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Ingredients:
1/4 cup Baking Soda
1/4 cup Arrowroot Powder (can I just say this was really hard to find! I eventually found it at Hyvee)
4 tablespoons Coconut Oil
10 drops of essential oil (I chose Sweet Orange)
A jar with a lid
First in a small bowl, mix up all the dry ingredients. Then start to add the oils a little at a time. Mix with a fork until you get the consistency that you like. I actually had trouble with this, so I nuked it in the microwave for about 15 seconds. It made it liquidy (which was easy to stir & then pour into my jar), but then it solidified back up.
Now, to apply it, you take a small amount in your fingers and kinda warm it up but rubbing your fingers together. then rub it in each armpit. You only need to apply it once! The other nice thing, no more deodorant marks on your shirts! Also, this is super cheap to make as well since the ingredients last a long time.
I've been using this deodorant since 10/21/11... and I love it! I've found that it works better than normal store bought deodorant. The first few days of using it I had a little extra sweat, but it only took 2 days for my body to adjust to not having Aluminum chlorohydrate, aluminum zirconium tetrachlorohydrex gly or any aluminum compounds.
Now, to apply it, you take a small amount in your fingers and kinda warm it up but rubbing your fingers together. then rub it in each armpit. You only need to apply it once! The other nice thing, no more deodorant marks on your shirts! Also, this is super cheap to make as well since the ingredients last a long time.
I've been using this deodorant since 10/21/11... and I love it! I've found that it works better than normal store bought deodorant. The first few days of using it I had a little extra sweat, but it only took 2 days for my body to adjust to not having Aluminum chlorohydrate, aluminum zirconium tetrachlorohydrex gly or any aluminum compounds.
But then later research that I found says cosmetic industries tend to use unrefined. So my conclusion? You can probably use either and be fine.
all the ingredients were in my pantry...i put mine in a very small restaurant ware bowl w/a ceramic "lid"....looks good on the counter in the bath
i consider this both an antiperspirant, (corn starch or arrowroot or clay) & a deodorant, (baking soda)...the coconut oil is a carrier for the others
i lift heavy cases everyday & i am menopausal...which means hot flashes
whenever they feel like it......which means sweating......which is normal
& does not mean that i ....or others.....are not clean
i dont mind using my hands for applying the cream...the coconut oil melts
into my hands & just makes them soft...it is not oily @ all
i may try adding a few drops of essential oil...ambergris is my favorite
tu for the ible !
p.s.......love the smell of garlic & onions by themselves or on people.....two of the best smells in the world!
http://www.instructables.com/id/Cupcake-PushPops/step2/Making-the-Push-Stick/
Is this not an antiperspirant?
L
Tag it with "antiperspirant" - I find that "de-odourants" aren't; they're just something else on top of sweat.
Keep clean, and your natural smell is just fine.
L
L