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Try This:  Crystal Deoderant?  |
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lilwing
True Blue Farmgirl
1403 Posts
Brooke
Fulshear
Texas
USA
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 Posted - Jun 29 2008 : 12:49:32 PM
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Anyone ever used this? I have and I am sold on it. Strangely enough, the first couple of times I've used this, it seemed (what I thought) to bring out toxins or something - I felt rather stinky, but I just washed underarms til it was okay. After that, I didn't have a problem at ALL and ended up preferring it over my dove deoderant.
I am allergic to most deoderants so this was great for me. I didn't see another post talking about this, so I thought I would bring it up! |
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ruralfarmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
4309 Posts
Rene'
Prosser
WA
USA
4309 Posts |
Posted - Jun 29 2008 : 1:27:57 PM
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Brooke, I have used this for a year or so, and love it..
Rene~Prosser Farmgirl #185
" Plant goodness, harvest the fruit of loyalty, plow the new ground of knowledge. Hosea 10:12 |
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nashbabe
True Blue Farmgirl
687 Posts
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Posted - Jun 29 2008 : 4:53:16 PM
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Compared to all the other "natural" deodorants, I find it to be the only kind that actually holds up for the long haul. Don't use it right after you shave your armpits, though...ask me how I know. ;-P
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lilwing
True Blue Farmgirl
1403 Posts
Brooke
Fulshear
Texas
USA
1403 Posts |
Posted - Jun 29 2008 : 5:55:42 PM
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| lol! nashbabe! I know too!! I did it. Woooo.. it's like putting salt on for me. I guess I am not the only one who did so that makes me feel better. ;) |
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Emme
Farmgirl at Heart
4 Posts
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Posted - Jun 30 2008 : 07:20:57 AM
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lilwing, I had the same issue at first - felt stinky. I gave up (although I still have it). I should just keep trying!
thanks for the info.
http://simplicityfirst.wordpress.com |
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lilwing
True Blue Farmgirl
1403 Posts
Brooke
Fulshear
Texas
USA
1403 Posts |
Posted - Jun 30 2008 : 10:13:13 AM
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| Well, keep in mind you have to wash your underarms every day before you rub it on. (not saying you didn't! just making that comment!) But it's true after the first couple initial times, it was fine and I ended up liking it better. lol. |
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Jami
True Blue Farmgirl
1238 Posts
Jami
Ellensburg
WA
USA
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homesteaderbelle
True Blue Farmgirl
391 Posts
Belle
USA
391 Posts |
Posted - Jul 10 2008 : 9:55:02 PM
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Yes, I do use crystal deodorant. It is GREAT!! I use the natural fresh deoderant crysal. Before thi, I had terrible underarm oder!! I don't have it anymore!
This deodorant doesn't work well unless it is used as soon as you get out of the shower. It has to be aplied while the pores are open. I used to get out of the shower, comb my hair, ect....before putting on the deodorant. It has to be put on immediantly, so now, I get out of the shower, dry my armpits, wet the crystal, and put it on.
This deodorant does allow the body to sweat, but there is no oder! Some people do not like the sweat. If you don't like the sweat, put a little cornstarch on your armpits after the crystal deodorant has dried.
I love the crystal deodorant. I bought mine at GNC. I bought one travel size crystal just to try it out a few months ago, and there is a lot left! I imagine this crystal will last me until Christmas or longer.
Belle
http://www.homesteaderbelle.blogspot.com/
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homesteaderbelle
True Blue Farmgirl
391 Posts
Belle
USA
391 Posts |
Posted - Jul 10 2008 : 9:56:54 PM
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Originally posted by lilwing
lol! nashbabe! I know too!! I did it. Woooo.. it's like putting salt on for me. I guess I am not the only one who did so that makes me feel better. ;)
I am pretty sure that the crystal deodorants are made of salt.
http://www.homesteaderbelle.blogspot.com/
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homesteaderbelle
True Blue Farmgirl
391 Posts
Belle
USA
391 Posts |
Posted - Jul 10 2008 : 10:01:10 PM
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Originally posted by Emme
lilwing, I had the same issue at first - felt stinky. I gave up (although I still have it). I should just keep trying!
thanks for the info.
http://simplicityfirst.wordpress.com
Try putting this deodorant on immediantly after getting out of the shower. It doen't work unless it is aplied whil the pores are open. I tryed doing other stuff, before I put on my deodorant. The deodorant must be put on immediantly after shower or it does't work. Everybody I know who uses this say it doesn't work unless you put it on immediantly after showering.
Belle
http://www.homesteaderbelle.blogspot.com/
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okiequilter
True Blue Farmgirl
249 Posts
Cathy
USA
249 Posts |
Posted - Jul 11 2008 : 06:27:16 AM
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Yes, the stone needs to be wet when you apply it. I started using a crystal stone deodorant about 12 years ago. It works! even when you are hot and sweaty. A 6oz. size stone will last about 5-6 years (if you don't drop it and have it shatter, like I did with one). Besides being a lot cheaper then continually buying deodorants, it is healthier! Commerical deodorants contain chemicals you don't want in your body and anti-perspirants are strongly linked to breast cancer.
