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I’m sure we’ve all heard murmurings, read articles or watched news segments on the dangers of aluminum in your deodorant or anti-perspirant. Aluminum is the active key ingredient that gives anti-perspirants the highly effective ability to stop you from sweating. The majority of all commercial deodorants found at Target, Walmart and other pharmacy’s have one thing in common; They all contain up to 25% of aluminum chlorohydrate, aluminum zirconium or aluminum salts. Deodorant gets absorbed into your skin everyday and can also enter the body through nicks caused by shaving.

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Lavanila Deodorant: Deemed “The Healthy Deodorant,” It uses beta-glucan technology to effectively fight odor while soothing, conditioning, and strengthening the skin. It goes on clean, with no sticky wetness, and delivers long-lasting, luxurious results. A clinical-strength deodorant that is 100 percent natural, safe, and effective. Also using no parabans, sulfates, synthetic dyes, petro-chemicals and phthalates. Comes in 9 scents: Pure vanilla, vanilla blackberry, vanilla coconut, vanilla grapefruit, vanilla lavender, vanilla passion fruit and fresh lemon vanilla. $18.00 for 2 oz. Lavanila.com

Clean Scent Moisture Absorbent Deodorant: This product’s breakthrough formula goes above and beyond typical deodorant performance. The Exclusive Cotton Vantage™ technology helps to absorb moisture naturally, without aluminum, parabens, sulfates and synthetic dyes. Reminiscent of pure soap, the time-released CLEAN fragrance has that just-out-of-the-shower fresh smell. It’s everything you need and nothing you don’t! $18.00 for 2.6 oz. at Sephora.com

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Veronica Taylor from Beauty and The Booty and THE WIFE’s resident beauty guru is back! This time she’s here to talk shop on how coconut oil can make a difference in your beauty and cooking routine. -Taryn Cox for THE WIFE

 I had grown tired of spending too much money on too many different kinds of lotions that never worked, too many kinds of deep conditioners that never conditioned deep enough, and I never really liked cooking with unhealthy vegetable oil. I found the answer to all of my prayers in one little jar of organic coconut oil!

Bathing Beauty: Drizzle a little coconut oil into your bath and your skin will be thanking you from head to toe.

Apres le Bain: Scoop the oil out of the jar and rub it in all over just like a lotion. It really helps during the dry winter months and makes you smell like summer.

Shiny Happy Hair: I have tried every deep conditioner i could get my hands on.  I have done everything from put eggs to olive oil to disgusting mayo in my hair.  Nothing worked…  Until I tried coconut oil.  Twice a week I put the oil on my ends (never on the scalp or you will be washing your hair forever to get it out) and wrap my head with a warm towel that I keep on for 30 minutes.  I wash it out with my regular shampoo and BAM!  I have beautiful shiny hair that continues to grow and grow!

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