I’m always looking for ways to use more natural products and be eco friendly for both my health and for the environment. One of the products I’ve been recently trying is Nuud deodorant.
What is nuud deodorant?
Nuud is an anti-odorant that they claim it lasts an impressive 3-7 days with only one application. Sports, being active or showering should have no effect on nuud’s effectiveness.
How is nuud different you other deodorants?
Nuud is not a deodorant, but apreodorant – a regular deodorant disguises the odour of perspiration, whereas nuud prevents this smell altogether. With nuud, smell does not stand a chance, because the bacteria, responsible for the smell, are inhibited naturally. In an antiperspirant, the active component (aluminium) closes off the pores, and in combination with fragrances, the smell is masked, instead of prevented.
What’s in nuud?
It contains only 10 ingredients. The most important one is micro silver, which naturally prevents the smell of perspiration, without blocking the pores or irritating the skin. In addition, they use certified, natural ingredients such as coconut oil, carnauba palm wax and almond oil, to keep the micro silver in place.
How is nuud better for the environment?
Nuud is far more concentrated than a regular deodorant; you need about fifteen times less. This means that fifteen times less of it needs to be produced, fifteen times less of it needs to be transported and fifteen times less packaging material will be thrown away. Therefore, nuud has less of an impact on the environment. Did you know, for instance, that about 8 billion bottles of deodorant end up in the bin per year, in Europe and the USA alone?
The packaging is made of sugar cane. Most of the world’s plastic is derived from petroleum. All of this plastic adds to the large footprint the petroleum industry burdens the climate and environment with. Plastic can also be made from sugar cane. Thanks to sugarcane’s high density, only a small area of farmland is required to grow it. In addition, the water and fertiliser needed for growing are natural; just the rainwater and waste material of the sugarcane production itself. The resulting impact on the ecosystem is minimal. For each kg of sugarcane produced, 4kg of CO2 is absorbed. The annual production of 200.000 tons of sugarcane absorbs the annual emissions of almost one million cars!
They also ensure that their production methods suck up the same or more CO2 emitted by their transportation. Nuud is shipped CO2 neutral (certified), so its footprint is a lovely round zero.
How do you use nuud?
Nuud is a cream consistency and is squeezed from the tube. You only need to use a pea-sized amount under each arm and you rub it in using your fingers. Despite only needing such a small amount, it is said that you don’t need to apply each day. To start off with, it is recommended that you start using every other day and then work out how often you need to apply. Some people use it every 3 days, some people manage it 7 days before reapplying.
Does it really work?
Nuud says that there will be a detox period as your body is so used to the perfumes, salts and chemicals in the regular deodorants. With this in mind, I gave nuud a proper trial and I would say I only think it started working after 5-6 weeks. I apply every 2 days and shower daily. I would say that even with showering, I can smell a mustiness after 1 day. I must say it’s not overwhelming and it’s probably not anything someone next to me can smell but I can smell it, although I am sniffing under my arms to check! I’m not sure about it, to be honest, and I won’t be continuing to use it long term. I’ll be looking for another natural alternative. However, Marie at Tummy2Mummy tried out nuud and really liked it, check out her review here
Giveaway
If you would like to try it for yourself, I have a 15ml tube for one of you to try, that’s enough to last about 6 weeks. Enter using the app below
Interesting review, I would quite like to try it but not sure I’m prepared to pay for a product that may not work
sounds intriguing! most deodorants make me sneeze, if it is cream form,maybe it would help?
It should definitely help!
Sounds like a great product.
Oooh I’ve not heard about this product before! It sounds interesting and something I would like to try.
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Sounds good. Would like to try.
I have never seen this before but love the idea of such an eco friendly deodorant, must give this a try
A new product for me. Sounds interesting and would love to try it
Looks great – I can’t use deodorant or antiperspirant that contains aluminium, so I’m always keen to try a new, more natural and less chemical-filled product!
Sounds really good!
Never heard of this. Sounds awesome!
Not heard of this product before. But Sounds interesting and something I might like to try.
I’ve never tried this deodorant but would like to.
I like the idea that Nuud is far more concentrated than a regular deodorant thereby helping the environment.
