DoveRefillable Deodorant Starter Kit Deodorant For Women Cucumber & Green Tea 0% Aluminum 1.13 oz

This is my absolute favorite deodorant I have ever used! I am in my later 40’s so I’ve used deodorant for many years. I tried many deodorants without aluminum but they never really kept the stench away! This one works and smells great! I have very sensitive skin and I don’t break out in a rash or itch when using it. 🙂 It’s is very different to use, as it is one tall stick, as opposed to you rolling up just enough to put on. I had to learn to put it on gently so it doesn’t break, after all if I put the stick all the way up on a traditional deodorant it would also break off if you aren’t gentle. 😉. I also love the fact that I saving the planet by reducing the use of plastic. 😁

I really want to love this product. And I did the first time I used it. I felt like it did a great job of going on smooth and keeping the odors down (especially after doing yard work in the 100 degree heat for most of the day)!However, the second time I used it- the stick part that you use just snapped off. There is no way to reattach it so now I just have this mess of deodorant that I have to rub all over my arm pits in the morning and then wash my hands cause they are covered in deodorant cause the bar snapped off. It's a total mess.I thought maybe I got a faulty bar so I tried one of the replacement bars I bought and had the same problem! So it's a product flaw.I don't want to deal with the mess of it at 6am when I'm trying to get ready for the day. But I also dont want to throw it out cause it feels like a waste of a perfectly good product.

I purchased the starter kit and two refills thinking this would be a great way to reduce my use of plastics. Unfortunately, upon opening the deodorant pod, I knew this would be a poor experience. So I kept my empty deodorant that I had just finished. So I gingerly began using the starter pack. Even though I was gently applying the deodorant, it broke off after exactly 7 days. So I pulled out the saved deodorant, twisted the base up as far as I could so I could remove it, and cleaned it out. I then took the broken deodorant and smashed it onto the base from my old deodorant stick. It was a mess! Not only because I got deodorant all over my hands, but because the refillable deodorant is slightly longer than the disposable one. So some of it was shaved off in the process. However, I was able to make this work, and the deodorant was easy to wash off my hands. Dove really should come up with a better refillable version of this. It’s a great idea, but poor execution. Perhaps cardboard or another eco-friendly packaging rather than refillable. I don’t know, but this isn’t the the way to go. I don’t recommend unless you want to purchase the refills to insert into your current deodorant case. It would cut down on waste, but be ready to get a bit messy. Pics are of the broken deodorant base and of my completed hack.

I'm working on being more environmentally conscious and thought that this would be a great alternative to buying deodorant that smells and feels like what I'm used to, but with much less plastic. When I initially got it, I could tell you definitely get less deodorant than regular deodorant you buy at the store, and you're paying much more for it, but that was something I was willing to overlook so I could have a little less plastic use. But I will never end up buying this again, because, after only using half of it the deodorant broke off at the base, essentially making it useless unless I wanted to try holding onto it with my fingers to put it on (it does have a slippery, greasy feeling to it so that wasn't an option I wanted to take). The way it's packaged, the entirety of the deodorant is exposed, so if you use a little too much pressure to put on your deodorant, it breaks off at the base, creating the problem I had.So while this might be a great option for some people, it really is not for me.

I’ve been using this product for a year or two. At first, I was highly frustrated with the design since the deodorant stick broke off the base.Lightbulb moment!! Turn the product 90° so that when you are swiping up and down on your armpits, the stick is oriented up and down (like a capital letter I) rather than side to side (like a hyphen -). It’s going to be more sturdy and adorable in this orientation. Also, when it is new, I am more careful when I apply it and if it seems like it’s going to be a little hard to swipe on, a single drop of water on my skin makes it huge difference in how easily it applies.I love that this is aluminum free. I feel better about using it over the long term than a regular anti-perspirant/deodorant. Overall, I’ve been very pleased with this, and I like that it creates less plastic waste!

I really wanted to love this and cut down on the amount of plastic waste that I am contributing to our environment. I do like the metal container. It feels nice in your hand. The design looks nice too.I opened the actual deodorant piece and put it in place. It was somewhat difficult to open and I noticed that it comes in a hard plastic package?! It twists onto the base and the plastic is discarded.The second time I used the deodorant stick, it broke completely off of the base at the very bottom. I now have a slippery bar of gooey deodorant and a nice paperweight.I am going to have to go out and buy more deodorant because this is completely unusable.

My partner and I both use the refillable Dove deodorant and they work great! The size is perfect for throwing in a bag on your way out the door and works really well for both of us. The only problem is that it can be a little fragile so we have to use it very carefully. Once we got that down, there has been no problems since. The smell is great and it's been good for someone with sentive skin.