The One Natural Deodorant That Works For Me

Quite a few years ago, I started using a crystal deodorant. You know, the ones you find at the health food store that look like a piece of quartz crystal.

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If you’re wondering whether this stuff works, the short answer is: yes. Since I tried it, I’ve never looked back.I’ve tried the spray on, the roll-on (personal favorite), the crystals, the stick in a bottle, and it’s been great.

You can buy Crystal Deodorant in all its forms at Amazon. Read on to find out why you should try it.

Crystal deodorant advantages

There were several reasons why I wanted to try crystal deodorant.

• Less expensive. One rock or stick of crystal deodorant costs around $6 at most, and lasts me over two years. No matter how I shopped on sale, I would have to spend more than that on store brand deodorants. The roll-on costs about the same as other brands, but lasts longer than other brands.
• Fewer ingredients. I have sensitive skin and have found the fewer ingredients I can expose it to, the fewer reactions I have. Crystal deodorant usually has no more than three ingredients.
• No visible residue. I had read that this type of deodorant never leaves any visible traces on skin or clothes, unlike most store brands.
• Regular antiperspirants weren’t working so well, anyway. I had reached a point where I couldn’t find a brand of antiperspirant that really worked well for me anymore. It’s not well understood, but apparently you can become “immune” to antiperspirant, and my guess is that’s what was happening to me.

How it works

Of course, all this is for nothing if it doesn’t work – but it does. All three of the claims above proved true for me. I found I was able to wear clothes longer before washing them than I could with traditional deodorants.

I’ve been able to wear Crystal deodorant when it’s over ninety degrees (in fact, even over one hundred) with no odor, consistently for the past four years, in several very different climates – humid, dry, etc.

I also experience very little wetness, though that might be because I naturally don’t sweat as much as some people (deodorants do not stop you from sweating – more on this later).

In any case, I actually have less trouble with odor when using crystal deodorants than I ever did with store brand ones.

Why I Prefer the Roll-On

I got good results from the sticks and rock version of Crystal deodorant. But the roll-on worked so much better. It wasn’t until I read the ingredients that I found out why:

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See it there? Sodium Bicarbonate. That’s baking soda, which is almost a miracle ingredient for my body. It helps my toothpaste neutralize the acids in my mouth, soothes bug bites and even works on indigestion – all without irritating my skin.

How To Get Best Results

The trick is in applying it correctly. You want to use this on clean skin, right after a shower. It’s been my experience that if you skip showering the next day, you can apply it again and it’ll work.

Either way, the important thing is to apply it right after a shower. This forms an environment that’s unfriendly to stinky bacteria before any of them have had a chance to gather on you.

If you need to reapply between showers, and you find just applying it doesn’t work well, there’s another option. Just run an alcohol-dipped cotton ball over the area to get rid of any bacteria, and then apply your deodorant again.

The trick is to make sure there are no bacteria whenever you apply it. Always make sure the area is completely clean, and then this stuff can keep you odor-free for a good twenty-four hours.

The antiperspirant fallacy

I did some research a while ago and learned: it’s not actually sweat that stinks, it’s bacteria that forms in your armpits. Stopping sweat won’t stop bacteria forming.

You only need to stop the bacteria from forming, and the mineral deodorants do just that as long as you apply them immediately after your shower/bath.

Some people with major odor or sweat problems claim that switching to a crystal deodorant changed all that for them. I can say for sure that I have less body odor since I stopped using antiperspirants and started using crystal deodorant.

What About Other Natural Deodorants?

I’ve tried several other natural deodorants, but I had similar problems with them to the ones I had with the regular store brands. Some of them left residue on my clothes. Some just didn’t work well.

Crystal is the only one I’ve found that really works for me.

The bottom line

No product works for everybody. But I can tell you that based on my own experience, I love mineral salt deodorants. I’ve recommended them to a few friends, and most of them also had good results. I think a lot of it depends on body chemistry.

The only negative I have found that these deodorants is that one brand of spray-on that I bought (Thai) didn’t spray well, and little crystals started forming in the bottom of the bottle. But the product itself worked just fine.

I have worn this stuff in hot, humid climates and hot, dry climates, and the performance was great across the board.