Switch to Natural Deoderant?
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- CincodeMayo
Any of you guys or gals us natural deodorant with aluminum? Is it worth switching? I've used Old Spice Fresh Antiperspirant forever. With this quarantine, I figured it might be a good time to switch to the natural stuff since there's a 2-3 week BO period where you stick while sweating out the aluminum.
Any tips? Advice? Brand suggestions? I'm not an overall sweaty guy unless it's super hot out, but I do have balmy hands/feet on occasion so looking for something comparable to an antiperspirant, if something like that exists.
Thanks!
- ********0
I don't do deo, if I don't shower daily then I will Dove up my armpits and smelly parts - back to new again. Once the list of contents start with Aluminium, feck that. But I do smoke like a chimney, go figure.
- ideaist0
I feel that a "natural deodorant", although noble in its idea simply does not work for me.
I find http://www.mitchum.com/ products to literally be the only solution:
NOTE. My nickname in high school was "stinky", so the struggle is real.
- Thanks for the lighthearted thread, also. A welcome change from old classics like "America is Fucked" and "Pentagram Sucks..."
; )ideaist - Ha, well we are fucked and Pentagram does suck. But doing what I can!CincodeMayo
- Im on this Mitchum shit too. And sometimes perspirex. Seemingly the only things that work. Fun!ben_
- Thanks for the lighthearted thread, also. A welcome change from old classics like "America is Fucked" and "Pentagram Sucks..."
- spl33nidoru0
I've been using this for a while, not a very sweaty person either, this works great and smells good but discrete.
Will buy again!
- moldero0
baking soda, cheap and effective.
- elahon0
I work from home, I don't use deodorant.
- sea_sea0
I've been using natural non aluminum for over 20 years. It's a trial and error until you find what works for you. I tried lots of stuff. But there are some really great products out now. Depending on where you live find the store with the products and ask someone there to recommend something. Many people use natural products now that work.
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- Nairn0
Just stop using any of it. I have a block of alum that I use, perhaps, once every three or four months, because I sometimes think 'why not?'.
I stopped using undearm products years ago and after a couple of weeks of OhNo, I've never looked back.
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I probably stink.
I don't think i do.
- fyoucher10
Heh, I was doing the exact same thing (Old Spice Fresh) and am using Baxter of California (above). My sweat doesn't smell terrible and sometimes BoC doesn't quite cut it on some days.
As far as not wearing any, if you're not active and live in a colder region you're probably fine. But if it's hot out or if you're at the gym, let's just say you're probably not doing yourself any service with the ladies (or men) by not wearing any, unless they're into bullfrogging after a pizza dinner.
- I live in LA. The last couple years have gotten to 115+ during the summer. Think I'm gonna need something. I'll check out Baxter though. Thanks!CincodeMayo
- shapesalad2
This:
https://uk.lush.com/products/deo…
Best.- Also packaging = paper. I started using this more than 15 years ago when I went travelling and wanted to minimise weight. This weight = 100% product.shapesalad
- < with this I don't sweat massively, I do sweat when super hot / exercising, which you want, otherwise you'd over heat. Don't stink.shapesalad
- < I once tried something else, sweated like crazy and stank.shapesalad
- MrT0
I switched to an Aussie tea-tree brand a while ago but in summer one sweats like Joe Biden on a school bus, so it’s a bit of a losing battle. But now that volleyballs are the only company we keep, maybe it doesn’t matter so much.
- Bennn0
you meant without aluminium, right?
- CincodeMayo0
Yeah without aluminum exactly. Hopefully without any chemical stuff if I can avoid it. But not sure I’ll be able to find anything nearly as strong as the antiperspirant I use it even remotely similar.
- ETM1
The thread says deoderant, but I thought antiperspirant is the only one with aluminum salts in it. Since that is the ingredient that blocks your pores to reduce sweating. Deoderant does nothing to stop sweating and only masks odours.
- Aluminium salts prevent the growth of bacteria - I'm not sure it's used to block pores as suchNairn
- The aluminum is the anti-perspirant part of it.monospaced
- Ah, I'm mixing up aluminium and alum salt - the latter is for prventing bacterial growth, th eformer - I'v eno idea.Nairn
- MrAbominable0
I've been using M3 for about six months and liking it, but it's not cheap. I tried Native with carbon in it and i'm sure it stained shirts. Didn't like Tom's. I have a desk job so i'm ok with a deoderant and not anti-antiperspirant. I don't really notice it and that's sort of what i'm looking for. Also, i use nothing on the weekends.
"Made with the highest quality organic coconut oil, green tea, aloe, magnesium, and revamped with a wide array of our essential oils blend. FREE OF TOXINS: 100% aluminum free, baking soda free, paraben free, cruelty free, gluten free, alcohol free, and synthetic fragrance free."
- Good reviews too. I'll check this one out. Thanks!CincodeMayo
- monospaced0
Anti-perspirant only. The idea of using chemicals to stop sweat seems so wrong to me. I guess I'm lucky my sweat isn't as rank as some people, though.
- *Deodorant only. NO anti-perspirant. The anti-perspirant aluminum thing is what I find scary. Totally botched that post ;)monospaced
- haha, hate it when that happens.
And yeah, blocking pores is tardedNairn - In my twenties I remember I had sweaty palms for awhile. It was embarrassing to shake hands. My doctor prescribed antiperspirant for my palms. Never used it.monospaced
- Problem went away totally. I think it was just stress and anxiety? Turns out some people have overactive sweat glands and actually need help.monospaced
- I've tried everything... natural stuff, diet, waiting it out, with alum/without. The stuff I use is the only stuff that seems to work.ben_
- Would love to quit using it, and I don't sweat a ton, but when I do... fuck.ben_
- zarkonite0
I had this procedure done: https://www.miradry.com/
It microwaves the sweat glands away and you're done sweating forever! It kills about 90% of your sweat glands, in high stress moments I might get a tiiiiny bit of sweat but that's it. I thought of how much antiperspirant I'd wear over a lifetime + no more sweat stains and I figured it was a good investment.
- holy shitnb
- watNairn
- Starts with "C", and ends with "R"OBBTKN
- Just amputate.
No armpits, no problem.deadsperm - Strange and futuristic. Humans have made underarm sweat glands obsolete. Take THAT nature!ideaist
- microwaves armpits, yet people worried about 5g causing tumours....shapesalad
- Right, so when your body heats up significantly and internal organs need rapid sweating to cool, who ya gonna call?********
- ^^ it's not a whole body procedure =)zarkonite
- very very very very very very very very strangepedromendez
- wtf?renderedred
- zark I realize that, but 2 pits are a major & efficient source of heat dissipation. There are ways to manage the cosmetics without removing the cooling system********
- I don't know what you base your opinion on but the arm pits just don't play a major role in cooling the body.zarkonite
- Strange, these notes are...ideaist
- Stupid idea, for idiots with nothing to do 5 years for now they will be developing other problems...Salarrue
- ha @deadsperm !!!canoe
- @zark do you excessively sweat from your armpits?dorf
- @dorf used to ;)zarkonite
- Even if it's safe it's still stupid.
Live your truth.deadsperm - Deodorant is not " natural" minds blown********
- Actually if u want to use it switch frequently because your body will build a response to overcome it over time********
- I couldn’t close the doormisterhow
- jmckinno0
I've been using this for years, its great/