One With Nature Dead Sea Minerals Lemon Sage Soap

You ever have one of those days (or two) where you seem to be getting the best compliments ever? I'm having one of those. Yesterday the lady in the grocery store said my lip color really suited me. It was Clinique Grandest Grape in case you were curious. Then I was walking around playing Pokemon (level 15!) and this guy parks up the street, and waits for me. Very creepy. But the compliments were nice. And someone came up to me today and gave me one of the best compliments ever! All I can say is it must be that lip color! What will I do when it runs out? 

Anyway, today I have a soap review (don't I always!).

One With Nature claims:

The Dead Sea’s rich mineral salts deeply cleanse and tone while restoring the skin’s natural pH. This unique soap combines pure Dead Sea salt, argan oil, lemon peel oil and shea butter in a natural vegetable base. Triple milled* right at the source — The Dead Sea. Absolutely nothing artificial.

*Triple milling creates a higher quality, longer lasting bar.

The first soap I grabbed from this brand was the regular unscented. This time I went with the Lemon Sage. It's kind of an unusual scent combination. To be honest, it doesn't really smell like Lemon or Sage. Just a nice citrusy scent..but not lemony. I like the scent. 

I was kind of surprised. This soap doesn't have "mud" in it, like the unscented. It just feels like a regular bar of soap. Decent lather, cleans well, and rinses clean. 

I wouldn't call it moisturizing. But not exactly drying either. 

I picked mine up on sale. I think I paid $3.99 for 7 oz. I can't remember exactly how much. But it is a rather large bar so it will last you longer than some of the smaller bars.

One with Nature soaps are all natural. Colored with mineral colors, and scented with essential oils or fragrance derived from natural sources. 

The soaps are made in Jordan.

Ingredients:

Sodium Palmate (Saponified Palm Oil), Sodium Palm Kernelate (Saponified Palm Kernel Oil), Water (Aqua), Citrus Medica Limonum (Lemon) Peel Oil, Parfum (essential oils), Sodium Chloride (Salt), Glycerin (Vegetable Glycerin), Maris Sal (Dead Sea Salt), Aloysia Tryphilla (Verbena Petals), Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea Butter), Argania Spinosa (Argan Oil), Bixa Orellana (annatto) Seed Extract (Plant Based Pigment), Gardenia Florida Extract (Plant Based Pigment), Citric Acid, Tocopherol (Vitamin E).

While I did like this soap, I think I would purchase a different scent when I purchase again. They have wide variety of scents, and I want to try them all after all!

DIY Scented Oils

If I had known scenting oils was as easy as it is, I would have started a long time ago. After you get all the ingredients, it literally takes seconds.

Here's what I do:

Sweet Almond Oil 16 oz from Natures Garden for $3.99

1. Grab Your Oil- You can use any oil you want. Sweet Almond, Apricot, Walnut, Argan. You can use them straight, or you can mix them. I used Sweet Almond and threw a little Walnut in. Usually I add a bit of Castor Oil, but it slipped my mind this time. I use a brown glass container. If you are using essential oils to scent it, it's best to go for glass. If you are using fragrance oil, you can use plastic. 

2. Grab You Scented Oils- Like I mentioned you can use essential oils or you can just use fragrance oil. I prefer essential oils, because some of them have additional benefits to them. For example, Eucalyptus oil helps with muscles aches and soreness. Just try to stay away from citrus oils if you will be using during the day because they are photosensitive. Also make sure you research to check on dilution ratios. This go round I mixed Eucalyptus with Grapefruit. I got a bright, citrusy scent. And it really does help with aches and pains.  Each oil has it's own properties, for instance Lavender is great for stress relief, Tea Tree is great for acne, and Frankincense is great for wrinkles.

You can also scent with fragrance oils. They come in a wide range of scents and are cheaper than essential oils. Just make sure you check the dilution ratios. You can get fragrance oils in most craft stores, order online, and I've even seen a few in Walmart. The don't have the benefits of essential oils, and the downside is you have no idea what ingredients are in them because they are "trade secrets". It's up to you what you want to use, I prefer essential oil.

3. Mix it all up.- Give it a good shake! And give it a sniff to see if you like it! I find with most oils they need to settle a couple days, then I will sniff and adjust accordingly. This time it was perfect, but I think I would add Lavender next time and see how that turns out. 

Making your own scented oils is all about experimentation. But it's great because you can customize and make exactly what you like! You can use it as a massage oil, or just a regular old body moisturizer. The best thing about it, is you know exactly what you used. 

