Rash Free Baking Soda Deodorant

Some people have decided baking soda deodorants are not for them after they have had a bad reaction to a deodorant with baking soda.

Because my baking soda deodorant changed my life and it was a miracle for me, I want to make sure you have as much information as possible about how it works and offer some suggestions on making baking soda work for you rash-free.

First, know that not all baking soda deodorants are the same. They have different levels of baking soda and might have other ingredients that can make all the difference to how your skin reacts. If you had a bad reaction, proceed with caution but do try different formulations, My deodorant comes in a lotion formula which allows for dilution, spot application, and control over quantity. These may help you use the power of baking soda without disrupting your skin’s acid mantle.

Understanding How Baking Soda Works in Deodorant

Underarm odor is caused by acid-loving bacteria. All deodorant works by preventing this bacteria from thriving. Baking Soda works by making the underarms too alkaline for the acid-loving bacteria to grow. My deodorant which stays under the arms even when you sweat a lot conquers odor by rising the alkalinity under the arms for about 24 hours. This is the perfect solution for people like me who sweat a lot and whose sweat is acidic.

If you only occasionally have a bit of body odor, I suggest you try my roll-on Mineral Deodorant which is a baking-soda-free deodorant that is a gentler alternative but is also natural and works for me for 8 hours but works for most people for longer.

If you only infrequently sweat and your body’s acidity changes, then it is possible that your underarm skin finds my deodorant too alkaline. The deodorant is waiting for acidic sweat to happen to neutralize it but if that doesn’t happen often enough, you might react. 

What to Try Before Giving Up on Your Baking Soda Deodorant

There are a few things to try before giving up on my baking soda deodorant entirely.  

That said, you should always discontinue using any baking soda deodorant if you are experiencing any pain or rash and wait until it goes away before trying again.  Don’t use this or any new deodorant if you have an important event coming up where the appearance of your underarms is important (wedding, modeling job, acting gig…)

If you love how my baking soda deodorant works but not how your underarms reacted to it consider trying one or some of the following:

• Avoid using right after shaving
• Dapping only on the area of your underarm where hair grows
• Apply to dry underarms so it doesn’t spread too much.
• Dilute with Aloe gel, coconut oil, or water
• Don’t reapply a second layer before washing under your arms
• Use every second day
• Apply at the beginning of your day

Laurie R from Wisconsin writes:

Baking soda tore up my underarms…redness, leathery skin, etc. and I’ve never had a problem with baking soda before….just way too much in it. These are symptoms of what baking soda does to many (I looked online) The good news is that this deodorant is SO WORTH looking for a way to make it work….and I did! A little research online and inexpensive trial and error with something made this work. 24 hours later and heavy sweat and still didn’t have an odor! The sample size itself is huge…never seen one like it before. I love the herbal scent it has as well. I didn’t expect it to work any better than my other favorite from another shop (which is great) but it far exceeds it. Will most definitely buy a bottle when the samples are gone!

I wrote to her and asked her what worked for her and she wrote back and told me, thank you, Laurie!

I mixed in a little milk of magnesia. It worked perfectly for me by diluting the baking soda just enough but not taking anything away from the deodorant. Some may not want to use it as m.o.m. contains bleach…but if you can take it internally without dying from it, I am not worried about a little of it in deodorant. People may also try magnesium oil…I just didn’t have any. I will be buying a bottle of your deodorant in the near future….thank you it truly is wonderful stuff!

Dan Wich has very kindly posted on his website Toxinless a list of places that sell Milk of Magnesia without sodium hypochlorite.