Comments on: Deodorant refurbishing

By: LaughingEyes

LaughingEyes — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 19:40:33 +0000

baking soda is the way to go. one can mix it with pure cacao butter or shea butter.

using the microwave for whatever reason is something me and mine will not do. personally, i will not have it in the home.

By: bs

bs — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 05:06:51 +0000

recently found this site and love it. i can confess stingy strategies here and not get strange looks. if you take the flat handle of a hairbrush, you can squish an almost empty toothpaste tube up toward the cap end. then, cut empty end off about 2 inches or so from the cap. stick toothbrush in new opening to get the last remnants. fold over cut end until next use.

oh. you can also brush teeth w/baking soda in a pinch, but the taste – yuk.

By: cm

cm — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 17:59:29 +0000

One of the (cheap store brand) ones I’ve used is built such that the “plunger” can be pulled out and the last little cake accessed. You can then just rub that cake on yourself directly. Kind of what Scott said above.

My wife routinely cuts open lotion tubes with scissors and there is always a lot of lotion left that one can easily dip one’s finger into and access.

By: Scott

Scott — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 04:50:40 +0000

I don’t get it, the real easy solution is to scrape it out with a small nail file or other small pointy item as you need it. Doesn’t take much effort at all, and goes on real easy. I’ve done it over the years, and never had a problem. You’re wasting energy with the microwave to do what you recommend. (Plus there are the possible chemical interactions, not that I am a chemist).

By: veganprimate

veganprimate — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 02:53:38 +0000

I second the baking soda idea. It’s quick and easy, and it only has one ingredient.

By: Ellen

Ellen — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 19:50:01 +0000

For the girls: you can do the same thing with the last 5% of a lipstick.

By: dmitry

dmitry — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 18:15:47 +0000

My approach of reducing environmental waste here is similar to your approach of reducing dairy budget (“don’t buy milk”). Just don’t use this crap.
By the way, if you’re using some mainstream brand, research its AL content. Maybe after all you should be concerned about putting it on your skin.

By: Jacob

Jacob — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 17:12:28 +0000

@Dubravko – You’re only melting the deodorant, not boiling it. If the deodorant has that many chemicals in it, I’d be concerned putting it on my skin, eh?

@retirebyforty – Depends. It’s reducing your cost, resource use, and garbage production by 5% and it doesn’t take very much time.

By: retirebyforty

retirebyforty — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 16:30:48 +0000

yuk, is this one of those things that aren’t worth your time to do? I’m a low sweat guy and use talcum powder.

By: Dubravko

Dubravko — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 23:52:29 +0000

I would opt against putting a deodorant stick in the microwave because of all the chemicals in the stick and the nature of the heating in the device. The possible chemical reactions make me shiver…

By: dlm

dlm — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 22:16:58 +0000

also rubbing alcohol on a cotton ball (from a bottle of vitamins) works as a deodorant

By: Chris L

Chris L — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 00:36:03 +0000

I wrote a post about using baking soda for deodorant in another section, but you can google it just as easily. Better then stick on crap.