Would you mix your own oils? What scents would you mix up? 

Let me know in the comments!

Random: Made another batch of cannoli, this time with Ricotta Cheese. Last time I made them with Mascarpone. I think next time I would mix Mascarpone and Ricotta to get the best of both worlds.

Mmmmmm!

Too Faced Sun Bunny Bronzer Review

I'm panning yet another bronzer. So I thought I would try and squeeze in a review of it...because why not? Too Faced has a very extensive range of bronzers. Most of them are not great for brown skin. They are way too light. But they do have one...Dark Chocolate Soleil,  but I haven't heard very much about it. Have you tried it?

Too Faced claims:

Every bunny looks gorgeous when they powder up using our complexion-boosting Sun Bunny bronzer. The secret to this amazing bronzer? The pink undertone mimics the flush of a natural tan, keeping your look fabulous, not faux

• Universal Shades: Perfect for all skin tones to provide a rich, deep tan.
• Can be used to shape and contour, or to produce an all-over rich glow.

I would never have bought this on my own. It came in my Too Faced Loves Sephora palette. 

First color on it's own, then the second, and all mixed together!

Like I said, it's way to light to be a bronzer on my skin tone. It's more a highlight, glowy color for me. Their are two separate colors, a light slightly orange bronze color, and a deeper one. You can use them separate, but I just mix them all together. Mixed together it looks mostly like the deeper color. 

It's not completely matte. It has some very subtle shimmer to it. Which makes it great for a very, very subtle highlight on my skin. And when I say subtle, I mean subtle. It really doesn't emphasize pores unless you pile it on. Sometimes I just put it on a fluffy brush (Real Techniques Blush Brush) and brush it all over my skin lightly. Other times I put it on a smaller brush and put in on the areas you  highlight, like down the nose, inner corners of the eye, cheekbones, etc.

I couldn't tell you how long it wears. I have oily/combination skin that takes on a glow of its own after a couple hours. It's hard to distinguish between if my "glow" is the product, or just my natural oils. 

I don't love. Probably would not pay the thirty dollar price tag for it. But I like it enough to use it up without it feeling like a hassle. The original comes with .35 ounces in cute packaging. In my palette I have .28 ounces. 

This bronzer is made in the USA (not all Too Faced products are!), and Too Faced is a cruelty free brand. 

Ingredients:

ngredients: Mica, Talc, Ethylhexyl Palmitate, Nylon-12, Zinc Stearate, Aluminum Starch Octenylsuccinate, Sodium Dehydroacetate, Phenoxyethanol, Sorbic Acid. May Contain/Peut Contenir/(+/-): Titanium Dioxide (CI 77891), Iron Oxides (CI 77491, CI 77492, CI 77499), Bismuth Oxychloride (CI 77163), Manganese Violet (CI 77742). *Formulated without parabens

See? Very subtle. Ignore my smoky blue eye. I keep trying but they never come out nice on me :(

So overall, not a must have. I feel like I can find something in the drugstore that will give similar results at a better price point.

Brown Girl Friendly Makeup Lines

There are some great makeup groups on Facebook. I mean groups with actual working artists. Two that I'm a part of are Kevin James Bennet's In My Kit, and Sonia Roselli's Glossible- love that these two artist and many others are not afraid to speak up. The past couple of days there have been some interesting topics brought up. Namely Colourpop's fail with naming the deeper shades offensive names such as Yikes and Typo. I linked to the article that was shared yesterday. It's definitely worth checking out. In addition to Colourpop recently coming under fire, Milk Cosmetics had a little controversy with their lack of shade range in their new launches. They had a bunch of lame excuses as to why they have such a limited range. And last but surely not least, Sephora Pantone released a palette with insensitive names such as Thrush, Rawhide, and Potting soil to describe darker skin-tone colors. 

Dark skinned women were historically excluded, which created the need for companies like Fashion Fair, Flori Roberts, and later on brands like Iman and Black Opal in the 90's. Before that, many brands excluded black women completely. Forget about finding any foundation in your shade at all in earlier decades!

It's 2016 and these companies need to do better. Still, many companies will release a million shades of Ivory and Beige, and have ONE shade (toffee color) for black women. It's shameful. Even now you hear stories about makeup artists that work in Fashion Shows and don't have darker shades. That or they have no idea how to match us. 

So I thought I would compile a list of companies that are diverse and try to cater to a range of ethnicities. They aren't necessarily black owned (although some are!)

