Am starting to get a bit jack from paying $4-$6 per can of mens deodorant spray (eg. Rexona) which hardly last more than a dozen or so applications.
Can anybody recommend a place to buy these or similar quality cans at a more reasonable price?
Deodorant sprays ripoff prices
The Buyer on 07/02/2015 - 12:51
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or don't buy Rexona.
Plenty of other better brands that are much cheaper.
yep, they were on sale a couple of weeks back (around 3 dollars each). I bought like 60 of them…
60 cans, now that's one stinky OzBargainer!
Wish I was there to see your $180 trolley of deodorants, that could have gone viral on YouTube.
and planning to sell it?! Unless you were exaggerating, 60 for personal use is a little too much and unfair to others! Also these things have an expiry/best before date.
generic brands are cheap
People who buy these items on RRP, their ozbargain licence should be revoke.
OP, Have you tried having a shower?
No seriously, a few hundred years ago folks didn't shower or bath hardly at all. Queen Elizabeth the 1st used to bath excessively once per month.
Instead, people just used scents to mask the smells, similar to the technique used by OP.
this has been debunked as a myth a long time ago, along with other myths such as :
peasants used to eat poorly, they used bouquets of flowers during wedding to hide their stench, etc? what myth?
i only speak in facts
this factoid comes from the antiques roadshow.
much better source than the acne-infested 16year olds on here.
I'd recommend a alum block or deodorant cystal stone. They're probably gonna set you back around $10+ depending on where you get them from, but they last for years!
Examples:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000AN1JEI/ref=oh_aui_detai…
http://www.amazon.com/RazoRock-400230-Alum-Block/dp/B003LEXE…OUCH!!!
i use a alum block after shaving,
you wouldn't want any scratches or chaffing in your armpit before applying it.also good for the women's private area, tightens the skin. lol
You guys leaving negs really are losers.
Alum Stings the skin (fact)
Alum is also known as "virgin" soap for that very reason (fact) Google it if you don't believe me.
if you are going to leave negs at least leave one for something that isn't a fact.
Yeah alot of lurkers on here just like to click the +/- as if its facebook or something.
lol @ virgin soap
I'm all for tightening of the skin in that region of women. Would this send the wrong message for Valentines gift? :D
wow 6 losers
they just keep coming
reject shop sells them for half that price
great, I'll check one out, thanks.
ahhhh, just how much are you spraying on yourself ?
do people tend to avoid you in public ?Might still be in high school so give the kid a break.
no no no, that would be Lynx for highschool…
About 5-10 seconds worth.
That's a lot of deodorant. 10 seconds is a long time, so hopefully you're overestimating there.
If you read the link you posted yourself…
3 - Do not over-apply perfume or cologne. Many people are allergic to perfumes and you will, unknowingly, cause a reaction. Plus, there is no reason for people to "smell you coming" or smell you once you've left the room. Dab a little on your wrists or neck for a subtle smell.
Yes, give him a spray for kicking up a stink.
About 1-2 seconds is more than adequate. That makes a can last 60 applications, rather than 12.
I just realised you are using deodorant. Try anti-perspirant. It suppresses the sweat so you don't need much.
Old Spice works really well, I get the roll on Fiji one from America and it even smells good.
Their sprays are well… sprays.This is what I normally get.
Today I bought some of this to try:
I use the Old Spice solid stick. "After Hours", smells amazing! lasts a long time, too.
roll on works best if you shave or trim your arm pits
serious
reason being it needs to touch your skin to work and not just coat your hair
About 5-10 seconds worth.
Way too much.
Agreed, I spray maybe for 0.5-1 second.
Holy Moly 5-10 seconds…
I see they do that on the ads, I didn't think anyone actually did that in real life. My wife is bad enough, does it for about 3 seconds. I'm like you 0.5-1 sec tops.
5-10 seconds must destroy good shirts pretty quick.
Why not use roll one with limited scent, then a decent cologne?
