So I have been using this Homemade Deodorant for nine months now. Yes, I said homemade. Yes for nine months. No! I really don’t smell! I promise. And not in the way that the hippie in the check out line of PCC, three people in front of me doesn’t smell. He doesn’t need deodorant, that’s smell is nature, man. Meanwhile my eyes are watering.
No, my not stinking is a much more grounded in reality, verified by those around me kind of not stinking. Even after trenching 50 feet of chicken run fencing I didn’t smell. Not even a little, not even with my nose right in there. And as an extra super bonus, I have applied nothing to my body that is toxic, or couldn’t be pronounced. I am a fan of my breasts, and I’d like to keep them. I’d also like you to keep yours, so I am posting this deodorant recipe. Like all great things, I can take zero credit for it. The recipe I found at angrychicken.typepad.com (thank you Amy,so very much for figuring this out) After 12 years of trying various Evil Amplifiers (that would be those all natural deoderants that you put on in the morning smelling fresh as roses and by midday you smell like a New Mexican truck driver coming of a six day Amphetamine bender. And all you did was sit as your computer.) I can’t believe how simple the solution truly is.
So enough already, here is the recipe. I have adjusted it slightly from the original to keep a little softer in my cold, cold bathroom.
Home Made Deodorant
3 Tablespoons shea butter
3 Tablespoons baking soda
2 Tablespoons corn starch
2 Tablespoons cocoa butter
1/2 tsp Vitamin E oil (or use two gelcaps, puncture and squeeze out the oil)
Essential Oil (I find 20-30 drops, but go slowly and add scent to your preference)
2 tbl Aloe Vera gel
I don’t own a microwave, so I melt the butter down chocolate style in a hot water bath, then stir in the baking soda, cornstarch and aloe. When it is smooth and mixed I stir in my essential oils, five drops or so at a time. Then I pour it into whatever container I am using and let it come to room temperature. You can store it in the refrigerator if you want to keep it longer, but I haven’t had any trouble with this spoiling after its mixed.
Some ideas for application are:
Keep it in a jar and scoop out a pea size amount to rub into each armpit.
Pour into an empty, cleaned deoderant container. Then you can simply apply it like you are used to doing with those chemical sticks.
Pour into ice cube or popsicle molds. You can keep one in your bathroom and the others in a baggie in the fridge for when they’re needed.
I like the jar method, because I don’t have any old deoderant containers lying around, and I didn’t want to invest in buying new plastic dispensers.And I just don’t mind scooping it out and rubbing it on with my fingers.
The only drawback to this recipe is that these ingredients can get really pricey. I suggest going in with friends and buying bulk from somewhere like mountainroseherbs.com or going to my etsy site duckyluck.etsy.com. If there’s no deoderant listed the day you visit, just send me a convo and I’ll get you hooked up quick smart!