1. Fashion Fair- Fashion Fair is one of the largest black owned makeup companies. They have excellent lipsticks, lip liners, glosses, and ultra pigmented eyeshadows. I also sampled a powder one time and was amazed how great it looked on me. Fashion Fair is my mom's brand. It was the brand she always had when I was growing up. I still have an older lipstick in their pink packaging that I will keep forever! Fashion Fair was one of the first to make colors for brown skin and I hope they will be around forever! It's a little outdated now (they should do an eyeshadow palette and just refresh), but in my opinion the products are still great and worth supporting! 

2. Black Opal- I've wanted to try their stick foundation for a few years now. Will try, and try soon!

3. Iman- She has an excellent range of stuff. It's become more widely available in more recent years. I haven't tried anything yet, but it's on my list!

4. Black Radiance- Owned by the same company as Wet N Wild- you can tell by the packaging. I love their lip glosses!And they are very budget friendly.

5. Shea Moisture- I haven't had the best luck with some of their bath and body/hair products. But I've heard great things about their makeup!

6. MAC Cosmetics- When I first heard about MAC, I didn't get the obsession some people had with it. I think it's because MAC includes EVERYONE, men and women, and they use a lot of diversity in their marketing. MAC has a great range of foundation for deeper skin tones- although they do have a problem trying to match EVERYONE that comes into their store to NW45. Not every brown girl is NW45!

7. NARS- I love NARS. They use a diverse group of models and they have an excellent range of foundations. This picture is currently on their homepage and it's gorgeous. I have 'fro envy! Also they use a diverse group of models in their tutorials. 

8. Black Up- I heard some suspect stuff about how the company was started which is worth reading up on. I haven't tried it out, but some of the stuff looks pretty nice.

9. Bobbi Brown- Always included women of color in her range and still seems to be expanding it. 

10. Covergirl Queen- Covergirl was getting it wrong for years. They had light brown shades with grey, pink, and green undertones. I'm not even kidding. But they got it right with Covergirl Queen. I've only tried a foundation and bronzer from the line, but it was good stuff. And they have a great range of shades, it's just hard to find!

11. Make Up Forever- Excellent range of pigmented products. It is geared more towards pros, so I'm not surprised with the range!

12. AJ Crimson- I've heard such great things about his foundation! And his lipsticks looks pretty great too!

In addition to these brands, most pro brands have a great range of colors. AJ Crimson, Kryolan, Graftobian, etc. I'm sure I left out some brands. If there are any you love, please let me know in the comments. I'll probably update as I find more.

Brands that are OK (just OK though)- Urban Decay, Lancome, Bare Minerals (they're original colors have a decent range).

Brands that need to do better: Benefit, Too Faced, Stila, It Cosmetics, The Balm, Almay, Physicians Formula, Revlon, Almay, Loreal, New York Color, Milani , NYX, MILK, Colourpop, Smashbox and everyone else basically. 

 I left out Indie brands. But Coloured Raine and Juvia's Place seem to be very popular at the moment.

And this is random but don't ya'll hate when a brand markets to darker skin tones but doesn't carry anything deeper than tan in their foundation line? What the heck are they even putting on the models?Or when you hear something raved and raved about (L'oreal Cushion Foundation) and they only carry two shades for brown women? 

Physician's Formula Eye Booster Eyeliner+Serum Review

Generally I stay away from Physician's Formula. They are one of the brands that like to pretend Women of Color do not exist, and so I usually do them the same courtesy. Their deepest shade is usually "beige". I wouldn't have picked this out (my Uncle actually got it for me for Christmas!) but I think I remember a friend wearing it and really liking it on her. Also I saw a couple tutorials using it for very graphic looks and it looked pretty awesome, so I had to try for myself.

Physicians Formula claims:

High-tech formula enhances the appearance of lashes while providing the instant definition of a liquid eyeliner, in one easy step! 

Lash Boosting complex targets the base of lashes where it is most effective.

Innovative and easy to use eyelining tool delivers effortless definition. 

High-tech Japanese formula is long-wearing, water-resistant and smudge-resistant.

I won't beat around the bush. I love this eyeliner. I've had MAC Fluidline, Revlon Colorstay, and various eyeliners and this is definitely my favorite.

It's very easy to use. It's quick. It's super black. And it lasts all day. You can do thin or thick lines.  And it hasn't dried up yet. I opened it over a year ago (didn't really use it) and it's working just fine now. 

