Comments on: My Problems With Hippie Deodorants

By: bonnie

bonnie — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 16:20:10 +0000

so, since you’re still a hippie, i guess the botox is right out?

By: bonnie

bonnie — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 16:19:28 +0000

i used to be a hippie

i used a deodorant that was more like a big, craggy crystal. it came in a purple translucent container. it worked for me, and i lived in Florida.

By: joanna

joanna — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 14:38:12 +0000

Stay away from the Jason brand. It also carries carcinogens. I’m becoming fussier about the “green” labeled goods anyhow–less trusting of the industry, more into researching what is actually in the stuff we slather on our bodies. And what a great time-eater that is!

By: dave's not here

dave's not here — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 16:41:54 +0000

Dude, try Herban Cowboy: http://www.ethicalplanet.com/hecode.html. Good news is that it doesn’t contain aluminum. Bad news is that it contains propylene glycol which is a cancer suspect.

There’s also patchouli oil, but, as I said to my wife who was soaking in patchouli-scented bath soap, “I smell hippie.”

By: Clancy

Clancy — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 15:18:00 +0000

I use Secret Clinical Strength, but organic hippie everything else (shower gel, shampoo, conditioner, lotion, etc.). I make my deodorant my one daily exposure to harmful chemicals.

By: Derek

Derek — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 15:08:48 +0000

Vicks Vap-O Rub will do the trick. Apply it generously or go without and instead offer a dab to all who venture near.

This would, of course, include all of the added decongestive benefits during cold and flu season.

By: comoprozac

comoprozac — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 14:36:45 +0000

You beat me to it! I had been plotting an anti-hippie rant for weeks, but you got there first.

I am fully prepared to develop cancer of the armpit in an effort not to smell like a stinking hippie.

I hear the hippies like patchouli. That shit covers up anything. Have you tried that?

By: George

George — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 13:52:14 +0000

I recommend either Mennen Speed Stick or Old Spice–the deodorant, not the antiperspirant. Hippies might not approve, but there’s no alum or any other pore-blocking chemical–just a powerful scent that tends to cover body odors.

By: Amy Metcalf

Amy Metcalf — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 02:32:03 +0000

Tomorrow morning there will be a subtle hesistation before I apply the Lady Speed Stick.

I can only imagine what kind of cancer-dance my cells will be doing in the years to come, what with all the smelly perfumes and lotions I practically bathe in. Ugh.

By the way - hope you’re doing well! Detroit misses you.

By: Brian

Brian — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 01:43:52 +0000

Have you seen the South Park where Cartman plays an a hippie exterminator, keeping them contained in a basement where they can play their self-righteous folk songs without hurting anyone? The town makes the mistake of hosting a jam band concert, and mass hippie madness ensues.

Sheer brilliance.