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I Tried Dove's Aluminum-Free Deodorant for a Month, and I'm Hooked


I’m something of a natural deodorant savant, if you will. Not only do I use them myself, but a few years ago, I also volunteered to test first-generation versions, a somewhat challenging experience that makes me grateful for the sleeker, more effective aluminum-free formulas available today.

And while I dabble in natural deodorant, it’s also worth noting that according to both the National Cancer Institute and the American Cancer Society, there’s very little scientific evidence to back up the claim that aluminum in antiperspirants is linked to increased breast cancer risk. But if you err on the side of caution—something I am uniquely qualified to understand—I get it.

Dove’s new 0% Aluminum Deodorant is the newest addition to the beauty behemoth’s offering of underarm products. And it’s the first that’s not an antiperspirant. There’s a difference: Antiperspirants basically plug the pores in your armpits to halt the flow of sweat. And there’s only one ingredient approved by the FDA to do this: Aluminum. Deodorants, on the other hand, simply neutralize or mask the smell of body odor caused by sweat (okay, technically it’s the bacteria breaking down that sweat—sorry). This distinction is important, because you then have to manage your expectations accordingly. If you swipe on an aluminum-free deodorant with the assumption that it’ll keep your sweat under control, you’re setting yourself up for disappointment.

The first thing I noticed about the Dove 0% Aluminum Deodorant is that it didn’t sting. Some natural deodorants contain baking soda to absorb sweat, which can be irritating, while others zap those odor-causing bacteria with alcohol, which can burn a little if you have any nicks or abrasions from shaving. This formula has neither, which I really appreciate. I also liked that while the stick is white, the creamy formula disappears once it’s on your skin—a plus come summer.

At this point, I should share that I sweat a lot. I’m not being hyperbolic: In the warmer months, I have to mist my entire upper body with Dove’s Dry Spray Antiperspirant before I get dressed, lest I walk around looking like I caught the business end of a fire hydrant. So I know that a deodorant can’t handle my sweat glands, and I’m right. During hot yoga, I can feel beads of sweat trickling down my arms while I’m breathing my way through extended side angle. After an outdoor run, I’m not soaked, but definitely in need of a shower.

But for daily life, the deodorant holds up surprisingly well. When I’m overdressed for the weather, I don’t have to air out my underarms once I shed my coat. And while a sniff test informs me that I have some low-level stank happening after 24 hours, it’s nowhere near as bad as what I’ve whiffed with other aluminum deodorants. I’m impressed by how good the deodorizing is, as well as the comfort level. Unless my heart rate is up, it’s one of the best options I’ve tried.

Because of this, it’s an ideal starting point if you’re looking to switch from antiperspirant to deodorant. In fact, I might even be able to wear it year-round.

Dove 0% Aluminum Deodorant Pomegranate and Lemon Verbena, $6, walmart.com



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No One's Ever Heard of Tussy Deodorant, But I Assure You It's the Best


Legend has it that my great grandmother was the first woman in our family to discover our signature anti-perspirant: Tussy. Though the origin story is unknown, her daughter (my grandmother), still associates its scent with her mom—even now, over nine years since she passed away.

My grandmother also distinctly remembers the very first time her mom introduced her to the brand. It was in her early teens, when she first started needing to use deodorant. “Tussy was the first kind I ever used, and I’ve been using it all of my life,” my grandmother, Joanie, now 77 and still an avid user, recently told me.

The rest is, as they say, history. My grandmother passed it on to my mother, and then when puberty hit my household, a bottle of Tussy was bestowed upon my younger sister and I—making us the fourth-gen users. And like any strange family quirk (not every family grew up using ketchup on their tacos?) I assumed using Tussy was totally the norm.

