Need Suggestions Please - Unscented Deodorant

[Dirtyhip]

I sometimes wear my husband's Old Spice endurance stick, when I am doing a heavy endurance event of 3+ hours of exercise or more. Trust me, you want me wearing deodorant.

haha

I think chickens smell better than I do, on one of those days.

 

[kuntrygirl]

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[Miyashi]

My Mom has great luck with that Crystal stuff.
I don't. I'm too sweaty.
xD

 

[EweSheep]

I have to have deodorant....no ifs and buts about it!

I smelled jus tlike my grandfather, my dad smelled like him and now my dd got my stanky genes! Whenever our sinuses acts up, our pits go into an overdrive. My dd is only 7 years old and I let her have Secret travel size deodorant, same for me. I used to go for Men's Speed Stick until Lady's Speed Stick came out. After awhile, Lady's didnt perform as well as the men's version so I switched to Secret. Does well for me so far but on a very HOT, sweaty day, forget it.

Hubby on the other hand, can not wear any deodorant, partly because he is allergic to it and part of it is sheer laziness. I make him wear one when we go into public in enclosed space and he would get all squirmy about his pits and won't sit still because "it itches!"

He likes the cornstarch idea but they do get gummy until he takes a shower.

Now, don't laugh, my mother said use your "special" marked deodorant for crotch smells, particuarly if you are very sweaty down there and you want to smell good. Do not apply it directly on your skin but outside of your panties. I don't know if there are any health hazards, which it can not be any worse than your pits. Only dry bars, not the roll ons or liquidy stuff. AND be sure to MARK it for "undies" for BOs. Anyone can vouch for sweaty crotches to wear deodrants or plain corn starch will do the trick? I have looked online to see if any validity or health hazards to it, but found nothing.

I'm going to have to try Almay deodorant and see if it works on me. I have been starting to get some irratation of Secret lately.

 

[Kassaundra]

I haven't read all the pages so this may have already been mentioned if so I'm sorry. Try taking a zinc supplement (about 30 mg/day) it won't keep you from perspiring, but it does make the skin less habitable to the germs that actually cause the odor.

 

[WillowTreeFarm]

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As I mentioned, I have had very little luck on finding truly antibacterial soaps that don't smell... I am sure liquid or bar would do the job. Ime I have found the white variety of Dial to be least smelly. I DID find a truly unscented liquid antibacterial soap by Seventh Generation, they call it natural hand wash and 'Just Clean'.

 

[EweSheep]

I love the smell of Caress but my body don't like it LOL! Ivory is the best thing by far.

 

[Orchid]

You have to watch the crystal deodorants because not all of them are fragrance-free.

I also am one who will not use anti-perspirants due to the aluminum content (not to be confused with alum, a different substance completely.)

Thankfully I don't need fragrance-free products because without using anti-perspirants I'd be limited to plain old baking soda and cornstarch and I can't imagine that would be real attractive with a tank top.

No offense to anyone, but if you have crotch stink to the point of needing actual deodorant, you may need a visit to the dr. Plain old sweat down there really shouldn't have a noticeable odor and using deodorant products down there can lead down a very uncomfortable path of issues.

If it's just that sweaty feeling, plain cornstarch is fine.

 

[EweSheep]

I hate sweaty feeling down there! My mom's doctor told her it is safe for her to use deodorant specifically made down there. I do remember the old time remedy when you get "chaffed" down there from sweats or pants whose seams rubs the heack of out of your legs or females wearing male pants (OUCH!), cornstarch is the way to go and I can not imagine anything else. NO baby powder, those things are horrible for anyone's bums!

 

[kuntrygirl]

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Ooooooooo, I use to love the smell of Caress. It smelled so clean.