Why not use roll one with limited scent, then a decent cologne?
Have always found roll ons a little messy (I'm a bit hairy :) but has been a few years since I've tried so maybe they've improved and worth giving another go, thanks for tip.
Old Spice. You should try a bar not a roll on with the ball thing in it.
I use the old spice classic bar and last a long time and works.
I recently switched from rexona to nivea stress protect, have found it more effective, therfore use less. Just stock up on deodorant when it is half price I guess.
You use WAY too much.
On reflection I probably really only use about 4-5 seconds worth.
That is still alot.
Agree. I literally go pssst under each arm. Maybe under 1 second.
@mskeggs: Same I think this guys takes the lynx ads where the guy sprays half a can on himself a little too seriously.
It's the same with toothpaste, shampoo and virtually every other bathroom consumable — they use far too much in the ads.
+1 for correctly spelling onomatopoeia.
Would've awarded a bonus point for "onomatopœia".
@Scrooge McDuck: I'll never forget how to spell that word. Won a spelling bee in Year 3 (3rd grade / whatever you call it) with that word. lol (the child with no life right here)
As for bonus points - the way I remembered it back then was Edgar Allan Poe, so I guess I'll always spell it out that way purely as a homage. No bonus (bonut?) point for me :( lol
Not so long ago you could buy the finger pump style deodorant / anti-perspirants
Like this one? http://www.redwin.com.au/sensitive-skin-product/aluminium-fr…
They sell that in Coles and Woolies still. Only one I know of that uses a pump.
Yes. Have not seen that one whilst shopping but will look out for it next time I do. Cannot recall the brand name I used to buy but I believe it was a white plastic (probably recyclable) bottle. Never understood while it was removed from the shelves but probably because the cfc spray ones wasted more product; increased sales and were more expensive too.
Excuse my ignorance, but why on earth is this deodorant Halal certified!!!?
In case you get stuck on a deserted island after your cruise liner sinks, leaving you stranded with just your toiletries, and you get really desperately hungry/thirsty?
Surely deodorant has calories?
So.. I guess, for some members of our population, that certification may come in handy one day.
Who knows! :)
(totally joking / being an arse there, if it wasn't already obvious, but on a serious note.. it looks like the certification is stamped on the pages of all of their products online there - not just the deodorant. I also wonder why, purely out of curiosity… I mean, animal by-products are in tonnes of beauty products / toiletries, but I only ever thought that was a real issue for our vegan friends out there. Halal is an interesting one! anyway… I'm rambling)
finger pump style
How does it work? According to google its a digital sex act o.O
No CFC's so no green house gas contribution
What the?!
CFCs haven't been used as propellants in Australia since 1989.
They use other hydrocarbons now which do have a greenhouse issue, but the CFC problem was a long term interaction breaking down the ozone layer, which is why they were banned.
I'm fairly sure that CFC propellants have been eradicated for some time in regards to deodorants cans so I wouldn't worry about that.
Some guys sweat like crazy. I've known some who definitely wouldn't cope with simply patting themselves down with a little face washer during their lunch break - before they even get to work, their shirts would've already had big sweat patches. They didn't necessarily smell bad either - some just sweat heaps without body odour (at least some that I've known)… others seem to not sweat much, but stink to the high heavens.
I guess people use deodorants and antiperspirants for different reasons. Some need it to reduce sweat (and unfortunately do need those chemicals - which, by the way, you can get non-aluminium based ones these days. I use one! And they work). Some need it to reduce or mask body odour, in which case.. I highly doubt a wet towel is going to help with that. If you've known anyone with B.O., you will know it's not that simple… They'd need to shower at lunchtime instead :P Not exactly practical..
But yeah. Non aluminium ones are out there.. Fear-monger not.
by the way, you can get non-aluminium based ones these days. I use one! And they work)
Maybe if you're a petite female or from an ethnic background with fewer apocrine sweat glands (i.e. East Asian) and you sit still for most of the day, then yes, I could see them "working". Otherwise they're hopeless.
