MY Deodorant Debate - Now Solutions

As you know, one of my very sweet friends is a nutritionist by passion and by trade. She has guest posted for me quite a few times: Should I Buy Organic?, Healthy Holidays, Her Personal Health Story, Detox, Daily Detox. You can see a trend in her posts that she talks about healthy eating and keeping our bodies strong and free of harmful ingredients.

She posted about her Great Deodorant Debate on her blog and it really got me thinking...about my pits.

So before all of this...my go-to deodorant was Dove's deodorant/antiperspirant. It works great, I loved the smell etc etc, but I knew that the ingredients in the little stick were not healthy for me or my body. So, I tried the Tom's deodorant and it still didn't seem to cut it. I didn't like the fragrance mixed with my own {ahem} fragrance. And as a backup for special occasions where I didn't want to smell or sweat, I was using Secret Clinical Strength. I know, I know. That is the worst of all the bad deodorants! But I wore it for my graduation, for friend's weddings and at my own wedding because, well, I didn't want to be sweating all over everyone and I wanted to stay smelling flowery and nice! What bride could blame me??



Have no fear, Now Solutions to the rescue!

At the beginning of the year I stopped wearing deodorant. {gasp} I know, gross! But I had been hearing about all of the terrible ingredients in deodorant that can cause all kinds of terrible side effects. And, did I mention, it was ruining my shirts. They all have the deodorant stains that you can't get out! No thanks. Since I was out of commission, so to speak, I had just stopped wearing it, because I didn't really need it, and was using body sprays, essential oils, perfumes etc. They were, marginally, doing the trick so I stuck to it, who am I trying to impress, Netflix? Anyway... to say the least, Melissa's post could not have come at a better time...my husband was starting to sit further away from me on the couch...

If you read Melissa's article you can even see that I was a bit skeptical of the deodorant from my comment: "if it doesn't have a scent how do you smell good?" I mean, right? How does that make any sense? Well let me tell you: it makes all the scents in the world (see what I did there?!)

I bit the bullet and bought the deodorant through amazon. It came in a pack of 2. (You can also check out their website to see if there is a store near you who carries it.) Go. Buy. It. Now. Today. It has changed my life! I know that sounds very dramatic, but it is totally true! It is amazing!

(Before Now Solutions Deodorant: I use Issey Miyake perfume (by the way the cologne is freakin' amazing) and have the lotion and soap. I would put the lotion on my underarms and then spray with the perfume and cross my fingers that that would be enough for the day.)


Quick side note - to use the deodorant (Better term would be "Crystal Stick"), you need to get the stick damp and then generously apply it to your underarm region. Melissa says that she just keeps hers in the shower but since I am a nighttime shower-er I didn't think I would do that...until day 2..

Day 1. I put it on in the morning, and to test it out I didn't put on anything else from my usual underarm routine. I got home from work: no smell. zero. I then proceeded to do a little living room workout action (not intense at all): no smell. zero.

Day 2. Now, at this point, I am trying to outsmart the deodorant...Since I am a nighttime shower-er, I put it on after I got out of the shower when my skin was still a little damp. I went to sleep, woke up the next morning, didn't do my usual routine, went to work, got home aaaannnnnddd: no smell. zero! ahmazing.... I was sold!

Day 3. I applied the deodorant at night after my shower, went to sleep and in the morning performed my usual routine, lotion then perfume - I like my perfume and was missing it during the day! I got home and no smell. Then I worked out, like, sweat a lot and the deodorant really worked! It was like magic.

Now I have to give a quick and heartfelt thank you to my sweet husband for being my underarm smell-tester. What would I do without him? Seriously. What else are husbands for? Or am I the only one who commissions their husband to smell their underarms to test their deodorant? Ok, It's just me? Well I guess I just scored the jackpot on my husband... So now when I get home from work, my pits are the hot topic of conversations. It makes me laugh!

All in all, this deodorant is amazing and I absolutely recommend it! Thanks Melissa for the recommendation!

*this is not a sponsored post...although I would totally be a spokesperson for this company! Inquire within..