The holy grail...
This particular Schmidt's fragrant line works! I have used their others lines and found it not that good. So make sure you check out the Charcoal Magnesium line.
I can apply in the morning and wear it all day without having to reapply to ensure I'm smelling fresh as a bee.
Schmidt's Natural Deodorant® - Charcoal + Magnesium, 3.25 oz. Stick for Women & Men - Combats Odor & Wetness
$9.99 from 5+ stores
Description Award-winning formula naturally and effectively neutralizes odor and wetness. Non-greasy, non-sticky feel. Free of aluminum, propylene ...
I'm listing out some of the brands I used in the past that touted their effectiveness as natural deodorants. I tried all of them in good faith hoping their marketing blurb is more than just creative writing. How did I discover all these products? I did minor online research and mostly was sucked into the package labels at WholeFoods, PCC, Trader Joes, or whatever natural health store I happen to poke my head into.
Alba, Lavanila, Crystal, Jason, Nourish, EO, Tom's, Vichy, Kiss My Face...
Many of them sit somewhere in our house gathering dust because it just didn't keep me fresh. After almost every meeting, I would have to reapply. I ended up having one in my office drawer, one in my backpack, one in the car...you get the idea. Before I started leaving these other natural deodorants all over the place I've had days where I had to drive to Target to get a new shirt and blame it on something silly like, "oh yeah I spilt coffee". Yes people, it was that bad. The one I used before for years is from Herban Cowboy, but this one doesn't last. At work, I have to reapply at least 3/4 times a day, when we moved into open office space, it was a pain. I felt like I was on mission impossible sneaking my deodorant from my backpack to my back pocket without anyone seeing.
Herban Cowboy - Natural For Her Deodorant Stick Blossom - 2.8 oz.
$4.79 from 50+ stores
Long Lasting Formula. Free of Propylene Glycol, Aluminum and Triclosan.
The thing with natural deodorants is that it won't stop your sweating :( This is still the case with Schmidt's but it's really really REALLY amazing at all day odor control, I take night classes once a week so I go from 7 am till 10 pm and I don't have to worry! I can't tell you how amazing that is.
If you want something that stops sweating then read the below. I even tell you what antiperspirant worked for me. Although I highly recommend natural deodorants.
The gory details...
I sweat like a pig under my arms. It's no joke and it smells bad! I mean capitalized BAD, the kind you can't possibly image for a girl. When I workout, it actually doesn't smell, but going through school and then onto work just stressed me out on a different level. Anyway, I have been on this quest since middle school. For a long time, I only used antiperspirants and I used all kinds. Dove, Secrete, Degree, Speed Stick, Arm and Hammer. They worked to cover the smell, but still not the actual sweat.Then I moved onto the clinical levels strength of antiperspirants when those came out to grocery stores that contained the active ingredient Aluminum Zirconium Trichorohydrex Gly. I would get somewhere between 20 - 22%. With this increase though, I didn't really notice much difference in the amount of sweating. I considered surgery at one point to remove the sweat glands but didn't want to deal with all the hassles of surgery.
Then came college days and through rush, I learned of a product called CertainDry. I mean you don't want a bunch of college girls with pit stains trying to impress each other. CertainDry was pretty amazing, it actually worked by stopping my sweat by at least half if not more. It contained this ingredient, Aluminum Chloride at 12%.
Canary alert: you're supposed to use it at night when you're sleeping. I did that, next day no sweating at all, but the more I used it, I started to develop rashes under my arms. They were itchy, red and hurt. I figured that's probably not the best thing for my body, so I stopped using it and only used it on occasion and went back to normal antiperspirants.
Then I learned all the correlation between these aluminum based ingredients and illnesses, because what happened to me with the rashes it wasn't hard for me to believe it could have some negative health effects. So begins my search for natural product.
Give Schmidt's Charcoal a try and I promise if you're struggling like I was this will make a huge difference.
Wishing you all the BEEST!
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