Deó Alum de Mo

Deó Alum de Mo
Deó Alum de Mo

For those of you looking for information about my home made deodorant, you found it! After filling up spare bottles with water and a scoop of potassium alum over the last 20 years I created my own bottles for fun, to hand out for free. I have never had a need for any other deodorant since I came in contact with alum, and have been an advocate from the start, as it has no negative side effects whatsoever! Other alum compounds that were developed by the chemical industry can create irritations and some leave stains in clothing as well. So why not go all out and turn it into a thing of its own?

Usage instructions

Just take 4-5 drops into the palm of one hand and smear under one armpit, and do the same for the other. Be careful not to drop any of the liquid as it will leave salt stains. (Which is not really a problem, just leaves a bit of a mess ;)

TLDR

Potassium alum is a natural occurring salt molecule that does not pass through the skin, so it stays on it, making the skin infertile for smelly bacteria. The effect can last up to 30-36 hours, so be sure to apply a new dose every day (especially when not showering) because the bacteria WILL come to live and leave an abhorrent smell of revenge.

Misconceptions about “aluminum” being bad

Some uninformed people that are either too lazy or think too fast keep propagating falsehoods about this naturally occurring molecule (and probably also about many other things because of their flaky strategy for acquiring knowledge, but I won’t go into that here).

I believe that the problem lies in the conflagration of potassium aluminum with other forms of aluminum (like aluminum chlorohydrate and aluminum zirconium compounds), which are synthetically produced and known to sometimes produce symptoms like skin irritation.

Bottom line is that there is no published evidence (that was found using scientific tools and methods, which should always accompany any quest for knowledge imo) that potassium alum is harmful.

Sparks of growth

Just doing some beautifications

While staying in Utrecht, the city where my house lives, I felt a sense of confined freedom. Yearning for communal living in nature, I set out to find a place of nurture. My desire for growing food had grown each time I thought about the taste-less produce I bought in supermarkets, so I set out to find a communal food garden. After considering joining a small family oriented garden next to the railway track behind my house, I remembered why I never was attracted to it as much: it was not lively (most days empty) and just seemed like a playground for events. (Plus I always felt reluctant to eat veggies grown under the constant churn of railway blasted iron.)
But when searching online I found an organization named Food for Good, which sees many volunteers working in their paradise garden every single day! It has a very simple approach: you can show up when you feel like it and either just be there or take on some activity from the list of chores. No pressure, only invitation. Just the way I like to live!

So far I am really happy to have become part of the group, and feel at home every time I come. I enjoy myself getting to know one another, and this simple way of being is rewarding me at every step with joy and wonder. Such different people with such different backgrounds, all enjoying the fruits of the paradise they feel they belong. Some have had recent hardships to endure, others are social glue that bind the ones that might feel a bit separate. Introvert and outgoing characters sometimes joining in shared activities, at other times enjoying the calm of working alone in nature. Plus we get to taste this wonderful labour of love, when offered to take home some of the days harvest :)