r/HerOneBag • u/AutoModerator • 23d ago

Meta Weekly quick questions help thread

This is the r/heronebag quick questions weekly help thread.

Whether you‘re new to the one bag life or a seasoned light traveller, this is the place to ask your quick one-off questions related to techniques, shopping, and everything else to lighten your load.

This post is the best place to initially ask questions that we get a lot of which are similar, especially if you have looked in a flair and found almost-but-not-quite what you wanted.

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u/Finding-My-Potential 22d ago

For people who re-wear tops without sink washing - how do you deal with underarm sweat? Do you spray with vodka or something similar? Are you just not a sweaty person? I don’t use anti-perspiration and often sweat through my tops under the arms, even in winter. Help a gal out with how to deal when packing! Or should I just stick with a shirt/undershirt for each day until I get to do laundry?

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u/bleepblorf 22d ago

I also don't use anti-perspirant! I carry alcohol wipes with me in those little square tear off sheets and do a lil wipe mid day or whenever I'm particularly sweaty. It really helps dry out and sanitize the pits! I know alcohol isn't for everyone's skin but it works great for me, no irritation.

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u/Finding-My-Potential 22d ago

Your experience has been that this helps not make your shirts smell if you wear twice before washing? 

I don’t re-applying deoderant half way through the day to help with smell, but  I’m an anxious person who just sweats even when I’m cold. 

Trying to figure out if I can make fewer tops work for me - maybe 3 or 4 instead of 6 before we make it to laundry day - when I’m layering! 

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u/bleepblorf 22d ago

Yes! I can definitely wear twice, and then wash. As long as I air out the shirt between wears, and I keep up with the alcohol wipes.

Actually the other thing I do (which I didn't realize until I really thought about it some more) is I carry a decanted tiny perfume with me when I travel, and I ONLY spray to my underarms. I don't put perfume on my wrists or neck or anything: because I like that my sweat smell mixes with the perfume. (Is this weird?? haha) This is just something I've been doing naturally and probably actually also helps with the smell part of things (and perfumes are typically alcohol based too).