Speaker 1: Hey that folks. It is Thursday, December eighteenth. Through that math,
Speaker 1: robes how many days you got left to shop before Christmas?
Speaker 2: Well, Christmas is exactly one week from today, all right,
Speaker 2: so we have seven days? Well no, because Christmas Eve
Speaker 2: would be the last day you could possibly write shop.
Speaker 2: You can't shop on Christmas Day?
Speaker 1: Does anybody?
Speaker 2: I guess you could go to seven eleven?
Speaker 1: I am so sure that's happened before. But hey, folks,
Speaker 1: you're not going to be in that position, because even
Speaker 1: if you are, we got a gift in hand today.
Speaker 1: It is Gift fourteen in our series of our holiday
Speaker 1: Gift Guide, and this is for anybody in your life
Speaker 1: if you'd like to elevate their armpits. Welcome everybody to
Speaker 1: Amy and TJ Robes. This is a really interesting gift
Speaker 1: today because it comes from a very good and respected brand.
Speaker 1: Right don't people love this brand?
Speaker 2: Oh? Yes, it's a very hot brand. If you walk
Speaker 2: into Sephora, you'll see this everywhere there.
Speaker 1: It is, folks, So that is what we're giving you today.
Speaker 1: I say, elevate the armpits because this is the salt
Speaker 1: and stone many deodorant set. Now Robes put in some
Speaker 1: kind of context. What you know about Salt and Stone.
Speaker 1: I've seen the name plenty of places. They make cool
Speaker 1: looking products. They're packaged in such a clean way that
Speaker 1: they get my attention. But they're known for having great fragrances.
Speaker 2: Yes, they're packaged beautifully elegantly, and yes it smells wonderful
Speaker 2: they have. I actually have used their shower gel, their
Speaker 2: body lotion. They just their scents are so clean and fresh.
Speaker 2: I love the way their products smell.
Speaker 1: Well, there you go, folks, And a reminder here as
Speaker 1: we get into the Salt and Stone Many Deodorant Set
Speaker 1: that we are not paid endorsers of any of these
Speaker 1: products that we reviewed. Our producers at iHeart sent them
Speaker 1: to us for us to review, so you can tell
Speaker 1: we're not getting paid, especially after you hear some of
Speaker 1: what we have to say about this product. But the
Speaker 1: Salt and Stone Mini Deodorant Set, it is described as
Speaker 1: a travel friendly set of four mini deodorans in Salt
Speaker 1: and Stone's most iconic sense, perfect for exploring the brand, gifting,
Speaker 1: or tossing in a gym bag. Now, what do you
Speaker 1: think about that? They are packaged like they're perfect little sizes.
Speaker 2: I love the size Obviously, we travel a lot, so
Speaker 2: this is nice to be able to not take up
Speaker 2: a lot of space. And I would actually say that
Speaker 2: the fragrances are so wonderful you could probably even skip
Speaker 2: bringing the perfume. Seriously, they smell that good. I actually
Speaker 2: don't think you could use this deodorant and then put
Speaker 2: on a competing fragrance. It's a powerful fragrance, so it
Speaker 2: actually would double as a perfume and a deodant all
Speaker 2: in one.
Speaker 1: All right. The company continues to describe these as aluminum
Speaker 1: free formulas that offer up to forty eight hours of
Speaker 1: odor protection using seaweed extracts and an acid I can
Speaker 1: pronounce to keep skin moisturized, plus pro biotics to help
Speaker 1: neutralize odor. Now the sense most of them I can't
Speaker 1: pronounce either. But one of them is described as a
Speaker 1: warm Australian sandalwood cedar, another a crisp a crisp eucalypsus
Speaker 1: and orange blossom. Another a deep smoky rose blended with
Speaker 1: sandalwood and shit, another a fresh orange blossom with basil,
Speaker 1: jasmine and green she stole leaf. I'm not kidding you all.
