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Deodorant Without Baking Soda for Sensitive Skin: What to Look For
If baking soda deodorant gives you a rash, look for magnesium hydroxide or zinc ricinoleate instead, plus a simple, unscented option. Here's how to read the label. Read more...
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Our Soap Is Made With Local Texas Tallow
Our tallow soap is made with tallow we render ourselves from local Texas suet. Here's what that means and why we do it. Read more...
An open jar of Willow & Watch Intensive Tallow Balm with a spatula lifting out the balm
Why There's Lanolin in My Lip Balm, My Balm and My Soap
Lanolin seals moisture in and holds it there, which almost nothing else does at once. Here's the job it does in our lip balm, Intensive Tallow Balm and every bar... Read more...
Three bars of Willow & Watch hot-process tallow and lanolin soap
What Is Hot-Process Tallow Soap?
How hot-process soap is made, why the label lists sodium tallowate and not lye, and what tallow brings to a bar. Read more...
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Switching to Natural Deodorant: What to Expect
Moving from antiperspirant to a natural deodorant feels different for the first week or two. Here is what changes, and how to apply it so it works. Read more...
Willow & Watch tallow deodorant, front and back of the tube showing the ingredient list
How Tallow Deodorant Works Without Baking Soda or Aluminum
Yes, a deodorant can control odor without baking soda or aluminum. Ours uses magnesium hydroxide to neutralize odor and zinc ricinoleate to trap it, in a grass-fed tallow base made... Read more...