Comments on: Update 3: Soap and Shampoo and Deodorant, oh my!

By: 5 Frugal Personal Care Tips

5 Frugal Personal Care Tips — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 15:03:40 +0000

[...] Fake Plastic Fish has written extensively about alternative personal care products. Below is a helpful article you should read: Update: Soap, Shampoo and Deodorant [...]

By: Health Nut Nation » Blog Archive » Toxic Antiperspirants

Health Nut Nation » Blog Archive » Toxic Antiperspirants — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 22:19:29 +0000

[...] other day I was reading a post on Fake Plastic Fish about alternative deodorants and someone commented that they used baking soda under their arms put [...]

By: Sonja

Sonja — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 10:45:24 +0000

I looked through some of your older posts, and I hope this one fits best for commenting…
I’ve always needed some kind of body lotions because my skin gets too dry if I don’t cream it twice a week or so. Body lotions always, always! come in plastic bottles. Before reading your blog that didn’t bother me too much, but now it does. I found a great replacement! Olive oil. Even the organic one is not too expensive, it comes in glass bottles, and it works wonders! Just rub it into your skin right after showering when your skin is still damp. Wait until putting on clothes for two or three minutes, and you’re fine to go.
Now i’ve got two olive oils bottles, one in the kitchen and one in the bath. And people have complimented me on my smooth skin in the middle of a very harsh winter!

(also: Nivea cream comes in tin containers and is good, but too thick for using it on your whole body)

By: Jack Nugent

Jack Nugent — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:07:03 +0000

Oh, I have to get you my shampoo bar to try out. It’s shaped to fit in your hand and I never wrap it in plastic. Oh sure, I still am a complete neurotic when it comes to shipping. Here’s the big question: How do you get a carbon neutral product to customers? We make it with solar power and bike it to the shops in Chicago but now I’m getting requests to ship it out the the East and West coasts. I’m not sure what we’re going to do but I’d be open to suggestions.

Cheers,

Jack

P.S. Can I send you some to try?

By: Beth Terry

Beth Terry — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:46:33 +0000

Alan, check out this post. It has more details about the deodorant recipes:

http://fakeplasticfish.com/2009/11/baking-soda-so-many-uses-so-little-money-and-plastic/

By: anardana

anardana — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:59:09 +0000

I tried no-poo for a while, and then I quit, and recently I tried it again for about 6 months.. and it just doesn’t work for me. I am now a total convert to high-quality-soap as shampoo, with an ACV rinse. Here is a good post I found about ingredients in soap as shampoo: http://stonl.inspirehandmade.org/?p=18

By: An Old Lady

An Old Lady — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 16:58:16 +0000

Just found this website today. Very Informative. About vinegar. Back in the 50’s when I was a child we ALWAYS used vinegar to rinse our hair after shampooing. The shampoos were more like soap then and you HAD to use it. Later on I used wine vinegar on my reddish brown hair gave it a lovely shine. Now that I’m 61, i use white vinegar on my silver hair. Don’t need any special “gray hair” shampoos to keep it from yellowing Gets all the soap out, even hand soap. So use all your bar shampoos to your hearts content just rinse with vinegar to get all the soap out and the shine in. As for the smell. rinse really well and there’ll be not smell.

By: Alan

Alan — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 06:06:53 +0000

I wanted the deodorant recipe!

By: No Impact Man Book Discussion: Chapters 2 & 3 : Fake Plastic Fish

No Impact Man Book Discussion: Chapters 2 & 3 : Fake Plastic Fish — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 22:02:55 +0000

[...] Wash with local handmade soap. Wonder where the ingredients come from. Dry off with cotton towel. Baking soda under arms instead of deodorant. Put on clothes. Oh, who KNOWS where they came [...]

By: Fake Plastic Fish

Fake Plastic Fish — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 04:10:00 +0000

Alice — I really don’t know why you are getting razor burn. I always found deodorant to be very irritating after shaving. I do have to confess that I don’t shave as regularly as I would like to… mostly because I’m always running late.

Tea tree oil — you don’t need it. I just used it for insurance when I first started, but after the first batch was gone, I didn’t add tea tree oil anymore, and it works fine. If you do want it, you can get it at Whole Foods or any other store that sells essential oils.