Speaker 1: I cannot pronounce or nor have I heard of several
Speaker 1: of these things, these ingredients in these.
Speaker 2: Yes, I'm laughing at what you skipped over. And I
Speaker 2: can't necessarily even help with some of the words that
Speaker 2: they use, but it looks like they're natural and really
Speaker 2: rare herbs that we all want to smell like.
Speaker 1: Yes, and that is what this company brags about. They
Speaker 1: say they create skincare and self care essentials inspired by
Speaker 1: nature and design for a life lived in motion, blending
Speaker 1: active ingredients from the sea and mountains with skins in
Speaker 1: science and elevated fragrance. How does that sound? They call
Speaker 1: themselves experts and functional fragrance.
Speaker 2: Oh that's a good I actually appreciate that sentence. I mean,
Speaker 2: who doesn't want to have something actually be of use
Speaker 2: where you're actually serving a purpose and at the same
Speaker 2: time smelling good.
Speaker 1: I think this will start a former professional surfer. I
Speaker 1: think started it with somebody who was very active and
Speaker 1: outside and understood the body being natural and the type
Speaker 1: of things you need. This is where it came from.
Speaker 2: Look, every time we've talked about this plenty, but when
Speaker 2: we start the New York City Marathon for whatever reason,
Speaker 2: you get people from all around the world, and I'll
Speaker 2: just say this without singling out any country. It just
Speaker 2: there are some countries and some cultures that don't really
Speaker 2: think that deodorant is necessary. And so there's just this
Speaker 2: stretch when you're all packed in the New York City Marathon.
Speaker 2: It's the very beginning of the race, going over the
Speaker 2: horizontal bridge. It is the smelliest and I could pass
Speaker 2: out these salt and stone deodorants before I would would
Speaker 2: pack up next year, like please, you know, for you
Speaker 2: and for me.
Speaker 1: Ah, but the company and again the fragrances that we're
Speaker 1: going to get into here. The reviews, everybody was raving
Speaker 1: just like you are about the fragrances. But again, it's
Speaker 1: supposed to be a natural alternative. I didn't realize a
Speaker 1: lot of people seek out aluminum free aluminum free dealders.
Speaker 2: Yeah, there are a lot of people who believe that
Speaker 2: there are cancer causing or some sort of connection to disease.
Speaker 2: When you put metals, aluminum, et cetera near your body
Speaker 2: or on your body, and certainly under your arms, you're
Speaker 2: right there near your lymph nodes. Your skin is your
Speaker 2: most porous organ. So yes, we should all be careful
Speaker 2: about what we choose to put on our skin. Because
Speaker 2: that is our our body's largest organ.
Speaker 1: So this is a big deal for a lot of
Speaker 1: people to find a product like this, one that's well
Speaker 1: made now and one that smells good. So this seems
Speaker 1: like a very good option. I go to the reviews
Speaker 1: on Amazon, like you often do, and I was very
Speaker 1: curious to know what you made of this. Overwhelmingly, yes,
Speaker 1: five star reviews sixty four percent. Four star reviews were
Speaker 1: at ten percent, so that means Robes the one to
Speaker 1: three star ratings made up a quarter of all of
Speaker 1: the reviews. What do you make it as well?
Speaker 2: It's funny, So that's still seventy five percent positive reviews.
Speaker 2: But as I've been looking at Amazon and all of
Speaker 2: our products, this is probably the least. But still it
Speaker 2: still is overwhelmingly positive. But yes, we're not at the
Speaker 2: ninety percent, et cetera range of positive reviews.
Speaker 1: And the way you spoke of it just a moment ago,
Speaker 1: you were just smelling these But everybody seems to agree.
Speaker 1: It has, yes, a great smell, it lasts for a while,
Speaker 1: and it is strong but not overpowering. Everyone said the
Speaker 1: same thing. You can smell it and it smells good,
Speaker 1: but it's subtle, A smooth thing because it's natural.
