what's the best deodorant/antiperspirant?

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Mutilator

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10. Yellow Armpits
These stains are likely caused by a combination of deodorant and perspiration. Many deodorants and antiperspirants contain aluminum salts. When these salts are combined with laundry detergent, especially in cooler water settings, they are not easily dissolved, and they remain on the fabric. To remove the stains, try soaking the T-shirts in warm water with liquid peroxide based cleaner such as Bio-OX Citrus Concentrate. Wash in the hottest water safe for the fabric. If the stain remains, dampen and sprinkle stain with meat tenderizer. Let stand for about an hour then launder again. To avoid new stains from forming, always wash the shirts in the hottest water safe for the fabric. To prevent these stains, allow your antiperspirant to dry completely before dressing.

From here.
 

Vette73

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Originally posted by: asabour
good suggestions, but I want an antipersperant that won't give me the yellow pit-stains. I checked the store and ALL of them have aluminium in them. Is this definately the cause of the yellow pit-stains?



Don't know about the stain, could be from other things such a you.

And as far as I know ALL current deodorant's on the market use the same Alum. something. Juts they use a different % of it. So get 2 deodorant's, 1 with a HIGH % and 1 with a low amount and see which one works better for you.
 

Supermercado

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Old Spice High Endurance Red Zone, fresh scent. It's a bit on the expensive side but it's definitely the best-working anti-perspirant I've used.
 

upsciLLion

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I use Arm & Hammer Ultramax Cool Blast. It smells good, isn't over-powering, and lasts quite a while.
 

MrCodeDude

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Right Guard Extreme w/ Power Caps: Cool Peak

Dunno what this Overdrive stuff is. Yeah, I used to get the yellow pit stain stuff too when I switched from stick -> gel, just let the gel deoderant dry before putting on the undershirt.

Oh yeah, and make sure your pits are completely dry after the shower when you apply the deoderant.
 

Balt

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I've tried just about every kind of anti-perspirant, and eventually have settled on Sure - Regular scent. It works well and the scent is clean and not overpowering like a lot of other anti-perspirants.
 

brigden

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I hardly wear either deodorant/antiperspirant as I neither smell or sweat much.
 

imported_yovonbishop

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my english teacher (for some reason I'm not quite sure why) told our class that lemon juice is supposed to get out the yellow stains in shirts, I don't know if it actually works though
 

MomAndSkoorbaby

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Skoorbie uses whatever is on sale....I use different laundry detergents to get the yellow stains out if he gets them. Undershirts help with staining!
 

Ninjja

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Originally posted by: Ilmater
I use Old Spice as well. I use the clear gel "Fresh" scent and my gf LOVES it. I don't even wear cologne when I wear it around her because she gets mad at me for masking the scent.

I too love the smell of Old Spice on a guy...it's my favourite.
 

biostud

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Personally I use Cacherel "NEMO", or Ralph Lauren "Safari" Don't know if they're "good" but I like the smell.