Mineral Deodorant Stick

(I'm going to keep saying deodorant...but I actually mean deodorant/antiperspirant) So, I bought this as my last resort, can't take it anymore, it's either this or I'm done cure. My underarms have been stained very dark for as far back as my teenage years. I have NEVER EVER been able to shave all the hair from under my arms. I'd get most...but not all. didn't matter if I shaved up, or down, or side to side, or with the assistance of a mirror, or a different razor (I could go on for days). Then about...3 years ago my underarms started itching horribly. I stopped shaving, figuring that they were irritated. Didn't help. I switched soaps. Nope. I changed laundry detergents...no. This went on for months while I tried removing one thing after the other to make this itch go away. Nothing was working. And now, it's getting worse because I can't help but to scratch it and I ended up ripping open my skin pretty badly. At this point, I'm starting to get abscesses forming under the skin of my underarms. They get pretty big, some of them about the size of a golf ball under the skin. Painful. I thought, maybe it was from the underwire on my bra rubbing that area. So, I bought unwired bras (another disaster!). This went on for...a little more than a year. FINALLY I went to see my doctor. He says I have a fungal infection...which I honestly believed had to be the issue. In order to treat the 'fungal infection', I had to wash and dry the skin well and use an anti fungal cream. I was supposed to do this twice a day for 4-6 weeks and the infection would go away. I was also put on 2 weeks of antibiotics to help clear up the abscesses, which ended up taking more than 9 weeks on antibiotics to clear. So, for 8 weeks I washed the skin under my arms, then applied the fungal cream twice a day. Since I couldn't wear deodorant during this time, there were days when I had to wash and apply the cream a few times because I would sweat and the sweat would cause the cream to kinda just 'slip' away. More than once I was in a public restroom with personal cleansing wipes trying to maintain my dignity while re-applying this cream. After 8 weeks of treatment, the itch was gone. The irritated skin was gone. The fungal infection was clear. YAY! I'd wait another week or two to ensure it wasn't coming back and then, as always before this fungal problem, I'd shower, and then put on my deodorant. And about 2-4 hours later, I was tearing at my underarms again...I couldn't help it. This went on for a year. A whole year of going through treatment, and it would go away and then it would come back again pretty much right away after I resumed normal hygiene practices. I'd see the doctor, he'd say it must not have been cleared completely and extend the medication for the next round. I spent A LOT of money on meds and doctor's visits that year. Still itching. Still getting abscesses. So, this left me scratching my head. I didn't want to keep paying $100 a month for the anti-fungal medication because there was no end in sight. I got desperate. I switched brands for a month, it didn't help. I switched to a different brand...didn't help. I switched from a stick to a spray, from a spray to a gel, hypoallergenic, no scent, no dye, no perfume, no frills...no change. In between every change I'd go through the anti-fungal medication regimen to ensure that I wasn't simply turning down another option due to carrying over the previous problem. At this point, I'm pretty close to desperation. Honestly...think about it. Do you want to be in your late 20's or early 30's, knowing you've still got AT LEAST 40 years left to go and you won't be able to wear deodorant at all? I was coming to the conclusion that I'd have to go the rest of my life without deodorant...and I didn't like that idea. My last talk with my doctor had him suggesting that my problem might be stemming from the antiperspirant because it's meant to keep moisture out and it does so...but from both sides. So, when you 'wash' your deodorant off (which I would do with a heavy bath sponge and then I'd rake my nails through my underarms to remove ALL of it) you're not really washing it ALL off and because it stays on the skin, it irritates the skin by clogging the pores which could cause itching and it was looking like this was the explanation of my problem because I'd been using deodorant for over 15 years at this point. But nowhere that I looked did I find deodorant without the antiperspirant, and without dyes, and perfumes, and hypoallergenic...blah blah blah. I had to get a prescription from my doctor to get it. Still no change. Non at all. I was so depressed. I was envisioning the rest of my life alone. So, I was telling a co-worker about all of this. And she says to me, "Maybe you're allergic to something in the deodorant and it's not the antiperspirant." Hmm. I got home and checked my deodorant and saw the main ingredients included a heavy metal among other things. Finally, it occurs to me after all this time (funny how sometimes, we just don't think) to go online and do a search on allergy to deodorant. And there it was...page after page after page of people with similar complaints as me, with similar stories as me, etc. I even found a page that someone documented what they were going through in pictures and I realized that it was just like what my underarms looked like. They all recommended buying a deodorant 'stone'. I found several options for deodorant stones on Amazon. I kept looking for my own convenience because I knew that if I'd bought a crystal/stone that was just a rock...it would likely end up in my boy's aquarium tank with all the other 'odd' rocks he finds. I picked this one because it's packaged pretty much the same as the deodorant was. It didn't cost much...probably the equivalent of 2 sticks of my 'old' brand but those 2 sticks would last me 2-3 months. I've had and used the stone everyday for about 3 months now and it shows NO sign of use. This time though, I didn't transition between my 'old' brand to the new with medication in between to clear the infection. Nope. One day I used my deodorant, and the next I used this crystal brand. Within 2 weeks all my problems were gone. No more itching! After the final abscess drained about 3 weeks into