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I don’t use deodeorant, I use a generic antitranspirant. It prevents sweating but you don’t stink of …whatever the fuck those super artificial “manly” smells are supposed to be.
Antitranspirant? 🤣
I went the other way and use non-antiperspirant deodorant, once I learned the anti-perspirant is aluminum flakes that cause an allergic swelling to close up your sweat glands (at least it explained all the glitter stains in the armpits of my shirts).
Oh, curious. They are called “Antitranspirant” in German.
Latin words are almost always 1:1 the same in German and English (modulo suffix) and this appears to be derived from latin too, so I had assumed it’d be the same but, in this specific case, it’s not.
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Me too lol
A nice bar of soap. Always cleans better than gels, and has none of the freaky ingredients.
Even with soap I need to look hard for ones without damn foaming agents like SLS (which are literally irritants to skin). But at least you don’t have all the plastic waste that shower gels involve. Shampoo and conditioner are available as bars too, for people who use those.
Use a shampoo bar also. Same reason. No plastics.
How many micro particles of plastic do you think are in 1 bottle of shampoo? 1 million? I have no idea, but I’m not going there.
Old Spice.
Both the plain, beautiful blue Fresh variety.
Both feel clean and smell fresh.
I have very sensitive skin.
I will pitch an apoplectic fit if they ever discontinue it.
YOU HEAR ME, OLD SPICE!? NO ONE NEEDS WOLFSBANE OR WHATEVER OTHER SHIT YOU’RE PEDDLING.
B-but… Terry Crews’ pecs told me I needed it. Terry Crews’ pecs would never lie to me!
Hips don’t lie.
Pecs do.
I can’t keep a beat with my pecs, but I’ve got a good drum & bugle thing going, given some heads up. 🤷🏼♂️ Got that goin’ for me.
Old Spice Original, 45 years. They better not discontinue!
The cheapest ones I can find on LIDL.
I just use liquid dr bonners, dude writes some unhinged stuff on his bottles but its nice soap. I usually dont like scented soaps, but i am a fan of the peppermint version.
I dont really care about what antipersperant i use, but i tend to avoid ones marketed as “FOR MEN, CHARCOAL SWEAT AND ALPINE” Etc etc.
Dawn dish soap for both answers.
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I use dove bar soap, anything else I’ve tried makes my skin feel weird.
For deodorant, I use degree.
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Hello soap and deodorant twin.
There’s threes of us
Makes your skin feel weird how? When I was a kid I hated washing my hands because they felt ‘squeaky’ clean after, and it was uncomfortable to let my fingers touch each other. I’ve since figured out that my skin was irritated by the foaming agents in liquid soap (and most bar soap these days). Dove bars are better because they have moisturiser in them, but they are not true soap and still have foaming agents and stuff. You might find a true soap without things would feel good to you too. Searching for ‘SLS-free’ is a good place to start if you’re interested.
The most girly ones I can find. Anything marketed as “for men” with no actual scent described is a big warning sign to avoid. I imagine they are “Engine oil and Swarfega” or “Sawdust and petrol” or other stereotypical alpha male aromas.
I use different varieties of shower gel from Kneipp mostly. It’s a German brand. I like the smell and consistency. But I sometimes try out other brands.
Kirkland Citrus body wash and Mitchum unscented antiperspirant.
I’m a sweaty mofo and need the strong stuff.
Soap: a bar of unscented oatmeal-based soap
For deodorant: I have had very good experience with “Thai stone” style salt-based deodorants. These work simply by making your skin inhospitable to odor-causing bacteria while not causing you irritations. You need to apply it liberally (after slightly wetting the stone, I just count out 8 strokes under each arm), but a single stone will last you … a very long time … and it does really work for a whole day. It has no scent, per se, so you will just smell like you smell without the sulfurous bad smells caused by BO bacteria.
Or so I gather…
No judgement, here. In my experience, the latter has led to the widespread use of patchouli by those who believe in salting their pits, and that’s not much of a vote of confidence in its efficacy.
Soap, generally nice smelling stuff, like those fancy Italian bath soaps in olive/cypress/fig/etc. Shower gel never seems to cut through oil or rinse off sufficiently for my liking, it always feels faintly icky afterwards.
I have to use antiperspirant; I sweat like a freaking horse for no good reason. Generally whatever’s on sale, but Brut have a new gender-neutral range that doesn’t smell like a high school locker room, which is a nice change.
Cheapest shower gel I can find, cause none of the smell remains on my body (long and hot showers help against my infuriating back pain better than most painkillers). Nivea roll-on (without Al-salts).
I use any clear gel, currently Old Spice. I haven’t found a single “normal” deodorant that doesn’t leave white shit on my shirts, so clear gel it is.
As for shower gel, I just use a bar of soap. Anything is fine. What you should be really worried about is your shampoo and conditioner. Don’t use either of them daily. Don’t get that bullshit 2-in-1. Most people use them wrong, too.
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Hair & Body wash can work but often are too aggressive for hair. But used occasionally is not problematic.
Actual soap, Lever 2000 boring odor, a bar lasts quite a while even with hard scrubbing. Shower gel is weird and wasteful, you have water right there in the shower.
I have some deodorant thing but it’s unscented, just for the antiperspirant.
