Can you suggest some cruelty free deodorants that are also anti-perspirants?

I’ve been meaning to try “Kiss My Face’s Liquid Rock” line, but I’m still using up my current container of Ban (the company that owns Ban, apparently, did not sign the Cruelty-Free agreement deal with PETA. I probably won’t be purchasing from them again because of this, even though I quite like their product.) A lot of vegans I know use of Tom’s of Maine but I’m not a big fan of their products (their toothpaste… urk, still gagging.)

Here’s a list of some cruelty-free brands that make deodorizing products.

And here is a directory of Cruelty Free companies.

@muppetish: I actually have a Leaping Bunny shopping guide in my wallet and have access to both Tom’s and Burt’s Bees products however, it seems that there are almost no vegan deodorants that are also antiperspirants. The problem was called to my attention when I asked my mother is she knew how effective Tom’s was and she told me I would need to make sure it was an antiperspirant as well. Unfortunately, it is not. Thank you for the links though, maybe there is something in one of them about antiperspirants.

Mitchum is another brand that I’ve read about that should be vegan-friendly (they are owned by Revlon, which is also cruelty-free.) They do make an anti-perspirant which should fit your requirements. I’ve had the same problem with vegan deodorants not being anti-antiperspirants. Most people I know don’t have a problem with that because they only want to control odor and not sweat-production. But I sweat a lot and don’t want to walk around with wet spots. /shallow

Good luck searching!

“Cruelty Free?” WTF?

@CaptainHarley No animal testing: Cruelty-free

Ah! Ok. I should have known. : )

@muppetish: Thank you so much! Mitchum is affordable and available everywhere!

I also want to avoid the wet spots because I sweat like a beast. /also shallow/

You could use a crystal of alum. It’s a very effective antiperspirant and completely natural.

I would strongly advise against using any type of Anti-perspirant if you read the label you will see that they all contain aluminum and other harmful chemicals. I use deordorant only and will not let me kids use anything else.

@muppetish Thanks so much for that informational website (great answer).
@KatawaGrey I think that many anti-perspirants use aluminum,which,
when I remember getting conscious of such things in the 60’s and 70’s was linked (whether right or wrong) to all kinds of brain concerns (altzheimers, etc.) Since, they still seem to have no clue on the causes of such horrible diseases, perhaps it would be good to check to see about this before using aluminum on your body.

I take equal amounts of corn starch and baking soda, and mix in several drops of lavender essential oil (example, for ½ cup total of powder I use about 20 drops), then cut in coconut oil (like you would cut shortening into flour for biscuits) until it’s a nice cream. Works great, I don’t smell bad, and have rarely had any “wetness” problem.

@skfinkel: I have noticed that many of these deodorants lack aluminum. I may just try some regular deodorant and see how that goes. With any luck, I don’t sweat nearly as much as I think I do…

@llewis: That sounds interesting! I may try that, thank you. Also, I don’t bake much so I have no idea how to “cut in” something…

To “cut in” a fat to flour, you can either use a fork (easier for small amounts like the deodorant) or take two table knives, one in each hand, and “slice” across the fat repeatedly. There’s probably a cooking video that will describe it somewhere. People also use a pastry cutter tool (which does not look like a pizza cutter, in spite of what Google displays). But for this, just mash the shortening into the powder using a fork.

Here’s a video describing what @llewis is talking about. If you can ignore the music, it’s pretty informative.

And in my experience, the less you use anti-perspirant, the less you’ll need it. I used to sweat like crazy, even if I didn’t do anything. Once I read about the effects of the active ingredient, I decided to switch to strictly deodorants. I still sweat, but not nearly as much as I used to.

1. To kill bacteria that causes the odor I was wondering if we could just use anti-bacteria handgel?

2. If we shaved off all our armpit hair would that stop the sweating?

3. Wouldn’t it be better to wear sleeveless clothes (we live in a tropical climate) to air the armpits….or would it be better to wear long-sleeves to hide the smell?

I don’t have any armpit hair but my daughter does and she’s developing some odor so lacking experience (females my side of the family have that gene, we don’t have armpit hair) I wonder how to help my daughter take care of it.