lifestinks: Sprinkle a wee bit on fingertips. Pat in pits.
stinkstick: Roll a smidge on your fingertip. Massage into pits. Never apply roll-on directly to your armpit. Follow with dry lifestinks deodorant. Never use independently.
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The Best Damn Deodorant.
That's Natural.
and Refillable.
(in that order)
The perfect deodorant even if everything else has failed you.
Keeps you odor free. All Day Long. Even big stinkers.
Start dry, stay dry with our aluminum-free dry powder.
Made in Chicago USA by health care professionals who are resilient survivors of serious health challenges.
The Original Refillable deodorant since 2008.
"As a decade-long user of high-powered commercial antiperspirants, I was skeptical. Lifestinks has been completely effective at controlling both wetness and odor. Even through one of my brutal gym days. Consider me a lifelong user and evangelist for lifestinks."
PJ Rashid
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Experience the lifestinks advantage
Natural deodorant that isn't a compromise. Lifestinks is the best overall.
Even if you are a big stinker, our pure formulas will keep you absolutely odor free. All day long. You won't smell like lifestinks. Thanks to our odor-neutralizing infusions, you simply won't smell.
Start Dry. Stay Dry.
No more swiping sticky or wet products into your pits. Without chemical suppressants, our dry powder lifestinks will keep you comfortably dry all day.
The Original Refillable Deodorant
Since 2008, we've kept 893,599 (and counting) single-use plastics out of landfills. All our containers can be refilled.
Safe for the whole family to share
Unlike products that swipe your pits, it is safe & sanitary to share a sprinkle of our dry powder formula.
Smart moms put one in each bathroom for the whole family to stay fresh naturally. Safe for all ages.
Gender Neutral
All our varieties are designed for everybody. 45% of our users are men and half of them love our lavender. Try them all with a sampler and then choose the one you love the most.
Non-staining
Say goodbye to yellow pits in your white t-shirts and dress clothes. No more trouble scraping product build-up off your clothes or out of your pits. And not to worry - it won't show on your black items, either!
“Like our healing center clients, we were fed up with natural deodorants that didn't work.
And with everything we learned on the road to recovery, there was no way we were putting chemicals on our body.
So we took our training in lymphatic wellness and naturopathy and created lifestinks.
We’ve grown from one little can sold from our dining room table to a full deodorant program complete with refills, a booster, travelers, a variety of flavors, and even extra strength for the big stinkers.
But it has always been about helping real folks solve a real human problem.
Sometimes, life stinks. But you don't have to."
Mary, Annie & Clare Duggan
Completely “hooked and addicted.” No more wetness. No odor.
“I just wanted to let you know that I’ve been using Lifestinks since I met you guys at the Bucktown Holiday Arts Fest in 2009. As a decade-long user of high-powered commercial antiperspirants, I was skeptical. I even tried that one super HD antiperspirant that you can only apply at night and comes with a five-page direction sheet. Which, by the way, would end up giving me a rash and/or stop working after a week or so.
Well, even though your product is not billed as an antiperspirant, it has been completely effective at controlling wetness and odor. Even through one of my brutal gym days. I am converted, ladies. The bottles of all of the rest are in the garbage. Consider me a lifelong user and evangelist for Lifestinks.”
PJ /Chicago
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lifestinks: revolutionary. refillable. reliable.
All our ingredients are active. No fillers.
Organic Sodium Bicarbonate
(dry powder base for all our deodorants)
Our earth-mined, aluminum-free sodium bicarbonate base is organic, alkaline, and anti-fungal.
It is harvested from natural deposits with a water process that is healthy for the Earth, the surrounding communities and you!
Our base amplifies our botanical infusions.
Tea Tree Essential Oil
(in all our deodorants)
The medical grade tea tree oil (melaleuca alternifolia) in our regular strength deodorants addresses the bacteria and fungus that cause odor.
For our extra strength varieties, we blend multiple species of melaleuca, which our Australian growers have harvested to provide enhanced odor control.
Lavender Essential Oil
(in our lavender varieties)
Our Australian-grown lavender essential oil (lavandula angustifolia), when combined with tea tree, evokes a clean, vivid, fresh sensation.
Cedarwood Essential Oil
(in our cedarwood varieties)
Our North African-grown cedarwood essential oil (cedrus atlantica), when combined with tea tree, elicits a warm, buttery, woodsy experience.
Our Products are FREE FROM:
ALUMINUM • FRAGRANCE • GMOS • GLUTEN• PHTHALATES • PARABENS • PERFUMES • SCENTS • TRICLOSAN • TALC
How to apply lifestinks deodorant & use the stinkstick
4-in-1: lifestinks is multi-purpose
01. deodorant
Start dry. Stay dry. Naturally odor free pits, all day long.
