house in any of these alternative uses (aftershave, nicks and cuts, out-of-the-way bleeding spots)?

My husband wears a beard, so he can't use an aftershave. What are you supposed to do with it for cuts? Just rub it on and it stops the bleeding?