The Lie We Rub Into Our Skin

The Lie We Rub Into Our Skin

Amy Perez

The personal care industry is broken. Here’s what we’re doing about it.

Every morning, millions of people wake up, grab a stick of deodorant, and swipe it across their skin. They do it without a second thought.

But they should think. Because that tiny tube? It’s part of a system that’s quietly poisoning our planet, our bodies, and our trust.

Let me show you what I mean.

The System Is Built on Waste

Start with the basics:
1.5 billion plastic deodorant containers are thrown out every year. Most aren’t recyclable. Most don’t get reused. They just sit—forever—in landfills, in oceans, in our food chain.

Then scale out:
Over 120 billion cosmetic packages are produced annually, most designed to be tossed after a single use. Many are layered with mixed materials to make recycling impossible. Some are “recyclable” in theory—but never are in practice.

And the kicker?
The products inside them are often up to 80% water—shipped across the globe, generating emissions just to deliver something you already have at home, in your tap.

The Greenwashing Is a Feature, Not a Flaw

You’ve probably seen brands labeled “eco-friendly” or “natural.”
They show you soft green leaves, drop buzzwords like “clean,” and use just enough recycled content to pass the vibe check.

But dig deeper.

Most of those brands still sell single-use plastic.
Many still use irritating ingredients like baking soda.
Almost all are built on the same supply chain logic: extract, ship, sell, discard.
Just with nicer fonts.

That’s not sustainability. That’s marketing.
And we’ve had enough.

It’s Time to Demand Better

Enter: Purefill.

Not as a product.
As a rejection of everything the industry has normalized.

  • We don’t ship water.
  • We don’t wrap self-care in plastic.
  • We don’t pretend baking soda is safe for sensitive skin.
  • We don’t do throwaway culture. Ever.

We do refill & repeat systems designed to be reused, respected, and revolutionary.

What Refill & Repeat Really Means

It means you keep the case. It’s beautifully built and made to last.
When your deodorant runs out, you don’t throw it away. You pop in a compostable pod.

That’s it. No landfill. No mess. No compromise.
Just fresh, clean, whole-body odor protection made with truly natural ingredients and no petrochemical filler.

It’s not just for your underarms.
It’s for your chest. Your feet. Your groin. Anywhere odor lives.
Because your whole body deserves clean care—not just the parts brands have decided are profitable.

We’re Not Interested in “Eco” Trends

We didn’t build Purefill to jump on the green bandwagon.
We built it because we’re sick of watching the world drown in polite pastel lies.

This is our line in the sand.

If we keep pretending that recycling is enough, we lose.
If we keep accepting watered-down formulas in plastic tubes, we lose.
If we keep ignoring that our most basic habits are fueling a crisis, we lose.

But it doesn’t have to be that way.

Real change doesn’t come from perfect systems—it comes from people refusing to play along with broken ones.

And the truth is, it starts with something small.
It starts with a better deodorant.
It starts with Purefill.

Refill. Repeat. Refuse to Settle.

This isn’t a product pitch.
It’s a reckoning.

You have a choice:
Keep using the same products in the same wasteful packaging and call it “normal”—
Or stop. Right now. Refill instead. Choose better.

Not because it’s trendy.
Not because it’s cute.
But because the planet—and your body—can’t afford business as usual.

The future smells better. We’re here to make sure it stays that way.

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