There are certain things in life you just don’t want to give up: chocolate, soap, chocolate, underwear, chocolate, clothing, and chocolate…to name a few. In switching to our more natural lifestyle I’ve made the change from conventional toiletries very slowly. Switching to healthier eating came easy for me because I LOVE food and all the information that goes with it.
But, as I’ve read and learned more, I’ve come to realize that the stuff they use in conventional beauty items can be dangerous. But I obviously don’t want to give certain things up – like deodorant. No one wants to smell like B.O. So, we change a few things at a time. We’ve made the switch to natural soap and now we’ve also made the switch to natural deodorant.
Most antiperspirants on the market have aluminum in them. Why? Because the aluminum works to completely stop perspiration from occurring. But maybe we need to have some definitions first.
Antiperspirant contains aluminum and keeps you from sweating
Deodorant allows you to sweat and simply masks the odor
After I shave my pits I’m not exactly excited about rubbing them down with aluminum considering it has been linked to an increased risk for seizures, breast cancer, Alzheimer’s, kidney problems and bone formation disorders.
Also, the body sweats for a reason. God is a genius and created us to sweat in order to cool down our bodies. We also sweat in order to get rid of toxins in our system. If we stop that natural process from occurring, we should expect to have problems.
“But,” you say, “Stacy…no one wants to smell like a sweaty pig.” Correct! I surely don’t…and I surely don’t want to sleep with a man who smells like a sweaty pig either. I’m just sayin’.
My friend, Lexie, from Lexie Naturals, has solved this problem for me by offering a high quality DEODORANT that’s made from all natural ingredients.
Lexie makes her deodorant using only Sodium Bicarbonate, Beeswax, Shea Butter, Coconut Oil, and Essential Oil. Nature’s bounty keeps you from smelling like a nasty ole skunk.
Both Barry and I have used Lexie’s deodorant – and we both love it! I love the tea tree oil scent mixed with lavender – very refreshing…and not too girly either. Because what man wants to go to work smelling like a bed of roses or daylilies?
The best part about Lexie Naturals is that it’s affordable. A 2.5 ounce deodorant is only $6.50! And you can also email Lexie to get wholesale pricing.
So, it’s time for me to be honest…like usual. Guess what? I’ve still got about 3 tubes of conventional deodorant left. I know, I know. But I can’t throw it out – and I hate giving it to someone else because I feel like that’s saying “Hey – I don’t wanna lather my pits up with aluminum…but I don’t really care about your pits, so here ya go.” :-/
When I finish off those tubes, it will be 100% Lexie Naturals for me and my family!
BUT, if you think that you don’t want to buy deodorant and you’d rather make it yourself, Lexie has a great tutorial on making homemade deodorant! Because she’s just sharing and caring kind of gal.
As for me, at this time in life, I’m thankful to have somewhere to purchase instead of making it myself…because right now I’m just glad to have the time to APPLY deodorant. Can I get a witness?!
Also, at the bottom of the homemade deodorant post, there is a little list of stuff you need to know before using natural deodorant…like “don’t over-apply.” Right, Lexie? 😉 This deodorant does not keep you from sweating – it just keeps you from stinking…and that’s what I’m going for.
Now, time for the good stuff! I get to give away a 2 ounce size of Lexie Naturals deodorant! To enter, leave a comment telling me the stinkiest you’ve ever felt. For an extra entry, sign up to get Lexie’s emails and leave a separate comment telling me you’ve done so. Giveaway will run through Friday, March 29th at 9pm EST.
If you’d like to make a purchase from Lexie, she is giving Humorous Homemaking readers a 10% off discount! Woot, woot! Use code STACYMC10 at checkout. Good through Friday, March 29th.
NOTE FROM STACY: I am in love with the Vanilla Peppermint lip balm. For realz. Best lip balm EVAH!
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OK, I have had stinky times… hospital stays of over three days and such… but I have to share the hour drive home when I picked up my little brother and sister who had hiked the Appalachian Trail for 1 week. They insisted they had just showered – and put on their same clothes!!! All windows open, A/C blasting!!! NOTHING was going to help all of us! I almost got physically sick!!! Yikes!
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The stinkiest I ever felt was before using deodorant and not knowing why I was so stinky. 🙂 Thanks for the giveaway!
The stinkiest I have ever felt is after a softball game in the summer with my women’s softball team. I smell worse than a man sometimes!!
Working in the garden on a hot day! Would love to try some of Lexie’s deodorant. Thanks for the giveaway!
I used to do hot yoga (in a room over 100 degrees) and then pack up and head home which was 25 minutes away. Sometimes I would be pretty stinky by the time I got home!
Unfortunately, in my family we sweat. Anytime I have a presentation in school or a stressful day could be my worst time of smelling bad. it’s really embarrassing. I’ve been looking for natural deodorant and would love to sample this.
Haha! You make me laugh! I was pretty stinky a couple of springs ago when my SIL and I added composted horse manure, leaf compost and mushroom compost (oo-wee!) to my garden! No deodorant was going to conquer the mushroom compost! Lol
I have been making my own for awhile but would love to try another all natural kin with essential oils. I am just about to buy some essential oils!
Hi Stacy,
One thing that I did a couple of years ago because of my inability to find a natural deodorant that I was happy with was to start spritzing colloidal silver in the armpits instead. This still allows you to sweat, and silver is naturally antibacterial. This has worked very well for me. I don’t ever have any B.O. ( but then again I don’t sweat alot because I was born cold!) It’s even cheaper if you make it yourself or know someone who does 🙂
Stinkiest? probably a day during the newborn fog. I woke one morning stinking pretty bad and worrying that this would be the smell my daughter identified with me. It helped get the concept of mommy first.
I would love to try it!
I decided to stop using regular deodorant again, several months ago. All I had on hand was the deodorant stone, but I hate to have to wet it to put it on. I can’t wait to try this.