You need to allow your body to sweat, so we don't suppress it with chemicals. Aluminum-free dry powder lifestinks keeps you comfortably dry.
02. Foot Powder
Sprinkle on toes or in shoes. Lengthen the life of your running shoes or sports gear by keeping it fresh between uses.
Let anti-fungal lifestinks stop the stink in your mudroom or sports bag.
03. Dry Shampoo
Sprinkle our dry powder into your roots and use your fingertips or a brush to work it in. Stops the grease and leaves your hair smelling fresh.
04. Toothpaste
No kidding. It's that safe.
Drag a wet toothbrush through a sprinkle of lifestinks on your palm.
Great for travel.
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* All our samplers give you one each of our lavender and cedarwood deodorants in both regular and extra strength odor control (4 varieties in all).
Frequently asked questions
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How do I apply lifestinks and the stinkstick?
What's the difference between regular and extra strength?
Odor control! Extra strength is for big stinkers! All varieties of our deodorants will keep you dry with our start dry, stay dry approach.
We always encourage folks to start with our regular strength lifestinks. Just because other products failed you, don't assume you have to use our extra strength. Seriously, we have first responders in full gear fighting fires in lavender regular strength!
But if you need it, our extra strength is infused with multiple species of melaleuca specially harvested for their odor-control properties. Extra strength odor control in a gentle formula.
And if you need even more odor coverage, add in a stinkstick deodorant booster. This pure deodorant oil puts you in charge. Add it everyday for clinical strength or occasionally when you need that extra power.
What is a stinkstick?
Our sleek and ultra chic mini blown-glass roll-on gives you the opportunity to go for the gusto when you need to. Boost regular or extra strength lifestinks on days when you need extra odor control.
Our stinkstick deodorant booster:
• Puts you, not stress, in control of odor.
• Takes on synthetic fabrics and high temperatures.
• Holds 110 applications of pure deodorant oil booster.
• Is not to be used without dry deodorant.
• Works wonders as a wound-care wand. Apply to zits, bug bites, etc.
Directions: Simply roll a smidge of this pure essential oil blend on your fingertip. Apply to armpit and follow with lifestinks dry deodorant.
Ingredients: Make sure to match your stinkstick booster to your dry lifestinks deodorant. Lavender with lavender. Cedarwood with cedarwood.
Lavender stinkstick: lavandula angustifolia (lavender), and melaleuca alternifolia (tea tree)
Cedarwood stinkstick: cedrus atlantica (cedarwood), and melaleucas (incl. tea tree).
Do you have an unscented variety?
Yes! All of our deodorants are unscented. Our lavender, cedarwood and tea tree essential oils aren't fragrances. They are active ingredients with a job to do: keeping you odor free.
Lifestinks doesn't mask your odor, it neutralizes it. While we want you to enjoy that pop of our infusions when you apply lifestinks in the morning, within 5 minutes you shouldn't smell anything. Not lifestinks. Not your B.O. Nothing.
Keep in mind that "scent" or "perfume" is a term from the chemical industry. It allows chemically-based brands to hide up to 3,000 chemicals behind the term "perfume". To create unscented products, they put in chemicals to make other smells go away. It doesn't necessarily mean purity.
On the other hand, think of all the natural smells in your life, like slicing open a lemon in your kitchen. It isn't "lemon-scented"; it's a lemon! And it has natural powers that you can put to work for you. That's how our essential oil infusions work. Think of it as "flower power" - those amazing plants are there to do a job. Namely, keeping you odor free, all day long.
Will I still sweat?
First of all, let's talk about sweat. In our experience as lymphatic wellness specialists, hyperhidrosis is a phony diagnosis. While antiperspirant marketing campaigns are selling you products to stop wetness, the chemicals in their products are actually making you wet.
Their aluminum-laced products are designed block your sweat glands. But your amazing lymph nodes are fighting back, pumping extra water to the area in an attempt to flush out the invading chemical toxins. So many folks who think of themselves as super sweaty, actually have an immune system fighting to protect them from chemical products! Wow.
Enter lifestinks. It won't suppress your body's ability to sweat (that's a good thing). For example, when running a marathon, your body needs to sweat. And it will. But you won't stink. (Go ahead and hug your family at the finish line!)
However, on a regular day, you'll stay comfortably dry. You start dry to stay dry. Our safe effective odor neutralizing product won't set off alarms for your body's lymphatic system. Even folks who have a history of big super-sweaters will be dry.
Last, but note least: less is more. Applying too much lifestinks can overstimulate your lymph. So be sure to only use a small amount. See our "how to apply" video if you have questions.
