Vanicream Aluminum-Free Gel Deodorant, Helps Reduce Odor, Unscented, 2 Oz

I’m allergic to many things and get painful cysts in my armpits that get infected and when lanced, hold a shocking amount of green or brown guck. It’s painful AF and so, not out of wanting to avoid aluminum, I just stopped using antiperspirants. This cut down the cysts (the size of my thumb under my skin in my armpit). So I began my “natural deodorant” journey. zOMG I have bought over 30 deodorants. Anything with grass or tree based eases risk oils or even Baking soda broke me out in a bloody rash that would take weeks to heal. Weeks of zero deodorant and hebacleanse followed by cetephil facial wash and no clothes that were not sift cotton or silk. It has been a hellish struggle. The few times I thought I found something that worked, after 4-6 weeks, I would start getting very red which was my cue to go back to cetaphil facial wash on my armpits and no deodorant. After many years I had an ok, but not great rotation. Kopari unscented coconut deodorant (the essential oils in the scented ones give me a bloody rash) when I was too sensitive for anything else, but it had to be reapplied 3-4x a day and if I was exercising or anxious, that meant showers too. So then sometimes, if I didn’t kind a white film on my clothes, I would use MagnoSol in Rose. Still is viscous as heck so use a thin amount and spread with facial massage stone. That stuff will kill the worst stench abd can be reapplied if you break through and make you smell great again. The minus, it is hard as heck to get off. I would use Dr. Bronners Peppermint soap l, followed by Cetaphil facial wash. After about 10 days I would get irritated skin again, I’m sure from the harsh soap I had to result to, to wash it off. Then I found Freedom Deodurant in CocoVan and that worked better than Kopari on smell, but still needed applied 2x a day and once you broke through, no reapplication would stop the stank. At day 10 I got irritation too. Piffle. Then I say this Dermatologist on YouTube called Dr. Dray. She suggested this and I checked with my actual dermatologist and got the green light. So glad I did. Now I will tell you at first I slathered this on abd it pulled up like crazy and didn’t seem to work well, my pits were wet all day, though no white residue on clothes. Next I wasted abd was shocked that it came off with my cetaphil sensitive skin bar soap. That soap is light weight and could not cut through any other deodorant but Kopari. So, pleasant suprize. Then I thought, just how little can I apply and have it work and that was the trick. I turn the bottom wheel that pushes up the irifuct until you just start to think you see product. It’s clear, so, before you see a full drop form on top. (When I flipped over the deodorant with the cap on and marked it in half’s until there were 8 marks, it seems to take about 1/8th turn to sometimes not quite a 1/4 turn to get the perfect amount of product.) it is not much at all! That thrilled me for the value. If your armpits are damp, there is no way you will feel if you are putting product on. So I blot just armpits and do the 1/8 to just under 1/4 turn, look to see if there is pricier there and then apply it smoothly. Making sure it covers my entire armpit area. Then by the time I finish moisturizing and spf’ing my face, my armpits are dry. I have never had to reapply (though I have not jogged on summer heat yet) I have been using this daily for over a month and ZERO irritation!!! Zero. No red, no bloody rash or lumps that will be so painful I can’t live my arm due weeks... just, smooth, calm, happy, no stank skin. I feel so great about this product that I bought the anti perspiration version to try for when I wear my dry Jean only silk ball gown after the pandemic is not as big an issue. So save yourself 5+ years and 20+ Products at over $5.00 each and just buy this. It may take a few tries to master the application, but you will adore it once you do!

This is hands down the best aluminum-free, fragrance-free deodorant I've ever used. It IS a deodorant and NOT an anti-perspirant which means you will still sweat under your arms. I have been searching high and low for years to replace all my old household and beauty products with products that are free of parabens, phthalates, fragrances, heavy metals, carcinogens, and endocrine disruptors. It is no small feat. Deodorant has been the hardest by far. Every other deodorant I've tried that also matches my criteria has left me smelling pre-pubescent after a couple hours. Not Vanicream deodorant. I just apply it, let it dry, then go about my day. I can workout, give a presentation (I.e. nervous sweat), or work outside and my pits smell fine. Just a lack of any smell of any kind. Perfect. I've gone 48 hours without a shower and I was still fine as long as I reapplied both days. I'd say it lasts about 24 hours with one application. There was no "armpit detox" period either where you have to smell terrible for 2 weeks before a natural deodorant "works" either. It just worked! Other natural deodorants with baking soda and clays cause serious skin irritation for me, so I can't use them. My skin has no rash or irritation even after using Vanicream all summer! I like the ingredients list. It's simple. I won't say it's "natural" but based on current science, the ingredients are safe to use and they beat the hell out of the Secret brand I used for decades. I'd highly recommend it if you're looking to clean up your beauty routine and you have sensitive skin.

