Tired of looking for my homemade deodorant recipe every few months, trying to remember which one I used, and how to modify it with the ingredients I have available.

This is from www.treehugger.com/homemade-…

  • 1/4 cup shea butter
  • 2 tablespoons coconut oil
  • 3 tablespoons beeswax pellets
  • 3 tablespoons baking soda
  • 2 tablespoons arrowroot flour starch
  • 20 drops lavender essential oil
  • 10 drops tea tree essential oil

My measurements were all approximate. This was enough to fill two reusable containers, with a tiny bit left over to top up a commercial stick of natural deodorant in a paper tube.

Method

Melt everything except the oils in a double-boiler. The beeswax takes a while to melt.

While it is melting, prepare the containers

  • wind the screw to the bottom
  • remove the bottom plug
  • put on the lid
  • soften the remaining deodorant upside-down in the microwave (~30 s) so it drips into the lid

When the batch is melted, add the oils. Pour into the prepared containers. Put them in the fridge, or just leave them overnight to set.

Modifications

  • choose whatever scents you prefer
  • use different proportions
  • leave out the beeswax
  • substitute the arrowroot flour with cornflour
  • add kaolin clay. I tried NZ glacial clay, but it makes the deodorant brownish coloured, and leaves the deodorant with a faint river-bed-dust smell after the oils have evaporated.