Dry As A Bone

Ok so I know I've been doing some more "boring" kind of posts lately - more "informative" than of me living my insane life. But I have one more of that kind - than I promise next week will be filled with ridiculousness. If nothing else Isabella is coming for a lil visit and that ALWAYS is an adventure! Especially now that Chase is living here - things are gonna get a lil cray cray!! Full recap on Monday!

Obvi you all know about my sweating problem. I've been nothing but completely honest about the fact that it's an issue and I sweat like a whore in church. That being said - I've tried every deodorant under the sun. A-Z - you name it - I've tried it. I finally found one that worked seemingly well from Bliss and low and behold - after I finished my first bottle of it - THEY DISCONTINUED IT!! So you can imagine my frustration - back to the drawing board of Dove and Teen Spirit. BUT I think I may have just discovered the Holy Grail of deodorants!

I'm not gonna lie - it's $$ but for me - it is means dry armpits - I'm in! It's made by DERMAdoctor and it's called "Total Nonscents". It's probably the best $28 I've ever spent.

I started using it this past weekend. I was of course skeptical and angry by the fact that I just spent $28 on deodorant. But I figured I could always take it back, because Sephora (that's where you can find it)has that "100% satisfaction guarantee" - so if I hated it - I'd send it back their way! It is non-scented - which I love because I can't handle strong smells - they trigger migraines for me and that is just not fun. So I enjoyed that. Plus it's good for sensitive skin - again - always a plus. Let me tell you - it's been hotter than Haiti here in NYC these past few days and I walk a mile to work. This stuff has kept my armpits dry as a bone! I mean the rest of my body has been a lil sweaty - my hair was like a train wreck by the time I got to work this morning - I let it "air dry" and I think it was wetter when I got here than when I got out of the shower! TMI?! Sorry - just trying to keep it real. Anywho - this is stuff is UHHH-MAZING!! The only down side - and to me it's not that big of a deal - it does take a little longer to "dry" than most deodorants. So just keep that in mind before slipping on that LBD!! But I haven't had any "white marks" or issues with it.

Again - totally know it’s a lil more costly than I'd like - but for me - if it means no "pit stains" - it's worth it! It makes me feel like this - and I can do that dance now because I don’t have sweaty armpits!!

Red-Sweatitis

Here’s the thing – I have some sort of syndrome/issue.  Every freaking time I get caught off guard/someone comes into my office/I have to talk to a group of people unexpectedly/etc. – I turned PURPLE/RED and immediately start SWEATING!  It has nothing to do with being embarrassed or hot or even shy – its some sort of “red-sweatitis” – I think that’s the medical term.  It’s seriously starting to get RULL old. 

For example (and I have a million) – take today.  My work crush came into my office to just “say hi” and chat.  The second I turned around and saw him in my doorway – this was me…

And here’s the thing – I wasn’t embarrassed at ALL to talk to him.  I was not hot - I was actually quite comfortable with the room temperature.  So why was this happening?!?  And the more that I thought about it – the worse it got.  And then I was even more awkward.  I wasn’t even doing anything weird when he walked in – I was actually working!  So while we were chatting – I could feel the flushness going down and my sweating was coming to a halt.  I tried as best I could to just carry on a normal conversation and interaction.  But the damage was done.  I was/am MORT.TI.FIED. that this happens when he catches me off gaurd.  I had seen him the day before in the kitchen, when I walked in, and nothing – no problems.  What is wrong with me?! 

I think the main cause is when I get caught off guard.  When I know I’m going to see him, or know that I have to give a speech – I’m totally fine.  Calm, cool & collected.  Well that might be exaggerating a bit – but you get the point.  It’s just awful though.  I mean the sweating is bad enough – but my whole face turns red and it travels down my neck!  Atrocious!  It’s just so obvious and out there!

So my question to all of you – is anyone with me?!  Am I in this alone?!  And if you know what I’m going through/suffer from red-sweatitis – do you have any advice?!  HELP ME!!