Update Edit: I've noticed it works better if rubbed in a bit. This isn't like most scented deodorants. It works by using antibiotic properties, not fragrance. If you rub it in well, perhaps it works in almost a long-lasting, "dry" soap kind of way. If only placing a 1-2 kind of gentle coating motion, it really doesn't work as well. So I would recommend working it into the skin with the applicator 7-10 passes worth. Dont use more product than normal, I just mean spread it around/rub it into skin. Works really great. No smell, but allows me to smell like me, just without B.O. :-) Note: I've never been much of a sweat-er, so if you're someone who gets very sweaty easily, not sure if this would still be effective for you...BUT I would still try it, if I were you, anyway. Because it's been really effective for me and it can't hurt. I've gotten NO rashes or itching from it. I've reacted to several common deodorant products in the past which is why I decided to try this one. No weird discoloration. No damage to clothing. It has lasted over a day for me, when I've forgotten to reapply the next day and didn't need a shower that morning (it was a busy day lol I have 3 young kids so sometimes shower time gets delayed!) The only thing I dislike about it is that it's a wet gel/paste texture. So it stays a bit wet and cold for a couple minutes. But you don't have to wait until it's dry to put your shirt on or anything. I just go about my day, if it gets a bit on the fabric I can't tell. Like I said, no damage to clothing. It isn't oil based. It's also not wet enough to soak into the fabric, so no weird wet underarm spots when applying. It's just really great. Sure, maybe sometimes I wish it had some fun, interesting scent like "ginger green tea jasmine ylang-ylang sugar cookie forest" or whatever, but I KNOW I would get a rash from most, or any, kind of fragrance ingredients lol Tip: a lot of hippie dippy people like to say essential oils are safe for sensitive skin, but a lot of people get rashes from them. I don't understand how they are allowed to say on products with essential oils that they're sensitive or allergy safe. They just aren't. Even people who don't usually have what they consider to be "sensitive skin" sometimes react to essential oil. Just FYI. So if you DO have sensitive skin, you really should try to get fragrance free stuff. Essential oils are NOT hypoallergenic. Anyway, I love this deodorant. I hope they never stop making this because it's really the only one I've found that my skin gets along with. AND it works better than any other one I ever used. It's even better than a certain SUPER popular drugstore brand aimed at men that I was using before this. Not sure if I'm allowed to name the brand here in my review. Let's just say it's name is the name of a tool lumberjacks use ;-) I'm sure you know what I mean. Well, this works BETTER than that. At least in my experience.

Pros: 1) Hasn't made me break out (yay!) 2) basically has no scent 3) does mask/minimize odor 4) Performs MUCH better than most natural/aluminum free deoderants I've tried (including Schmidt, Lume, Native, Hello, and the Dove 0% aluminum varieties) 5) Comparable to other gel deoderants Cons: 1) like most gel deoderants, it is wet so you have to allow a few minutes for it to air dry or it will give you pit stains. 2) if you close the cap and push it down all the way, it creates suction and pulls out extra product**Edit--resolved thanks to packaging redesign in 2024 3) I went through a tube of this fairly quickly because I had to reapply at least once a day. 4) Compared with the Secret Outlast gel deoderant it does not last as long--but if you're looking for aluminum-free, this is a better option. 5) Pricey compared with other options ______________ Edited: as of 2025, the deoderant container has been redesigned, and I could kiss the person who redesigned it! The cap no longer creates suction that results in large amounts of product squirting out, so you can now control how much product comes out of the tube. I was considering leaving this deoderant behind because of the waste, but with the package redesign I changed my mind.

This is awesome - I was using a Dove antiperspirant and I developed an allergic reaction to it then I started this. It's a gel that goes on easily and it lasts a surprising amount of time. I was thinking that it would be weak and short-lived but it lasted a while. There was no fragrance but I also don't really care about that. The goal was to get rid of the irritation and it did just that.

I had not been able to find agood commercial deodorant for literally years- was forced to use straight baking soda, which worked well until it didn't, due to irritation. I've been using this new deodorant for several days now, no irritation and it works in summer, in Texas! It does take a few minutes to dry but you don't have to use much. I hope i can keep using this!

It's OK. This deodorant IS too pricey feels like a money grab every time I buy. Also, runs out quickly so be very careful on use. However, you still need to apply enough so you dont irritate your skin. Quality: 7/10 yes it may feel strange using at first since it's extra light gel and needs to dry. Smell is not great even after a while after use. You need to keep reapplying which defeats the expensive point above.

Have rosacea and fungal acne. Was getting smelly nervous sweating. This stopped the bacteria from making me too smelly. It doesn't have a smell but I just put cologne on the shirt. It's a perfect healthy way to stop the buggers from making me stinky. Very effective at stopping source of smell. Easy to apply. It's a bit wet feeling but I dab with a washcloth.

Does what it says on the label. Keeps me nice and dry.

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The best unscented underarm deodorant, no itch and scratch, no more odor for the rest of the day. Update: After almost a month of using this product, noticed my underarm is not black anymore, its almost flawlessly whitening, this is Amazing.... 2nd. Update: This is my second purchase now 2PC. Hoping for a discount next time. 3rd Purchase: This is my 3rd purchase of 2pc. Instead of discount it increased, but thanks anyway, it works like wonders. 4th Purchase: It doesn't harden up, you have to twist the dial for it to extrude out and use, its like a hard wax so don't expect for it to soften overnight, stop your drama, the hard it is the more its good to use, so it's impossible to melt, The condition is perfectly good, if you want to smell good spray perfume on your underarm.

Excellent product!