Speaker 2: Yes, yes, I will get into this, but I have
Speaker 2: used these products and I have specifically used this yodor
Speaker 2: and Ana. Lisa and I got really excited when we
Speaker 2: went and bought this at Sapphora actually a couple months ago,
Speaker 2: and we were I mean, it smelled amazing.
Speaker 1: So every like overwhelmingly you rereade through a few, and
Speaker 1: that's something that everybody mentions. They also robes. A lot
Speaker 1: of people say they have tried a lot of natural
Speaker 1: deodorants before didn't work for them for whatever reason, so
Speaker 1: they're excited to try this one and they found one
Speaker 1: that works and they love it. You just made a
Speaker 1: point about putting on another scent. Some said that it's
Speaker 1: not overpowering, but it's enough to make you feel fresh
Speaker 1: and clean, like you don't have to put on yo.
Speaker 2: That's pretty Yeah, well you smell good. You don't have
Speaker 2: to put on perfume or anything else because you trust me,
Speaker 2: Like I definitely could. You know, you can smell if
Speaker 2: you've got perfume work. I could smell just this way.
Speaker 2: I smelled like a spa. I smell like a walking spot,
Speaker 2: which is a good thing I think for most people.
Speaker 1: I would love for you to walk around and smell
Speaker 1: like a spa all day, whether it's this product or
Speaker 1: whatever you choose, use, everyone said. And I was a
Speaker 1: little taken aback because I didn't know if this was
Speaker 1: pile with the deodorant. A lot of people report it
Speaker 1: going a couple of days and this stuff.
Speaker 2: They claim that you can go forty eight hours with
Speaker 2: this deodorant. Look, I definitely shower at least once every
Speaker 2: twenty four hours, so when you shower, you need to reapply.
Speaker 2: So I'm guessing people skip showers and just maybe they're.
Speaker 1: Out and at the gym or out camping or whatever
Speaker 1: it may be. Is a product for those that makes sense.
Speaker 1: And I just put down this one quote. Somebody said,
Speaker 1: I never have bo that's a pretty good endorsement.
Speaker 2: That's what you're looking to achieve when you put on deodorant.
Speaker 1: And like we said, seventy five percent positive ratings. So
Speaker 1: what will those other twenty six percent talking about? We
Speaker 1: will explain, And there is a consistent and pretty disturbing
Speaker 1: trend in these negative reviews. And Amy Robot herself didn't
Speaker 1: write in a review, but she certainly can agree with
Speaker 1: some of it. We'll explain that. Plus we'll always, as
Speaker 1: always will tell you where you can get it, how
Speaker 1: much it can stay here.
Speaker 2: Welcome back everyone. We are on gift number fourteen on
Speaker 2: our Holiday Gift Guide and we are talking about Salt
Speaker 2: and Stone, a great company with phenomenal products. They have
Speaker 2: a mini deodorant discovery set. It's actually a really cute
Speaker 2: stocking stuffer or just a cute small present under the tree.
Speaker 2: And look, a lot of young girls I think would
Speaker 2: really love this. It can absolutely double us perfume. The
Speaker 2: smells are amazing, and seventy five percent of the reviewers
Speaker 2: on Amazon said it was perfect.
Speaker 1: But like you said, for most of the products we
Speaker 1: have reviewed, they had higher percentages of positive reviews and
Speaker 1: certainly lower percentages of what you would call negative. Now,
Speaker 1: I said between one to three star made up twenty
Speaker 1: six percent of the reviews.
Speaker 2: Eleven percent or one star see and that is significant
Speaker 2: because I will tell you all the other gifts that
Speaker 2: we have reviewed, the one the one star, every one
Speaker 2: of them had it was one percent, So there is
Speaker 2: it's a cautionary tale. It's still a wonderful present, and
Speaker 2: I still think it's worth trying to see if your
Speaker 2: body adapts well to these deodorants, but will explain why
Speaker 2: I was. Actually, I laughed and I felt very validated
Speaker 2: when I read you wrote down some of the negative reviews,
Speaker 2: and it was exactly my experience.
