DEOdorant DETOX

So guys allegedly there is a brand new hype going around. The so-called ‘deodorant detox’. Apparently skipping out on deodorant makes your body perspire less and over a short period of time you will no longer have a bad odor.  It just so happens that my deodorant spray and I are attached at the hip and I’ve been devotedly using the same brand for over ten years. But I do like a little challenge every now and then and au naturel could be fun for a while. So during our office meeting I eagerly called out that I’d give this hype a go and that I could easily go without deodorant for five days.

this is what happened…

The first day of the challenge already started out great. Out of habit I had fully sprayed my armpits. Only to wipe it all off directly afterwards. Pretty annoying. Once I arrived at the office, hastily after having cycled way too quickly, I noticed that the dampness underneath my pits was still there an hour later. Luckily no bad odor, so I wasn’t too worried. But as the hours passed, the greenhouse effect grew. During my daily afternoon hair brushing session, I caught a whiff of a slightly troublesome smell coming from my armpits. Horrified, I dropped my brush and glued my arms to my body. What if someone gets a whiff of my scent? Gross. I couldn’t wait to go home to give my pits a good cleanse. As soon as I stepped out of the shower I realized what my next struggle would be: working out. If there is ever a moment where you release an insane amount of sweat, it is when you work out intensively. While working out I could only think of one thing: washing my armpits. So I ran straight to the bathroom after prematurely ending my workout.

I couldn’t wait to go home and give my pits a good cleanse.

I am currently on my second day and I hate it. I did slow down my pace when I was biking to work this morning to avoid any unnecessary prespiration, but after just one day I feel very skeezy. I couldn’t help it but call one of my friends who works as a dermatologist. She immediately burst out laughing and I could feel her shaking her head through the phone. “You’re the third person I know who is doing this and I’ve been telling everyone the same thing: you always sweat, even when you’re sitting still. Eliminating deodorant does not eliminate sweat.” I wanted to throw my arms up in the air and do a quick little happy dance but realized just in time that my stench will not be appreciated by my colleagues. So I walked over to the Amayzine beauty cabinet and satisfied my armpits with a few good sprinkles. I may not have fulfilled the challenge, but at least I haven’t gassed my coworkers (that I know of). Another lesson learned.