NOTE: If you've been suffering from extreme wetness, you may need to give lifestinks 3-10 days to kick in. Some people are dry day one. God bless them. However, the overactive pumps in your body are like a speeding train. They can't stop on a dime. But within a few days, your body will get the message that it is no longer under attack from chemicals and will slow the lymphatic flow to your pits. The result: you'll be like everyone who is comfortably dry wearing lifestinks.
Do you have a guarantee?
Yes! We love lifestinks and other life-changing products we make and think you will, too. In fact, as Sisters who ran a healing center for years, we're normally able to help you solve the bump in the road before giving up on you and your successful transition to a healthy deodorant.
If you are having any "issues" making the switch, contact us. If we can't figure it out together, you can of course return or exchange your products within 30 days of receipt for a full refund. But we always try to help you first! We prefer to help you be happy and to reduce the waste of returns.
In fact, we’re so confident that you’ll love lifestinks that we’ll even cover the cost of return shipping.
What are the ingredients?
LIFESTINKS INGREDIENTS
Lavender Extra Strength
Aluminum-free organic sodium bicarbonate*, lavandula angustifolia (lavender), and melaleucas (including tea tree).
Lavender Regular Strength
Aluminum-free organic sodium bicarbonate*, lavandula angustifolia (lavender), and melaleuca alternifolia (tea tree)
Cedarwood Extra Strength
Aluminum-free organic sodium bicarbonate*, cedrus atlantica (cedarwood), and melaleucas (incl. tea tree).
Cedarwood Regular Strength
Aluminum-free sodium bicarbonate*, cedrus atlantica (cedarwood), and melaleuca alternifolia (tea tree)
*About our organic dry powder base
Unlike other commercial, laboratory made Baking Sodas, our earth-mined sodium bicarbonate base is organic, alkaline, and anti-fungal. It is harvested from natural deposits with a water process that is healthy for the Earth, the surrounding communities and you!
STINKSTICK INGREDIENTS
Make sure to match your stinkstick booster to your dry lifestinks deodorant. Lavender with lavender. Cedarwood with cedarwood. Never use independently. Always follow with dry powder lifestinks.
Lavender stinkstick: lavandula angustifolia (lavender), and melaleuca alternifolia (tea tree)
Cedarwood stinkstick: cedrus atlantica (cedarwood), and melaleucas (incl. tea tree).
Is it safe for my kids?
Yes! Lifestinks is safe for ALL AGES. We always recommend starting with one of our regular strength varieties. Only advance to extra strength odor control if they get breakthrough odor. Our regular strength varieties are safe, but powerful.
Some of our favorite letters have been from the moms of kids who finally stopped getting bullied because they found lifestinks.
Kids with autism? Yes to chemical-free deodorant. Plus, try a smartsoak on a rough day. Moms and kids swear by them. P.S. We love those letters, too!
Which is the "guy" version?
Lifestinks is gender-neutral. All our varieties are designed for everybody.
45% of our users are men and half of them love our lavender varieties. Some folks think of lavender as "girly", but it is actually a high-mountain flower that is fresh and bright. Think of it as a walk in the woods breathing clean air.
Although lavender is our top seller for women, many of them enjoy the buttery warm essence of our cedarwood infusions. Some people like to have one of each on the shelf and shake it up from time to time. (Just never wear both at the same time!)
Try them all with a sampler and then choose the one you love the most.
Where are your products made?
In the USA. In our home on the Southside of Chicago to be more specific! That's right. We invent, label, mix, fill, cap, sell, ship, and service all our products at our wee cottage. We employ local folks and use domestic suppliers whenever possible. (Some plants are only grown in other parts of the world, so we work with the best small growers to bring them to you.)
In true Chicago tradition, we sisters live together above the shop with our rescue animals - wonder dog Boomer and super kitty MooMoo. That (773) 341.4246 phone number? It rings in our home!
Will it stain my clothes?
Say goodbye to yellow pits in your white t-shirts and expensive dress shirts. No more trouble scraping sticky products off your clothes or scrubbing them out of your pits. And not to worry - it won't show on your black items, either!
Does refilling really make a difference?
Heck, ya! Since 2008, together with our amazing lifestinks customers, we've kept 915,132 (and counting) single-use plastics out of landfills. All our containers can be refilled. Join us?
Don't be shy. We've heard it all and we're here for you. When you call the Duggan Sisters, you will actually speak to one of the Sisters.
So if having Annie, Mary or Clare answer your question or take your order over the phone would help, give us a jingle at 773.341.4246.
Like our products, we're made in Chicago and that's where you'll find us Monday-Friday 10-5 Central time.