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Traitors star Charlotte Church admits “I generally stink” after ditching deodorant and shaving<\/p>\n
Charlotte Church has revealed she has ditched deodorant and stopped shaving, saying she “generally stinks”.<\/p>\n
The 39-year-old singer from Llandaff in Cardiff revealed it on the Walking The Dog podcast after host Emily Dean complimented her on how “lovely” she smelled.<\/p>\n
Church, who recently appeared on Celebrity Traitors, said she was surprised by the comment and explained she stopped using deodorant because she was concerned about chemicals.<\/p>\n
The Cosmetic, Toiletry and Perfumery Association (CTPA) said deodorants and antiperspirants had to meet strict safety standards in the UK. But beauty journalist Anita Bhagwandas said Church’s stance reflected a shift in people embracing natural beauty.<\/p>\n
Church said she responded to Dean’s comment by saying: “Do I? That’s surprising – I never smell nice. <\/p>\n
“I don’t wear deodorant or anything, so I generally stink,” she added.<\/p>\n
Church said she had also stopped shaving 18 months ago and encouraged women to “do whatever feels good” with their body hair, adding “dye it, shave it, whatever – but for me, I’m just like, nah”.<\/p>\n
She explained she liked the “contradiction” of her choices.<\/p>\n
“I love wearing dresses, beautiful dresses, with my really hairy legs and heels and nails. It’s so confusing for people.”<\/p>\n
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Anita Bhagwandas<\/p>\n
Beauty journalist Anita Bhagwandas said Church’s decision reflected a wave of “micro-movements” within the beauty industry<\/p>\n
Journalist Bhagwandas, 41, from Newport, said she had seen a wave of “micro-movements” in which people were moving away from traditional products due to concerns about chemicals, particularly aluminium.<\/p>\n
“We’re simply more aware of what we’re putting on our skin and bodies, and that’s definitely a good thing,” she said.<\/p>\n
Lockdown “solidified” this shift as people went without salons and began simplifying their beauty habits, she suggested.<\/p>\n
Decisions around shaving and body hair are now increasingly viewed as “personal” rather than a “social obligation”, she explained.<\/p>\n
“Hair is there for a reason – it serves a biological function,” Ms Bhagwandas said. <\/p>\n
“Letting it do its thing is probably the most natural thing you can do and lots of people have really embraced that, which is great.”<\/p>\n
Ms Bhagwandas said younger generations faced less stigma than previous generations, when body hair was often labelled “masculine” or “unfeminine”. <\/p>\n
She added that more celebrities, including Lady Gaga and Miley Cyrus, openly embraced their natural hair. <\/p>\n
“We’re in this really great place, that I hope will continue, where we’re getting to pick and choose what we want to do – rather than it being forced or an expectation,” she added. <\/p>\n
Is deodorant safe?<\/p>\n
The CTPA said all UK cosmetics, including deodorants and antiperspirants, must meet “strict” safety regulations.<\/p>\n
Extensive scientific reviews, most recently by the European Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety in May 2024, confirmed aluminium in antiperspirants was safe with no link to breast cancer.<\/p>\n
It said all cosmetic ingredients, whether natural or synthetic, were rigorously tested for safety.<\/p>\n
Products also undergo professional safety assessments and market checks before being sold, it said.<\/p>\n
The CTPA added: “Years of scientific research and testing goes into making each and every item in our bathroom cabinets and make-up bags.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PA Media Traitors star Charlotte Church admits “I generally stink” after ditching deodorant and shaving Charlotte Church has…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":341435,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[49,48,361,75],"class_list":{"0":"post-341434","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-celebrities","11":"tag-entertainment"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/341434","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=341434"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/341434\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/341435"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=341434"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=341434"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=341434"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}