NIVEA Stress Protect Deodorant Aerosol Review

I much prefer spray deodorants because roll ons just take too long to dry and I'm a Nivea fan so I was very curious what Nivea's Stress Protect Deodorant would be like.

The fragrance is nice but, unfortunately, the deodorant didn't seem to work all that well... well, it didn't feel all that dry! I've never had a deoderant fail before!

Unfortunately, this product was not for me and I ended up going back to a different spray deoderant in the Nivea range.

I bought this while on holiday because I forgot my roll on stuff and thought because I use roll on deodorants by Nivea then this would be ok for me but I was wrong. It was my first time using spray and I did like the coolness of the spray but it didn't protect me from my sweats as well as the roll on does.

I was really looking forward to trying this but I followed the instructions and when I sprayed it was like a snow storm hitting my arm pits! Said snow storm then fell to the floor and over my clothes. Tried to spray further away and it still happened. Had to throw away as totally unusable for me!

I grabbed this as its actually a better size than my Rexona ones being slightly smaller and less to carry. That is about all it has going for itself as it did little else.

This also easily left white marks on application - on my skin and clothing. I was able to still sweat through this layer and it just sat there on my skin very noticeably.

The smell was pleasant it is actually about one of the only things going for it as when wearing, so you do have a nice scent. But in terms of effectiveness it leaves me stressing over the lack of effectiveness so I was more worried about sweat. I am definitely the sort of person who needs some form of protection but this was applied and sat on top of my skin providing a scent but minimal protection versus my rexona clinical. It would probably be ok for a milk sweater but heavy, I would recommend Rexona.

Would not repurchase being it is not sweat proof and just smells pretty.

So this stung my armpits when I sprayed it on and made them itchy. I used it for 3 days and it was better on the second and third day (less stinging), it leaves a awful white substance on the pit when it was held at the 15 cms recommend distance. Had a really stressful day and yeah I didn't sweat that much but I still did. I didn't feel like it was anymore affective then other deodorants and making you "sweat less when stressed".

Unfortunately the Nivea spray made my skin dry and my underarms were quite sore and cracked, don't mind their other range of products just not this one.

Unfortunately I haven't had the chance to test this deodorant in a particularly stressful situation, so I can't say if it is any better than a regular deodorant when it comes to stress sweating. Overall though I have been unimpressed with the deodorant for everyday use. I wore it for a particularly intense gym session and I felt that I was a little stinky at the end which I hated! With any other deodorant i've never noticed it not working for odour so that was definitely a downfall. I also don't like spray deodorants so that was a disadvantage, though that is really just a personal choice. The last big thing that I disliked was the smell, it was quite strong, when I sprayed it I felt that it hung around in the air for ages and I was breathing it in. It also was strong enough to compete with my perfume which I really didn't like. Overall not a product I would try again.

Ironically this last week has been one of the most stressful times this year, with my final exams for my degree this week and attending a job interview for the first time in 7 years. I was excited to receive my sample and knew that is would be put to the test. I used it for three days, the first day was when I was attending my job interview. I haven't used an aerosol for a while and did hold it too close to begin with and got a cold blast. I was initially overwhelmed by the strong scent. I don't usually get wet armpits but throughout the day I did feel a bit moist against my top. The scent settled as the day went on, but you could still smell it after 12 hours, except it had a mixture of sweat smell, which I have never experienced with my normal roll on. The next two days I was studying intensly for exams and had to apply the aerosol twice on the second day which again I have never needed to do with my roll on. I wasn't happy with the protection and found the scent very strong. I used my normal roll on after the three days, again doing the same intense study and didn't have the need to reapply and I wasn't left with a sweaty smell at the end of the day. I wouldn't use this again as I didn't like the scent and it made me feel sweaty, with a sweaty smell mixed in with the aerosol scent in the evening. I also used it after shaving and it made my armpits itchy.

Thanks for the opportunity to review this product. I didn't feel like it said what it was supposed to, was certainly stressed even when i wore this. I don't think i would recommend it.

I did not like the smell of the deodorant and I didn't think it was much different to any of their other spray deodorants I have tried.