Reddit reviews Crystal Mineral Deodorant Stick for Men, Unscented, 4.25 oz

This. I started using a crystal deodorant and while I sweat, I don’t smell and do not get stains. This is what I use.

CRYSTAL BODY DEODORANT Stick for... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00028QF9U?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share

Science!

All natural, odorless, not sticky, doesnt stain and leaves no white residue.

CRYSTAL BODY DEODORANT Stick for Men - Unscented (4.25 fl oz) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00028QF9U/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_tai_F018ybX41ZGCW

Try this. It will last you a year.

My routine goes like this:

1. Warm water to rinse off residual product
   
2. Alum stick over wet face (Crystal Body Deodorant is MASSIVE and is cheaper/same price as smaller shave-marketed sticks, and it's the same ingredient)
   
3. Cold rinse
   
4. Towel pat dry
   
5. Apply aftershave splash (I never use balms because my skin is oily - Floid "The Genuine" Amber and Figaro Ambra are my two favorites)
   
6. If shaving before work, once the aftershave has dried I use a neck duster to apply a light layer of talcum around my neck
   
7. Spray some cologne, but away from the area that just had steel scraping repeatedly against it because of much it stings as compared to aftershave

I just found out about using alum instead of deodorant: http://www.amazon.com/Crystal-Deodorant-Stick-Unscented-Ounce/dp/B00028QF9U/ref=sr_1_3_a_it?ie=UTF8&qid=1457240599&sr=8-3&keywords=alum+deodorant
It doesn't keep you from sweating, but it keeps your sweat from smelling bad and making your clothes smell bad.

It is the deodorant. There's an ingredient in some deodorants that reacts with your sweat to cause yellowing.

I use a deodorant crystal and have no issues. Check it out!

http://www.amazon.com/Crystal-Deodorant-Stick-Unscented-Ounce/dp/B00028QF9U/ref=pd_sim_hpc_1?ie=UTF8&refRID=0Q07H4NMECSDBJ15NRNJ

It's basically a salt rock that you wet and rub on your pits. It works by making your skin less hospitable for bacteria, whose excrement is the cause of BO. It doesn't produce any visible layer of protection, but I've been using it for over a year with good results; no BO and no ruined shirts.

And there are other brands, if you want to shop around.

Check these out. Supposedly just kills the bacteria that cause BO, so you still sweat and secrete your delicious pheromones.

I know you have some wicked pheromones too, Sev. I can smell them from here.

Mmmmmmm.

I was very close to purchasing an unscented Crystal Body Deodorant Stick for Men, which has Ammonium Alum as an ingredient, until I read through Stephanie Greenwood's articles Exposing More Truths About Alum and the follow-up article Dangers of Aluminum. Shame, really, it seems like it would have worked wonderfully for me.

Bellow are a few relevant extracts...

 

>Okay, now let's look at alum. When alum (full name, Potassium or Ammonium aluminum sulfate) is in its solid crystal form, the molecules create a crystalline structure. However, when it is wetted, the molecules break out of their crystalline structure and become ions (singular atoms with a positive or negative charge). So, when you're applying a wetted crystal to your skin, you're applying aluminum ions, the smallest possible form of aluminum, to your skin.

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>So now let's look at aluminum ions, which is really what you're putting on your skin when you use the crystal stones and sprays.

>Aluminum ions are toxic to plants and animals. The crystal companies love to say that aluminum is a naturally occurring mineral from the earth, but they don't tell you that naturally-occurring aluminum in soil is problematic. Plants don't grow in aluminum-rich soils. Aluminum is abundant, but it plays no part in any biological function in plants or animals Current research points to the possibility that aluminum robs cells of magnesium (source) a vital mineral, and that's why they won't grow.

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>If you're trying to avoid aluminum in your life, you've probably decided to not use aluminum pots and pans. You know that putting acidic food in aluminum causes aluminum leaching in to the food. When aluminum is leached in to food, it turns from a solid metal, in to ionic form. This is the same aluminum ion you create when you wet the crystal deodorant stones. When they create alum, it's effectively the same process. They add sulfuric acid to aluminum-rich bauxite ore. The aluminum is leached in to ionic form, and then the resulting liquid is dried out and the remaining aluminum salt crystalizes in to the stone that you use for the deodorant. When you wet the deodorant stone, you're effectively putting aluminum in the most bioavailable form possible on your body's largest organ: your skin.

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>If it is your lifestyle choice to avoid aluminum, avoiding alum in the crystal deodorant stone would logically be part of that. There is no proof that it wouldn't be absorbed in through the skin. The amounts being absorbed would be rather small, but we're talking about daily repeated use. The body has a nearly impossible time getting rid of aluminum, so if it is being absorbed, it is accumulating in the tissues of your body with hardly a chance of escaping. It is up to you to decide if you want to take that risk.

^ Exposing More Truths About Alum

 

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I've just finished reading her article that led up to the previous two--Aluminum in Crystal Deodorant Stones--and I've decided to add some extracts from that one aswell.

>The stone manufacturers claim that alum is a mineral salt, "similar to that found naturally in the earth's crust." Radioactive uranium is also found naturally in the earth's crust--but that doesn't mean you'd want to use it as a deodorant.

