Review – Primal Pit Paste – Munson Mischief

This is a review on a natural deodorant. You might be wondering why I’m doing a review on deodorant when my site is primarily about strength training and conditioning. Because! Athletes can stink! Don’t stink!

Ok. So, over the years Pam and I have often looked for more natural personal care products in an effort to avoid all the weird chemicals usually found in them.

We’ve tried various ‘natural’ deodorants in the past with very little success. They either didn’t work, or irritated our skin (weird).

Well, some of our friends at CrossFit Wrath mentioned that a bunch of them were experimenting with Primal Pit Paste, an all natural deodorant. They said it worked awesome!

So, I checked out the site and then went ahead and ordered a number of their trial sizes in a variety of scents. This led, ultimately, to getting their full size jars as well as (for a couple of the girls), their roll on sticks too.

I have been using Primal Pit Paste for 4 months now (Pam for about 2.5), and let me tell you…THIS STUFF WORKS! And, it doesn’t just work ‘a little’ or ‘kind of.’ This stuff works awesome! As in, this is probably the best deodorant I’ve ever used.

We have had a number of long days in which we showered the night before (and put on the product right after the shower), worked out hard the next morning and then didn’t have a chance to shower until later that evening. Absolutely zero BO all day.

Y’all I’m not kidding, and I’m not getting anything for this. Primal Pit Paste is really awesome and its all natural.

Check out the ingredients: Organic Coconut Oil, Organic Raw Shea Butter, Non-Aluminum Baking Soda, Organic Arrowroot Powder, Organic Essential Oils.

My favorite scents are Primal Spice and Pachouli. The girls like Lemonade and Orange Creamsicle and Pam likes Lavender.

Mike says:

May 3, 2014 at 12:48 pm

Only problem is that it’s not actually “Organic” It would have to have the USDA seal to truly be organic… Just another green washer! Do you really trust some lady running things out of her kitchen to always be using the more expensive USDA certified organic ingredients?
Buy the simple ingredients yourself and save some money or if you don’t want to make it your self buy bumble and bee pit paste… it works great, been around longer and has excellent customer service! Plus it’s actually USDA certified organic!!

Matt says:

May 3, 2014 at 12:59 pm

“Only problem is”….
No, its not really a problem for me, Mike. I ordered the sample sizes to try it and see if I liked it. Like I said in my review, its the best deodorant I’ve ever used. It works and I like it. Period. Do I trust “a lady running things out of her kitchen?” Yes, I do. Why? Because a) thats how small business start and b) again, I tried it and I liked it.
Want to know who I don’t trust very much? The government. I could care less if it says USDA or if it is USDA Organic cause that doesn’t really mean anything.
Want to know who I don’t trust even more? Negative attitude commenters. I know you mean well, but…
1. Mike says:
  
  May 4, 2014 at 1:31 am
  
  Ok,,, Sorry Matt… I know this is your blog. Not trying to stir up shit!
  Ok… maybe a little : )
  
  My opinion though… Having a third party verify the quality of a product is the best way of knowing you’re getting what you pay for. Most of the time when companies are pretending to be organic and they aren’t (like Primal Pit Paste) there are other things they hide as well… and as a consumer it gets frustrating trying to trust anybody! Just sayin. But I’m sure as a small start up there are reasons they do what they do… But these deodorants are expensive and I think I should get what I pay for… you know what I mean? By the way… I don’t have any special affection for the government either but I’ve researched what a USDA certified company has to go through to maintain the certification and it really is extensive! Companies like Badger Balm, Nourish and Bubble & Bee have to prove to the government that they abide by the strict “organic” guidelines! When it’s not as it appears It’s like going to a restaurant and getting served frozen salmon when they say it’s fresh caught on the menu…happens all the time! Not saying you didn’t pick a good deodorant and in fact I’d pick primal over most regular deo… I’m sure the deodorant works because I’ve been using the BUbble and bee stuff for years and it looks to me like Primal just copied their stuff! Anyway… just re-read all this I wrote and have no idea why I’m taking this much time on this… It’s just stinkin deodorant! : )
  Wish you well,
  Mike
  1. Matt says:
    
    May 4, 2014 at 11:50 am
    
    I get what you are saying Mike. I do.
    I also still don’t care if they have that certification or not. I doubt very seriously that they are “hiding” other things since you can’t lie about ingredients or you get in trouble with the FTC.
    And, have you fully read the history of Bubble & Bee. Pretty similar start…an individual/family looking to create better, natural and organic alternatives, experimenting, family and friends jumping on board and then things taking off. Bubble & Bee wasn’t certified organic from day 1. Took a while.
    Regardless, I do appreciate the input and conversation….except your incredibly annoying overuse of exclamation points (!).
  2. Mike says:
    
    May 5, 2014 at 12:05 am
    
    Ha!! LOL!!!
    All is cool and you make valid points. Dang it, I really wanted to put an exclamation point there. Thanks for the conversation. You know what? Let’s just delete these comments and keep it happy for Primal. Really you’re right, supporting small business is what keeps things going over all anyway.
    See maybe I’m not as negative as you thought! 🙂

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