Thanks Stacy
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After spending the day helping my husband redo the insulation in our attic. Yuck!
Feel pretty stinky after giving birth!
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Stinkiest I’ve felt was when I was a wild land firefighter. We’d be on assignments for 14 days, hiking in hot temps, putting out fires, sleeping in the dirt. Sometimes we had portable showers other times no. LOVED it but definitely smelly!
I’ve been looking for a good, natural deoderant. Even the store brands that carry a “natural” label have ingredients we’d rather not use. It’s been a “well, this is better than that” for us. Thanks for posting this. I’m looking forward to watching the tutorial.
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Hi Stacy! So You don’t know me, but I read your blog daily and freaking love it! So, seeing as you have no idea who I am…I bet you can understand I’m a bit shy telling you my stinkiest! BUT, here goes nothin’: We don’t use AC in our house for cost purposes, and well I just love me some fresh air. Anyways, we co-sleep with our kiddos, and my daughter was about 4 months old during the peak of last summer. I still hadn’t balanced out my milk supply, so in the middle of the night, I would leak all over our bed and my PJ’s. Well, in the summer nights, between the sweat and the cloth diapers, and the heated up breast milk…I always smelled like a dairy farm! Yum. 😉
Thanks for you and your site. It’s made a huge impact on me and my family! We love you!!
GIRL!!!! I hate air conditioning! 🙂 I can totally do without it. LOL
Y’all OBVIOUSLY don’t live where I do here in the Deep South! 🙂 We do keep our house hotter than most people but people die of the heat here every year for not having or using AC!
I am the stinkest now…and it just continues, since giving birth to my 4th child anyway. She is now 5 months old and delivering her REALLY changed my hormones. I have tried every brand on the market and nothing works! I never thought to go natural. Yay!
I always feel like I am stinky after working in the yard all day during the summer
Ok the stinkiest I have ever felt….. would have to be the summer I worked Boy Scout Summer Cam! I’m talking 6 weeks of complete outdoor living! Eating outside, teaching a class outside, cooking outside, sleeping outside (in a tent), and yes even showering outside. And where our summer camp is located the lowest temp for middle of summer is 105 degrees. I would take a shower and like 5 seconds after I would be covered in sweat again! I would wake up sweaty go to be sweaty. I taught canoeing so I was in a canoe with 3 teenage boys on a river with no shade for most of the day. I taught 3 one hour classes before lunch and 3 1 hour classes after lunch. Then we would do outdoor games and skits after supper each night. By the time I would go to shower I would be covered in sweat, river water, dirt, and fire smoke and ashes. I was never more happy and never more miserable to. I loved working with the youth, but man was I glad to get home after my 6 weeks was up! LOL
I went on a 5-day backpacking trip near Yosemite. The trailhead was by a lake, and we were all so smelly when we got back 5 days later that we dropped our packs and jumped in the lake with all of our clothes on. It was awesome!
The deodorant looks great! I can’t wait to try some.
The stinkiest I’ve been is when I’ve tried natural deodorants – probably about a DOZEN of them!!! I would LOVE to get rid of the aluminum products, but I have to live in the society we’re in which doesn’t tolerate B.O.!!! Even when some of them covered odor adequately during a normal day, anytime I exerted myself more than normal (gardening) the odor would be there. I also had problems with the staining that resulted on the underarm area of my clothes! What can be done about that – even if the odor is masked? Stacy, just wondering if you ever experience issues with clothing staining from the natural deo.? I now have several t-shirts that have permanent stains on them. So … back to the unhealthy stuff. )-: But I’d still like to try again. Maybe the 13th time is a charm!
The stinkiest I’ve ever felt? I hate smelling like smoke after hanging out by a camp fire.
I’ve just recently tried making my own deodorant and so far I’m loving it! The kind I tried only has 3 ingredients!
http://purposelyfrugal.com/2013/03/01/homemade-deodorant/#.UVNGwPHEv9Q
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Stinkiest I’ve ever felt was probably moving into my third floor apartment (all stairs) on July 30 – in the Midwest – that’s always going to be a HOT day! I didn’t even feel human after we were done!
When you live in Alabama and do marching band camp in the summer carrying a large bass drum, let’s just say you get really, really sweaty.
After a cardio workout!
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I’ve tried a couple natural deodorants without success and that had made me feel stinky unfortunately. 🙁 Would love to try this one!
Rachel, that’s EXACTLY what inspired me to make this deodorant and share with others!
BTW……am signed up with lexie……you said she’s got vanilla peppermint lip balm……oh my…..i feel an order comin’ on…..that’s my fave flavor, but can’t find it so easily now ;0)
Vanilla Peppermint is THE most popular I sell for sure! It’s what I use too. 🙂
helping hubster reroof the house–in the sultry, humid southern summer….worst “stink week” for both of us! wearing deo during that period chafed me horridly, so i went went without……at the end of each day, i’d look at him and say, “i love you but don’t get near me until i’ve showered, i stink” >_< eewwww grodiest feeling ever…..thing is, he never argued with that HAHA
When I do hot yoga with the room at 95-100 degrees for 2 hours.
While I was pregnant I had a horrible reaction to conventional deoderant – so I just stopped wearing it… hahahah my POOR husband!!!! That was 15 months ago and I have not worn conventional deoderant since. For a while I was wearing just coconut oil, and that was NOT doing the trick – again, my POOR husband, hahaha. Now I mix it with a little bit of baking soda and tee tree/lavender EOs…. but I would like a real tube, this stuff I have to put on with my hands 🙂 – NEVER thought I would be saying that! I would love to try lexie’s naturals before I buy!
I actually used to make some that I applied with my hands but my mom and sister refused to use it. SO… I created this one! 🙂
I signed up for Lexie’s emails! Hears to hoping that I win the deoderant! would love to try before i buy!!! 🙂
Hi Stacy,
I just signed up for Lexie’s emails!
