Whole Body Product Junkie: Desert Essence Dry By Nature Deodorant

If there is a product in the Whole Body department, I have probably tried it. My bathroom vanity shelves are filled with the lotions and potions and make-up found in the Whole Body department at  Whole Foods Market Bethesda. I am a total product junkie and I will be featuring my favorite products in a weekly Whole Body Product Junkie post.

If I had to pinpoint the most popular customer question I encounter in the body care aisle of Whole Body, it would be–without a doubt “Do these natural deodorants work?”

This is also by far one of the hardest questions for me to answer.

When I first started working in Whole Body, I immersed myself in all of the products and began using all of them.  Transitioning to the shower gels, bar soaps, and facial care products that filled the aisles was rather easy for me. But I quickly learned that if I were to use natural deodorants, I would need to ensure that no one stood within a six foot radius of me after 2 o’clock in the afternoon. My body chemistry and natural deodorant were NOT friends.

But here’s the thing, if I can eliminate scary chemicals from having contact with my body, I will. And while I do not use natural deodorant all the time (Summer in DC  on Metro + Me wearing natural deodorant = I’m the smelly person you avoid!), I try to use it most of the time. Like when I workout. Do I care if I sweat when I am working out? Not at all! I want to sweat then; I think it is one of the best detoxifiers around.

While we do sell many, many natural deodorants (none of which contain anti-perspirants) in the Whole Body department at Whole Foods Market Bethesda, there is only one that works for me (and I have tried most of them), the one that allows people to break the six-foot radius rule after 2 p.m. and that is the Desert Essence Dry by Nature Deodorant.

Aluminum-free, this product use botanical extracts and oils to neutralize odors.

Look for this deodorant and all of the other natural deodorants in aisle 3 of the Whole Body department at Whole Foods Market Bethesda!

Rebecca is Whole Foods Market Bethesda’s store blogger and also the blogger behind I Wanna Be a Domestic Goddess.