I don't have BO.
When I forget to wear deodorant, and I get sweaty,
my underarms smell like celery.
True story.
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Well hello there!
It's time again for another OMKalen.
I'm not sure if y'all know, but one of my goals for this year
has been to be more conscious of my impact on the environment.
Because I've seen some DIY ideas floating
around the internet of common things
that you can create at home instead of buying things
that have a lot of packaging, and I'm
going to give few a try.
Let's see how this goes.
First up, I'm going to make an all-natural deodorant,
and I have a lot of the items around my house already.
Now, I feel a little nervous about this,
because I ain't trying to be walking around being funky,
but for the sake of the environment
we're going to take a chance.
First, we have to make some 1/4 cup of baking soda with 1/4
a cup of arrowroot, and these are supposed
to help with absorbing sweat.
Is this even 1/4 cup of baking soda, child, this bitty ol'
box?
OK.
I can't even get this.
Dang.
They don't want you to even get the baking soda
out the damn box.
1/4 cup of big soda, and we're going
to mix this one with 1/4 cup of arrowroot.
I don't even know what a arrowroot is.
Is that a plant?
1/4 a cup of arrowroot, boom.
There we go.
So we need to combine with one-third cup of coconut oil,
and the coconut oil acts as a base for everything.
It also is supposed to have antibacterial properties,
and we need this, because y'all know your underarms definitely
some bacteria in it, you nasty.
OK.
[LAUGHS]
I crack myself up.
That's why they pay me the big bucks.
I don't know if 1/3 is going to fit up in this jar though.
There we go.
Boom.
1/3 cup coconut oil, done.
Now, I'm going to add some essential oils for scent.
Let me see, what would I want to smell like?
Maybe a little bit of lavender and tea tree.
Yeah, that smells good.
Mhm.
Let me add this lavender.
A little drop, a couple of drop drops.
Let me add the tea tree.
According to the internet, tea tree
has a lot of good antibacterial qualities, you know.
You've got to mix it up now, y'all.
Strong.
Yeah, you really going to be smelling like essential.
Deodorant is essential, just like our essential oils.
I don't know how they was living back in medieval times,
I just know that place was funky.
But if y'all want a fun fact, you can always tell when
I'm about to say something and I stop because I'm about to say
something ignorant.
I don't have BO.
When I forget to wear deodorant, and I get sweaty,
my underarms smell like celery.
True story.
OK.
Now I'm going to put my deodorant into these jars.
This smells good.
Boom.
Now, I'm not sure if y'all have heard of upcycling,
but it's when you take one item that you're not using,
and turn it into something new instead of throwing it away.
I originally had sauce in this jar,
but I'm going to use it for my deodorant.
I'm going to stick this in the fridge to solidify,
and I'm a little excited because I want some cold deodorant.
Because y'all know it's hot as fish grease outside,
and that may cool me off.
Now, I told y'all, I being conscious about
the environment.
Well let me show you how.
So, a way to help the environment
is by reusing things.
Now, one of the ways I like to help reduce my plastic usage
is by swapping the sprayer from an old bottle of scrubbing
bubbles to a refill bottle.
Now, today, most sprayers aren't recyclable,
so reusing yours means a new one doesn't have to be created.
This how you do it.
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And boom.
And don't forget to recycle your old bottle.
OK, next.
While the deodorant is solidifying,
I'm going to try making a soothing face mask with aloe.
Now let's take it a step further, though, and make
some aloe vera gel, too.
OK?
Now, I have my aloe vera leaf, and I'm
going to cut the ends off first to make it easier to cut.
Next, I'll cut the corners and use a knife
to take off the top.
Going to cut off this end.
Oh, it cut really easily.
Cut this end.
So tender.
I've had elderberry juice.
I've drunk it.
It's good.
It smell good.
Smell like chicken.
It do, it smell like meat.
That's how vegans be tricking us.
Y'all be serving as aloe vera.
Yeah?
I knew it.
And now I got to cut off the top, right?
Is this-- this the top.
OK.
So now, I am scraping the gel out, and placing it
into my handy dandy blender over here.
Look at it, so watery.
So we can blend together, and make us our face mask.
Now, I'm going to blend this, and then we got aloe vera gel.
Boom.
Great.
And there you have it, aloe vera gel.
OK, so next, I'm going to mix this with a couple of items
that I have at home.
So in my bowl, I'll add 2 tablespoons of my gel.
One, two.
Then, two tablespoons of honey.
One, two.
And then a pinch of cinnamon.
And when I'm done with this honey container,
I'm going to upcycle it to hold other face masks I make.
But first, let me mix this one.
Now, I've always got honey and cinnamon in my house
from making peach cobbler.
Face mask.
All right, and that's it.
Honey and aloe both have inflammatory properties,
and cinnamon is supposed to be good for blood flow.
Let me take my deodorant out of the fridge, I think it's ready.
See how it's smelling.
You know, I sense the essential oils have really
soaked up in there.
Smell good!
Oh, it's hard.
It's like deodorant.
Solid as a rock.
Now, I've already done my face routine for the day,
so I'm going to put my face mask in this jar,
and put it in the refrigerator so I can use it tonight
before I go to bed.
You know, that night skin care routine is important, too.
And here's another jar that I'm upcycling.
There used to be sardines in this.
Sardines in this.
Now that my deodorant's ready, I'm
going to try some on camera.
So here we go.
And we're going to rub this together.
Oh!
That's smells good.
So fresh, and so clean!
I'm actually surprised at how close to the real thing
this deodorant is.
I thought it was going to be a little messy and a little hard
to do, and would crumble, but it didn't.
It was actually very effective.
So I'll let you know on next OMKalen what's
the deal with my armpits.
Well, there's nothing like a little self care,
and I hope you learned something today,
because I know I sure did.
And while taking time out for myself,
I did my part to help the environment too,
and worked to reduce my plastic usage,
so thank you for joining me.
And as always, I'm Kalen Allen, and I'm just happy to be here.
Remember to save your sprayers and recycle your bottles.
One little act can make a big difference
to help reduce plastic waste.