A moment of ingeniuty on the road (involves SCS aftershave doing double duty)....

[kingfisher]

So, I travelled to Orlando for a meeting on Monday. When I awoke on Tuesday morning at the hotel, after showering and shaving, I discovered that I had neglected to pack an antiperspirant or deodorant of any kind! I had a meeting to attend, and then two plane rides to take before I would be home.

There was a moment of two of sheer panic, and then I got an idea. I always wear anti-perspirants, but what exactly ARE deodorants, I thought to myself. Aren't they essentially a substance that kills bacteria, coupled with a nice scent?

I had a little pocket bottle of Purell and a sample of Sue's wonderful "Bay Rum with a Twist" aftershave milk. Yep, you guessed it. I mixed the two together in a ratio of about 2 parts Purell to 1 part SCS aftershave milk, and applied it to my underarms.

Amazingly, it worked pretty well. When I got home, almost 12 hours after application, I told my wife I was sorry if I smelled like B.O.; she sniffed and told me I smelled fine!

Anyway, heaven forbid you find yourself deodorant-less in a situation like mine, but if you do, Purell plus a nice aftershave seems to do the trick.

 

[Sullybob]

Thats a pretty good idea. Did it irritate your underarms at all?




I have to admit, as I read your post I thought that it was pretty brave of you to post it. It kind of seemed like custom user title material. MacGyver....

 

[JPM]

Neat trick. Very clever and I bet your seatmates on the plan were glad you thought of it.

 

[kingfisher]

Thats a pretty good idea. Did it irritate your underarms at all?

No irritation whatsoever. The SCS aftershave is a combination of skin-friendly ingredients such as aloe, witchhazel, etc., so I felt pretty comfortable putting it on. If anything, it's probably gentler to my underarms than my daily antiperspirant.

I have to admit, as I read your post I thought that it was pretty brave of you to post it. It kind of seemed like custom user title material. MacGyver....

Brave? I don't know about that. I did something stupid (leaving my antiperspirant at home) followed by something reasonably clever. I thought people on this site might find it interesting; that's all.

 

[xriley]

Most hotels will give you a stick of deoderant on the house if you forget yours. You can also get toothbrushes and toothpaste.

thumbs up on the resourcefullness.

 

[Monkeydad]

I don't know if all hotels do, but the Hampton Inn I worked at through college had travel-sized Right Guard deodorants at the desk for free.



Nice MacGyver moment though.

 

[Austin]

I never tried that. I do use milk to moisturize my face though.

 

[Doc4]

I told my wife I was sorry if I smelled like B.O.; she sniffed and told me I smelled fine!

.

Thats a pretty good idea. Did it irritate your underarms at all?

More importantly, did you irritate your wife?

 

[htownmmm]

Nice find! I wonder how the aftershave would have worked all by its lonesome?

marty

 

[Sue]

Hmmm...maybe we should market the aftershave's as deodorant also?

Um, no-somehow that just doesn't sound right. That was pretty ingenious, good it worked for you.
Sue

 

[funkyb]

Most hotels will give you a stick of deoderant on the house if you forget yours. You can also get toothbrushes and toothpaste.

thumbs up on the resourcefullness.

Yep, have had to take advantage of that on several short notice trips!