Speaker 1: You told me about it before I started reading the reviews.
Speaker 1: Once I started reading the negatives, I'm telling you, every
Speaker 1: single one mentioned the same thing, and that is an
Speaker 1: irritation to the point of even developing a rash and
Speaker 1: certainly burning to an extent. It's not even just uncomfortable,
Speaker 1: but painful. And I guess, Robes, I don't get this,
Speaker 1: but you have to check to see if your body
Speaker 1: chemistry sometimes works with these natural that's true.
Speaker 2: And so for the first day, maybe even two days,
Speaker 2: I was like, this deodorant is amazing. I love how
Speaker 2: I smell, and it works and it's great. But I
Speaker 2: think it was around day three or so, all of
Speaker 2: a sudden I noticed I had some pain under my arms.
Speaker 2: And by the next day it was as if I
Speaker 2: had been imagine if you were sunburned on your armpits,
Speaker 2: and I was like, oh my gosh. And it took
Speaker 2: about two days for it to go. Wait, it was
Speaker 2: in a very painful rash.
Speaker 1: You said it was the next day, but how many
Speaker 1: applications as I think.
Speaker 2: Maybe it was like what happened was each I felt
Speaker 2: a little tiny sensation like ooh, that's a little uncomfortable.
Speaker 2: But I kept putting it on, thinking my body will
Speaker 2: get used to it, and it kept getting worse, and
Speaker 2: by day four I was like, I can't use this
Speaker 2: ever again.
Speaker 1: Okay with an analyse had a much different experience.
Speaker 2: She did so she actually went through and used her uh,
Speaker 2: her deodorant, and she loved it so much that she
Speaker 2: bought another one. And it was when she bought the
Speaker 2: second one, huh. And I don't know if she switched sense,
Speaker 2: I'll have to ask her, but same same company. And
Speaker 2: she came home from college she's like, mom, I can't
Speaker 2: use the deodord anymore. Look what's happened to my arms?
Speaker 2: And she showed me it was bad. She had a
Speaker 2: full blown rash. She was like, it's so painful. I
Speaker 2: can't move my arm. I was like, yep, that happened
Speaker 2: to me, but she it was weird. She was fine
Speaker 2: for like a month, I guess.
Speaker 1: And so that is Ule's experience is exactly. There are
Speaker 1: some who are reporting it happened immediately. They never went
Speaker 1: to roll it on again. Some reported went for a week,
Speaker 1: two weeks, went for a while. I was using I
Speaker 1: thought this was my jam, and then it happened. But
Speaker 1: what you're getting wrong. There are certain places on your
Speaker 1: body you don't want to burn, you don't want to cut.
Speaker 2: They're just certainly they're extra painful.
Speaker 1: That is one place under your arms, people you oh god.
Speaker 1: So they also described something about and you tell me
Speaker 1: like when they put it on, it was kind of
Speaker 1: a Some described it like a baking soda rubbing against
Speaker 1: your skin.
Speaker 2: That makes it felt a little sandpaper. Not that extreme,
Speaker 2: but yes, a little Yes, there was some sort of
Speaker 2: texture that was not like the others.
Speaker 1: And we I included these because they were just funny,
Speaker 1: some of these quotes from people. And we don't want
Speaker 1: to be too hard on this company. Clearly they're doing
Speaker 1: a good thing that people love their products, but this
Speaker 1: is a real thing. The majority of people don't have
Speaker 1: this problem, but those that do have a real, big problem.
Speaker 1: And one of the quotes here was somebody said, my
Speaker 1: arm pits are on fire.
Speaker 2: That's exactly how it.
Speaker 1: This didn't agree with my body chemistry that makes Sense. Now,
Speaker 1: the next one came with a warning, so if you're
Speaker 1: want to give this gift, you might need to include
Speaker 1: some quartizone ten. This person said, make sure you have
Speaker 1: quartizone ten ointment to help heal your skin.
