Be Well: Products to Keep You Fresh During Sweltering Summer Heat

<div class="block">Amy Brightfield, features director at Better Homes and Gardens, joined Cheddar News to talk about staying fresh as the summer weather warms.</div>

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Well as you know, the summer temps are heating up and this year, the season is expected to get even hotter than usual, but we've got all you need to beat the heat, keep you comfortable when things really get steamy. That's right here with your sweat. Survival guide is Amy Bright Field, the features director for Better Homes and Gardens. Thank you so much for joining us. You have a whole table of things here to save us. Right. Yes. Well, the thing, first thing is it is good for you to sweat because think of your body like a car like it has to, if it, if it contains too much heat, it overheats. So actually sweating is the way that your body releases the heat. So you get the sweat and then when the sweat evaporates from your skin, it takes the heat with it. So sweating keeps you from overheating. So that's why we don't love like an anti per, right? It's ok to use an anti perra. Don't put it all over your body necessarily. But there actually it's ok to use. Um, that doesn't stop anything from happening. Like that's some people do get like, oh, I know that if you sweat excessively. Yes, that is something that's, that's fine, but it's natural in the summer to get kind of sweaty. It, your body, your body is air conditioning. Yes. Ok. So how are we gonna help control the sweat? So, it's not too much. So, this is a traditional, um, anti per, but actually it detects when you are sweating and then releases the fragrance and the, and the odor stopping odor neutralize. And this is, this is by degree so innovative take on sort of a traditional stick but that it actually detects when your body is about to is sweating and releases break was this made by a wizard? I wanna try it. That's interesting. Now, I know I also love that it's invisible. So you have those and you don't get the powdery and the casing stuff at all. Ok. What do we have here? So this is actually an all over prebiotic and probiotic, deodorant. You can use it anywhere like, so you say anywhere you may get literally and it's all natural. So like, yeah, you can rub it anywhere you sweat, like say your hands or sweaters say like, you know, you get sweating in your elbow and anywhere behind your knees. So it's, it's cooling and refreshing and it just stops and it doesn't feel like anything and it doesn't feel like anything. And it also, it neutralizes odor because you know, you don't only sweat under your arms so you can put it anywhere because this is a little greasy. Can you put this on where you were gonna wear clothes, like get on your clothes or anything like that? It, well, I mean, it might, but I don't think it doesn't stain, it doesn't stain, you rub it in and your skin absorbs it. Ok. But if you were going on a run, you could put this kind of on before you get going and you could put it on everywhere and or if you're, if you're gonna be outside for a really long time on a hot day, you can put it any, you can put barbecue all over. Yeah. Yeah. Ok. I mean, any time you don't want to now this is anti shaving. Thigh rescues. That's right. Yeah. If you can put wherever it stop, it creates like a thin layer to stop friction that stops any shaving. So anywhere if you get hot and you, things rub together, you can put that in there too. Yeah. Yeah, it's great. That's a big problem that a lot of people have in the summer time. You do that when you run too. I like that. These products are for your hair. So this is Swear. And you put this on your hair before as you're like when it's damp and you missed it and it protects your hair from say you're, you're gonna sweat, it protects your hair from the sweat and the humidity from the oils kind of getting into your hair and getting it dodgy. So that's sort of a first step while you're styling your hair. Ok? But if I already sweat, I don't wanna wash my hair. Here's a great dry shampoo, you know, dry shampoo is a savior, a lot of the time. And also, so this is a, first of all, it's a pump which is great and it is all plant dried ingredients. And so you can also the pump, it looks chalky but the pump you can control better. Like what does everybody see that you can control the amount that you use better? Yeah, I see it because I I mean it does come out white but you know, you think about your traditional with the aerosol and you end up with like so much white, your hair and you really have to, this is like small amounts. You have a really you have amount control portion control on this. Now this may be a silly question. But can the black people use this? Is this I've never heard of or use a dry shampoo before you? Yeah, rub you can rub it in on the, on the roof like yeah, yeah. And then you don't but don't put it all in and do like you're actually shampoo in your hair. Don't do that. No, no, no, no. You just put it like where the oil gathers around the scalp and even Yeah. And, and under in here and like the place is like, I put it in like where my hair gets like oily. Most like on this, around my scalp and under my neck in here. So I'm just gonna be rubbing all of these products all over, all over, rubbing yourself with soothing products. Cool and looking great. So you don't look too sweaty every week. You want a little bit of a glow. But these are all great products. Now, I'm curious a lot of these are plant based so they're safe for the environment safe for you or organic. How good are they at? You know, a lot of the sweat, you know, people think you have to do a stronger version of these products. No, they're all, a lot of plant based things are great. It's not, you know, more isn't necessarily better and you don't need like a super, super strong ingredient. A lot of time. It's just something natural and gentle. That helps control the odor. You know, you, your sweat smells because not all sweat smells. Sometimes their sweat produced from certain glands is more oily. And then when that mixes with the bacteria on your skin, that's what causes the odor. So you don't need a lot of, you don't need something super, super strong to sort to. And I feel like these don't have an overwhelming fragrance. So it's not like we're trying to mask what's happening and then you end up you know, kind of like being like pig pen with this big smell all around you everywhere you go. No, the ingredients are meant to neutralize odor. So not, not necessarily mask. I mean, some of the things do have some like a slight fragrance, but you're right. Absolutely right. Like it's not great to just sort of put like perfume over something in maske it, but these ingredients really work just neutralized. I love these picks. They're so different. Thank you so much. Thanks for having me.