Thanks again,
Deidre
Hi Stacy,
I’d have to say during the final stage (blue phase) of basic training in S.C. in the month of July when we were out in the field for 4 days/3 nights with no toilet/shower facilities made for an olfactory nightmare and we won’t mention the ticks!
Thanks for the opportunity to receive something good for our bodies.
Sincerely,
Deidre
I’ll be honest, I don’t even wear deodorant 90% of the time! Shh our secret.. But i think it really does make me stink!!! When I smell my own b.o it’s on the days I’ve put deodorant.. Weird. My hubs on the other hand definitely uses it. He is always skeptical about these natural items until he actually tries something and mostly he is pleasantly surprised!! I can’t wait to try it for the both of us!
My husband was skeptical too! I basically had to MAKE him try it. And now he uses it daily.
Camping trip where I forgot my deo. Peeeew!
Hmmm, I think my stinkiest ever story is from a backpacking/camping trip I took with my husband and his brother last summer … three days of climbing through the mountains and no showers, other than very brief dips in FREEZING cold lake water. Um, yeah … good times. Actually it was good times, I just didn’t smell very good.
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The stinkiest I have ever felt was July 2006. We took a vacation to Texas for a wedding. The highs were 101-104 & the lows were 90-92. I don’t think I cooled off the entire time we were there. I was definitely stinky!
I always feel super sweaty working out in the summer, but I was probably the stinkiest and sweatiest when I ran a 5K last summer. Ugh!
When I did summer PE in my 9th grade year! We ran 2 miles in the hot, humid VA weather and weren’t allowed to stand still until we left in the afternoon! I couldn’t shower right after and it felt disgusting! Thanks for the giveaway!
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Probably my stinkiest feeling is when I’m with my super-clean husband after he’s showered and I haven’t! 🙂
I have been spritzing colloidal silver in the pits instead of deodorant for several years now. Because the silver is naturally antibacterial it works great at killing any bacteria that might want to establish itself. This has worked really well for me, and I like not having that “goopy” feeling.
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Sitting in a hot natatorium watching my kids swim at a swim meet- hot, sweaty mess!!
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The stinkiest ever…definately after laboring for 24+ hours, then having a c-section with no pain meds (long story!). Lots of fun smells there!
I felt & was stinkiest in high school at the end of a week long back country back packing trip.
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I am a nurse working in dialysis and sweat at least three days a week (pt.’s only get treatments three times/week)! When setting up patients for dialysis & taking them off, I am dressed in scrubs, a lab coat, a mask (makes you feel like you’re suffocating), then a face shield to top it off! I shower in the morning and again at night because I am feeling stinky!I have tried natural deodorants before but always end up going back to the unhealthy ones. I would love to try Lexie: Deo!
Hello Stacy, Thank you for the deodorant information. I think your blog is wonderful.
I have signed up for Lexie’s e-mail. Have a great week.
Jacqueline
Sounds like a great option! Thanks for the give-away opportunity.
The stinkiest was probably when I was switching over to more natural deodorant, and I had a 2 week transition period (from getting accustomed to the new products) combined with “that time of the month”… I almost chocked myself to death, it was so bad.
I would really like to try Lexie deo as I have not found a satisfying deodorant yet.
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Tried other natural deodorants that did NOT work! 🙁
Would love to use some that keeps me smelling clean!
I’ve really been considering switching as well after reading all the aluminum links to bad stuff. Probably the stinkiest was when my 5 year old was a baby and I had a particularly bad night with him and then had a situation at work happen where I had to rush out the door. Come 4pm I was working in our warehouse and realized I could smell myself….and I realized I hadn’t brushed my teeth or put on deodorant. I’m not sure I even brushed my hair to be honest.
Now we are expecting another – I’m sure I have more stinky days ahead, LOL!
When my son was in 3rd grade he wrote a wonderful mother’s day poem. One line went something like “and sometimes she smells because she works so hard”. Wonderful what impacts our kids. I guess that made me feel pretty stinky.
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I feel pretty stinky after my workouts, but don’t like the idea of applying aluminum to my pits. Thanks for the chance to win!
After a week of visiting Romania where there was only cold water showers and only then at certain hours, the bath I had when we got home was the best ever!
I signed up for Lexie’s emails 🙂 and am placing my first order right now 🙂
My oldest daughter convinced me to switch to deodorant rather than ap/deodorant. I’m still in detox mode, but I feel better about it. I’ve tried a couple different brands, but Lesie’s sounds more natural and appealing.
I feel very stinky after super hard workouts!
Don’t remember a time when I was ever stinky, even though I worked very hard when younger, wanting to go all natural with a lot of things, been working on them one at a time. Thanks for all the great stuff you share with us from your site, I really appreciate everything. I went to sign up for Lexie’s Naturals but I am already signed up before. Thanks Stacy
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The stinkiest I ever feel is after doing yardwork. We had to take out a whole 3 plantersfull of bermuda last year and that was sweatiest I had gotten in a long time. This year it’s stinging nettles popping up everywhere.
Postpartum hotflashes combined with no opportunity to shower. Yuck!
Hi Stacy, I signed up for Lexie’s blog. Am anxious to try it.
Carolyn
I agree, I have not found anything yet that I like that is natural. I am always hesitant to buy something else because it doesn’t work and I don’t want to waste money so thanks for sharing your experience with us! 🙂
Hi! I stumbled across your page via Pinterest because I saw a caption for whole food crockpot recipes! Love love crockpot recipes and it looks like you have some awesome ones. About this awesome deodorant…I have to say I feel pretty stinky from my 4 month old puking, pooing and drooling on me all day! Before hubby gets in the door good, he has a baby in his hands and this Mama is off to the shower!
Ok, the stinkiest I have ever been was when I was in labor with my fifth child, the over forty hormones were kicking in big time and I was sweating like crazy as soon as she was born, I was freezing. 🙂 So there’s my stinky story.