I would give it a try
My hiking buddy SWEARS by this stuff!
Sounds interesting, would be worth trying.
I’ve never heard of this before but am intrigued, it sounds like a really good idea. I was very impressed to read that you’d given it such a long trial, six weeks sounds like a real effort. If I see this for sale somewhere I might give it a go too.
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Great idea.
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Love the sound of this!
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Interesting, would love to try!
Always keen to try anything environmentally beneficial, only way to know if it works is to try it
I’d love to try this
Perfect for summer days
Love the idea of this!
this sounds interesting I use pit putty which you apply daily it all natural and a bit like a balm and comes in a tin and is better for the environment and eco friendly but i am always interested to look for other products to try
Sounds a great product, thanks for running the giveaway
This sounds like a really interesting product that I’d like to try. Love that it is vegan
Never heard of the brand but sounds great!
This looks interesting, not heard of it before but happy to give it a go
maybe this would help my husband who is having trouble with redness in his armpits
I love nuud products I think they are great quality I would love to win this
Wow
This sounds like a great product!
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I really like the look of this! Would love to give it a try 🙂
I would love to give this a go….. I have recently had surgery and have to apply deodorant sparingly…. this would be perfect if I don’t need to apply every day.
I’m keen on anything that helps the environment! Thanks for the review.
I love to try new products
I would love to try this, I prefer creamy/liquid deodarants compared to powder sprays
Never heard of this before, sounds like its worth a try
This looks different, I’d love to try it xx
A practical prize, particularly at this time of year :- Summer.
Something new to me that after reading your review I’d love to try
It sounds awesome, I never even thought of it in this form.
I’ve wanted to try this for a while, I haven’t had a natural deoderant that works for me so far but have heard great things about Nuud!
Cool product, would be interesting to see how well it works!
Looks great
wow i have never seen anything like this before- I would love the chance to try it.
Wow. Not heard of this before. Sounds fab
I’ve wanted to try this for a while. Already tried a couple of other natural deodorants with little success but have heard this is great!
Sounds good. My wife would love this.
Great prize! – thanks for the chance to win 🙂
This sounds great – I’d love to try it. Good luck everyone!
I’ve heard really good things about this .would the more than happy to try it out. Lovely prize
This sounds fantastic would love to give it a go
Ooh I love this honest review. I think I’d be willing to use it for the 6 weeks while my body adjusted to it.
Sounds really interesting, I would love to try it!
Fantastic Prize Fingers Crossed
Looks interesting but I think I would be a bit paranoid about smelling
great product
Good Prize
Never heard of this but would love to try, thanks
Sounds interesting and I’d be willing to give it a go!
I’ve seen Nuud advertised lots on Facebook and really intrigued to try it!
This sounds great, would love to try!
Sounds really good. Would definitely like to try it.
Sounds great! I would love to try!
I would love to try this deodorant
A new product to me. Always worth a try.
I have never heard of this before but I’m always open to try new products
Would love to try this the sprays make me cough
I’d certainly love to try this. Looks like something I may get on better with than deodorants I’ve tried before
As I’ve had all my lymph nodes removed under my arm, I’m looking for a new deodorant
This seems a good unisex product. Saves packing 2 when going away
Sounds good, perfect for my son to try
I would certainly give it a try
I’m keen to try natural deodorants, seems the way forward for me
fab sounds good would love to try
I have heard of this before but never tried it, sounds like good stuff, I like anything that isn’t overwhelmed with perfumes.
I’ll be honest I’m intrigued to see if it works
Sounds fantastic and would love to give it a try. Thank you for this chance
Thanks for the great prize and competition. Good luck everyone!
oh this product looksand sounds fab
id love to try it out
I have not heard of this before, but I would certainly like to try it
Interesting review, I like the idea of it and would certainly like to try to see if it works for me
fingers crossed looks good xx
I have not seen this before but would love to give it a try!
Sounds a nice item
Would love to try this
I’d really love to try this! I’m curious.
Sounds good, I have sensitive skin and the more natural the better. I would definitely give this a go.
Never heard of the brand before. Would love to try it as I am yet to find a deo I love.