Deodorant recommendation

[ocelot]

I don't know how much I've said publically about my struggles with deodorant (not to be melodramatic or anything...)

Two years ago, I ran out of deodorant, and decided to try Tom's of Maine - specifically, long-lasting Lavendar scent. It made me break out in a horrid rash. A while later I stumbled across a post on naturalliving which proved this to be a not uncommon happening.

After that, I tried another type (Kiss My Face, I think), which did the same thing.

The third type didn't make me break out in a rash, but I wasn't terribly happy with how it worked. However, being a little afraid to try anything else, I continued to use it for a year and a half.

After I got tired enough of it not working, I tried Kiss My Face again because of cost and stupidity. I thought maybe my skin had been oversensitive from the Tom's of Maine stuff the previous time I tried it, and it might be better this time. It wasn't, so I returned it.

I got another brand, which seems to work ok. Unfortunately, once I got home and tried it, I realized that "Summer Spice" scent is an Old Spice knockoff (it hadn't been quite as obvious from sniffing the container directly), so it made me smell like a man.

Now I have a spray bottle of Burt's Bees Herbal Deodorant. I rode 20 miles to/from school in 100 degree heat and don't stink. Or smell manly. And now I'm wearing a tank top, which usually invites the stinkiness, and I still don't stink (I did re-apply it after arriving home, but don't know if that was actually necessary).

I think it wins.

Comments

[paquerette.livejournal.com]

I had to go through many a deodorant before I found something that worked, too. Sometimes they'll work for a few weeks and then quit. But the Jason apricot stuff has been pretty good for me for a while. Sometimes I can use a crystal, but hormonal fluctuations tend to kill it.

[therealocelot.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I haven't tried that one because it's several dollars more expensive. I may try it if this stops working, though.