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I get concerned in the summer when it’s really hot out and I’m working outside.
I have subscribed. I’ve been interested in trying homemade deodorant, but have not been brave enough to try it out. Thanks for discussing!
Also, I subscribed to Lexie Naturals 🙂 Can’t wait to see what she’ll send!
The stinkiest I’ve ever felt…was on my husband and my 10-day around the Mitten (we’re Michiganders) camping trip. We stayed at all rustic campgrounds, and in the middle of the week spent one night in a hotel off Lake Michigan. I did get to shower, but let’s face it – hotel showers don’t make one feel as clean as one’s own..especially when the shower comes with its very own sandy bottom upon entering the room! :/
I would love to try Lexie’s deodorant. I’ve been compromising by using a scented Tom’s of Maine deodorant (but it has propylene glycol). The stinkiest I’ve been was when I used Tom’s unscented deodorant. It made me smell like onions or something.
I use a deodorant that does not contain aluminum but still is not natural. Have yet to find one I really like. Would love to find something for my daughter too as she has a major over abundance of sweat problem and does use an aluminum containing product. I hate giving it to her. I know this wouldn’t stop her from sweating but maybe I could talk her into it.
I would love to try this deodorant! I made my own last summer, but it wasn’t really what I was looking for.
I hesitate to be so blunt in a comment post, but right now I have the flu and I miscarried yesterday. I feel pretty stinky. That is the best answer I have right now. I have been wanting this deodorant for a while so I wanted to enter anyway. 🙁
Jessica,
I’m so sorry for your loss!
You are in my thoughts and prayers.
xo Kate
I am in the same boat Stacy! I purchased Lexie’s deodorant a couple of months back and am waiting to use up the regular stuff before switching. BUT I am on the last tube! 🙂
I think probably it was a few days after having my son. My husband was back to work right away and between my daughter’s needs, my son’s needs, pure exhaustion, and everything else in life, showers weren’t happening and I’m pretty sure deodorant slipped my mind, too. It was gross. I was gross.
Thanks for the giveaway. I’m also slowly transitioning to natural personal care products.
I love this post! Thanks for the information about natural deodorant. My family has recently started making the switch to natural food and products. It hasn’t always been easy but I know we are working to be healthier! The stinkiestI have ever felt has to be after I had my first son. 16 hours of labor then to have an emergency c-section and another 5 hours before they thought I was well enough to get up and shower. This time included my throwing up on myself from all the drugs they had to give me!
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I do not have a remembrance of a time when I felt the “stinkiest”; however, living on a farm, it is a common occurrence! I am presently using an aluminum-free deodorant and am very pleased. Thank you, Stacy and Lexie for this giveaway.
I’ll be a witness! After the 3rd kid– a shower and deodorant is a luxury! 🙂
The stinkiest I’ve ever felt? That has to be when I get home from a camping trip!!
Stinky is working out in the sun, plowing a garden! Whew!
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I have been trying for a while to find a natural deodorant i could live with. I’m (embarrassingly) that girl that sweats like a MAN! But i’ve come to a place where i can live with the sweating if i could just smell so fresh and so clean, clean! 😉 I would LOVE to try Lexie’s deodorant! Thanks for being a great source of really helpful information on how to life a more natural, less financially strained life while also making me LAUGH MY BUTT OFF! Without a doubt…my favorite blog is yours! 🙂 (sometimes when i read your posts at work – shh…don’t tell my boss – i get nervous i’m gonna draw attention because i keep literally lol-ing. And let’s be real…a desk job is never that entertaining so it’s clearly not work-related! 😉
I feel the stinkiest after two hours of kickboxing classes, and although I feel stinky and sweaty my body overall feels great! I switched to homemade deo about two months ago, and have no future plans of going back!
Stacy always makes sense 😉 Since becoming a new mom it is sometimes hard to remember to even put deodorant on! (The first few weeks of mommyhood were the stinkiest I have ever been) I would love something that is all natural! I also subscribed to Lexie emails!! I love her site and I am going to get some all natural lip balm too! Thanks for the chance to win!
Hmm….the stinkiest I’ve ever been was a little embarrassing. You know it’s bad when you can smell yourself. You lift your arm up to grab a cup for a little one and you think…I did shower today, right? One day was like this in particular, but I had no time to address it so I went about my business. I went over to my SIL’s house and she was like, “Can you smell that?!” “Do I smell like B.O.?” Then she starts going around trying to find the source of the smell. it would come and go, but I KNEW IT WAS ME!!! It was so embarrassing. I even told her at one point I thought it might be me, but she was like, “No, this is really bad…” And I’m like, I know!!!! Anyway, she ended up standing next to me and all of a sudden she starts sniffing me and she’s said, “It is you! Come with me.” She gave me body spray and had me spray it on – she had me try on like two different scents just to mask how bad I smelled. I can look back on it now and laugh, but it was not funny at the time. I was breastfeeding and the only thing I can chalk it up to was something funky going on with my hormones. It really was embarrassing! Needless to say, I layer on the deodorant now and I WILL always reapply if going somewhere later in the day. Would love to try a new and natural product!! Love your daily posts – keep ’em coming!!
Excited to read this post. I have been looking for a natural deorderant. I am using Toms of Maine right now. It’s okay, but I am just in the beginning stages of finding something that works for me.
My comment to enter the giveaway – – after a long summer day of horseback riding. lol
Thanks.
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The stinkiest I’ve ever felt would probably be in the summer when attempting to use just baking soda… it didn’t work and irritated my skin. I made a homemade version that was only so-so and has no beeswax so it melts but I’d rather have someone else make it for me anyhow.