It's supposed to grow lashes, but honestly I don't care about that. If you want longer thicker, lashes, use castor oil! Plus I'm not really sure which of the ingredients is supposed to grow lashes, but whatever!

It's your usual packaging. Well, it is the "nice" plastic. And I love the little felt tip it has. It feels like quality packaging. No complaints there.

It's a bit more on the spendy side at almost $11. Especially for being a drugstore brand after all. But I'm going to say it's worth it. Plus if you keep an eye out you can usually get it on sale.

It's hypoallergenic, cruelty free, fragrance free, paraben free, safe for sensitive eyes and contact lens wearers. 

Ingredients:

Water. Ethylhexyl Acrylate/Methyl Methacrylate Copolymer. Butylene Glycol. Glycerin. Beheneth-30. Ammonium Acrylates/Methyl Styrene/Styrene Copolymer. Myristoyl Pentapeptide-17. 1,2-Hexanediol. Acrylates/Octylacrylamide Copolymer. Caprylyl Glycol. Ceteth-20. Ethylhexylglycerin. Pentylene Glycol. Polyglyceryl-3 Disiloxane Dimethicone. SD Alcohol 40. Sodium Polyaspartate. Phenoxyethanol. Sodium Hydroxide. Disodium EDTA. Black 2. Iron Oxides. - See more at: http://www.physiciansformula.com/en-us/productdetail/eyes/pencils-liners/07366.html#sthash.hDzKcf9f.dpuf

Overall, I still don't like the company. Love the eyeliner. Probably won't repurchase though and will look for something similar from another company.

Ignore my brows and ashy looking eyeshadow..they look awful!

Random: Have you heard about Colourpop naming colors meant for deeper skin "typo" and "yikes"? 

And here I was thinking they were one of the good brands! I've never placed an order with them, and thinking now I never will. I agree with this article wholeheartedly! 

Eshkana-E-Miwa (Furit Soup)

I love cooking foods from different countries. Lately, I've been making soups from Afghanistan and I have found some GREAT recipes. 

This is the only one so far that was extremely different from anything else I've ever had before. It's a soup made from mostly dried fruits with an egg cooked in. Unfortunately i could find much more information than that on the soup. Usually when I google the name it comes up with all different variations of the same recipe. This had nothing.

It was very different. And although there was no meat in it, it definitely had a "meat" taste. A sweet meat taste. I wouldn't say it was nasty, just extremely different and hard to get used to for me 

 My sister actually really liked it. So I'm glad at least one person really liked it.

If you leave out the egg, it is easily vegan and vegetarian friendly. 

Other than that, it was fun to cook and try something different. But when I'm in the mood for an Afghan soup I will probably just stick to the other recipes I love that are tried and true for me. 

If you are in the mood for something different, it is worth trying. 

Click here for the recipe.

MAC 219 Pencil Brush Review

I've really been slacking on keeping up with the new collections coming out. I completely forgot about the Selena collection coming out. She definitely wore some great reds and I was pretty excited to see the collection. A part of me really wants to pick one up, but I definitely don't need any lipstick, plus I have a feeling this one will sell out instantly. MAC also did a collection with Taraji Henson. And those highlighters and that lipstick is pretty tempting. But I just don't need it. I really don't (If I keep repeating it, maybe I'll believe myself!). 

Anyway, today I'll be reviewing the MAC 219.

MAC claims:

For precision shading on the lid, in the eye crease or along the lash line. The soft, smooth fibres of this brush are gathered into a pencil-shaped tip. It is ideal for blending eye liner into eye shadow to create a smoky-looking eye. M·A·C professional brushes are hand-sculpted and assembled using the finest quality materials. They feature wood handles and nickel-plated brass ferrules.

I went a long, long time without a pencil brush. Well, not really. I did have one on the end of an old Essence brush, but it's always been a little wonky so I almost never used it. I had heard great things about the MAC pencil brush, so I got it. I've had it a couple years now. I remember being surprised at how stiff the brush was when I first got it. I had seen people scrubbing/blending shadow under the eyes with it, but in my experience it's a little too rough for that.

It's great for placing shadow under the eyes and that about it. I've also seen people doing detail work on the lid with it. But I don't like it that way either. Maybe it's my eye shape. Sometimes I'll use it to smudge pencil liner. It's OK for that.

Comparison to the NARS #14 Brush

I just haven't really fallen in love with the brush. I have a NARS #14 brush, that works a lot better for me as a "pencil brush". 

