Secondly a lot of homemade deodorants use significantly more baking soda then you need to keep dry, in return you may end up with chemical burns this is what many people will tell you is the "transitional period". There is no reason that you body needs to endure pain to go healthy. Please if you have a painful reaction to something please find the source ingredient and limit use are stop altogether. Baking soda may cause chemical burns in higher concentrations, but in smaller amounts should be perfectly safe to use.
Recipe:
- 2/3 cups coconut oil
1/21/4 an ounce of beeswax (I prefer a softer deodorant so I decreased the amount of beeswax)- 1 teaspoon cornstarch
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda(With the addition of shea butter I found I could increase the baking soda to teaspoon without irritation)
- 1 capsule of vitamin E oil (this time I used a bottle so I tried my best to eyeball it)
- 2 deodorant empty deodorant containers
- 20- 40 drops of essential oils I prefer at least 10 drops to be tee tree
Some of the oil blends I like are
- 5 drops of thieves EOs, and 15 drops of lavender EOs
- 5 drops of sweet orange EOs, 5 drops of bergamot EOs, 5 drops lavender EOs, and 5 drops of Jasmine EOs
Mix all the ingredients except the essential oils in a small pot over low heat, until coconut oil and beeswax are melted. Take off heat and add essential oils. pour into your containers and set aside in the fridge for 2 hours or until solid.
This deodorant doesn't need to be left in the fridge. So feel free to put in your bathroom cabinet without fear of it melting. it goes on really smooth and my highly sensitive skin hasn't had a breakout since I made the switch. If you think you would prefer a more dense deodorant add more beeswax.