The stinkiest I have ever felt? It must be the time we went camping in the fall and it was rainy, cold and miserable. I actually thought we would cancel, but everyone else wanted to go. So we did. I did not shower or change clothes the whole entire weekend! I either stood by the fire (yes, they built and maintained a fire in the rainy weather!) or was in the camper. Now this has become a very good memory because we laugh about how miserable it was out there! 🙂 And WoW did the nice, warm shower feel good when I got home! Ahhh!
I think you should just chuck the aluminum-laced deodorant. You’ll waste a bit of money, but what is a few extra months of healthier, safer, pleasant smelling living worth to you? Lol
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I would love to win some of this deodorant. I think I feel the stinkiest after a day in the garden. Not only do I get sweaty, but we live on the north side of a gravel road. Hmmmm, every time some one drives by we get covered with dust. Not good when you are wet with sweat. LOL
I’ve signed up to receive Lexie’s emails! I currently use just coconut oil (occasionally mixed with basking soda and/or tto). Would love to try out a product from Lexie’s Naturals! Thanks for the opportunity!
I have three teenage boys who are always stinky:) A few weeks ago I was with them and said, “man someone really smells bad”…then I smelled myself and realized it was me! Guess it’s time to try something new!
Thankfully, I’m not a super sweaty or stinky person in general ( I’m usually freezing, even when it’s 90 degrees). I usually make our own non-toxic deodorant but would love to try a different version!
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I guess the times I feel the worst is after gardening or especially after mowing!
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I would love to try a natural deoderant! The stinkiest Ive ever felt is probably the final day of camping when the omly thing Ive bathed in is campfire smoke and mosquito spray!
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The stinkiest I’ve ever felt was being on a mission trip without being able to have a “real” shower for almost a week. Yuck. Still having flashbacks!
I would love to try these out! I made the switch a couple of years ago after I used a “prescription strength” antiperspirant and it dried up my milk supply! So I thought why not use zero antiperspirant. It does take the body a couple of weeks to adjust though. So maybe it’s better not to do it in the heat of the summer:)
I would love to try this! I bought a “natural” deodorant and found that the first ingredient is propylene glycol! I also have two teen daughters who play sports and get stinking; they use anti-perspirant/deodorant and I worry about all the unhealthy ingredients for them. Thanks for all the information!
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I signed up for Lexie’s emails. 🙂 The stinkiest I’ve ever felt? After camping for 10 days with no shower at all. We took a dip in a lake. This was on our honeymoon! (gasp…)
I probably felt my yuckies after
giving birth to my first child. I went in to be induced one evening, she was born the next afternoon, and due to some minor complications for me, I wasn’t able to shower until the next night after she was born. I was never so glad to be taking a shower and getting clean!!
I love the idea of not stinking and not using aluminum to do it.
As for the stinkiest I have ever been…
I have a brother who is 15 years younger than me. It fell to me to take him to the county fair one July afternoon. It was about 95 degrees out and I successfully kept him from eating before the rides. All was going well until he begged one more ride on the ferris wheel on the way out. At the top of the ferris wheel, he leaned over and vomited in my lap, completely soaking my shorts and the bottom of my shirt. He was immaculate.
I wiped off the best I could when we got off the ride and threw an old towel over my seat in the car that I kept for emergencies. I strapped him in the car seat and drove the fifteen miles to my parents’ house, eager for a shower.
My mother met me on the front porch and announced a water line had broken and the water would be off indefinitely. Also, she deemed me too stinky for the house. I sat on the porch swing stewing in brother puke for four hours in 90 degree plus heat. That was the stinkiest I have ever been.
Hi Stacey! Thanks for the giveaway! The ‘stinkiest’ I ever felt was at my bil 25th wedding anniversary! It was at the local auditorium with quite a few folks there. I had just started making and using homemade deodorant. I didn’t have the ingredients quite right, so when we got to the auditorium, I could smell myself! I was so embarrassed! It was July and if you’ve ever been in Alabama in July, you’ve got to have on deodorant, even sitting in an air conditioned room! I had on a sleeveless dress and my bil came up to hug us. All I could do was hug him back! You should have seen the look on his face! Needless to say, I have modified the recipe now, so that NEVER happens again! Blessings from Bama!
Making the switch to natural deodorant has been an easy decision but a stinky one. I haven’t found one deodorant to be completely effective, so I’m eager to try a new one. I would say the worst moment is singing in the choir at church realizing that the particular shirt I’m wearing had some sort of funky reaction with perspiration and perhaps my deodorant and was wafting a not so pleasant smell as I had to clap away. :(. Not fun, especially knowing that we had to do it all over again in the 2nd service.
The stinkiest I’ve ever felt is on a hot Florida summer afternoon after any bike ride, but especially after a 60+ mile, yes mile, ride.
I currently use “Tom’s of Maine lavender” it is free from all those yucky stuffs and metals. It works great! I’m excited to try Lexi’s deo because of the shea butter! Makes the skin so soft!!!
Stinkiest I’ve ever felt? Any time I do the Jillian Michael’s 30 Day Shred Workout DVD! Those are some intense work outs… but me & hubby did them together, so we were both stinky together, lol 🙂
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The stinkiest I have ever felt is on a summer day doing my gardening I really work up a sweat. I would like to try this natural one and see if it helps.
I subscribed to the email list too! I am slowly switching to whole foods and just bought my son his first all natural wash and shampoo, so this is another step in the direction we are chosing to go, thanks for helping edicate us!!
I think I felt the stinkiest (and please don’t judge me) right after I came home from the hospital with my son. I remember my first shower in the hospital after giving birth, how joyous I felt!! Once I got home, I was so exhousted from breastfeeding and changing diapers that I went a few days without showering and yep, I smelled like sour milk, poop, BO, and well, not sure what else becasue that was all I could smell and I felt terrible!! I did learn to shower before my hubby left for work, then I felt ‘accomplished’ for the day! Thanks Stacy!!
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The times when my deodorant has failed aRe When I Get Very Stressed Out (duh). It’s A Combo Between Onions And CaT Pee- Yum!
