Taking A Bath With Baking Soda

@molusk (857)
Philippines
October 3, 2007 3:29am CST
Have you ever tried taking a bath with baking soda? I have tried it and my wife told me that blindfolded, she cannot anymore trace my whereabouts inside our house as she cannot smell my body odor anymore. Ha-ha, funny, right? But its true and rather quite effective in fighting our body odor. Have you tried it?
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@wotfpatty (2065)
• United States
3 Oct 07
Baking soda rocks! It can do anything! I used to brush my teeth with it long before they had baking soda toothpaste and my mother used it as a dusting powder as well as the usual fridge/freezer odor absorber. My mother always said, if we are concerned with odors to take a bath in baking soda or dust some on. She even used it as deodorant. It works! I never bathed with it because I have bath bombs, bubbles, and fizzies but many contain some baking soda. You are right. It really does absorb body odor and does it naturally and harmlessly.
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@molusk (857)
• Philippines
4 Oct 07
Yup, it is indeed effective. At first I have had some reservation in bathing with this baking soda which my wife told me about. But when she told me that she will **** **** if I will bath using the baking soda, I immediately took a bath and used it.
@wotfpatty (2065)
• United States
4 Oct 07
Ha! THAT's a great motivator! :)
@Rozie37 (15499)
• Turkmenistan
4 Oct 07
I have heard that baking soda has a lot of benefits, but I had never heard of that one before. I read in a book of home remedies that tomato juice works also. It is suppose to even get rid of skunk odor.
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@molusk (857)
• Philippines
4 Oct 07
Rozie37, my friend. I haven't heard about tomato juice. But baking soda did prove effective in eliminating my body odor. Now, every time I sweat a lot like working in the garage, or after a game of basketball, I would take a bath with a light sprinkle of baking soda. Thanks for coming over, Rozie.
@Buchi_bulla (8298)
• India
3 Oct 07
May be washing soda cleans better than baking soda. Only thing is that, the colour of your body may change and your wife cannot identify you as well.
@molusk (857)
• Philippines
4 Oct 07
Ha-ha-haaa...Buchi_bulla , that is why we have to use baking soda. Thanks.
@drannhh (15219)
• United States
4 Oct 07
Yes, it is very relaxing, too! Baking soda is excellent for getting rid of dirt and odors in all sorts of applications. The only thing to note, though, is that it will take the moisture out of your skin and hair, so it is good to rinse well and use a natural moisturizer of some sort afterwards, such as Shea Butter, Coconut Oil, Jojoba, or whatever. Smart move, molusk. Thanks much for this reminder~!
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@molusk (857)
• Philippines
4 Oct 07
drannhh, my friend. Your visit is always a pleasure. Thank you for the added info. For moisturizer, I think I'll have a go for Virgin Coconut Oil.
• Philippines
3 Oct 07
no, i haven't done that and probably wont..i don't have body odor anyway..but if its effective then i can go ahead and suggest it to some of my friends who have some problem regarding their odor..
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• India
3 Oct 07
I am hereing this for the first time. i will try it.
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@molusk (857)
• Philippines
4 Oct 07
OK and thanks for letting us know you will give it a try. Good luck.
@roniroxas (10560)
• Philippines
3 Oct 07
nope, but thats a cool thing to share molusk. you can help a lot of people by sharing that. so what do you actually do with the baking soda? do you mix it with water or you put it at your body as soon as you finish taking a bath?
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@djmarion (4898)
• Philippines
6 Oct 07
i haven't tried doing that maybe because i dont feel the need to bathe myself with baking soda. i dont perspire that much so i dont think i smell bad. :)
• Pakistan
3 Oct 07
well i never try this, is that fuuny thing that you have said or realy works, becuuse we use the baking soda in cakes and other bakery products well if you are using this formula than i will try when i will comw back to home ater playing football, you konw how it produce bad smell in yur body
@molusk (857)
• Philippines
4 Oct 07
Oooopps...please be careful not to confuse baking soda from baking powder, just like me. At first, I did thought that baking soda and baking powder are two of the same kind. Thank goodness I was able to learn that baking powder is a composition of baking soda, starch and cream. On the other hand, baking soda is purely baking soda which is a chemical compound called sodium bicarbonate.
@andyliuzn (1029)
• Guangzhou, China
6 Oct 07
Well, I have never tried it. Seems that it does the body good. Andy