deoderant

[nextqueen]

i just cant find a deoderant that works anymore. can you recommend one that will work? even after showering i still smell. i have used 2 or 3 different shower gels and roll on and spray deoderants but they just seem to enhance the sweaty smell, even when im clean! i just dont know whats happened over the last few weeks. ive taken to using a wet wipe when out and about and a carry a small spray deoderant but that really doesnt work!

[Mojo-Jo-Jo]

Mitchum is a very powerful anti-perspirant, but if this is a recent problem, perhaps you should see your GP.

[nextqueen]

is that a boy's deoderant?

[Mojo-Jo-Jo]

There's an unscented one

[Mojo-Jo-Jo]

But I'm female. I used the powder pink one

[nextqueen]

mmm, a ladies one, can you buy it from a supermarket?

[sophie_1003]

driclor is a very strong one, you put it on before you go to bed every night for two weeks and wash it off each morning then use it as and when you need it, this is more for sweat than smell but if it is the sweat that is causing the smell it may help.

[nextqueen]

i tried nivea 24hr one which smells really nice and its rubbish! dove roll on, clinique roll on, my hubbys hugo boss roll on, other roll on sticks too.

[Mojo-Jo-Jo]

Yeah Queen. Morrisons definitely sell it.

[nextqueen]

where do you get driclor sophie? sorry mojo, thought you were a boy for some reason! do you think i need a good shower gel too to make a difference?

[nextqueen]

i will give anything a go mojo, i tend to put deoderant on about 5 minutes after showering as im always in a rush to get out the door, do you think this isnt helping?

[anneasquith]

driclor, the chemist.

[sophie_1003]

I think I got one from Boots, it's a bit pricey but lasts ages. Also, beware- never ever put it on after shaving!

[Mojo-Jo-Jo]

I dunno Queen. I "glow" like a pig in a greenhouse too ;)

[jomifl]

This is the cheapest most reliable deodorant that I have ever tried and it works for my wife too.
A lump of alum crystal gently wiped over the area to be deodorised after lightly moistening the aforementioned area works brilliantly and lasts all day. A lump of alum about the size of a large egg can be got for £10 from an organic supplies shop or £1 from a stall holder. It lasts for ages.

[sara3]

the Nivea and Dove cream antiperspirants (almost identical in packaging and product) are very good. they cost about £5, but nothing works as well for me.

[KARL]

There is a proven way to eliminate body odour, but it is one that (rather surprisingly) most people seem to shy away from or at least overlook/ignore. My interpretation is that this is because it has nothing to do with the cosmetics and other industries (in fact is likely to have them in howls of protest) and is more or less totally free while being spectacularly effective. It is also (or perhaps therefore) not at all "cool".

It comes in two separate parts. The first is to accept that the fungi and bacteria which produce the smells not only live on our skin but also in our clothes - unless we kill nearly all of them off. Remember that fungi and bacteria are everywhere and they are great survivors - most of them are harmless if not beneficial. Thus, every time we put on clothes that have previously been worn, we re-awaken fungi/bacteria in/on the fabric by providing moisture and warmth. It is entirely normal to give off both of these and we should not interfere with our normal functions (as anti-perspirants do). Clothes, bedding, towels, etc. should periodically be washed at 60 degrees or higher (if "sour" then, as a campaing, several times in a row after only short use) to rid them of most of the populations. It is important to dry them quickly, preferably outdoors where daylight and ozone have a very beneficial effect. Letting them "simmer" on a clothes rack indoors gives fungi/bacteria another chance.

[KARL]

Part 2
The second part is in two sections, one relates to our personal hygiene and the other the application of a common substance as a kind of anti-septic. It may be unnecessary to mention this here and in this case (i.e. no offence intended, just well meant comment), but many people seem not to know how to wash effectively (possibly due to conditioning from the media). If you want to wash a kitchen surface, you do not flood it with water and apply the cleaner onto the water. You do not flush the toilet and pour the cleaner into the water rushing down the sewer. Similarly, one should not apply soap/gel/whatever while standing in the streaming shower - turn the water off, carefully and thoroughly apply the soap/gel all over (yes, there as well) and then turn the water back on to rinse off - otherwise the cleaning substance does not really make contact with the skin except as a very dilute passing (for a microsecond) liquid. The last bit is something I have mentioned on AB more than once before, but if there is interest in having it repeated then I shall come back.

[boxtops]

Mitchum is excellent and I will recommend it to you, the Men's one is in a dark green spray can or roll-on.

[gingejbee]

Wash arm-pits with bar of Silvatec soap which contains colloidal silver- a natural anti-bacterial.The longer you use it the more effective it becomes. No deodorant needed!

[KARL]

oops, sorry, that should be campaign, not "campaing"