Salt Cyrstal Deodorants: Naturally Fresh and Crystal Essence Review

Photo take by Theresa Gonzales

I have to regretfully admit that I have god awful underarm odor. I don't mind sweating, because it is a natural process that eliminates the bodies' toxins. Also, using antiperspirants tend to have more chemicals like Aluminum. (I will provide links on the negative effects of these chemicals below). Well, in my naive plea I thought I had tried just about everything to keep my underarm odor at bay, I used brands like Dove, Degree, Mitchum, Ban, Secret, and Suave. I have used aerosol forms, gel forms, solid forms, roll-ons the whole shebang. After a while I noticed my underarm skin discoloring and the use of these brands left embarrassing dark yellowish stains on the underarms of my shirt. I don't know if any of you experienced the same things, but I ended up just washing my underarms frantically in public bathrooms--the horror.
It was not until I was a college freshman when I first entered a Coop in Bellingham Washington. I felt such a feeling not so unlike walking into the Garden of Eden.
So many brands to choose from! I decided to try Naturally Fresh's Deodorant Crystal which is a natural salt. As you can see in the picture it says that the product does not have harmful Aluminums, it is paraben/PG free, and is hypoallergenic. 

Review: I did not enjoy using this type of deodorant, you have to wet the top of the crystal before you can rub the crystal along your underarms and then wait until the moisture evaporates and it starts to chaff your skin before you can stop rubbing it under there. I just didn't feel any residue on my underarm, so I could never tell if it was on or not. Also, it takes a while to put on, when you are in public, you can't sneak a wipe or spritz, and god forbid if you don't have a water source to put on the cyrstal you are a sitting duck and hope you start sweating so you can use the moisture out of that . You have to keep rubbing until the sweat dries away, but then I get nervous and I sweat some more! Another thing I found interesting about the crystal, after you had rubbed your underarm with it, the crystal starts to smell like your underarm odor for awhile, as if  the crystal sucks in the odor. I have tried other brands of Salt Crystal Deodorants such as Crystal Essence (pictured below) that worked exactly the same as the Naturally Fresh Brand. I'd have to say the Natural Salts Deodorants in cyrstal form is not very convenient for me, and if you are an excessive sweater like me you have to re apply many times throughout the day to neutralize the odor. I would say this would be great for people who don't have as bad underarm problems as myself.

Courtesy of Mallerysdeals
Accessed 9/22/2012

Sites for Negative Effects of Aluminum and Propylene Glycol:

• Self Growth

• Naturally Fresh

• Healthy Muslim

• Education

Product Ingredients for Naturally Fresh Deodorant Crystal:

Natural mineral salts (Ammonium Alum), Aloe Vera (Aloe Barbadensis Extract)