Comments on: The Stink Factor

By: Paula

Paula — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 14:53:43 +0000

I have not used anti-persperant for a good many years inspite of my essesive sweating and stink. I mean sweating so much in winter and smelling so bad that even my husband talked to me about it because it confused him why it was so bad!!Anyway I still kept my resolve to not use that stuff and anyway it was so irritating to my underarms that I don’t know what was worse the stinging, itch or the wet stink! So after many years of trying many different kinds of natural products (I have used the salt crystal for about the last 5 yrs)I came across a recipe in a local sustainable magazine for a recipe for deoderant that claimed to take the stench off a gaot!! Well it has been 3 months and WOW I cannot believe how well it works! The true test will be the winter months since oddly for me is the time I sweat more and stink more. But for now I am sold and it is easy to put together and cheap! I close the post with the recipe including the thing I added for my own personal needs. 3 TBLS Shea Butter,2 TBLS Coconut Oil,3 TBLS Baking Soda, 2 TBLS Corn Starch, Vitimin E from 2 gel caps. I add 2 TBLS European Green Clay also. Melt the Shea butter and Coconut oil in double boiler( can be done in Micro but I don’t like that idea myself, I just sit them in the sun for a bit and that does it). Mix in all other ingrediants and store in container. You may add essential oils for fragrance( I don’t).So you just dap or pat on(don’t rub it, it will flake). I am so glad I found this because it works so well even helps with the sweating part for some reason.

By: Sharon

Sharon — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 14:04:03 +0000

I have just recently switched from deordorant stick to a salt crystal, the name is Thai Salt Crystal. I have been amazed at how well it works. I have thrown all my stick deodorants away. From what I understand a lot of these alternative deordorants still contain aluminum in them. Does anyone know? Sharon

By: DrKim

DrKim — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 09:16:06 +0000

In reply to Mrs. Tammy. Interesting about no soap under the arms affecting odor. My main concern/problem with no antiperspirant is actually not the odor-it's the stickiness which basically means: the sweat. I just don't like the way it feels. So if nothing natural is going to stop that from happening, well, I guess I'm just going to have to get used to it. Hopefully something involving baking soda will help.

By: Mrs. Tammy

Mrs. Tammy — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 22:42:06 +0000

I have used deodorant crystals for several years, with pretty good results. The ones with stuff added, like aloe vera, do NOT work as well as the plain crystals.

A while back I experimented with not using soap in the shower, but just scrubbed myself with a pouf and baking soda. An interesting result I noticed was that when I stopped using soap under my arms, I experienced less odor during the day.