I gave Redwin & the hideously expensive herbal types a shot, but to no avail in the summer as I found Niagara Falls opened up underneath each arm the moment the mercury went above 27C. If Australia's climate was about 10C cooler on average, they might suffice, but in summer there's just no hope in hell for any of that stuff working for me.
I'm a genetic one-man sauna in any case, and like you mentioned, it's not so much the fact that I stink when I sweat (I actually rarely do, even when exercising); rather just the unsightly wet patches on shirts. So I've been through a whole gamut of anti-sweat products/tactics (including some German-made antiperspirant you apply once and it stings like hell for hours, plugs up your pores and you don't sweat from your armpits for about 2-3 weeks after; the only trouble is, the body finds a way to disperse that elsewhere, whether you want it to or not).
Nothing beats the skin's absorption rate of fine aluminium zirconium particles and their ability to plug pores.
Perlite (volcanic glass powder) is the only other real substitute but hardly any other deodorants use it and most that do, use it in conjunction with aluminium zirconium to boost the anti-antiperspirant properties.
This is a fairly good and impartial read on aluminium toxicity via absorption through the skin: http://www.controlyourimpact.com/articles/antiperspirant-alu…
The only permanent and proven solutions to hyperhidrosis are regular injections of botox or Endoscopic thoracic sympathectomy (cutting the sweat gland surgically); both of which have laundry lists of horrible side-effects and are textbook examples of the cure being worse than the ailment.
What do you use now?
@Stix: Aluminium ones. I can't be assed devoting more time into becoming a para-dermatologist just to find a goddamned brand of deodorant that actually works and isn't chock full of industrial run-off.
Water is found in the brains of humans with Alzhimer's. Stop washing under your arms, people!
But in all seriousness, "At present so little is known about the underlying cell changes in Alzheimer’s disease that definitive statements about the role of aluminium cannot be made with any certainty." (fightdementia.org.au) Think and don't scaremonger.
So, when the Doctor asks you how much aluminium you ate today, what are you going to say? "But Doctor I don't eat Aluminium" to which he replies "But your symptoms indicate memory loss and your tests show elevated levels of aluminium in your brain, so where did it come from?" ….and so the story goes in the quest to find an answer to this mysterious question. Meanwhile you have already forgotten what the question was!
Isn't your tinfoil hat made from aluminium?
Correlation does not prove causation. And if my doctor thought it did, I'd get a new doctor - fast.
I go to Indonesia once a year and buy about 50 roll-ons for around 60c each. The price of spray deodorants here has gotten out of hand.
Even the cheapest brand up there is of reasonable quality. Rarely do I ever get bad BO, usually only when it's >40C
This is interesting as I am sure most of our deodorants are made somewhere offshore, it is an insight into the actual cost of production and distribution in a low wage/cost market - In theory even with a typically aussie margin the product should be available on offer for under $1 AUD here.
This could work if you live in Perth or Darwin where they sometimes have really cheap flights to Bali, like this one for $164 return.
If you bring back 50, and each deodorant is $5 cheaper than the local price, then you could save $250. If you fly in and fly out the same day youre ahead $86. Hmmm…
Not everyone can afford to go to indo once a year lol
Plus after all the aussie drug incidents and execution with indo, i dont want to take that risk either, who knows if there are any powder mixed in one of the roll on sticks :D
~They're all a rip-off. Woolworths Home Brand used to always be $1.99. Now it's jumped by $2.00 to $3.99 - that's 100% price increase in 3 months. How can that possibly be justified? (I thought prices were gunna come down after MAMIL/Mr Abbott ditched the carbon tax?) Just like petrol jumping 24c overnight - I guess all the servos must have had a delivery & paid more:(
speak up can't hear
I also had a can last year that didn't seem to last long. So I wrote to the manufacturer to complain, and they sent me 3 different spray cans as compensation. All lasted the normal 2-3 months. So I guess I was right in diagnosing they get some leakers.
