50p a day til christmas, healthily?!-Weezl's next challenge (part 2)

ceridwen

ISOM

I'm still currently using crystal deodorant I have. Have had to get used to the fact that "natural" deodorants are just that - deodorants only and not anti-perspirants as well.

I could try the bicarb as deodorant and/or shampoo.

Actually - I suspect that one of the advantages of getting older is that maybe one doesnt actually NEED a deodorant anymore. I have a suspicion that they are now a bit superfluous to requirements - as I think that mid-life hormones have changed things a bit in that respect. I have a daily shower lass - dont worry about that! So - deodorants, as I understand it, only deal with the "smell" aspect anyway - and, if there isnt any smell anyways - then.....maybe (at least at my time of life:D) deodorant is perhaps just summat that manufacturers want us to spend our hard-earned cash on - rather than actually being a necessity IYSWIM.

Obviously things are different for younger people/those in hard physical jobs/etc..

...hmmm....another thought striking me....maybe theres less need for things like deodorant if ones tops are only made of natural fibres - rather than those artificial more "sweat-inducing" ones....?

Yategirl

cheerfulness4 wrote: »

I'm sure I read on here that someone used bicarb dusted under arms as a deodorant. DS2 reacts badly to many deodorants and this could be a good alternative. Was it on this thread I read it or anyone know if I've just dreamt it?

yes that is me... it is just a deodrant not an anti-p but it works and i could make my tops last a week if I needed to whereas pre-bicarb deod... I was going through 1-4 tops a day as I felt smelly

thanks for the tip re pasta/rice at asda.. will whizz over

shaz_mum_of__2

ceridwen wrote: »

maybe theres less need for things like deodorant if ones tops are only made of natural fibres - rather than those artificial more "sweat-inducing" ones....?

My eldest son used to wear football strip type tops when he was younger and when he hit puberty .............ooh the smell :eek:

Fancy trying the crystal ceridwen where do i get one...........i am allergic to perfume and the propellant in aerosols i use an unscented solid at the mo

Hard day studying today just had dinner and off for a walk in the park in the sun/rain depending on how quick we get there !!

Shaz

ceridwen

Re the crystal deodorant. Theres 2 types - the crystal rock on the one hand and a crystal that has been shaped into a stick and put in a conventional roll-on deodorant type container.

I've currently got the container type and I bought that from what I call a grain shop - ie a genuine health food shop (not one of the "chain" ones that sell loadsa supplements). I expect the "chain" "health food shops" sell them as well though.

If memory serves me aright - it cost about £5 odd - but I say that - because it was some time back I bought it. It lasts AGES.

In_Search_Of_Me

hehe! I think boots and health food shops do the crystal deodorants...will stick to the soft n gentle myself
Discovered a new fave recipe...pasta with butter and a smattering of smoked salmon with fresh black pepper...simple and yummy and if you want it posh you could add some cream...quick n easy for an inprompu supper...only downside is the smell of salmon!! ooo srry crossed posts C!! Hello!!

ceridwen

Hi ISOM

Ooh well....you dont want to read any of the articles that I've come across in the past then about conventional deodorants "migrating" through the system and helping to explain why theres so much breast cancer around these days then........:eek: Thought I read somewheres that female doctors usually wont use the conventional ones for that reason....

Anyways - I found a link for one type of crystal one:

http://www.thecrystal.com/

Thats not the brand I use - but I dont suppose it matters. Mine is Pit Rock.

nicki_2

Slightly off topic, but does anyone have any idea where I can buy a pump action bodyspray from? I sweat quite a lot, and working in a school all day I get pretty smelly and I'm very aware of it. Even bathing/washing every day isn't helping - I've solved the deodrant problem (all be it the rather expensive deo-wipes from Asda which I use at break & lunchtime if I haven't time to come home) but I would feel so much better if I could use bodyspray as well, if only to help disguise the smell:o. A colleague has bad astma which is irritated by aresols, so me nipping to the loo to freshen up and spraying bodyspray is a no no. But I'm sick of smelling and loosing 15 minutes of my 45 minute lunch just travelling from home to school and back :rolleyes:

In_Search_Of_Me

nicki have pm'd you with some suggestions! Also wearing cotton/linen as opposed to polyester etc helps ...beyond me why evans sell so much with polyester!

weezl74

hi all!

am tempted today to go nettling to reproduce the chorizo, chickpea & nettle dish...

ever looking to further frugalise I wondered about replacing the chorizo, by far the priceyest ingredient....

shaz got me thinking when you mentioned about the smoked paprika, I wondered about a combination of that and asda smart price salami as a plausible substitute it's 38.6p per 100g rather than 78p per 100g of chorizo...

I'll keep you all posted if it works!:)

In_Search_Of_Me

Morning! Did my best boy do good sleep? What about smoking meat as a long term experement...may be a good way of adding flavor to frugal meat? If you can wait till tomorrow am happy to have an adventure weezl! Today is church, getting more drugs for stubburn sinuses and a broom....will at some point try another ginger cake but still havent found a recipe I like the look of!