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Homemade Deodorant Recipes
Ingredients:
1 part baking soda
1 part cornstarch
tea tree oil
Directions:
- Combine ingredients and mix well.
- Put powder pixture into a shake box or a container with a powder puff.
- Use daily or as needed.
Updated notes: to give you an idea of tea tree oil/ratio, it’s about 10 drops per 1 cup of total powder mix. Adjust to your preference, there are no hard and fast rules here.
If you find your skin is very sensitive and store bought deodorants are irritating your skin, give this a try. Tea tree oil is antifungal, a disinfectant, powerful antiseptic, this fights odor unbelievably well.
More uses for tea tree oil: fighting dandruff, foot odor, fight athletes foot, helps fight acne/pimples and more.
Here’s another homemade deodorant recipe to try
This recipe is easy:
- Mix equal parts of baking soda, petroleum jelly and talcum powder. Melt over low heat until it’s completely smooth and well mixed. Stir constantly while the ingredients are heating.
- Pour into a container and seal. Cool at room temperature then use as needed.
- For the first batch try 2 or 3 TBS per ingredient to start with. If you like it, increase the amounts for a larger batch.
Updated: Combined two posts here, added the second recipe
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my husband and i now both use this deodorant–so cheap and easy and no waste! i recommend sifting the ingredients with a flour sifter two to three times to mix well.
Hi! Just found this today. I like this idea! But I’m a bit confused. What would you call a “part,” approximately? A cup of each? Because I would think that you’d need a different number of tee tree drops if a part was 1 TBL vs. a cup.
Thanks!
Hi Sheri, you’re right! :slaps forehead:, it is about a cup-ish per part for the baking soda/cornstarch. I’ll fix the recipe, thanks for pointing that out
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Hello
I was just wondering how you would put the deodorant on? with a cloth and just dab the powder on or would it be sprayed?
Thank you,
Hi Isobel, you would pat some on with a powder puff or shake the powder onto the skin.
Hello again
I am just asking what would you put the substance in when it is compleated?
You can put it in any type of jar or container. If you want to shake it on, choose a jar with large holes in the shaker lid, otherwise a container that has a wide enough opening to pat a puff in or cloth. Keep it covered when not in use.
Hey
2 things 1st: Can you use anything different from baking soda? and 2nd: If you use this deodorant as underarm deodorant wouldn’t you have white spoches on your clothes?
Thank you,
Hi Isobel, yeah there could be some white residue from the baking soda. I haven’t tried it with anything else, what were you thinking of using?
I have been on a mega DIY kick lately and I made this deodorant last week and my husband and I LOVE it!!!!! I used to always complain to him that I didn’t think my deodorant lasted all day and that I felt stinky around 6 or 7 at night. NOT with this deodorant! I feel fresh all day long and smell fresh too. I added orange essential oils to mine instead of tea tree oil and it works just as well. Thanks so much for this recipe!
The recipe for homemade deodorant using the tea tree oil is EXCELLENT!! Thank you so much for this healthy tip.