I decided to give the Crystal Body Deodorant a try when I started getting some irritation from “standard” antiperspirants. My experience with antiperspirants and deodorants in the past has been that deodorant alone leaves me smelling of nicely scented BO. Put another way I have always had to use antiperspirant as anything else just covered up odor at best. Before I tried this product, I went through a couple of weeks of just cleaning the pits obsessively and using some essential oils (tea tree and a not too masculine lavender) to kill those odor causing bacteria under the arms. I picked this up at a local natural foods store and gave it a try. Following are some detailed observations, but bottom line is that it works great and doesn’t cause me any irritation.
Further thoughts:
- I haven’t used it during the summer, but I have used it in an 80 degree kitchen where I was working hard. I did sweat. I didn’t stink.
- If it can stop stinking and let you sweat, that may be a good thing. Sweating is a natural body function.
- The product doesn’t contain aluminum chlorohydrate, a chemical of possible concern for some people. It does contain aluminum salts.
- The product has no propylene glycol. Many of the “natural” deodorant products out there do use propylene glycol, which is metabolized by the body into lactic acid.
- The stick is supposed to last a year at a cost under $7. If it lasts half that long, it’s competitive with standard deodorants. If it actually lasts a year, it’s a money saver.
- It comes in a nice lavender tube, but it is unscented and equally useful for men or women.
- It doesn’t leave the sticky white stain on clothes like most antiperspirants.
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