I did buy it a couple years ago, and now have no idea how much I paid. It's $25 but I feel like I got it for less. 

It's not a must have brush for me. I do use it, but there are other brushes I would rather reach for first. 

Also, I like to note where each brush is made. MAC has some made in China, France, and Japan. This one is made in Japan.

Do you use pencil brushes? What's you favorite?

Random: My cannoli came out excellent yesterday. The shells were a little small. I need a larger cookie cutter to cut them out, but so delicious.

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Shopping My Stash: Tom Ford Cocoa Mirage Eyeshadow Palette

Hope everyone is having a great Sunday! I've been cooking. Frozen Strawberry Grape Smoothie. Coconut Milk pancakes (made with homemade coconut milk!), and later on I'm going to try my hand at making Cannoli. 

And of course, I've been playing in eyeshadow. I've heard great things about the uber expensive Tom Ford palettes. But $82 for four eyeshadows is probably not something I will ever be able to swing. And not to mention I'm on a very long eyeshadow no buy. So I thought it would be fun to try and dupe the palette.

I did my best to match after looking at swatches on google. About three of the shadows seem to be duped easily enough by the Too Faced Chocolate Bar- although I did pull one of the colors from an old Vice palette I could have used White Chocolate in the Chocolate Bar. I wasn't really thinking. I pulled the last color from the Too Faced Semi-Sweet and did an easy everyday look.

The light color I used is Anonymous from Vice LTD. I don't really like colors like this, it's not something that would make me want the palette. The only way I use it is as brow highlight. The next shade is a mix of Semi-Sweet and Milk Chocolate. The next shade I used as a dupe is also from the Chocolate Bar, Amaretto. Amaretto might be a little too red but it was close enough for me. The last shade I pulled from Too Faced Semi-Sweet, it was the Cocoa Chili Shade.

I used Anonymous as a brow highlight. Threw the Semi-Sweet/Milk Chocolate mix in the crease. Put Amaretto all over the lid, the pigmentation on it could be better. Mine seems to have hard pan or something. And darker a smudge using Cocoa Chili in the crease. 

Overall, a simple look that I really like. I probably could have smudged it up with some liner for a smokier look. 

Would I buy this palette (if I magically had the $82)? Probably not. I feel like the colors are pretty dupable, and I'm happy with the dupes in my collection. Keep in mind I have never seen the palette in person. 

I had fun though, I think I might try to dupe all the palettes and see what I come up with. 

'Scuse the scarf!

Friend of Distinction- Goin' In Circles

You know those songs that you hear once and have to own immediately? This was one of those. I used to love Tyler Perry plays back in the day, mostly before he went to the big screen. Nowadays I can't stand most of his stuff. But I will always be grateful to his plays that turned me onto this song. 

Live version. I don't think this is the original singer, but he did a pretty good job.

And of course the album version.



Love this song. I did listen to the rest of their catalogue and came across some interesting songs(Grazin in The Grass is nice!) but this song is just on another level. They just don't make music like this anymore. 

Walnut Oil For Face

Continuing on with trying to use up some of the oils I have, I thought I would try out Walnut. I ordered it from Wholesale Supply Plus. It is the Crafters Choice Brand. I can't remember exactly what I paid for it, but the price now is around $2 for 2 ounces. Not a bad price, especially just to sample it. The shipping was kind of high so I would suggest ordering multiple things if you were considering ordering from the site. 

Crafters Choice claims:

Very high in Vitamin C which is thought to aid in the reduction of wrinkles and fine lines by supplying the skin with nutrients needed for collagen synthesis. Thought to add moisturizing and anti-inflammatory attributes to formulations. Quick drying. 

Juglans regia (Walnut) Oil

It doesn't exactly say on the website whether the oil is refined or not. or even how it was extracted. I didn't pay too much attention at the time, but the best oils are cold-pressed and unrefined. They don't last as long and you must refrigerate them, also they are more expensive but better for the skin. 

The color you see on the website is not the color you get. It's a rich reddish brown but what you get looks like the typical canola oil or safflower oil from the cooking oil section in your grocery store. I wss pretty confused about that. It does have a bit of a scent. Nothing too bad, just vegetable-y. Like a typical oil smell. Don't expect a Walnut scent! I used it as it was for awhile, then I ended up adding about 5 drops of Lavender and a drop of Patchouli to make it smell nice. I really like that combination.

 Says Rosehip, but trust me, it's Walnut! 

