The skin is the largest organ on your body and it acts like a giant sponge soaking up whatever it contacts. Thus, it comes as no surprise that while your skin can soak the good things up from your skincare products, it can also soak up the bad. Even when the skin is intact, we can still absorb chemicals and toxins from the skin’s surface to the bloodstream.  Unlike the digestive system, the skin doesn’t have a filtration system and can’t break down toxins, like the gut, or metabolize them, like the liver, before entering the bloodstream.  Here are some better alternatives when shopping for a cleaner lower-tox deodorant! LTKTravel LTKBeauty LTKStyleTip