Summertime confidence-found!

No matter how hot it gets this summer, these tricks block everything from underarm odor to gas, so you can meet up with friends and family without the fear of getting too close

- Ann Green

Nix skin fold odor with baking soda

Summer heat and humidity create a breeding ground where yeast thrives. And when this yeast overgrows in breast folds, it emits a stale odor. But research out of France shows that patting baking soda under breasts before putting on your bra increases the pH of skin, blocking 79% of odor-causing spores from breeding.

Erase underarm odor with vinegar

Spritzing apple cider vinegar (ACV) on underarms before applying deodorant supercharges odor protection (and the scent vanishes within 5 minutes as it evaporates). A study in Nature finds antimicrobial ACV blocks bacteria from breeding, annihilating stink-making microbes without harming skin. And a Japanese study suggests ACV’s tannins enhance deodorant’s antibacterial effects, so you smell fresh up to twice as long.