Ingredients:
5-6 tablespoons of pure coconut oil (found at any health food store)
¼ cup baking soda
¼ cup corn starch
Instructions:
1. Mix all 3 ingredients well until it’s the consistency of a soft deodorant bar
2. I put this mixture into an old deodorant container for easy use, but you can store it however you choose
3. Rub a small amount onto (clean!) underarms
It lasts all day, smells fresh (faintly of coconut), and keeps you dry!
The cool thing about this mixture is that each ingredient has a purpose:
Coconut oil kills bacteria
Baking soda is a deodorizer
Corn starch absorbs wetness
(For Men and Women)
Because I like fun containers, here is a link to view some you can purchase.
Elements Bath and Body.com - Natural Twist up Tube
Other suppliers:
Camdengrey.com - essential-oils Tubes & Roll-Ons
more of bottles than traditional deodorant containers:
SpecialtyBottle.com
At the beginning of the year, there were those who were talking about reducing their intake and use of additives and using products that were not natural.
Cleaning supplies, make-up, things that don't get all the same attention since they are not as sexy and fun to talk about as food and exercise. But these things do clutter us up.
Note:
having made this in the summer I would suggest that you use the least amount of coconut oil, and if your coconut oil is runny in the jar, it will be runny in deodorant. Summer's here are quite warm, and my coconut oil is not solid, so the deodorant will be used this fall and winter.
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