But when I got to the age where you needed a refresh post-P.E., I’d look around at the other girls in the locker room lifting up their arms to reapply, and would see Secret, Dove, or Degree—but Tussy was nowhere to be found. “What the eff is that?” I remember countless friends asking me as they gawked at Tussy’s retro red branding. And while I fell prey to many instances of adolescent bullying—like the time I threw away a pink and green shirt because it made me look like a ‘watermelon’, or when I got teased for being the last in my class to wear a training bra (despite the fact that I desperately needed one)—I always held strong to Tussy: because I knew it was the sh*t.

So why do I love this roll-on deodorant of yesteryear, that you can’t even find in most pharmacies (I bulk order it on Amazon)? As described on its label, it’s the “original fresh spice.” But it doesn’t have that overtly spicy, Christmasy scent of the more popular Old Spice. Or as my twenty-year-old sister, Ari, explains, “it also has this amazing powdery undertone to it. Like baby powder.” This one-two punch serves as a neutralizer for any odor you might have, but still offers a slight kick at the end, like the kind you find when you finish your last few gritty sips of a chai latte.

What keeps my mother, Melissa, 51, coming back is that, “while I’ve tried a lot of other [perfumed] brands, this is the only deodorant where I’ve never smelled bad. With other kinds I get sweaty, or paranoid I have B.O., but with Tussy, I just smell like me.” Personally, I think Tussy smells more like me, than it does her, but that’s another matter.

And though I sometimes feel the pressure to switch it up after articles come out warning me about toxins and urging me to switch to natural deodorant, I keep going back. Something about the way its quick-drying liquid rolls right on, minimizing any odor, and leaving me with the subtlest spiced fragrance. Or maybe it’s just that my family just has me completely brainwashed, but regardless, Tussy, I just can’t quit you.

Tussy Anti-Perspirant Deodorant Roll-On, $10.96 for 3, amazon.com

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Megababe Rosy Pits Review: The Natural Deodorant With a 13,000 Person Waitlist


Thirteen thousand people are waiting for a deodorant, and you just have to hope they have a backup plan. For this is no ordinary natural deodorant: This is Megababe’s Rosy Pits, a stick that’s been out of stock since early August. As of today, it’s back. So why is everyone so thirsty?

As a sweaty person and longtime proponent of aluminum-free deodorants, I’ve tried more than my share of formulas. Most people’s eyes glaze over when I talk about why I switched to natural. They telegraph the message that that’s nice, but they’ll take the chemicals that they know work for them. And yet, maybe the tides are changing, considering so many people are waiting with bated breath to buy Megababe’s latest. Determined to find out what gives, I took Rosy Pits for a test drive.

The first point in the deodorant’s favor comes before you even unscrew the cap. It’s cute: the plastic packaging looks clean but fun, like something you’d find in a feminist boutique before it’s scooped up and stocked in Urban Outfitters (the brand is sold at Ulta, but the deo is currently exclusive to its website). Millennial pink, check; de-stigmatizing personal care products, check. The brand’s taken on other annoying problems, like chafed thighs and boob sweat, with equally cute solutions. As its fourth release, Rosy Pits doesn’t disappoint.

Upon uncapping, the only way to describe its scent is “surprisingly powerful.” It smells more like a cologne than anything: sharp and clean, a little foresty. Think of how a car commercial set in Big Sur looks, and you’re there. It reminds me of sticking my high school boyfriend’s Old Spice antiperspirant under my nose, and inhaling it for five minutes straight—there’s that quality of addictiveness.

More factually, the brand says the formula includes sage, green tea, sandalwood, and horsetail plant, which explains the fragrance. (Even though the stick is named after the rose extract also in there, it didn’t pop out to me.) That’s in addition to coconut oil, aloe leaf juice, and Vitamin E. The combination means the deo is anti-bacterial, anti-inflammatory, and anti-fungal, which neutralizes odor-causing bacteria without alcohol. On the sweat front, the brand ditched aluminum in favor of corn starch, which absorbs wetness without baking soda’s potential for skin irritation.

