Deodo-rant (aka I may or may not have crafted a blog post based on a pun)

Lee-Ann

Oct 1

I don't know who needs to hear this but your natural deodorant does not work. Everyone is just being exceedingly polite to you.

Okay, I'm sure natural deodorants do work really well for some people. As in, work right away - when they're supposed to. None of this "you need to detox your armpits for 7 to 28 days" BS. Seriously, do y'all not have jobs or classes or literally anything that requires you to interact with another human?

But if you've found a winning natural deodorant, more power to you. I've just encountered a lot of natural deo wearers who somehow managed to reek every day by 9.30am whilst working in an air conditioned office. Obviously I never said anything to them, since I'm all about that "avoid conflict in the moment and just post passive aggressively on the internet many years later" life.

I've also tried a couple over the years, but they gave me dermatitis before I even got to the stage of testing it during an intense workout or stressful situation. Plus, they left an annoying residue everywhere.

But I'm more open than the tone of this blog post might suggest.

Personally, I'd love to find a reliable natural deodorant that doesn't burn my skin, stick to my clothes or leave white marks all over me.

Not because I have any concerns about putting aluminum next to my boobs or on my pores or whatever. "Natural" doesn't automatically equate to "good", and I'm perfectly happy to roll on some antiperspirant for the rest of my life unless my actual physician tells me I need to stop.

My main interest in natural deodorant is that a lot of them seem to come in packaging that's either biodegradable or easily reusable and recyclable. And that's something I can definitely get behind.

Just not the stinking and burning.