using the crystal brand, there's been no more abscesses! After 2 months, I noticed that the dark 'stain' my skin had was lightening up considerably. I don't know if it will ever go completely away but from what it was to what it is now...I'm thrilled! Shaving is no longer hell...my skin is softer. I've noticed that my t-shirts no longer have that waxy layer to them under the arms. I'm SO happy with this product! Please don't ever stop selling it. Now, this part is important: This IS NOT an antiperspirant. Meaning, it WILL NOT prevent sweating. It will, however, neutralize the odor from the sweating so that, when you do sweat, it doesn't smell putrid. (I actually wonder how much that phenomenon is from the product or from the skin pores not being clogged/infected anymore). This product HAS to be applied directly after your shower. Shower, get out, apply product then do everything else. If you shower, then go down in your basement to check the dryer for clean pants, then sit on your bed talking to your dog, then apply lotion to legs and feet and then comb your hair and brush your teeth after you've air dried and half dressed yourself and THEN try to put it on, it's not going to work. Because your skin in that short period of time is already producing fluid. Might not be sweat...just oily lubricating type fluid. This oily type fluid makes it so that this crystal can't be rubbed directly against the skin like it needs to be. If you wait, you'll have to wash under your arms again (or you could use personal cleansing wipes, or alcohol but really, it's just easier to do it right after you step out of the shower). This product HAS to be used wet. I get out of the shower, and completely dry my underarms. I wet the stone and apply. Occasionally I have to re-wet the stone to complete one side, at the least I have to re-wet it to apply to the other arm. You should be able to tell when you need to wet it again. But if not...you wet it again when it no longer simply slides across your skin. If it's dragging...wet it. You have to apply this crystal generously. You may have only had to swipe the deodorant across a 2" X 4" patch. That's great. But this needs to go well beyond your deodorant borders to be truly effective. Hence the reason why you might need to wet it more than once to do each underarm. Now, I'm not guaranteeing you fabulous results. I'm not telling you that this WILL solve all your problems and boost your earning potential while bringing back your receding hairline after making you the world's greatest lover. I'm sharing with you MY personal satisfaction with this product in terms of what this product has done FOR ME. I'm a nurse. I'm not telling you that so you'll trust me medically. I'm telling you that because I want you to understand that I work, physically, pretty much everyday. Not only am I a nurse, but I am also in my final semester of nursing school for an advanced degree. All of this means that I pretty much every single day and/or night work or work in clinical for school. The units I've worked for clinical are kept at a balmy 76+ degrees with patient's room sometimes sitting in the upper 80's. Personally, I prefer cold climates. In these situations, I DO sweat. I DO NOT feel like it's excessive but I do sweat. I have not once since starting to use this product smelled the sweat the way I would when I was still using the 'regular' deodorant/antiperspirant. At my job, I bathe my client every day. That's everyday standing in an enclosure with him while the hot shower runs. Again, I DO sweat but I don't smell it. (And neither does anyone else). And I'd also like to tell you that there have been times that I was at home for a day or two in a row...maybe I didn't shower one day...maybe I showered but I didn't use my crystal...either way, no deodorant. If I'd done this prior to switching, I could smell myself and it had that putrid, acrid/infection smell. Since using the crystal...the sweat will have a slight odor (like...odor while still using old deodorant would be at an 8-10...now it's no more than a 2-3) but it's nowhere near as strong or noticeable as before. I'm heading into my first summer after the switch. I'm hoping it goes well. I'm certainly going to put it through the paces. I have a lot of yard work to do this year as well as several trips planned. Hopefully I won't have to amend my review. I guess I'll just have to wait and see. I want to say one more thing, very quickly, before I'm done here. Mass produced deodorant/antiperspirants contain magnesium (a heavy metal) as well as a list of other questionable ingredients. Who knows what a lifetime of use exposes you to. For the women out there, they think there might be a link between deodorant use and breast cancer, as well as lymphatic cancer (think about how close those parts are to your underarm). That's scary. This crystal is literally all natural. It's a rock. They don't add anything to it. There's no fragrances. If you want fragrance, puff a little (TINY BIT) of scented powder near your underarm. There's no white staining on your clothes because it doesn't leave a residue. Your pores clear out. There's no more 'work' to completely wash away the product you applied yesterday morning. The ONLY problem that I've had is that it's a stone, so if you drop it, it might break. Also, it's a pretty dense stone...meaning it's a tad heavy for its size. Depending on your counter top/flooring, if you drop it, it might break your flooring or counter top (or your toe). Mine was dropped once from about 5.5' from the floor and all that did was break the little nubby on the plastic container that make it stay in position after you turned the dial. But that's no big deal...my stone is still WELL above the stop of the container. At this rate, I expect it to last me 1.5-2 years, if not longer. If you're having issues (especially if you're like me, having issues in silence because they're embarrassing) then this is a cheap option to try. This cost WAY less than even a portion of a month's worth of the medications. It's cost WAY less than any of my 'normal' brands of mass produced deodorants. Before I ordered it, I told my husband that it was worth a shot. Thankfully it worked for all of my...'issues'...and I'm grateful that I tried it.