Simply put, it’s a good deodorant. After swiping it on for a week, I’ve realized that it’s unobtrusive yet efficient. Where I occasionally get a pleasant whiff while wearing Kopari or Schmidt’s natural deodorant, my other faves, I have to really stick my head in my armpit to pick up on Rosy Pits. New York’s a nightmare of sweat and humidity right now, and not once have I smelled like B.O. (there’s nothing like the terrible epiphany of, “What’s that horrible smell? Oh, me.”) Also crucially, I haven’t noticed any white marks on my shirts.

Priced at $18, it’s a new amount to pay for deodorant, but it’s hard to argue with the desire of a town’s-worth of people. And for something so addictively sniffable, I get it.

Megababe Rosy Pits, $18, megababebeauty.com

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This 'SNL' Deodorant Commercial Takes Aim at the Men Who Know Their '#Time'sUp'


As the list of powerful men toppled by the #MeToo movement continues to grow (sometimes on what seems like an almost-daily basis), it’s hard not to think about who’s coming next: a favorite movie star, a singer from a boy band you loved growing up, a TV presenter you remember from back in the day. Of course, as big as the list is, there’s undoubtedly another list of men, whether they’re big names or mid-level managers somewhere, who haven’t been outed for sexual misconduct yet—and are probably getting pretty nervous. And that brings us to this week’s SNL, where in one of their most cutting commercial parodies yet, men who wear “Next for Men” deodorant definitely have a reason to sweat.

The fake antiperspirant bills itself as a deodorant “for men feeling the heat…because their #TimesUp” and promises to unleash “clinical strength” when “the truth comes out about you.” It opens with scenes of three men, all checking out some serious pit stains.

One of them happens to be Will Ferrell, who appears in the sketch as a businessman who’s been accused of sexual misconduct: “The way I sweat, my regular deodorant wasn’t cutting it anymore. I work hard and I play hard. And something’s coming out about me real soon…because I’m next.”

Cast member Kyle Mooney plays a comedian who’s about to take the mic: “It’s happening,” he says, “but not under here,” displaying his pit-stain-free underarms.

Meanwhile, cast member Alex Moffat is an actor on the red carpet who’s being asked about misconduct allegations: “Lots of women are brave but this one is, um, a liar,” he stammers.

“You’re disgusting,” Kate McKinnon’s character tells him. “But my pits aren’t,” he replies.

Watch the whole thing here:

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Pumpkin Spice Deodorant Is Coming for Your PSL-Loving Soul


PHOTO: Composite. nativecos.com

It’s not even officially fall, but already the pumpkin spice latte—and the 15,000 spin-offs related to it (exaggeration, but not really)—are coming at us fast and hard. The latest in a line of PSL-scented candles, lip balm, and even lube, all-natural brand Native is bringing us PSL deodorant this fall.

The deodorant, like all of Native’s products, is made without parabens, phthalates, and aluminum. According to Bustle, the packaging cleverly notes the absence of these ingredients on what looks like the back of a coffee cup, except with “paraben-free,” “phthalate-free,” and “aluminum-free” checkboxes instead of the typical “decaf,” “syrup,” and “milk” ones. Additionally, Native’s website lists a total of only 14 easily pronounceable ingredients for the PSL deodorant—including shea butter, jojoba oil, baking soda, and coconut oil—which is fewer than what’s typically listed on commercially made deos and antiperspirants. It’s a plus of natural deodorants, though, the downside is that most don’t do much to keep you from sweating, due to the lack of aluminum.

We’ve yet to try it, but the brand claims the deodorant “feels light and fresh under your arms, but provides you with protection against odor all day”—other that the warm, crisp scent of cinnamon, of course. Is that really what you want coming from your armpits? It’s your call.

The deodorant costs $12 and is currently available for preorder. It’ll start shipping on September 5. That said, if your flavor is more summer and you’d rather rosé all day than trade in for a PSL, there’s good news: Native makes a deodorant for you too.

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