I’m Excited To See If This Would Stop That.
Stacy, I love reading your posts! I have been working on changing our house to natural eating and cleaning. The deodorant is one area that makes me nervous. It would be nice to try without committing too much. Thank you for your stories and help.
The stinkiest I’ve been – I had bought a very cute shirt at Goodwill. As always, I washed it before I wore it; however, I kept smelling BO and wondering who it was. It was me. BO was in the shirt. I could never get it out and had to throw it away. So Stacy, now find a product that removes BO! Thanks for offering the giveaway.
🙂 White vinegar and sunshine.
I once used a natural deodorant that, after a day in the South Carolina sun, left me smelling WORSE than if I hadn’t applied! I was with people for work and was so embarrassed! Glad to hear this one works!
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Man, I love sharing stories. The stinkiest I ever got was in late summer, 1992. I was in college. My friends and I had been at a primitive campsite in Alabama for three days. Primitive: no running water, no facilities; because that’s what we did in college. There was a small pond, so we got wet, but never clean. On the way back home we decided to stop at the beach on Dauphin Island, just to put the finishing touches on our grime. In for a penny, in for a pound! We stayed on the beach getting salty and sandy until finally it was time to start back. It was only three hours back to Baton Rouge. We rode with the windows down.
One of my stinkiest times was cleaning the house on a humid day and only having fans to keep you cool. I would love to try this deodorant. I have been trying to use products that are natural and don’t have the chemicals.
I am curious to try this. I live in Texas whete we have several 100 degree days every summer! The stinkiest I have ever felt is if I forget to wear deoderant!!! Lol! Mostly in my head though!
When I tried to go NO deodorant because of all the bad stuff. I did not work, I could not stand to be around me!
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One of the stinkiest I have ever felt was definitely after getting up early to get our green beans picked and it took longer (bumper crop) than I anticipated. Before I knew it, the sun was full blast on my back (sunburnt neck) and I was sweating like a pig. Man a shower sure felt good.
I’m so glad you shared this. I’ve been searching for an all natural deoderant that I LIKE. There’s lots out there that do nothing with the stink. I just ordered deoderant, lip balm and lotion bar samples. I’ve been wanting to try hard lotion bars and she has samples – how great is that!
Sweatiest I’ve ever felt, after running a 5k. For sure.
Thanks for this post! I too am concerned about what I’m applying to my body, but I confess I’ve been too afraid that using a “natural” deo would leave me…well…downwind from everyone else! I’d love to give it a try, though.
Now, as far as the stinkiest I’ve ever felt…well, there are several great moments to choose from in my life, lol. I used to love getting really sweaty and dirty (and sometimes I still do). I’d say that the worst I ever thought I smelled was after my family spent the night in a tent downwind from a stockyard somewhere in the middle of Kansas in the summer of 1975. We smelled those cows (and the stuff that goes along with them) all night long, and for the next full day I was paranoid that I still had that smell on me. EEeeewwwww! Me smelling like the barn and my horse is like aromatherapy for my soul, but cows? Not so much. (With my apologies to all cow lovers.)
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Conventional deoderant makes me stink, stains all my clothes, and leaves a permanent stink in my blazers/jackets, etc. Need a natural deoderant that works. Thanks!
I would LOVE to win some of this to try! I tried some Tom’s deodorant, and what a waste of money! It was still filled with chemicals, and it didn’t work! I was stinky!
I inherited my father’s stinky genes. My mother has never needed deodorant in her life. Her sweat doesn’t stink. Really. I, however, smell like a skunk. I don’t like to spend a lot on shirts because I ruin them with my stink fairly quickly. It is truly embarrassing. I would love it if thisccould be helpful to me. I love the smell of green tea oil too.
Every time I give birth to another baby (just had my third in Jan) my current deodorant stops being effective. This time I’ve been trying to use more natural ones. It’s been a nightmare! Really, I wish I was dreaming and could wake up. I tried a new one before church last Sunday. Raised my hand to praise God and was like “Whoah! What is that smell?!” I started checking the kids diapers and actually hoping for a dirty one. No luck. It was ME! I stank! To make matters worse I go to a small church and we are all family to each other…..we like to give hugs. I knew it was coming. Every lady in that building will eventually make their way to me to see the new baby and give a hug. I was mortified. I went to the restroom and sprinkled some baby powder on my pits in desperation. No luck. I now smelled like baby powder and B.O. So I faced the inevitable. I stuck a big smile on my face plastered my arms to my side and gave tiny hugs. All the while praying that no one could smell me. …… I still keep trying different ones without luck. I’ve been tempted more then once to switch back to the bad deodorant, especially after a recent Dr. Visit where I reeked. Being a mom is hard enough! Do we have to smell like we haven’t bathed in a week? lol
Great info, I have been trying to make the switch, but have struggled to find one that works for me. The one I found is $10 per bottle – yikes! So, would be very willing to try another kind!
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Stinkiest I’ve ever been…lots of times playing sports in the middle of the summer. Thanks for the opportunity to win. Would love to try this natual product.
Conventional deoderant made me stinky. The natural seems to work better.
Oklahoma summers get hot – so it’s easy to get stinky. Also I went through a time early in my pregnancy where the deodorant I was using quit working for me. 🙂
I started using homemade deodorant a few months ago- 2-3 TBSP coconut oil, 1/8 cup cornstarch or arrowroot powder and 1/8 cup baking soda. It’s so pleasantly neutral and works for me FAR better than store bought. I once had a nasty painful itchy rash from a name brand deodorant. It took weeks to clear it up, and in order to clear up, I couldn’t use anything under my arms. I was working in customer service (selling suits) in May and could smell my BO all day every day for weeks- ugh! I’m surprised I still managed to sell anything!
