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VENT: my biggest EF *fail*
I am SO disappointed. I think I'm going to have to switch back to poisonous, cancer-causing, unnatural, chemical-laden deodorant. I've tried EVERYTHING - burts bees, burts bees for men, aubrey organics for men, alba botanicals, the Crystal, sprays, sticks, etc etc - and NOTHING works. I sweat a lot, work out every day, and the results are, well, not good. :::sigh:::: Sorry for the vent, but I'm very disappointed in myself. And the natural/organic market for not providing me with an adequate substitute that doesn't leave me smelling like a gym sock.
Re: VENT: my biggest EF *fail*
Best sound ever: baby's heartbeat! (Heard @ 10w1d)
I still use conventional antiperspirant.
I'm 100% okay with that choice. It works. I'm plenty green in many other regards - my diva cup, my solid sulphate-free shampoo (and no conditioner and EF mousse), etc. I don't need to be a saint.
Its not about being a 'saint' for me, but the health issues. There's no conclusive evidence that the ingredients cause/contribute to cancers, Alzheimers, etc, but there's no conclusive evidence that they don't -- and there's some pretty logical reasoning IMO that they are unhealthy (ie aluminum causing estrogen-like results, and estrogen being linked to breast cancer, or parabens in breast tumors).
Read carefully http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Risk/AP-Deo
Thankfully the Etsy stuff works pretty well for me. I may have to be a little more careful, and its not enough for exercising (who cares! I'm supposed to sweat then!), but its good enough for me.
I had to do the same thing, i.e., go back to conventional deoderant. I tried *everything*, all the brands you mentioned. I tallied it up, and I spent over $50 this year on deoderants that don't work
I don't sweat a lot, but I just can't tolerate any smell or being wet. Pretty much all of the green ones are sticky too, and I hate that. One of them stained my clothes! So I'm back to Dove Sensitive Skin.
Boo!
I completely agree with everything Alisha said.
I really, really, really don't want to get cancer. It's just too scary and too much of a PITA in my opinion to make using risky products with it. I'd rather be sweaty and stinky when I workout than take the risk.
Tired after a long morning of hiking and swimming.
I'm a failure at it too. Deoderant doesn't cut it. My pits sweat like crazy all the time. Sitting at a desk all day, if I'm not wearing antiperspirant, I can't lift my arms at all. It's unprofessional to have huge pit spots on all my clothes all day. I've tried dress sheilds in the past, but they shift around and then if they do shift, it just causes patterns of wetness, and you can't really wear them with all tops anyway. I keep two bottles. One (regular antiperspirant) I use on weekdays with normal shirts, the other (Tom's) I use on weekends and on days when I'm going to be wearing a shirt that doesn't show pit stains (cable sweaters are one I can think of). I just figure I'll cut it down where I can.
If it was just a workout after work, I wouldn't care though. At least I don't think I would. I run on weekends, but other than that, "workout" doesn't enter my vocabulary. Could you wipe down with a cloth or shower afterwards?