Does Adidas Aborbent Deo Deodorant Really Absorb Sweat?
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Felicia Asks A Favor: Hey Beauty Brains! First off, I must say that I love your blog. I still freak out and coo over hair and makeup products that I see and love but now I know what is and isn’t worth buying. Thanks! The latest product I’ve seen is the Adidas Absorbent-Deo Deodorant. I don’t really like the name (slightly awkward to say) but I love the
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Before we start, you should go back and read our previous post on how antiperspirants and deodorants work. Otherwise you might get lost. That’s better. Now, here’s what Adidas says about their product:
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Wetness Control Aluminum Free - Cotton Tech™ Absorbs Wetness Exclusively from Adidas - the first deodorant for women to manage perspiration as effectively as an anti-perspirant - 100% aluminum-free and non-staining. With patented* Cotton Tech™ to absorb and evaporate wetness naturally. *Pending
Sounds impressive, doesn’t it? Don’t answer that yet. Let’s take a look at the ingredients first.
Adidas Deodorant Ingredients
As with most deodorants, the main ingredients are Propylene Glycol, Water and Sodium Stearate. Sodium Stearate is a type of soap that reacts with the water and the Propylene Glycol (which is kind of like Glycerine) to form a stiff gel-like stick. This gel stick contains tricolosan, an antibacterial agent that stops bacteria from growing in your perspiration. (Remember, it’s the bacteria that cause body odor, not the sweat by itself. Did you read our earlier post like we told you to!?!)
Is it the Cotton?
The interesting aspect of this product is that it contains Gossypium Herbaceum, or Cotton Powder. According to Adidas the cotton fibers absorb the moisture and help it evaporate. In theory, this makes sense. If you can get rid of the moisture the bacteria have nothing to feed on and therefore your armpits don’t get stinky. But in practical application, we’ve never seen this approach used effectively. Even if the cotton powder does absorb your sweat, it’s just going to hold onto the moisture so the bacteria will still have a place to grow. That could lead to a smelly shirt. While we admit we’re not familiar with the technical details of their patent, we’re skeptical that this approach would really be effective.
The Beauty Brains’ Bottom Line
This Adidas product may be a perfectly fine deodorant but we’d need to have more information before we agree it is a technology breakthrough. Call us science snobs, but if there was a true technology breakthrough in deodorants we’d expect to see that come from one a major AP/DO brand like, Secret, who employs dozens of PHD level scientists. Not a shoe company.
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