- Hey everyone.
It's me Hallease, endeavoring to persevere, as always.
If you're new here,
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So in typical me fashion,
I have once again succumbed to the ads that be
and am trying Lume which is a newish,
organic natural, if you will,
deodorant brand that is on the market
and if you're watching this video,
you've probably seen their, you know,
just amazing sing-song ad,
you know what I'm saying, A plus on the ad, Lume
because you drew me in, 'cause I bought it.
So I bought both of their deodorants,
their scented and their unscented to try out
because yes, I am comprehensive product reviewer;
thank you very much.
So let's get into it.
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Now, full disclosure, I am a melanated person
who suffers from hyperhidrosis
and isn't going to give up coffee
and Mr. Hallease is a swarthy man who enjoys me,
has IBS and is part Lebanese.
So needless to say, we use aluminum based products
and you will not convince us otherwise.
But for the sake of trying out this product,
we gave them up so we could do a comprehensive review.
So consistency; surprisingly,
I actually really like the consistency of this product.
Compared to other natural deodorants that I've tried,
it's almost like a creamy or a lotiony kind of consistency
and it actually goes on pretty smooth
and dries quickly, which is nice.
The one thing I will say, though,
is that now that I've had the product for some time,
within the packaging, it gets like stuck
and if you lay it down sideways or anything like that,
it begins to run out of the packaging.
So the pro is that the consistency is great.
You know, this packaging, though,
is just, you know,
it feels cheap to be completely honest.
The packaging just feels really cheap
especially for the price point.
'Cause the thing about their scented deodorant
is that so you know there's lavender smells that are like
the synthetic lavender smell,
which isn't bad actually.
I actually really like synthetic lavender smell of products.
This is not that.
This really is like the plant lavender
which isn't bad, but I know for me personally,
the true smell of lavender actually doesn't jive well
with my natural odor.
And so yeah, with this one, their unscented,
you know, it's just, there's a little bit of cocoa
in there because there's cocoa seed butter okay.
It's got like a very, like a hint of earth tone to it.
The smell dissipates pretty quickly
and it just does a good job of kind
of like killing stuff off.
The major selling point of this product is that it
can be used anywhere on your body and that's okay.
I actually did give that a try.
I used it on my feet,
I used it in my tender bittle area,
along my bikini line,
amongst my thunder thighs, if you will.
I also used it under my tibble bitties, if you will.
All places that I get super sweaty and/or have a little bit
of stench by the end of the day in this hot Texas heat.
I gave it a try and something I will say
is that it did help.
By the end of the day,
I didn't smell nearly as strong as I usually do.
But something else that I found a little frustrating
about it was this idea that it's good for 72 hours.
Most of my antiperspirants that claim that aren't,
they can't do that, (laughing) even though they claim it.
This one, this deodorant, same thing.
You have to reapply.
I would apply it ever day as part of my morning routine.
We also did try it after taking a run to really
put it through its paces and see how well it works.
I will say that yeah, once again,
I didn't smell nearly as strong as I usually do,
coming out of a run, but of course I still stank.
It just wasn't as much.
So it was like I could go for a run and then run
a few errands and not be like,
people looking at me sideways 'cause like really fan,
you out here, stinking?
You couldn't handle yourself first, then come out?
Their price point for this product, for me, feels high.
I, if you've watched other videos I've done
about hyperhidrosis, I'll link to those in the
Eye of Sauron and in the comments down below,
I have always used a combination of antiperspirants
that are aluminum based and natural deodorants.
This one, again, its perks are the consistency is good
and what not, but when it comes to just
the overall price point in comparison
to other natural deodorants that are on the market,
it's just kinda like why?
There's two other natural deodorants that have
been tried and true that I've used throughout the years.
One is Crystal, which is the invisible solid deodorant.
They claim 24 hours of good smell.
I like the lavender and white tea.
It just has a good aroma, almost baby powder-esque,
but just a little bit herby aroma to it.
And it's very inexpensive.
I'll make sure to put the price point somewhere visually,
but it's a very inexpensive deodorant and while I
don't obviously use this around my lady bits
because I'm not sure if it's actually queued to do that,
but I do use this again along my tigimo bigimos,
if you will, and on my feet and different areas where,
yeah, I feel like, by the end of the day
are gonna be a little stanky.
And if I can help that and not be stanky,
wear this; you know what I'm saying?
The other one I like, which I know Lume actually talks
about people actually being allergic to baking soda,
which I actually had never heard of,
but if they're mentioning it in their marketing,
then I guess it must be a thing, is Arm & Hammer.
Arm & Hammer makes a whole bunch of, again, deodorants.
They also make antiperspirants,
but they have deodorants, too.
They have, I think, three different scents.
They have unscented, they have another one called Fresh,
which I would say is a little more herby,
like kind of rosemary-ish based,
and then they have another one that's I think called Clean.
It's kind of got more of a baby powdery kind of smell.
I use their unscented because even though it's unscented,
there still is a slight scent
because they use lemon extract, I believe, in this.
Let me look.
Yeah, they use germanium, orange, citrus,
so a combination of different citruses and stuff.
So even though it's unscented, you get that sort of,
you know, germanium and yeah,
germanium and orange kind of smell.
It's very light, it's very subtle,
but the scent actually works, and again, it's very light.
I also feel confident using this along my bikini line.
I don't get too close to the tender bittles, if you will.
So yeah, in the comments below,
let me know what other natural deodorants
out here that you're trying and using.
What's working for you, what's not,
especially if you're someone like me who
has hyperhidrosis and you kind of have to figure out
sort of balancing your aluminum based stuff
with your natural stuff so that way,
you're not doing the absolute most.
If you're still here, there's something about me
you're jiving with, so again,
consider subscribing if the spirit moves you.
No pressure.
Check out this video because YouTube says
you'll like it for whatever reason
and then check out this one which again
is my hyperhidrosis video where I talk specifically
about how I've changed my lifestyle to better cater
to and manage my hyperhidrosis.
So check that out right here.
Again, I'm Hallease.
I'll see you when I see you.