Arm & Hammer Essentials Deodorant, Fresh, 2.5 Oz/pack, 4 pack
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Product Reviews of Arm & Hammer Essentials Deodorant, Fresh, 2.5 Oz/pack, 4 pack
Product Review: True it's mislabeled by Amazon as an antiperspirant, but it doesn't need to be one anyway. GREAT PRODUCT!
Summary: 5 Stars
Once upon a time when I was a teenager I used to sweat a lot. This sweating, shockingly enough, was focused pretty much in my armpits. Some of you may also sweat from your armpits. Don't worry... I hear this is a common occurrence.
It must've been hormonal or something because I don't sweat nearly that bad anymore. Regardless, at the time I tried a few things to help the situation. I tried Certain Dri Antiperspirant Roll-On for Excessive Perspiration 1.2 oz (35.5 ml), the OTC super antiperspirant. It cut down on my sweating a lot but I wasn't quite satisfied.
My doctor gave me a prescription for Drysol, the prescription-only super antiperspirant. This stuff would literally keep my armpits bone dry if I were doing jumping jacks in a dry sauna while wearing a parka. What's the catch? After the first application the stuff starts irritating your skin and it gets to the point where it burns mercilessly when you apply the stuff and then even after washing it off your underarms are extremely tender and itchy. I couldn't live with that.
Fortunately I grew up into my 20s and my crazy hormones chilled out and I stopped being an excessive sweater. But I still sweat like a normal person and here was my main concern:
I HATE RUINING SHIRTS! Yellow stains, white stains, "stiff" fabric, what have you... I hated it. And so I was using Mitchum Anti-Perspirant & Deodorant, Power Gel, Mountain Air, 3.4 oz (96 g) (Pack of 4) because it was a strong antiperspirant (25%).
**** IMPORTANT PART FOR YOU SKIMMERS ****
Here's the key point: all along while I thought I was doing more to alleviate my problem, I was in fact exacerbating the problem! I thought it was sweat that ruined shirts. No, not true. IT'S THE ALUMINUM-BASED CHEMICALS IN ANTIPERSPIRANTS THAT RUIN YOUR CLOTHES! What???? I know, shocking. When they mix with your sweat they react and then bleach or stain or stiffen the armpit area of your clothes. So by using Mitchum, which has 25% active antiperspirant ingredient, I was actually doing MORE damage.
But would would I do without my precious antiperspirant? Sweat? Heavens no! So I tried out Speed Stick by Mennen Antiperspirant Deodorant, Stainguard, Clean 2.7 oz (76 g), Pack of 3. It turns out their theory is to have less active ingredient for the antiperspirant (only 10% while Mitchum had 25% and most regular antiperspirants have around 15%) and a more "clingy" formula for the stuff to keep it from rubbing off on your clothes from your armpits. I guess I liked it but I was still troubled by the fact that the evil stain-causing antiperspirant, while at a lower concentration, was still present. I wanted to be able to wear my nicest shirts and not be stressing over whether they're getting ruined or not.
So I decided to make the change. Along with learning about possible-although-a-good-chance-not-actually-related connections between increased aluminum in the body and Alzheimer's disease, I decided to make the move to strictly deodorants - antiperspirant-free, that is.
BUT I WAS SCARED! A MERE DEODORANT WITH NO SWEAT-STOPPING POWER? HOW COULD IT POSSIBLY SUFFICE?
Enter Arm & Hammer Essentials Antiperspirant / Deodorant, Fresh, 2.5 Oz/pack, 4 pack. HO-LY CRAP! I did careful research into all kinds of aluminum-free deodorants. Some had cotton in them. Some were crazy crystals from the Earth (which, I've learned, is simply the natural ore from which aluminum is made so, yeah, for what it's worth). Some had tea tree oil and Shea butter and all the fad-like seasonings and spices you could ask for. But the reviews for the Arm & Hammer Essentials Deodorant sounded good so I got it.
HERE'S THE SKINNY:
It says it's unscented. It's not, but from what I've read of the scented versions, they are way too overpowering and so the unscented version gives you just enough fresh fragrance.
I found that with my previous antiperspirants/deodorants like Mitchum and Speed Stick, the scent lasted the full day. But I would say I ended each day smelling what I like to call "funky fresh". It was sort of a weird mutant smell created by the merging of B.O. and the fragrance. So it still smelled fresh but with like a bit of a sour twang. The underarm fabric of my shirts also would have this funky fresh smell at the end of the day.
With the Arm & Hammer, I was amazed. About halfway through the day I can't really detect the "fresh" scent anymore. But that's okay, because it's labeled as unscented, right? So by the end of the day, of course, there's no fresh smell. But guess what else I don't have at the end of the day? The funk. No funky, and no fresh. It's amazing - in a good way! After a long day of sweating in the DC summer humidity, at the end of the day my underarms simply smell "neutral". As in, they smell like nothing. There's just nothing! I love it! No B.O., no sour funk, and not even any deodorant smell. It's really cool, actually.
This stuff works. I consider myself an average to slightly above-average sweater. My primary concerns being ruining clothes. This stuff is an answer. I highly recommend this product.
And honestly, I don't notice myself sweating any more than I did before when using Mitchum or Speed Stick. So I'm not missing the antiperspirant at all!
Product Review: Very effective
Summary: 5 Stars
This stuff deodorizes much better than the typical deodorant-antiperspirant, e.g. Dove, Ban, Arid XXX, etc. One application lasts all day, and I never smell my body odor through it like I did with other brands that have potentially harmful aluminum. I sweat an average amount I guess, so it doesn't really bother me that this stuff isn't an antiperspirant too. I'm just glad I don't end up smelling like flowery body odor by the end of the day.Product Review: Very happy with my purchase
Summary: 5 Stars
Other deodorants make me break out in a rash but with the natural ingredients in this I don't get anymore rashes. The product works great and smells good and does it all without and harmful chemicals. I would recommend this product to anyone looking for natural deodorant.Product Review: WOW
Summary: 5 Stars
Great for people with sensitive skin or who have allergies. Friend gave me my first one and I loved it. All natural and yet works great.Product Review: Wonderful!
Summary: 5 Stars
I discovered this deoderant after developing an allergy to anti-perspirant deoderants. I love this stuff! There are days that if I'm doing more physical activity than the daily day to day stuff that I have to reapply about half way through the day to keep smelling fresh but, other than that it's great! Also, after doing research on why I may have developed an allergy to anti-perspirants I found some alarming studies that have been done linking them to major health issues including dimentia and alhztimers. I totally reccomend this Arm and Hammer deoderant to everyone I know!