JK Naturals: Natural Deodorant that Really Works

With great heat and humidity comes sweat. We all have it. None of us naturally smell like roses and rainbows. Sit us outside in the summer heat for long enough (for me, just about half a minute), and we’ll be good and sweaty.

The simple solution to getting clean and staying (relatively) stink free, of course, is showering and wearing deodorant. If you’ve read my blog more than once, you probably know I’m always looking for natural alternatives for any product that goes on my family’s bodies, and that’s easy enough to do with soaps and shampoos. For deodorant, though, it’s not so straightforward.

Sure, you can hop into any drugstore and grab a natural deodorant off the shelf…but if you’ve ever done that, you may also have stuck it in the back of the bathroom closet after a couple of days of realizing it does nothing to mask the odor of a sweaty armpit. I wish they all worked as well as the “standard” deodorant, but I have to be honest with you and myself: not all of them work well, and some of them don’t work at all.

That doesn’t stop me from looking for a natural deodorant that does work, so when I had the option to try out JK Naturals, I was happy to take the offer.

JK Naturals has a full line of 100% natural, organic deodorants for the entire family. Unlike most mass-produced deodorants on the market, these have no artificial additives, no parabens, no synthetic chemicals (including fragrance oils), and zero aluminum. Those toxic ingredients are known to disrupt hormones, cause cancer, and affect organ functions. I’ve known that for a long time and am troubled by the thought of sacrificing the security of a natural product for a synthetic one that worked better. Fortunately, JK Naturals deodorants work, so I can slather on as much as I want without that nagging feeling that I’m doing something bad for my body.

They have deodorants for adults, as well as a teen line with fresh, fun scents, which I think automatically sets them apart from most natural deodorant lines. There is a large range of adult scents (like peppermint + tea tree, lavender, lemongrass + rosemary, and more), and the teen line features scents like lime, citrus, and eucalyptus. They come in a regular stick deodorant, as well as in roll-on or cream options.

My daughter and I gave several a test run: adult Lavender, teen All Day Fresh (lime), teen Pure Confidence (citrus), and their Peppermint + Patchouli roll-on. I can confidently say they all work well, and we were just as happy with them as we’ve been with regular deodorants. Strike that – we’re actually happier, because they work as well and don’t load us down with chemicals.

You might be wondering how much of a test we put these deodorants through, but trust me – they had their work cut out for them. We just returned from a vacation out west, which included long, full days of hiking in the hot sun and other outdoor activities. In other words, we were sweaty and gross, but JK Naturals worked hard and kept our armpit smells at bay.

To learn more about JK Naturals and find a natural way to avoid smelling like the pits, visit JKnaturals.com.