IS your bathroom cabinet a shrine to abandoned deodorants that didn’t keep you smelling fragrant as promised, and antiperspirants which failed to prevent you from sweating in the first place? Have you ruined a favourite outfit because of indelible white marks left by product residue? Or are you among a growing number of users who wants to replace ones containing aluminium — that barrier to sweating — because of suspected links to Alzheimer’s disease, kidney disease and breast cancer?

Consumer goods giant Unilever today unveiled a deal worth £2.3bn (€2.7bn) to add VO5 shampoo and Simple soap to its line-up of hair and skincare products.

London: Unilever, the maker of Dove soap, agreed to buy Sara Lee’s personal-care and European detergent unit for €1.28 billion, gaining Sanex shower gel in its biggest purchase in nine years.

Consumer goods giant Unilever today unveiled a deal worth €1.2bn to add the bath products Sanex and Radox to its portfolio of brands.