Speaker 2: Yes, Anali's actually I laughed when I read that one,
Speaker 2: because Anials actually went out and bought cortizone.
Speaker 1: Because that's yes, that's a I hate to be dumping,
Speaker 1: sound like we're dumping on this product, but I'm sharing
Speaker 1: those reviews and you all have used this product. This
Speaker 1: did happen to you all. But get this, some people
Speaker 1: love the company in the Sense so much they actually say,
Speaker 1: just try something else, don't use this one, use their
Speaker 1: other good stuff.
Speaker 2: Yes, and so yes, That's why I wanted to be
Speaker 2: really clear at the first part of this review of
Speaker 2: this gift is that I loved the Sense, and I
Speaker 2: love the company, and I love the product, and I
Speaker 2: wanted to be able. Oh my gosh, if this didn't
Speaker 2: irritate my skin, I would never buy anything else. So
Speaker 2: you know, yes, sir, because it was such a wonderful product,
Speaker 2: and I just unfortunately I do tend to have more
Speaker 2: sensitive skin, and I think those people out there who
Speaker 2: have sensitive skin. You know who you are, and there
Speaker 2: are people who sometimes can't put Like Eva, I wouldn't
Speaker 2: even begin to give this to hers. If she has
Speaker 2: like a lotion that has anything in it her whole body.
Speaker 2: She knows that about her, but she knows that about herself,
Speaker 2: so she would never even attempt to try this.
Speaker 1: So I shouldn't put this in a stock.
Speaker 2: No, but I do like Look, I actually think you could.
Speaker 2: Even the gift is adorable. It's wonderful, and if seventy
Speaker 2: five percent of the people who review the product loved
Speaker 2: it and had no issues, that should be taken into consideration.
Speaker 1: That's a roll of the dice giving a gift that
Speaker 1: might end up somebody with a first degree burn. All right, folks,
Speaker 1: well this one. What do you think about the price
Speaker 1: point there? Forty bucks?
Speaker 2: I think yeah, I think that's nice. And to get
Speaker 2: four of them and to be able to travel with them,
Speaker 2: I think that's a good price point.
Speaker 1: You can get them Amazon Anthropology, certainly, but this was
Speaker 1: an interesting one from a brand that even I was
Speaker 1: aware of, but wasn't aware that this was out there.
Speaker 1: I look them up. They made candles. We talk about
Speaker 1: the sense are so great.
Speaker 2: Try that, yeah, let's do that. But you know what,
Speaker 2: should we give this to Sabine? Does she have sensitive skin?
Speaker 1: I wouldn't dare give this as a gift. I just
Speaker 1: wouldn't because there's the risk. I have read more reviews
Speaker 1: than most people will if they're looking at this product.
Speaker 1: So I have gotten to a point I would be
Speaker 1: nervous to try it myself, but that's me. But to
Speaker 1: give it to somebody with a maybe twenty six percent
Speaker 1: chance that they're going to be pissed at you, let's
Speaker 1: roll the dice anything but yes, forty dollars anthropology check
Speaker 1: out Saltonstone. But can we say that, yes, this is
Speaker 1: a great company of great products and great sense. So
Speaker 1: we absolutely recommend that you check them out. But stay
Speaker 1: with us. We got one gift.
Speaker 2: Left, Yes, just one gift. It's our final gift.
Speaker 1: Okay, the t us for the next one. I'm not
Speaker 1: even sure what it is meaning I'm looking at it
Speaker 1: right now. It is on a bookshelf, but it's not
Speaker 1: a book. Is that fair?
Speaker 2: That's correct? And it's fun for the whole family. So
Speaker 2: maybe we'll try it out this afternoon and we'll be
Speaker 2: able to say with authority whether or not we endorse
Speaker 2: this gift, all right.
Speaker 1: Well, folks, we always appreciate you spending some time with
Speaker 1: us on behalf of my dear Amy. I am TJ. Holmes.
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