Cathy (okiequilter)
www.AuntDaisysCottage.blogspot.com
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homesteaderbelle
True Blue Farmgirl
391 Posts
Belle
USA
391 Posts |
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MsCwick
True Blue Farmgirl
775 Posts
Cristine
Farmville
Virginia
USA
775 Posts |
Posted - Jul 11 2008 : 08:41:06 AM
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| Where do you get this crystal deodorant from?? |
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okiequilter
True Blue Farmgirl
249 Posts
Cathy
USA
249 Posts |
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Jami
True Blue Farmgirl
1238 Posts
Jami
Ellensburg
WA
USA
1238 Posts |
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okiequilter
True Blue Farmgirl
249 Posts
Cathy
USA
249 Posts |
Posted - Jul 11 2008 : 12:00:14 PM
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You are sooo lucky to have Trader Joe!! Oklahoma doesn't have them :(
Cathy (okiequilter)
www.AuntDaisysCottage.blogspot.com
A friend loves at all times. |
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levisgrammy
True Blue Farmgirl
9321 Posts
Denise
Beavercreek
Ohio
USA
9321 Posts |
Posted - Jul 11 2008 : 7:50:01 PM
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I've always wondered how the crystals work but i have never used them. i just use baking soda. no smell but still do sweat which I don't mind since there is no odor. I think the Baking soda neutralizes it or something.
Denise
farmgirl sister #43
"Take a lesson from the teakettle, though up to its
neck in hot water...it sings!"
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okiequilter
True Blue Farmgirl
249 Posts
Cathy
USA
249 Posts |
Posted - Jul 12 2008 : 06:35:39 AM
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Denise,
Yes, baking soda will neutralize odors. The stone contains natural occurring minerals salts. When you wet it and apply to the surface of your skin, it leaves a small residue of the salts on your skin which prevents bacterical growth (the cause of body odor).
About sweating - Although it's not comfortable, it's healthy. Using anti-perspirant prevents you from perspiring (as the name indicates). Your arm pits are one of the few areas your body uses to purge toxins in the form of perspiration. When you stop this in your arm pits by using anti-perspirant, the toxins have to go somewhere, so the body deposits them into the lymph nodes below the arms. A lot of breast cancer tumors occur in the outside upper portion of the breast. This is where the lymph nodes are located.
I don't like sweating as much as the next person, but as long as I don't smell... In the summer if I'm outside a lot, as in gardening, I just wash up a few times during the day and change my shirt and then take a bath at the end of the day.
Cathy (okiequilter)
www.AuntDaisysCottage.blogspot.com
A friend loves at all times. |
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wooliespinner
True Blue Farmgirl
1311 Posts
Linda
Manchester
Ohio
1311 Posts |
Posted - Jul 14 2008 : 09:37:09 AM
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I love the crystal !
I have been using it for 15 years now. It takes a little while for the body to adjust when you first start using it. I really perspired terribly at first and then my body ajusted and I onlys have that problem when its super hot outside and I am working. Then I just wash and reapply when I am done working outside. I use to get very sore underarms when I used the antiperspirant but now that I use the crystal I don't have that problem anymore. I think its one of the best products and I will never go back to antipersirants again.
Linda
Raspberry Run Farm
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Cheryl Severeide
Farmgirl in Training
44 Posts
Cheryl
Klamath Falls
Oregon
USA
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Posted - Jul 17 2008 : 8:28:25 PM
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Making a Trader Joe's List.... I have heard how wonderful this deodorant is, Now Gotta give it a try.......
Life situations and circumstances change quickly, often without notice... Take each challenge with a positive attitude. |
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sleepless reader
True Blue Farmgirl
1022 Posts
CA
USA
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Posted - Jul 20 2008 : 04:21:20 AM
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I've been using a crystal for 10+ years. I think I've maybe bought three in that time, and one was a replacement for having dropped one and having it shatter. I love these and am trying to get may daughter to "convert". She's just started using deoderants and wants all the cool, smelly ones. I give her a year and then she'll move over to the crystal.
Sharon
Farmgirl Sister #74
Life is messy. Wear your apron! |
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shepherdgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
1008 Posts
Tracy
California
USA
1008 Posts |
Posted - Jul 21 2008 : 11:28:08 PM
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Ahh.... now I know what I did wrong when I tried to use the little sample crystal I bought some time ago. Shower and apply RIGHT AWAY! No wonder it didn't work! I guess I will try again-- when I'll be staying home for the day, just in case. (LOL!) Tracy
Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away. ~~ George Carlin |
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
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Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
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Posted - Jul 22 2008 : 07:50:40 AM
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You ladies have convinced me! I am going to try to find one this weekend and give it a try!
Alee
Farmgirl Sister #8
www.awarmheart.com
Please come visit Nora and me on our new blog:
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okiequilter
True Blue Farmgirl
249 Posts
Cathy
USA
249 Posts |
Posted - Jul 22 2008 : 08:05:32 AM
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Tracy and Alee,
Don't get discouraged if it seems not to work in the beginning (like Brooke said in the first post of this thread). It does seem to take a few times to "start working".
I'm sure you will be pleased. I will never go back to deodorant again for all the reasons I wrote about above!
Cathy (okiequilter)
www.AuntDaisysCottage.blogspot.com
www.AuntDaisysCottage.etsy.com
A friend loves at all times. |
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wooliespinner
True Blue Farmgirl
1311 Posts
Linda
Manchester
Ohio
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Posted - Jul 22 2008 : 11:19:28 AM
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Yep its important to apply after the shower. And you have to make sure you wet it. But do give your body time to adjust. It does take some time. In the beginning I almost gave up until my friend explained my body would ajust. She was right and I have been happy with the results.
Linda
Raspberry Run Farm
Nubian Dairy Goats |
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tempestastrali
True Blue Farmgirl
71 Posts
magdelina
mississippi
71 Posts |
Posted - Aug 16 2008 : 7:48:27 PM
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Ew, you guys wear deodorant?
I go au naturale!
Flaunt your scent - nature gave it to you!
and deodorant is a conspiracy O.o
"How strange that Nature does not knock, and yet does not intrude!" Emily Dickinson
"Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair." ~ ~Kahlil Gibran |
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Try This: Crystal Deoderant? |
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Crystal Deoderant?
