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Schmidt's Natural Deodorant in Lavender + Sage

Another item in my January Allure Beauty Box was a half-ounce sample tub of Schmidt's Lavender-Sage Natural Deodorant. The full-size version is two ounces.

I'm usually a pretty straightforward regular commercial antiperspirant kinda gal. (Suave 24-hour invisible solid is my daily go-to.) I always make a point of trying out as much in my beauty box as I can, though, so I gave the natural deodorant a shot.

I've tried the crystal deodorant before. I think I gave it a day, maybe two, before I tossed it. This one is a whole different thing. It's a shea butter based cream with a nice lavender sage scent.

The firm waxy paste melts to a creamy and slightly gritty texture as you rub it between your fingers, and application is easy and feels smooth. The scent is just what you'd expect from lavender sage and lingered lightly without being overpowering.

The arrowroot in the formulation does act to control wetness to some degree, and the shea butter should work to keep your underarms in nice condition.

I did notice a little odor developing late in the day that called for a second application, but if that's not a time or convenience issue, this seems a nice little break from antiperspirants. (We've all read the horror stories about aluminum in antiperspirants, but we still aren't willing to stink.)

The ingredient list is comforting. It contains only shea butter, baking soda, arrowroot powder, cocoa seed butter, clary sage essential oil, lavender essential oil, vitamin E and hop extract.

I don't think I'd use this on a long day at the office with an evening meeting, but it should serve nicely on a day that ends at 5 o'clock when I can come home and reapply after work.

Grade: B-

Here's what the Allure editors had to say about it:

What it is: An all-natural, vegan, and cruelty-free deodorant
What it does: Fights underarm odor
Key ingredients: Baking soda (neutralizes odor); arrowroot powder (absorbs wetness); shea and cocoa-seed butters (moisturize)
How it looks/feels/smells: The white powder-cream melts down to a gritty salve between your fingers for application (you read that right-you rub it on with your fingers), and its clean, fresh, just-rolled-around-in-a-lavender-field scent lasts until you wash off the deodorant.
Why we like it: Your hippie-dippie friend may have tried to turn you onto armpit rocks, but we are not your hippie-dippie friend. This is the natural deodorant for people who don't like natural deodorant...because it actually works. And even though it's not technically an antiperspirant, it keeps underarams fairly dry thanks to its arrowroot-powder base. But the stuff isn't perfect. One tester decribed scooping a pea-size dollop out of the pot as being like "digging into a candle" (though the full-size version comes with a cute little spatula), and another just couldn't get used to the feeling of spreading a cream on her pits with her fingers. But if you're interesting in switching to a natural deo (and getting your friend off your back), this is the one to try.
Price: $8.99
Where to buy it: Schmidtsdeodorant.com
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