So, I tried it.
It worked.
Actually, I used baby powder for maybe the first six months. And then that was it. My blood thinned and I was a desert rat. My deodorant held up under the demands of 115* weather (with the help of a little AC, of course). I was happy. No more sticky, scummy, stinky me.
This flashback occurred to me the other day because, well call it "deja vu" or call it the "circle of life," but that wet, sticky, stinky, scummy me is back! Ugh!
I'm here in my Texas and it's hot (okay, not as hot as Blythe). But it's also humid. In a way Blythe never was. And, in case you've forgotten, I teach college. Entertaining the masses only aggravates my hot, sweaty condition. And heaven knows, I do NOT want to be the stinky teacher with the big armpit sweat marks showing every time I raise my arms.
My friend recommended this crystal deodorant. "You won't stink," she said.
So I tried it.
It mostly worked.
True to her word, I didn't stink. But my shirt did. And these were clean shirts I was putting on, by the way, so this should not have been a problem. I used this deodorant for several days, but decided I needed to see if there was still something I could do that would involve BOTH my armpits AND my shirt not stinking.
Now the experiment has begun. I have GOT to find something to turn me back into cute, lovable, DRY Teddi. The unstinky Teddi. The Teddi that isn't afraid to raise her arms.
So I made a Target run tonight. I have my baby powder (Johnson & Johnson pure cornstarch with aloe and vitamin E, if you must know). I also have two other "non stinking" natural deodorants. Tomorrow, I'll put them to the test. One under each arm pit. Plus the baby powder. Plus a lot of finger crossing.
The next step if this doesn't work . . . MOM (milk of magnesia). NPR did a little thing on it being a great antiperspirant. (And just think, my armpits won't feel sick again.)
Wish me luck.