My tried and true deodorant. Been using for years. All natural. Love that it is made of only salt. Easy to use, just run under warm water for a second and apply. No scent which is nice. Keeps me smelling fresh and feeling great. I sweat alot and you would never tell. Goes on smooth and clean. Bonus, it lasts a really long time like almost a year. Amazing price too.

No irritation, no smell, no residue. Works on its own under low to moderate activity and lasts about 20ish hours. I add a spray deodorant if I want scent or extra protection. This lasts forever definitely worth the money.

I had a bit of a mixed experience with this product, but overall I’m quite satisfied and plan to repurchase. When the deodorant arrived, the stick was partially broken at the base and separated from the container. The packaging seemed unnecessarily large for a single item, which may have caused the damage during shipping. That said, Amazon handled the situation very well—they issued a refund immediately without requiring a return. I was able to reattach the stick with a bit of tape and have been using it for over a month. Performance-wise, this deodorant is excellent. It is truly fragrance-free, does not leave any stains, and most importantly, it works very effectively at eliminating odor. It’s exactly what I was looking for. One important tip that is not mentioned anywhere in the product description: you need to dampen either the tip of the stick or your skin slightly before applying. Without moisture, there is too much friction and it’s very difficult to use. Once you know this, application becomes easy and smooth. Despite the initial packaging issue, the product itself performs so well that I will be buying it again, including travel sizes.

When my doctor initially recommended this to me, I was skeptical to say the least. I mean, a deodorant stone? Seriously? Is that what they were passing around at Woodstock? But after using it for a little over a month now, I can honestly say it works! For the last ten years, I've dealt with armpits that were constantly red, sore and beyond itchy. Shaving only exacerbated the problem, but if I didn't shave that lovely b.o. stench would only get worse. And then there were the abscesses. One or two would pop up every few weeks under the skin and would for the most part go away, but a couple of times a year one would stick around and get bigger and bigger until it was literally the size of a golfball and painful beyond belief. Then I would have to make an embarrassing trip to the doctor to get it drained, and despite the numbing medication they shot me up with first, it still felt like someone stabbed my pit with a hot poker. I even had to have one surgically removed because it was too large for the doctor to remove in the office. That was another experience in pain I won't go into. I was given differing opinions as to what the cause was. First a doctor told me it was my deodorant and told me to switch until I found one that didn't bother me, so I tried out just about every single deodorant out there; stick, gel, spray, cream you name it I tried it, sometimes the less powerful stuff took longer to irritate me, but it always did in the end. Then the surgeon who removed that huge abscess told me to switch to an electric razor as that would irritate my skin less. I tried it, and it just irritated my skin even more. Should have known better than to listen to a man about that. Finally about two months ago, I went and saw a dermatologist for an unrelated problem on my arm, but when she got a look at my armpit, she made a comment about how irritated it looked. I explained to her what I'd been dealing with, and she just nodded and said, "Oh yeah, that's from the antiperspirant you're using. A lot of people just can't tolerate the chemicals they use." I felt like that coyote from that roadrunner cartoon, after someone dropped an anvil on its head. I mean I'd been dealing with this problem for a decade and resigned myself to another 5 or 6 decades of the same agony, but one look at my pit and you can tell me exactly what my problem is? Seriously? Then she did one better and told me how to fix it. She told me that I needed to get a deodorant stone. Okay, I admit, I scoffed a little at that, especially when she told me that it wouldn't stop me from sweating. I sweat a lot, and I'm not embarrassed to say that it reeks, bad. But she told me that using the antiperspirant was actually making my b.o. worse, because my pores were clogged and constantly infected. She said that after a few weeks of using the stone, not only would the irritation and boils stop, the odor would actually be fairly normal even when I don't use it. She also recommended using an antibacterial soap like Dial to wash my armpits to get rid of the bacteria that was causing the odor and then switch back to my normal body wash after a couple of weeks. Again, I was extremely skeptical, but I was willing to give it a try. I'm so glad I did. For the first week, I washed my armpits twice a day with Dial and applied the stone immediately afterwards as instructed. This is important because it won't work otherwise, it has to be directly on the skin. I could not believe the difference. I didn't realize just how much I hated that perfume smell regular deodorant puts out, and the more you sweat the more powerful it smells. This stuff doesn't smell at all. You just smell like you and it's awesome. It also doesn't leave residue on your clothes. No yellow stains on the sleeves like someone rubbed cheese on them, and no dark stains after you wash them either. Now I only wash my pits when I shower in the morning, and I apply the stone right after and I'm good to go all day. I don't even sweat anymore than I used to and it doesn't stink. I can't tell you how nice it is to be able to sit down and stretch my arms over my head without having to endure that overpowering girly flowery powder puff smell. There's no oily, or congealing feeling to it either like there was when I was using antiperspirant. It just feels completely natural. It's been five weeks, and I haven't had a single abscess, which is a miracle for me. And that itchy, irritated feeling is gone too. Also, this stuff can be applied to other places on the body as well, not just the armpits. I'm trying to convince my brother to use it on his feet, because odor eaters isn't cutting it. Bottom line: the proof is in the pudding, or in this case the armpit. This stuff works and it works well. You do have to spend a lot more time applying it than you do with normal deodorant. Two or three swipes on the underarm isn't going to do it. You have to apply it generously over a large area, and again you have to apply it immediately after washing the area otherwise it will not work. But when applied correctly, it's a pit-saver.