It comes in your typical plastic bottle. I re-homed mine it a 1 ounces glass bottle with a pump to make it a bit more user friendly. 

Walnut is supposed to have a whole heap of benefits for skin and hair. It's supposed to fight fine lines and wrinkles, powerful antioxidant to prevent free radical damage, promote shiny hair, prevent hair fall, and promote hair growth. It also has a high vitamin C content ,which is excellent for skin. It makes my skin smooth and moisturized. And it does absorb completely after a couple minutes. Some oils can seem to absorb, then make my skin oilier later in the day. This doesn't do that, although I'm sure it would be better for my skin in Winter. I tend to use it mostly at night, although I can get away with small amounts in the daytime. 

I think it would be most ideal for normal to dry skin.

Since using it I feel like my skin is more even-toned overall (could be the effect of the sun though), smooth, and moisturized. I haven't had any problems with dry patches, which I sometimes do get, even with my oily/combination skin. As for fine lines and wrinkles, I haven't noticed any new ones so that's always a good thing. 

I had great luck with the Rosehip Oil fading marks and thought this would be great to continue fading them. I notice my newer marks fading very well, but it doesn't do anything to help older marks in my chin area- not that I expected it to! It hasn't caused any breakouts, I only get the once a month mark that I always get now.

Overall I've really been liking it and will happily use up the rest of the bottle. I think I would prefer Rosehip oil just because it does fade marks, but if I didn't need that, I would stick with this. 

I have about an ounce left for other purposes, I've already used a bit in my DIY Body Cream. I think I will use the rest in my hair and see how that goes. 

Have you tried Walnut Oil? What did you think? Let me know in the comments!

Schmidt's Bergamot + Lime Deodorant Jar Review

I've been using natural deodorants for about a year now. I've detailed my experience switching to natural  deodorant in another post. I started of with Primal Pitt Paste and the just started making my own because it tends to be more on the expensive side. Not to mention it is very irritating to my pitts. I was pretty happy to come across Schmidt, because it seems similar to the Primal. I paid about $4 for it in TJ MAXX. I saw it one other time but didn't purchase because it had been opened and it looked like someone stole a chunk out if it (WHY?). This one hadn't been messed with, so it went home with me. 

Schmidt claims:

With its bright citrus scent, Bergamot + Lime is a true pleasure to wear.

Award-winning formula naturally and effectively neutralizes odor and wetness.

• Easily absorbed. Non-greasy, non-sticky feel.

• Free of aluminum, propylene glycol, parabens & phthalates.

• Helps absorb wetness naturally without the use of aluminum.

• Certified Vegan & Cruelty-free. Gluten-free.

• Packaged in elegant and sustainable glass jars.

• Made in Portland, OR, USA.

The have about nine different varieties that include different scents, an unscented, and one for sensitive skin. Mine is the Bergamot Lime, which smells sooo good. Like limes. Not very strong and definitely does not stick around. But I do like the scent. 

The list price on the site in $8.99, so I definitely got a bargain. 

The problem?  It does not work for me. At all. Ok, maybe it does work for about an hour and a half, but that doesn't cut it. I can reapply, but who wants to apply that often? And who can afford that anyway! And forget about working out with it on!

But maybe it works better in Winter? But everything works better in Winter.

The good news is it doesn't irritate my arm pits at all. Which is a good thing? Do you know how mad I would be knowing this doesn't work AND it irritated my arm pits? I would be livid. 

It does come in a cute glass jar though. With a little spatula. They do have the stick form of it, for those interested in trying it but maybe don't like deodorant in jars. The texture is like refined waxy shea butter and you can kind of feel the baking soda throughout it. It does rub in and absorb very easily.

So yeah, it doesn't work. But the ingredients are great. All natural, recognizable, pronounceable, yada, yada, yada. Made in USA. Easily recyclable. Vegan. Cruelty Free. All the stuff I like. 

Ingredients:

 Butyrospermum parkii (shea butter), Sodium bicarbonate (baking soda), Maranta arundinacea (arrowroot) powder, Theobroma cacao (cocoa) seed butter, Citrus bergamia (bergamot) essential oil, Citrus aurantifolia (lime) essential oil, Tocopherol (vitamin E)

Overall, I would never, ever, ever, ever, buy this again. It just didn't work for me.  I would buy the Primal Pitt paste again before this. But more than likely I will try a completely different brand next go round.  

Have you tried out a more natural deodorant? Did you like it? Would you recommend it?