On Reddit, especially on the r/laundry subreddit, it’s common to see posts on deodorant stain struggles.

To remove deodorant stains, one may try Fels Naptha soap bar for stain removal+ hard hand scrubbing.

Of course, that’s a hassle, and even when the stains are gone, the whole process would age the fabric and shortens its lifespan a bit as well.

So all in all, for time, money, and ease of life, preventing deodorant stains in the first place is a smart move.

Here are the top ingredients in deodorants/antiperspirants that are common and never fail to stain:

aluminum

oils

waxes

root powders

propylene glycol

propanediol

Take care because sometimes these appear in different names. Ex, Capryl/Caprylyl Triglyceride is a coconut-derived oil; ozokerite in Native is a wax.

If you are using a stick deodorant, 99% of them contain waxes and oils to hold their shapes, and they stain. These are hard to wash off in laundry. In the meantime, propylene glycol, in stick and gel deodorants, leave oil-like stains that do get washed off in laundry, but before the wash, leaves sweat mark-like stains on the armpit areas of your shirts, making you look sweaty even when you are dry yourself.

FreshCult natural deodorant obviously does not have any of these stainers because I think it’s simply unacceptable for deodorants to stain clothes…

Creating a deodorant that is 100% invisible and 100% water soluble and is yet effective is difficult; FreshCult achieved this by using the microbiome science and a really unique (and yes, much more expensive) set of ingredients to prevent odor while being perfectly invisible on clothes and on the skin.

Pit-stains make one look, quite decidedly, unclean and poorly groomed. Our clothes and how clean they are speak something about us, and so a little investment to attain perfect invisibility is surely worth it when it comes to choosing a deo.