I don’t think deodorant should be a perfume. Its job should be simple: eliminate body odor, especially underarm odor caused by sweat, without relying on heavy fragrances to mask it. That’s exactly why I like Crystal. The formula is clean and straightforward, with no unnecessary ingredients. To use it, just wet the top with a little water and glide it over clean skin. It applies smoothly and comfortably without causing irritation. What impressed me most is how long it lasts. For me, this product lasts at least three times longer than Degree, making it both effective and economical. I appreciate the philosophy behind it as well. It feels like a product designed to help you feel clean and confident as yourself, rather than trying to make you smell like a fragrance. The focus is on preventing odor, not covering it up. Crystal also offers travel sizes and other application options, including traditional sticks and sprays, for those who prefer a different format or want a scented alternative. Finally, I love the appearance of the product. Its simple, minimalist design fits perfectly into my self-care routine and reflects the clean, uncomplicated approach that makes me enjoy using it every day.

I was really hoping to use this as an alternative to my current deodorant to avoid white transfer on my clothes and find something that wouldn't dry out my skin as much, but it just didn't work out. I think this would really work for some people, but for folks with sensitive skin such as myself, it really just didn't meet what I needed. Pros: Blocks odor completely: It did absolutely block smell, so from a performance perspective, I had no issues at all. No mess or scent: There was zero transfer onto clothing, which was a huge plus, and since it's unscented, it truly didn't smell like anything. It's also relatively easy to use. Cons: Harsh on sensitive skin: In my opinion, this product isn't for folks with sensitive skin. Maybe it was just a flawed choice on my part, but this did cause itchiness and made me break out in my underarms.

I have used the Crystal deodorant for 20 years. It’s natural, effective, and lasts much longer than other deodorant bars. I do know someone who has really bad BO, and it didn’t work for him. But it certainly works for me, even on the sweatiest days. This travel size is cute and functional. Pros: - Natural. The minerals in the crystal kill off odor-causing bacteria. And it has no fragrance. It has caused no skin irritation for me. - Easy. All you do is wet the end and rub it under your arms. It dries quickly, leaves no residue, and feels like you have no deodorant on. - Economical. One bar can last more than a year of daily application. - This size is perfect to keep in a purse, glove compartment, locker, or backpack. The plastic case it’s in protects it well. Cons: - These crystals can break. Don’t let it fall on the floor without the case. Although I’ve had one break before, and I just kept using the bigger pieces. - As with all deodorant, it works best when you use it before you start sweating. It won’t eliminate BO if it’s already there. I love this deodorant, and it’s the only deodorant I use. I got these travel size ones for my kids. I hope they love them just as much as I do.

Works perfectly - no other commercial deodorants do the job for me (even the expensive sensitive ones from brands like l'Occitane) I can go to the gym, beach or work without ever worrying about any bad body odor. It's great! I highly recommend it!

コスパがいいので何年も前から同じものを使っていますが、やはりこれが一番です。夜は風呂上りにワキに使い、朝は着替え前にワキに使っています。もちろん洋服などに色やシミは一切つきませんし、ベタつきも一切ありません。とにかくこれを使うと汗臭がまったくしません。

It’s the only deodorant I use ! Tried many organic products but they were useless ! The only clean product I like that is scentless yet I don’t smell when I sweat anymore !

Works surprisingly well! Keeps me fresh all day with no irritation. Love that it’s natural and fragrance-free.

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