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>While experts have not come to a consensus that aluminum causes Alzheimer's, there is some strong evidence of a link. For instance, in 1988 a truck driver accidentally dumped 20 tons of aluminum sulfate in to a town's drinking water. Now, over 20 years later, they are finding a higher incidence of Alzheimers in the people of this town that were exposed to the aluminum in the drinking water. Many people point to the fact that aluminum is found in high concentration in brain matter affected by the disease. But while there is plenty of strong circumstantial evidence, researchers are still trying to find out if and how aluminum compounds work within the brain to create the plaques and tangles associated with Alzheimer's.

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>The bottom line is, that while using a deodorant stone is probably better than using a conventional anti-perspirant, it's not aluminum-free and it still poses a possible Alzheimer's risk and contributes to background toxicy in the body.

^ Aluminum in Crystal Deodorant Stones

 

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>If the actual moisture is an issue then cornstarch or gold bond powder might be an additional option for you.

I just don't want to stain my shirts, but I'll probably still look into them as alternatives. Thanks.

 

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>My skin can't handle something in mainstream deodorants. Towards the end of me using traditional deodorants and antiperspirants my armpits have horrible rashes

It's probably the baking soda. I've read through plenty of reviews on Amazon of customers getting rashes from natural deodorants. I suggest looking into it yourself, though.

To be useful to this subreddit.....I would suggest you buy this to add to your collection:

Crystal Body Deodorant

You gotta moisten the top of the stone before each use. It's also unscented so that it doesn't interfere with the power of my Aventus.

as ladyfolk, i use crystal deodorant. my SO, male, also uses it.

its amazing and you do not have to worry about such invasive scents, if that is what you dont like. plus, it does not mask odor. the crystal controls bacteria growth which is the source of bo. it works flawlessly for my SO. i keep a stick of deodorant in my bag, just in case. read about it yourself, obviously, but yeah.

eta: if relevant, we are 25-30 years old. if your tween showers everyday, as you apply it after you have cleaned your pits, then it will work well. and no scent, which i have, means no scent. no perfume. no bo. they seem to all be fragrance free, so i do not know why one of them is marked "for men."

I don't use antiperspirant. Not excited about the aluminum or chemicals. I've got this crazy salt rock deodorant thing (Or I use Tom's Natural Unscented Deodorant) that when I first started using them I thought, "there's no way this will work." No BO, and they aren't perfumed either which I consider another plus. And no more stained shirts. You sweat a little more for the first couple weeks, but then much like keto, your body learns to re-regulate itself and you actually sweat a lot less than you did using aluminum antiperspirant. It's amazing how our bodies know exactly what to do if we keep the junk out of them, yet we continue to muck them up with new and improved human crapola.

I had this same problem! And I tried your same solutions, and met with the same issues - BO smell mixed with deodorant. -.-

Soooo, I posed the same question on this subreddit, and this was my answer : Crystal Body Deodorant Stick.

I get it a little wet, roll on my armpits until dry. Then apply deodorant. It has made a major difference.

In the last year I started using one of ]those mineral salt deodorants](http://www.amazon.com/Crystal-Deodorant-Stick-Unscented-Ounce/dp/B00028QF9U/). I thought for the longest time that it was some sort of hippie-healthfood-store bullshit and there was no way rubbing a block of salt under your arms would do jack shit but god damn does it work.

Before I started using it I used your standard deodorant like Old Spice. In that I had three smells: right out of the shower and smelled like soap, right after putting on the old spice and I smelled like old spice, and after wearing it for awhile and exercising or what not and then I smelled like a combination of arm pits and old spice.

With the mineral salt deodorant? I never smell like anything unless I put cologne on. It's almost unsettling, really. It does such a good job killing off underarm bacteria that the difference between what my armpits smell like after a shower and what they smell like when I go to bed that night is nearly unnoticeable.

tl;dr: sometimes hippie shit works, rub salt blocks on your armpits.

This is the one I am using. Someone can jump in, but I believe this is the same as an alum block for shaving - small cuts and whatnot. I have also tried this one from Italian Barber. It is okay, but it runs down my arm quickly.

I switched over to a simple salt crystal a few years back and have been happy. They don't stop you sweating if that's your main issue, but they do stop the smell, and do so without chemicals. Also, the things are dirt cheap and last forever. I think it's been over three years, and I have only gone through three or four of them. Only complaint is that they'll eventually gum up the works of any dispenser they come in, and if you drop it, you run the risk of breaking or cracking the crystal, which makes it potentially painful to use if you scratch yourself under the arms with raw salt. Owie.

If you are an American, she may not be used to way an uncircumcised penis naturally smells. And yes, uncut guys do have a stronger natural smell. The best way to delay that smell from coming back just a couple of hours after showering and washing under the foreskin is to put a liberal dose of coconut oil on your glans. The oil keeps the bacterial growth down between washings. If you know sexy times are going to happen, you can go to the bathroom and use an unscented wipe to freshen up your glans. Another possibility? Ball sweat. It only takes a few minutes for musk to come back after shower. If you can tolerate shaving...that helps. Also you could use something like this: http://www.amazon.com/Crystal-Deodorant-Stick-Unscented-Ounce/dp/B00028QF9U/ref=sr_1_1_a_it?ie=UTF8&qid=1465103838&sr=8-1&keywords=crystal+rock+deodorant Just rub it all over your coin purse and that crack between ball sack, thigh and taint while they are still damp from your shower. Keep it off your penis, though because it probably tastes horrible. But it kills body odor like a champ and it is all natural.