Pickle and Bee Natural Products

I’m Liz. I started Pickle & Bee after one of the most difficult times our family has been through, and since then my dream has been to provide families like yours, with safe and natural products. In 2016 we had just welcomed our third daughter into our family, and a few short weeks later I found a lump in my breast. For a few months I wrote it off as something related to nursing a baby, but it continued to grow so I went to my doctor. After several weeks of tests and appointments, as my baby turned 5 months old, we got the news that I had an aggressive form of breast cancer. We were devastated, and our whole lives were turned upside down. Anyone who has been through cancer knows that the treatment regime is gruelling, but I was determined to stay around and did everything my oncologist suggested. He had a very holistic approach and along with chemo, radiation and surgery – he also told me about some changes I could make in my life to help prevent the cancer from recurring. Healthy diet, exercise, stress management, as well as reducing or eliminating harmful chemicals in my environment.

These were all correlated with better outcomes for women like me, and I started implementing these changes immediately. It was a LOT of learning – but I also has three little girls to worry about, and I wanted to make those changes for them as well.While I was searching for better alternatives for deodorants and other personal care items, I was pleasantly surprised to find that there were many choices! Until I started trying them. The ones I found were either extremely hard and tough on the skin, had weird scents that I didn’t like, or they just straight up did NOT work! I did find some that worked ok, but once I discovered they didn’t use organic ingredients, I was disappointed. Why make a natural product, and then use ingredients saturated with pesticides? It didn’t make any sense to me.I started making my own deodorant, and after a few months, I had perfected it! I had made a deod