Deoderant

We had so much fun making the detergent that we decided to look into other things to make.

So hubby decides we should try deoderant. He`s been reading up on chemicals in food, and in personal products, and the stuff he was telling me made me raise an eyebrow and kinda freak out the more I listened. Apparentley theres a website where you can plug in the name of whatever brand you use of lotion, shampoo, ect. and it tells you whats in it and what the side effects are.....
So of course I get on it , and try it out. Wow . Ok so now Im on a side mission to find a way to make lotions, hair care stuff, ect.

We made this deoderant and tried it out for 2 weeks. We went to work, worked in the yard, and never had a problem. Even the hubby smelled fresh at the end of the day , hehe.

Heres the recipe :

1/4 cup baking soda
1/4 cup cornstarch
6 or so tblsp coconut oil

mix soda and cornstarch and about 5 tblsp coconut  oil, adding more oil until thick .make sure its all well blended, then add a couple drops of essential oils if you want them maybe 2 or 3 drops each of whatever you choose to use. We used tea tree oil and peppermint oil.
Put in an 8 oz jar or container ( i used a pint canning jar ), and apply with fingers.

This stuff is so safe you could probably eat it......however I wouldnt suggest it. Yes I did , I tasted it, it smelled like candy, and looked ......ok so it tastes like cornstarch......bleck..

Works wonderfull though.

I got the coconut oil from walmart, and ordered the oils from amazon. I found out that if you get virgin coconut oil, it will smell like coconut, the kind at walmart dosent have a scent. We may just have coconut deoderant for next time. Yet we`ve hardly made a dent in this batch. This homemade stuff looks like it will last and last and last....... hubby says its a good thing :)