Moral of the story - calmly complain to the manufacturer and you will win.
Considering its a common problem, they shouldn't be on the shelves.
Relevant username.
Avoid sprays unless you want to smell like a cheap hooker. Go with an unscented roll-on like Nivea/Dove/Mitchum clinical protection. It may set you back around $15 but one stick can last you a month or two as it's double the strength of most anti-pirspirants (20% or so).
Driclor is another option, which although it is around 20% as well I find it much more effective but at the expense of burning armpits if I apply too much.
Double it with a crystal stick to prevent sweat BO. Most importantly however, invest in some cologne!
I always found that roll on's would mark my clothing. This could possibly be because I was applying much more with a roll on (where as I only apply a short spray of can deo).
I tried Nivea and Dove. Same issue.
Hmm, the clinical protection ones never stained my clothes. Apply only one click to each armpit at night before bed so any stains will just go on your home clothes.
Old spice stick style roll on.
$6 for 6 months using it once a day and smells leagues better than anything in a spray.
Chemist Warehouse have rexona guys and girls deodorant for $2.45 at the moment. Stock up!! I haven't seen it that cheap in years…
Thanks for the heads up! Will be heading there :)
Most of the spray deodorants aren't even deodorant, just 'body spray'. They also all contain aluminum which leave gross marks on your shirts. Old Spice Original is where it is at.
This one? http://shop.coles.com.au/online/mobile/national/old-spice-de…
Assuming it doesn't stop sweating?
That's the one. There are definitely better deodorants I would say, however I just like Old Spice because of the lack of aluminum. Ruined too many good shirts with other deodorants.
Use a roll on? It lasts me months
Don't your clothes start stinking like deodorant when you spray it on for 10 seconds? Give it a short burst under each arm. That should be enough. It will last for a few months and your shirts won't start stinking.
which hardly last more than a dozen or so applications
They seem to last me months and months.
I use the Dove deodorant stick. Apply once per day. Lasts > 6 months.
Has anyone tried these from Kogan?
https://www.kogan.com/au/buy/santa-barbara-deodorant-spray-2…Not sure what a fresh/citrus/marine/herb combination would smell like, but might be worth a try for just $0.98 + delivery?
I usually buy spray deodorant from grocery run or catchoftheday..The cost is around $10 for 3 and if you wait you can usually get them when they have free delivery
http://www.groceryrun.com.au/event/45400/product/3-x-rexona-…
In summer weather, I used to sweat under my armpits, to the extent you'd have to be careful when raising your arms etc. Smell wasn't too bad, but still not ideal.
I gave this a try: http://www.chemistwarehouse.com.au/product.asp?id=63528&pnam…
No turning back for me, it's all I use to battle sweat now. I apply it once every week or so now, just before bed, then shower in the morning to get rid of the residue. Just make sure your pits are dry before applying. I used it the first night and was dry all of the next day, I applied it again the second night and experienced some discomfort - is why I stick to once per week or at least a day gap between application.
Then, throw out all the other crap you have and invest that money in some nicer smelling fragrances, like your favourite Beyonce, etc. :P
PS. I've had my 60ml bottle for over 2 years now I think. Past the "expiry" and all, just about to finish. Worth the tiny bit extra it costs. IMO.
Please use roll-on deodorant. It actually helps stop the sweating (and smells).
The sprays only deodorise and mask the smell of your body odour.
So many stinky men on my train… holds nose
Stinking is free.
You can actually create your own scented deodoriser using fresh fruit/vegetable ingredients that have been blended with a few heaped tablespoons of salt. Just pour the contents into a small spray bottle and keep it refrigerated until you run out.
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This is why you wait till woolworths or Coles have half price sales and you stock up on them. They had them on sale for the last few weeks.