To be fair, the company tried to make it right, and sent lots of coupons for free items, which, at that time, made me happy- now I know it was a way to keep my business. Nowadays I’d rather make my own- it takes 5 minutes every few months 😛
I would love to try the new deodorant and I have just signed up for her emails. Thanks Stacy
In my move to natural, this has been my greatest challenge: find affordable deo that actually works. I have tried about 4 natural brands and none can stand up to my pits 🙁 … I have been unfortunate to waste money trying the under $10 brands and so reluctant to try the other “guaranteed” high dollar stink blocks. I am gonna have to give this one a try!
I try to forget those times when I’m really stinky…I don’t want to admit that it happens!
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The stinkiest I have ever felt was after a sweltering day at the local wildlife preserve when I was working as a day camp director in college. I was singlehandedly in charge of 70 kiddos plus 12 other staff members. Someone left a kid at the bear enclosure, so I was running around in the 95+ degree heat trying to find him. Definitely stinky after that adventure!
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I used to be a competitive clogger where we would dance at least 5 times throughout the day under extreme heat and pressure wearing costumes that were only able to be febreezed. Talk about stinking at the end of the day!! Just switched to Tom’s yesterday and was not very happy with how it performed, although I will give it the 2 weeks that she suggests in her tips. Would love to win this and give another natural deoderant a try!
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I going to try homemade this week, but I ‘d rather get it with the work already done. No sense working up a sweat (wink) if I don ‘t have to!
The stinkiest I’ve ever felt? Has to be after a few hours working in the garden on a hot day in the sun! There’s not much work that feels more rewarding in the end but part of the price is lots of stinky sweat 🙂 I hope I get to try Lexie Naturals. Thanks, Stacy!
My office is crazy hot! Like 80 degrees hot -we have a thermometer to justify our moaning and groaning about it 🙂 I just started this job in the fall and cant believe how hot our little cubicle area got through the winter. My coworkers keep telling me, just wait until summer (OMG!) I already sweat every day while just sitting at my computer, and I totally agree, sweating is natural and what we are meant to do, so that doesn’t bother me too much. But smelling like BO while sitting in a meeting with your boss, and his boss, and his boss’s boss is uncool!! And those chemicals in typical antiperspirant scare me and my few attempts to use alternatives ended badly (aka- embarrassingly!) Thanks for the giveaway; I’m definitely going to give Lexie’s product a try!
The stinkiest I’ve been was shortly after switching to the Crystal deodorant… Even my boyfriend said I stunk! Lol
The stinkiest I’ve ever been is with menopause and working in the garden. Seems when I stink, I really stink when working hard in such high temps. like last summer. Would love to try the deodorant. I made some but it left oil stains on the pits of my favorite shirts so quit. Do only buy natural ones.
When I go to hug someone and I choke on the horrendous smell coming out of skin. Sometimes I just want to cry cuz nothing NOTHING has helped.
After birthing my son was for sure the stinkiest I’ve ever been. Those few weeks after were killer! 😉
Stacy,
I love your blog and really appreciate this post!
The stinkiest I have ever felt (which is a hard thing for me to decide, because with 3 boys, I have had plenty of stinky moments!) is when I went down to the shore to help my parents clean up after Hurricane Sandy. I don’t think even the strongest deodorant could battle the swampy sea smell that took over my whole body those days – from head to toe, I felt grimy and stinky! Thankfully, they are now almost back to normal down there, so it was worth the stink! 🙂
I’ve been wanting to make the switch, too, and your post is giving me more encouragement to take the plunge!
Thanks and have a great day! 🙂 Kate
I was the stinkiest for a couple of weeks after childbirth. Those hormones are something else! I was ripe 15 minutes after a shower!
I have tries sooo many natural does to make the switch I used Toms, my oh my I stunkuth! Gag! That was probably my worst unfortunately I have a cabinet full of natural deo that just don’t cut it! Great to heAr there’s a good one!
I’ve run through the gamut of natural deodorants…that left much to be desired. I would say, though, that I have that incredible ability to forget deodorant – period – and then I’m sniffing my pits at work wondering if anyone else can tell I forgot 🙂
I was trapped for 48 hours in Amsterdam Schipol Airport while pregnant with my second child and my oldest was just 3 and not yet potty trained…I felt nasty and stinky!
Thanks for the giveaway! The stinkiest I’ve ever felt was on a camping trip.:-)
You know that time after having a baby, all the hard work has been done, baby has been tended to and you’ve rested – then it hits you that you stink. There’s nothing like that first shower after labor! Would love to try the deodorant!
Georgia summers are BRUTAL!!! Since I am outside quite a bit during the summer, I can smell a bit…ripe at times!!!! I have been using a homemade baking soda, coconut oil, arrowroot powder and essential oil and have been playing with the ratios because baking soda irritates my skin so much. I am hoping that this stuff won’t break me out.
Anytime I am scared or nervous!
The stinkest I have been is when I was pregnant, very pregnant, in the middle of Houston summer! I kept a bottle of deodorant in my purse to reapply several times a day and I still smelled 🙁
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New situations especially job-related make me sweat like a rainstorm! The stress makes for a nasty odor. I also try to stay away from coffee because I notice it increases my anxiety response and the smell. I usually use Tom’s of Maine and sometimes resort to the bad stuff. I would love to try this!
Hmmm… I’m not sure when I’ve felt the stinkiest (my iPad tried to autocorrect that 🙂 ) but I have really wanted to try natural deodorant. I’ve just been too lazy to try to make it.
Thanks for the chance to win. When I get the flu or some illness that prevents me from showering is when I get the stinkiest, I hate that feeling. I can’t imagine what being homeless would be like and not being able to shower regularly. I have used a combination of baking soda and coconut oil for deodorant and it works great too.
Feeling stinky? That’s me right now! With a three year old running everywhere and a two-month old i barely squeeze in a shower through the week these days! We have also stopped using conventional deoderant but haven’t found a natural one we like. Maybe this is it!
