Armpits !!

Merlot

I am pleased to read its not just me who clothes are stained, I used to think this was a male problem and not a female problem, and haven't mentioned it before until now due to the embarrassment factor.

So thank you to all who posted on this thread, I feel as though I am not the only one.

belfastgirl23

The other thing I think though is that there are different types of smell. A fresh sweat smell is one thing, especially if someone has been working vigorously etc. and isn't really that offensive. But a stale sweat smell where someone hasn't washed either themselves or their clothes for a few days is horrible. I was beside someone in WHsmith the other day who had obviously let it go a few weeks or months and it was gross...

I know when I'm taking proper exercise without wearing deoderant I am aware of the 'fresh sweat' smell so I do try to wear deoderant for that. But in the course of normal life (not doing anything too physical) then I don't really need it either, it's just a crutch I guess.

BTW Sanex is half price in boots at the minute

lazy_daisy

Dear Guineapig,
please could I have the recipe for your HM deodorant too, please? it sounds just what I need.
Thanks in advance,
Daisy x

kizzykizzywizzy

I'm sure I saw somewhere that soaking yellow armpits in dissolved aspirins or paracetemol can't remember which helps, don't know if this takes the smell away though.
I've also got tops that make me feel & smell sweaty after only minutes vile!!

LittleVoice

Merlot wrote: »

I have some clothes under the arm that have gone yellow and its gone hard (yuk), I do wear deoderant, I shower everyday, I can't understand why?

Would using an anti-perspirant rather than a deodorant be better?

a66y31

well i found this also with tight t shirts under the arms...so I switched to a roll on from boots for 69p(not sticky either)...and worked a treat...think the sprays do stain/mark your clothes then cause a unpleasent smell when u wear them...but I still use spray do when wearing anothing not so clingy...:D

guineapig

lazy_daisy wrote: »

Dear Guineapig,
please could I have the recipe for your HM deodorant too, please? it sounds just what I need.
Thanks in advance,
Daisy x

Well, I shall tell you (and anyone else who is interested) what I told the others.

The Home made Deodorant I make has been tested by a handfull of people a few of them being what I call "familiar strangers" ie, not anyone who has a vested interest in what I do;)

They thought it was the best thing they had ever used and begged me for more, so, sorry this stuff has "currency" and I might sell it so I can't afford to shoot myself in the foot that way;) and anything posted on here becomes Martins property ( copyright)and I am not that daft!

The stuff I have used and still do (when too lazy/busy to make a batch of the best stuff) is witch hazel, followed by patting the pits with bicarb of soda.
You can use either of these alone and if you are at home it might be all you need, however, if you work or are very er, productive in the arm pit area you might find both the witch hazel and the bicarb are a belt and braces approach.

Vinegar is also useful and I have used that too, the smell wears off pretty fast ( seconds), but I wouldn't advocate using bicarb after as you might get a bit fizzy:D

Dh found that shaving his pits was a big help and makes him feel cooler especially in Summer, it also helps that anything applied to his pits now works better as it reaches the whole arm pit area.

Since he no longer uses commercial deodorant his shirts no longer stink even after washing, he could even get away with wearing them 3 or 4 days if he wanted to:eek: ( not that he does!)
I am convinced that it's the chemicals in the commercial stuff that react with the sweat and fabric to make the stinky cocktail that is so hard to remove by normal washing.
Neither the above or the super duper home made stuff I use will stop you sweating, it just means that what comes out will not mutate in to stinky sweat!
HTH?

Yategirl

guineapig wrote: »

The stuff I have used and still do (when too lazy/busy to make a batch of the best stuff) is witch hazel, followed by patting the pits with bicarb of soda.
You can use either of these alone and if you are at home it might be all you need, however, if you work or are very er, productive in the arm pit area you might find both the witch hazel and the bicarb are a belt and braces approach.

I find patting my pits with bicarb and then rubbing in a pea sized amount of coconut oil (from health food store) works wonders for me. I have even mixed the coconut oil (is like a cream unless very hot then it is a liquid or very cold when it is solid!) with bicarb and ess oil to make a "solid" all in one deodrant for when I go away/swimming.

some people find washing with bicarb and "gently" scrubbing under your pits helps.

BUT bicarb can irritate so be gentle and if you get irritation then lay off for a couple of days till your skin has settled

lazy_daisy

Doh! Just typed big 'thank you' post to Guineapig, Yatregirl and all you other lovely helpful people and lost it....
So, umm, thank you!
I will definitely try the bicarb idea, being OS I have a huge jar of the stuff of course,
love LD xx

scotnan

Yategirl wrote: »

make a paste of bicarb with water and smear over the armpit area of the top, leave it for a little while and wash as normal. You could add vinegar (white) to the wash as well both will help get rid of the bacterial smell but vinegar isn't so good on it's own.

Thanks for the tip, will try this out

Can I just ask, do you leave the bicarb paste on when you put it in the washing?:o