Nonchalante underarm pads

studentnomore

Last time I bought them on Amazon, they were around £7. Now they are £4.50 per box with delivery, which is even cheaper from the Nonchalante website. It appears to be regular price...

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Nonchalante-underarm-pads-14/dp/B006GDPWK8/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1422044312&sr=8-1&keywords=underarm+pads

thehappybutterfly

What a weird item. Sanitary pads for oxters.

calleyw

thehappybutterfly wrote: »

What a weird item. Sanitary pads for oxters.

I use them when wearing my sleeveless summer dresses as I always wear a cardy and don't want my sweat or my deodorant to ruin my cardy.

As most clothes are ruined by them. Think they are mainly used in the theater and such like.

Yours

Calley

jackyann

They were a standard item in most women's wardrobes in the days before underarm deodorants (within living memory!).
Also, as calley says, deodorants do spoil a lot of fabrics; and there are a number of people allergic to deodorants, and some with excessive perspration.

thehappybutterfly

Well I stand corrected! It just seemed odd to me. Like one of those offers in the Sunday paper supplements ��


That's supposed to be a smiley (stupid smartphone!)

A_Phoenix_of_Tangerine

studentnomore wrote: »

Last time I bought them on Amazon, they were around £7. Now they are £4.50 per box with delivery, which is even cheaper from the Nonchalante website. It appears to be regular price...

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Nonchalante-underarm-pads-14/dp/B006GDPWK8/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1422044312&sr=8-1&keywords=underarm+pads

DISCLAIMER: You are going to laugh your butts off, but since this is a money saving site please be open minded; I am sharing this with a view to helping people save money on what I think is a better product.

Although they are marketed for a different purpose, I tried these on the offchance that they might be an effective, cheaper alternative to Nonchalente pads, and actually, I found them to be much better (they don't bunch up and move around as easily as the Nonchalent; they are more absorbent and don't break-up; and, amazingly, they work out at a quarter of the price of Nonchalente!):



Bought from Amazon, a week's worth (14 pads) works out to be less then £1. Pretty amazing:
Amazon link - Lansinoh pads

Now, for convenience and to avoid landfill wastage, I use something called Driclor instead:

Amazon link for Driclor
It's a heavy duty aluminum antiperspirant, which you apply at night for a week, and then you just apply every few days or longer... It stops your pits from sweating (and before everyone starts shouting about how unhealthy that is, for people suffering from heavy sweating / smell even after applying normal anti-perspirant, something like this feels kind of necessary).

Warning, though: if you use Driclor, you'll want to use the following tips, otherwise your pits will burn, and you'll never want to use it again!

1. Apply at night, just before bed, after gently washing and thoroughly (but gently) drying your underarms. Some people use a hairdryer to thoroughly dry without causing irritation. If the area is not completely dry, your pits will sting, and if you scrub, your pits WILL become irritated by the Driclor.
2. Do not apply to freshly shaved pits! After the first week, that is easy - you won't need to apply Driclor daily, so just shave on a different day. But for that first week, if you have to shave, shave in the morning... And expect it to sting.
3. Do not apply like you would a normal roll-on! You only need to apply a minimal amount - a super thin layer. I apply it liberally to a cotton wool pad first, and then gently swipe the pad a couple of times on each pit.
4. If it starts to feel a bit itchy, do not scratch - you'll make it worse, and then you'll need to wash it off.

Good luck in your money-saving anti-sweat Quest! :T

studentnomore

A_Phoenix_of_Tangerine wrote: »

DISCLAIMER: ..

Although they are marketed for a different purpose, I tried these on the offchance that they might be an effective, cheaper alternative to Nonchalente pads......

:T Before I learned of Nonchalante I've tried so many things to keep wet patches at bay ( kitchen towels, panty liners etc), but I never tried breast pads, . I might give it a go...

However, using Driclor defies the point of the underarm pads ( at least for me). It's aluminium based, it blocks armpits glands, it just re-direct sweat to a different part of the body...That surely can't be right.

thehappybutterfly

I use Mitchum roll on which keeps my oxters nice and dry. I can go without it for a day if I'm having a stay at home day.

roeham

I used to buy very cheap underarm liners from Amazon but it took them ages to arrive. I wanted to try Nonchalante but they were expensive then. Now I'll try it. Nursing pads seem far too small to be used insted

A_Phoenix_of_Tangerine

roeham wrote: »

I used to buy very cheap underarm liners from Amazon but it took them ages to arrive. I wanted to try Nonchalante but they were expensive then. Now I'll try it. Nursing pads seem far too small to be used insted

Nope, they're a comparable size to the Nonchalente actually! Much better value, and (IMO) better quality too.