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Are you a label reader? These are the ingredients of Lume personal deodorant for women.

Water, Mandelic Acid, Maranta Arundinacea Root Powder, Tapioca Starch, Isoamyl Laurate, Behenyl Alcohol, Hydrogenated Castor Oil, Caprylic/Capric, Triglyceride, Caffeine, PVM/MA Decadiene Crosspolymer, Naturally Derived Fragrance*, Potassium Hydroxide, Glyceryl Stearate, Stearyl Alcohol, Dimethicone, Panthenol (Vitamin B5), Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice, Theobroma Cacao (Cocoa) Seed Butter, Tocopherol (Vitamin E), Allantoin, Stearic Acid, Palmitic Acid, Cetyl Alcohol, Lauryl Alcohol, Myristyl Alcohol, Lecithin, Pentylene Glycol, Phenylpropanol, Sodium Benzoate, Tetrasodium Glutamate Diacetate.

Are you going to hurry and buy some?

Posted - January 13, 2022
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  • 19937
    I find the Lume deodorant commercials offensive.  
      January 13, 2022 10:47 AM MST
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  • 13395
    How do they manage to squeeze so many different kinds of molecules of stuff into one little container? I try to read labels sometimes if the print is large enough to read without needing a microscope but I would not be inclined to read all that stuff even if I was a chemist that could make any meaning out of all those ingredients.
      January 13, 2022 1:29 PM MST
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  • 19937
    Why would you need tapioca or caffeine in a deodorant?  With all the different alcohols in this, the reason you wouldn't smell anyone's body odor is because you'd be pickled yourself.
      January 13, 2022 1:42 PM MST
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  • 13395
    Well maybe the tapioca acts as a catalyst for the phenylpropanol to homogenate with the tetrasodium glutamate and the glyceral stearate a catalyst helps mix the dimethicol and caffeine to produce the best suitable viscosity... or something. This post was edited by Kittigate at January 13, 2022 4:19 PM MST
      January 13, 2022 1:59 PM MST
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  • 44603
    If you can't dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with BS.
      January 13, 2022 2:35 PM MST
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  • 19937
    Possibly. :)
      January 13, 2022 2:45 PM MST
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  • 44603
    The main thing they advertise is 'no zinc or baking soda'. Who cares?
      January 13, 2022 2:37 PM MST
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  • 19937
    I would think those two ingredients are the least problematic.  
      January 13, 2022 2:46 PM MST
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  • 44603
    Yeah...but marketers give zinc oxide a bad rap. And what's up with baking soda?
      January 13, 2022 2:49 PM MST
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  • 19937
    I'm not sure but it may be something like talc which is what was in J&J Baby Powder.
      January 13, 2022 3:17 PM MST
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  • 44603
    It's a hobby. I have a special high-powered pair of reading glasses in my kitchen that I call my 'label readers'.
      January 13, 2022 2:32 PM MST
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  • 13277
    You obviously have too much time on your hands.
      January 13, 2022 4:00 PM MST
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  • 44603
    (Sigh)...yes. But I know what the ingredients are. Once a chemist, always a chemist.
      January 13, 2022 7:08 PM MST
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  • 34251
    No. But at the same time these are the ingredients  in Suave deodorant.  

    Active Ingredients
    Aluminum Chlorohydrate (20%)
    Non-Active Ingredients
    Cyclopentasiloxane
    Isopropyl Palmitate
    Stearyl Alcohol
    Mineral Oil
    Talc
    Hydrogenated Castor Oil
    Fragrance (Parfum)
    Steareth-100
    BHT

    These do not make me want to run out and buy it either.  But gotta buy something.  
      January 13, 2022 5:51 PM MST
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  • 11102
    I'm not but sometimes I pretend that I am. Sometime I will stand in the middle of a isle pretending to be reading the ingredients and when someone walks by  I will say - excuse me could you tell me what this word is then I will point to a word like Phenylpropanol' If they tell me what the word is I will say - well does Phenylpropanol have sodium in it - I'm supposed to be watching my sodium intake. I usally ask them 3 or 4 questions before I thank them for their help. It always surprizes me how helpful people will be. Cheers!
      January 13, 2022 6:17 PM MST
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  • 16763
    Only when I forget to bring a book or my "smart device" into the bathroom, and I'm reduced to reading the labels on the shampoo bottles. WTF is "sodium laureth sulfate" and is there a cure?
      January 13, 2022 7:03 PM MST
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  • 44603
    Duh.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodium_laureth_sulfate
      January 13, 2022 7:10 PM MST
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  • 34251
    That is the soap in the shampoo that leaves the film that gives you the "squeaky clean." 
      January 19, 2022 5:33 AM MST
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  • 17592
    I am.  This website is most helpful.

    https://www.ewg.org
      January 14, 2022 9:09 AM MST
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  • 17592
    I do not use any deodorant or antiperspirant; I use alcohol under my arms. I never have body odor.   I recommend it every time I have a chance. 
      January 14, 2022 9:47 AM MST
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  • 10052
    Would you please analyze these ingredients for me? 

    Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride

     

    Tapioca Starch

     

    Ozokerite

     

    Baking Soda

     

    Coconut Oil

     

    Cyclodextrin

     

    Shea Butter

    Glucose

    Lactobacillus Acidophilus

    Magnesium Hydroxide

    Thank you! :)

      January 18, 2022 7:45 PM MST
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