Homemade Deodorant
Supplies
Ingredients
- 2-4 tablespoons coconut oil, extra-virgin AND unrefined
- 2 tablespoons organic cocoa butter
- 2 tablespoons unrefined shea butter
- ¼ cup organic arrowroot powder
- 1 tablespoon baking soda
- 1 ½ teaspoons organic corn starch
- 15 drops essential oils **
Instructions
- Fill a saucepan with 1-2 inches of water and place over low heat.
- Place 2 tablespoons of coconut oil, cocoa butter, and shea butter in the glass jar and set in the saucepan.
- Heat the ingredients until melted. As soon as you can stir the mixture, remove the jar from the heat, so it's not too hot for the other ingredients.
- Stir in the arrowroot, baking soda, and cornstarch.
- Add essential oils. Allow the deodorant mixture to sit for 5 minutes.
- When the mixture is still pourable but thick enough to not be runny, fill the stick deodorant container. (Make sure the applicator is rolled all the way down, so there is room for the mixture!)
- Store in a cool, dry place and apply as you would regular stick deodorant.
Notes
Don’t forget that certain citrus oils are photosensitizing, so be sure not to apply a citrus-based deodorant before sunbathing or when your underarms will be at risk of burning due to sun exposure.
Also, if your mixture starts melting in the summer, try adding 1-2 tablespoons of kokum butter, which is the hardest butter available. You will need to add 4 or 5 more drops of essential oils to overcome the waxy smell of the kokum butter.
*Some of my favorite essential oils for deodorant are cedarwood, clary sage, geranium, jasmine absolute, lavender, lemon, lemongrass, rose absolute, sandalwood, sweet or wild orange, tea tree, vanilla absolute and ylang-ylang.