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Thu Jan 19, 2012 6:04 pm  |
| donna17 wrote: |
I have been using Secret Clinical strength but it doesnt really do it for me.
If I have a long or stressful day, I stink!
Can anyone recommend a strong deodorant that works throughout the entire day? |
Hi Donna17, I think antiperspirants like Secret Clinical Strength are part of the problem and not at all a solution.
Sweating is one way your body gets rid of toxins. Antiperspirants stop your body from getting rid of the toxins so IMO stench just builds up.
I used to think that I couldn't live without antiperspirants. I would use men's Brut because the spray was so effective and very refreshing. But as I got more into natural remedies for health, I started considering deodorants that are not antiperspirants. I liked the peace of mind of knowing I'm not interfering with my body's normal process but I hated the "perfumed stench of sweat" that most of the deodorants I found seemed to give me (eg Tom's).  Enter Crystal Un-odorant and all my problems were solved. 
Why Crystal beats other deodorants I had tried and does such a good job that I actually use the original unscented is in the fact that it destroys the bacteria responsible for the stench. In other words, like other deodorants, it doesn't stop you sweating which is in accord with nature's way, but it makes sure the sweat has no smell.
But what's even weirder is, before I stopped using antiperspirants, I thought I was a horrible sweat-er. Come to find, I don't really sweat half as much as I thought. It's as if by fighting my body's effort to get rid of toxins, I was creating this monster that would just open floodgates of sweat if ever I forgot to use it. Like all that sweat had been marinating in there waiting for a chance to pour out. But now that I'm not restricting nature, I don't sweat much. In fact, I have been able to go a whole day w/o using Crystal and not been wet or had a smell at all.
As scary as this may sound, I implore you to give it a try. Maybe on a weekend when you don't have any place to be. Initially, you may find you sweat a lot and it can seem unbearable but give your body time to adjust and get rid of what you've been blocking...and you'll be as pleasantly surprised as I was. Perhaps get the wipes to wipe off that initial flood and follow that with spray and give your body time to get used to this new status quo.
Yes, Crystal also sells unscented wipes/towellets that you can use to clean any sweat if you get too wet and it does double duty: cleans and freshens while leaving behind that bacteria fighting coating so that you don't smell. You could do like I do: use the wipes and then the spray as back up.
I once tested the spray's ability to destroy odor-causing bacteria one day: I had just finished working out for one hour 45 mins after not wearing any deo for a whole day (no smell prior to working out, BTW, despite not using deo all day). Anyway after almost 2 hours of serious exercise, of course my armpits had the smell of sweat. Before jumping into the shower, I decided to spray a good amount of Crystal Un-odorant to test how well it works on bacteria. Initially, there was no difference but to my disbelief, my armpits didn't smell when the spray dried. I admit I did spray a lot so that it was running down my sides (well I had to match the wetness  ). Still, it most certainly did get rid of the odor of my armpits completely. If I didn't know better, I'd swear I hadn't just been all sweaty and smelly a few minutes ago. So indeed the wipes would come in handy if you were far from a shower and just felt wet or uneasy and needed to freshen up, since they do what the other products do but with the added benefit of giving you a nice wipe-down so you're clean-er.
Once you try it and give it time to show you what it can do, I have a feeling you'll never restrict your body from doing its thang again with antiperspirants.
You can read more about Crystal here. I use the stick, the wipes and the spray. After a shower I use the stick. In the summer if I feel wet--and that's wet with no stench, mind you--because I used the stick earlier!--I use the wipes and then the spray (so I keep them in my purse). I can't say enough great things about Crystal Un-odorant. (The roll-on was my favorite of all when I started, but after a while I started to worry about rolling bacterial off my skin into the product and recycling that and didn't like that thought. So got the stick.) If they could come up with a liquid of the consistency of the roll on that you'd squirt onto a cotton swab or piece of napkin and apply, I'd be all over that! |
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