I stink the worst when I’m nursing! And I’m getting ready to start again with my next baby, lol. This would be good timing:-) Definitely considering making my own!
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I have tried making my own deodorant and it didn’t go well, stinky!! So I would love to try this kind and see if it works for me.
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I can honestly say without hesitation that the stinkiest I’ve ever felt, was after giving birth to my daughter. Between an induced labor that started around 7pm and several hours of contractions and over an hour of pushing, and finally agreeing to a c-section (during which I threw up, in my own hair cause I’m good like that), by the time my daughter had arrived almost 20 hours later, I was funky. Really funky – from head to toe. Even my poor mother was pushing tic-tacs on me because she said my breath was raunchy (I don’t even remember when I had brushed before then, the morning before?).
My stinkiest moments come when I am working in the yard during our humid summers. One particular morning I was pulling up ivy and dripping from the work, heat, and humidity. I was attacked by mosquitoes, ran into the house and hit the shower.
Wow…the stinkiest I’ve ever felt or been? The stinkiest I’ve ever been was last August after climbing up a stream bed, on a mountain, on the side of the Appalachian Trail. We went after two geocaches called HellBender and I Think I Can. The first was named for the hell bender salamanders that are becoming extinct in the area. The other was named because, well I didn’t think we could, but we made it! It was so hot and the climb was the hardest thing I’ve ever done in my life. In addition to keeping me from falling, I had to help Brady up too. There are no trails, just fighting through bushes and water the whole way up. I was so sweaty and just plain nasty. Even commercial deo couldn’t keep up with that climb. I used to hate to sweat, but there is nothing like sweating it out on a good hike. You just feel so refreshed from the exercise even when you feel like passing out from being too out of shape, but yet accomplished becuase you pushed yourself and won.
Hi Stacy!
You remind me of myself in many ways….like who wants to give away “bad” stuff to others, so we might as well finish it off 🙂 I’m not sure if this is the STINKIEST I’ve ever felt but it is the most recent so the one I can actually recall…after a two-hour long ZUMBA party at Halloween. Yes, we danced for 2 hours; talk about sweaty and stinky! So I would love to try this natural deodorant and put it to the exercise test!
Happy sweating!
Kerry
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I always felt hit and stinky when I was pregnant. Blah!
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I also have tried to rid my home of conventional toiletries and have had some successes. Deodorant hasn’t been a success…yet. I just haven’t found one that keeps the stink away. Stinky time for me was at a theme park when the weather is hot! I would love to try Lexie deodorant and see if its the one.
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EIther a day working in the garden in 100 plus weather or car breaking down about 2 miles from home in the blazing heat and walking when unable to get ahold of anyone.
Probably when I’ve thrown straw bales all day, or worked in the pig barn, or been camping primitive for a week! I’d love to try this- our family uses Alvera Aloe Herbal roll-on from Natures Warehouse. We love it! I love that hubby works hard all day, and I still don’t pass out when I give him his welcome-home hug!
when I get sick. that’s the worst. because I’m laid up in bed. everything hurts. even my HAIR hurts. the last voting on my mind is showering. of course of d like to, but when moving feels like a bulldozer in ur head….well anyway, after 3 days of laying in bed w cold sweats of sickness pouring out…..yeah….pretty ripe
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I was at my stinkiest using Avalon Organics deodorant, sadly. I’d love a chance to try this one. Thanks!
i have never tried natural deodorant because I do sweat… unfortunately a lot. I am not lets say very feminine in that area. 🙂 I wonder how it would work for someone like me? I have been concerned for a while though about the possiblel ink betwen the aluminum and breast cancer and would at least like to try it! Thanks for the giveaway!
Mmmm, the stinkiest I’ve ever felt? That would be 70% of the time, my daughter and I use a liquid crystal deodorant, that BURNS whether we shave or not, so we resort to”pit washes” several times a day! Neither one of us can use regular deodorant, there’s just something in it that does not agree with us. So trying this would be ideal! We already make our own skin lotion, but deodorant making would be a stretch for us considering our nutty schedules! Maybe during the summer when school is out for the both of us, but for now, it just ain’t happening.
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I sweat all the time and want to switch to natural deodorant but don’t know where to start! I would love to try this thanks!
I hate being stinky, but I would say the stinkiest I have ever been is when I hike in the summer heat.
This stuff sounds awesome!! Stinkiest I’ve been I think would be after the 16 mile hike I did in Yosemite a few years ago. Hope I win! 😀
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I use natural deodorant I have tried so many kinds and none really help sometimes I get so frustrated I wind up switching back to regular. It would b awesome to have something that works!
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The stinkiest I ever felt is any day that I forget to put on deodorant ! Lol. The worst is when kids distract you and you get one pit done. Then you feel (and smell) lopsided all day. Seriously would love to try this. Adopting a more natural lifestyle due to my 7 year olds sensitivities. And because I love my girls and want to teach them to be the healthiest they can be!!
I have never used a natural deodorant, but have been wanting to do so due to the un-natural ingredients in commercially sold deodorants. I would love this opportunity to try this out and see how it works!
This give away is perfect timing. I was just on Lexie’s site Sunday checking out her Deo. The stinkiest I have ever felt was when we were in Tennessee a few years back in August…..100+ degree temps and I couldn’t shower for 2 days. :-/ Did I mention we were camping…..stinky! stinky!
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The stinkiest I have ever felt is any summer living here…I am from CO and that dry climate just wicks that stinkiness right off of you the minute your body let’s it go 🙂
I’ve been wanting to try this (or make my own!) The stinkiest I’ve felt… When I stopped using commercial deodorant a few years ago and was detoxing… lol
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I have not been able to find an all natural deodorant that would keep me from stinking. It would be nice to see if this one would work. Like you, I am concerned with what is in the deodorant that I am currently using. Thanks for the giveaway.