Weddingbee

Yeah, I’ve had to switch a few times on my search. Finally, I found Tom’s but after a few months my body adapted. My friend and parents use the crystal stick (or rock as I call it) and love it. I’m still on Jason lavendar which is working well for me. I remember being super stressed about it for my wedding. I didn’t want to stink, but I didn’t want to use products I had given up.

I use an Adidas deoderant that uses cotton rather than aluminum. I’m anti-aluminum as well and this is the only brand I’ve found that works really well for me. Tom’s never worked well and I don’t like the smell of any of the Jason products.

I converted to the Crystal stick just recently but instead use the spray. I even spray it in my shoes to prevent foot odor. I love it because it is all-natural — one less thing that has chemicals and is being absorbed into the body.

I feel your pain … except that I have a skin condition that pretty much leaves me allergic to most deodorants/antiperspirants.

I love using Burt’s Bees Herbal Deodorant. It’s an acquired smell I guess … but at least it doesn’t cause me to break into a rash every time I use it.

I think the Adidas one has been discontinued, I can only find it at my local Big Lots, or online. I’m quite disappointed.

I really liked the Kiss My Face roll-on - it works really well, and also comes in regular and travel size. It doesn’t have the same stickyness and overly sweet smell of the Tom’s of Maine (which my mother used to make me move), although I have since gone back to just using Secret.
If you are going to use an anti-perspirant for your wedding, make sure you use it for about a week in advance - it sounds gross, but you need to clog up all your pores before it starts to work properly. (Yeah. It’s totally natural. :-p)

I’ve found the crystal at Walgreen’s and CVS - so it’s not too hard to find Though they usually only sell one type - the hubby has to deal with the purple packaging Oh well!! It lasts forever too! (I haven’t seen the spray in the drug stores)

I use deodorant/antiperspirant everyday. The connection between antiperspirant and breast cancer has not been made at all.

If you have an allergy I could understand why you might want to use deodorant only - but no matter how ‘okay’ you might smell to co-workers I still wouldn’t want to walk around with wet pits.

PS: I suspect in some cases a co-worker might be cautious of telling someone to their face that they smell bad.

I’m using Addidas too. I like the fitness one better than the cotton sent. You have to look carefully on the front label and see no aluminium in it though.

I do have a crystal rock at home that my aunt gave me for my airplane trip (back then you couldn’t even take 3oz of liquids). I haven’t tried it enough however to see how well it works with me. But Addidas I like. Although I’m not sure if they are discontinuing it or not because I find it in less and less places.
Tom of Maine and Jason are simply not working well enough for me.

Interesting post. My dress is trimmed in black and it never occurred to me that I ought to thinking about this for the big day. So thank you for bringing it to my attention before I risk getting white marks on my beautiful dress!

On a side note, does anyone who tans notice a difference once you get out of the tanning bed? I can put gobs of antiperspirant on and when I get out I am sweaty (for obvious reasons) and stinky! Ew! And if I don’t put on anything right before jumping in - look out! I have only noticed this phenomenon in the last couple years. Gross!

Timely post! I was just in rite-aid to switch to deodorant only and to my complete surprise, the only one to choose was Tom’s of Maine! How come guys get non-anti-perspirant deodorant?! I’m trying it for different reasons though, I find all my t-shirts get a horrible stain after only a few wears when I use anti-perspirant. I’m tired of buying cheap t-shirts that only last one summer because I can’t stand the stains next summer! Well, I’m trying Tom’s but can’t say I’m too impressed, may have to find a crystal…

I tried Alba which makes a lot of PABA-free skincare products for women. Let’s just say it made me smell worse than I did prior to putting it on. I tried it for a month, thinking my body just had to get used to it, but my fiance even admitted to having second thoughts about marrying me after getting a good whiff of my armpit once! He was joking of course, but you get the point…Careful with that all-natural stuff!

I use the Adidas deodorant as well, but because I was tired of getting white crud on my clothing and yellow stains on the armpits of white shirts.

http://www.styledash.com/2007/01/17/drugstore-beauty-queen-adidas-deodorant/

I’ve only been able to find it at Wal-Mart, though.

I was just “venting” to my H2B the other day about how easy it is to find him an antiperspirant free deoderant, and how frustrating it is to find one for me. After many years of using an antiperspirant, I began to sweat MORE and developed a terrible underarm itch when I used it (crazy, huh?). I’ve used Tom’s for about 2 years now, b/c it was the only option I could find. I have never been thrilled with the results, so I think I may try some of these suggestions!

I am not sure if anyone has heard of this website, http://www.cosmeticsdatabase.com, but I find it very helpful. It allows you to search for a product by name, ingredient or company. It will tell you what the product is linked to, user reviews and comments-the list goes on. Most importantly it gives you a score, 0 out of 10, with 10 being a high hazard product. Go to skincare and click on deodorant. What are you waiting for, give it a try!

the crystal comes in spray too and you don’t have to worry about jagged edges.