Natural Deodorant for Sensitive Skin

Usually bicarb. Sodium bicarbonate is alkaline and very good at neutralising odour, which is why most natural deodorants use it. On freshly shaved or reactive skin, that same alkalinity is what causes the itching, redness and occasional rash people describe when they say natural deodorant did not agree with them.

It is not everyone. Plenty of people use bicarb formulas happily for years. But if you have reacted to a natural deodorant before, bicarb is the first thing to rule out.

We swap the bicarb for two gentler actives. Magnesium hydroxide, from a natural marine source, neutralises odour without the high alkalinity. Zinc oxide does the rest.

Everything else stays: bamboo and tapioca starch for moisture, shea butter and coconut oil to keep skin comfortable, vitamin E to preserve it. Same two-year development with Australian cosmetic chemists, same refillable case.

The Sensitive formula next to our Original, so you can see exactly what changes.

Free from aluminium chlorohydrate, parabens, phthalates, synthetic fragrance, palm oil and animal products. Never tested on animals.

It means it works differently. Bicarb is the most aggressive odour neutraliser in natural deodorant, so a bicarb-free formula trades a little of that strength for a lot of gentleness.

For most people that trade is invisible in daily use. If you sweat heavily or train hard, the Original formula is the stronger of the two, and worth trying first if your skin has never given you trouble.

Sensitive Unscented if fragrance is the thing that sets your skin off, or if you would rather not smell of anything at all. No fragrance, natural or otherwise.

Sensitive Bergamot Tangerine if it is the actives that bother you rather than scent. A bright citrus, kept light.

Not completely, and no deodorant does. Blocking sweat is what antiperspirants do, using aluminium salts, and there are none in ASUVI.

What it does do is absorb. Bamboo and tapioca starch take up moisture through the day, so you stay noticeably drier, while the magnesium and zinc handle odour. After a workout, reapplying takes seconds.

Patch test first. A small amount on your inner forearm, left for a day or two, tells you most of what you need to know.

Then give it a fortnight. Coming off an antiperspirant, your skin rebalances and you will sweat and smell more than usual for one to two weeks. That settles. Judge it after the fortnight, not during.

Apply thinly. Two or three swipes is plenty, and a thin layer is far less likely to irritate than a thick one.

We make cosmetics, not treatments, so we cannot tell you how ASUVI will behave on a skin condition, and we are not going to pretend otherwise.

What we can tell you is exactly what is in it and what is left out: no bicarb, no aluminium salts, no synthetic fragrance, and an unscented version with no fragrance at all. If you are managing a skin condition, take that ingredient list to your GP or dermatologist and ask. Patch test either way.

Send it back. If it does not work for you within 30 days, you do not pay for it. That applies to the case as well as the refills, and it is the same guarantee we give on every formula we make.