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Bionsen Aluminium-Free Deodorant plus FREE SCIENCE LESSON

It's a habit - every morning, we get up and we apply an anti-perspirant or a deodorant. But do we know what we're applying? Are anti-perspirants linked to cancer? What's the difference between the two anyway? WAAAA.

A group of anti-perspirants and deodorants hanging out

Here's the science part..

Anti-perspirants are designed to stop you sweating - we're talking the heavy sprays that sometimes end up crusting in white patches over your skin. The Sure's, Rightguard's of the world, and all sorts of MAX POWER AGAINST SWEATING - SWEAT-IS-EVIL type products.
Deodorants on the other hand, are only designed to prevent you from smelling. Most anti-perspirants are deodorants too since they stop you sweating but if you buy a solo anti-deodorant (ie Impulse), you're only perfuming yourself as opposed to preventing sweat.

Regardless of the myth - sweat is odourless. Seriously dudes, google it. It's only when left on the skin that it starts to smell. Basically, the normal bacteria which lives on the skin starts to feed on the sweat (mmm) and this process breaks it down into the unpleasant smell that we link with BO aka BOOOO!