Shea Moisture Vs. The cheaper option Better or not worth it?

Whats a better anti-persistent, Dove or Old spice deodorant?

I've be a proud supporter of Dove anti-persistent deodorant for a very long time. My mother uses it so when she would just buy all the whole family, I decided that I would also use it just for convince sake. But recently since I've been working out a lot more. I needed a stronger heavier duty deodorant that could with stand my serious training.


So the two competitors that I used were both anti-persistent that said they would block up sweat glands to stop sweating to the full degree. I put this to the test by doing a baseball workout that I normal try before practice to loosen myself up.

Chemistry behind it all

Well the science behind deodorant is actually pretty simple if you think about it in boarder terms. So lets start out with the first deodorant Old Spice for men. The main points I wanted to focus on is what stops the sweating. For my experiment I focused most of my time on this and really was trying to figure out why does aluminum stop the sweat glands from doing there job. 

There are two types of sweat glands that are found in your body, apocrine and eccrine. The eccrine sweat glands are far more numerous. They’re responsible for most of the sweat your body produces.

so the way it works is the aluminum ions are taken into the cells that line the eccrine-gland ducts as the opening of the epidermis, the top layer of the skin contracts closing them causing less sweat to come out of your pores.

Experiments and Procedure

So to test this I decided to do a little work out. I put both Old spice and dove on at the same time. I decided to run around and do push ups and squats for 20 mins straight nonstop til I felt like my arms and legs wee gonna fall off of my body. (Before and after  the workout I measured my bodies moisture levels with a machine)

Old Spice: After the 20 mins were up Old spice smelt very nice, but the gel that was used with it lasted too long and was still there and made me feel very uncomfortable. It made me feel heavy and in a workout you will want to feel light as a feather. so that you can get to the next workout as fast as possible.

Dove: Now dove on the other hand felt very light and smooth to the touch. it made me feel like nothing was even on my skin and that's what I like from a deodorant that I'm going to be using a on daily high school and baseball players life.

Results:  The results were amazing afterwards and I didn't actually expect them to be like this. Before I worked out and began to sweat, my body was at a level of 26% moisture which is pretty dry so its a good starting off point. After the 20 min workout I was at a 34% moisture for Dove and for Old Spice I was at a moisture level of 39%. 

What this means is I should stay with my family brand deodorant because even though I didn't think it was working. it was still better than most other leading deodorants. Dove beats Old Spice by an astounding 5%.