Carpe Antiperspirant Lotion Review

If I'm being completely honest, summer is my least favorite season. I know, there's sunshine, picnics, and spending time with family enjoy the great outdoors -- but there's also heat, humidity, and sweat. It can get ugly! Luckily, the Carpe Antiperspirant Lotion is here to help keep sweat at bay.

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No one really wants to talk about sweating, but it's just a fact of life in the summertime. If you have excess sweating, the Carpe lotions are a great way to keep it under control. They have a Hand and Foot lotion that are a daily treatment to help lessen sweating.

Carpe should be applied every night before bed for the best results and throughout the day as needed. The instructions are pretty much the same for both the hands and feet: wash and dry the area, apply a pea sized amount, and rub it into the skin for 15 seconds.

The active ingredient in Carpe is aluminum sesquichlorohydrate, which is an anti-perspirant. It serves as a sweat gland-level barrier to sweat, reducing the amount of sweat that reaches the surface. The patent-pending formula gently soothes skin with natural eucalyptus oil and moisturizing ingredients. It's also non-greasy and dries quickly.

I do not have too much of an issue with regular excessive sweating, but I've been jogging outside a lot more and I don't like getting sweaty feet and hands. I gave the Carpe lotion a try on both my hands and feet before a recent run. Keep in mind that this is meant to be used on a daily basis over a long period of time to keep sweat at bay, so my experiences were based on a more short-term use.

Here's a look at my palms after applying Carpe. I think I used a little bit too much at first, because as you can see, it left a chalky layer of white on my skin. The people at Carpe informed me that to avoid this, you can rinse off the chalky layer about 10 minutes after applying the lotion, since the sweat barrier will already be in place at that time and won't wash away.

The lotion is more of a gel in texture in my opinion, and it does dry very quickly. It felt like it took less than 15 seconds of rubbing for it to absorb into my skin. It has a sharp eucalyptus smell that I didn't mind, but if you're not familiar with the scent it may take some getting used to.

At the end of my jog my palms were sweat free! My feet were a different story, but remember that I only applied this once, and I also don't expect it to completely block sweat during a run with socks and sneakers in hot weather. I was more curious just to see how it felt on my feet. But I could definitely see this working really well to lessen excessive sweating in every day life.

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Bottom Line: The Carpe Lotion is an easy and affordable way to stay comfortable and less sweaty. It worked well to lessen sweat on my palms, and I'm going to continue to use it daily on my feet as well.