Smelling like a Rose

Girls always remember their pearls!

So fans, I have secretly been conducting scientific experiments on myself. 

Before you start worrying that I have joined BBC's Dr. Michael Mosley (or Dr. Jekyll for that matter), let me reassure you that my experiment was benign (benign is my daily calendar word of the day - used it!)

Anyway, it started about two months ago when I purchased a book from the 'almost free' table at B&N, Vinegar: 1001 Practical Uses, by Margaret Briggs (don't judge, look at the red caption at the bottom of the pic... "Over 400,000 copies sold.")


Margaret, where ever you are, you are brilliant!  I love your book.  I display it proudly in my kitchen. 

Anyway, back to my story.  I have to admit that I am/was already a (closet) vinegar fan.  I use it to wash my tile floors (I have dogs, and the slight acidity makes me feel as if I am really getting them clean, without harsh chemicals or contributing to the overuse of antibiotics), clean my coffee pot, shine up my hair, and much more (get the book if you don't already know these tricks.)  So, as I poured through the book (pun intended) and found additional uses for vinegar, I was in nirvana.  Then, page 118.  I mean, wow.  What a revelation.  Apparently, gals, you can use white vinegar as a deodorant.  Well, I was already a vinegar fan.  So, I decided to give it a try.

I got a small container with a lid (it's an old sugar container that I was not using) and poured some white vinegar in it and promptly took it upstairs.  I started my experiment on a Saturday morning feeling that it was probably best to not run a public experiment. 

Well, ladies, it worked!  It works, and it works better than the off-the-shelf product I was buying (which, by the way, was the super expensive "prescription grade protection.") 

I know.  You have questions; you have doubts.  So, let me give you a rundown of what I found:

• The experience is different but not unpleasent
• It goes on wet (like the old roller type deodorants), so let it dry before you dress
• The vinegar smell only lasts as long as the vinegar is wet.
• Once it drys you are good to go
• If you shaved recently, be prepared for a bit of a sting.
• It's not really bad, but you will notice
• It is effective for the whole day
• I certainly can't say the same for those expensive sticks I was buying
• Make sure you get coverage.  
• You don't have to soak in it, but spread it the same way you do your stick deodorant.
• Don't dab a micro-gram of vinegar on your pit and think that will work. 
• It will not stop sweating
• If that is your big concern, vinegar won't do the job

So now, I am one step closer to becoming a total granola head!  But, I don't care.  Vinegar rocks.  Try it.  Let me know what you think.