This homemade deodorant is the best I have ever used! Clean and good for your skin unlike conventional store brands.

What you will need

Diatomaceous Earth
Arrowroot Powder
Shea Butter
Coconut Oil
Baking Soda
Essential Oils for fragrance (optional)

These ingredients come together to create a wonderful, clean, and effective deodorant!

pot with homemade deodorant ingredients inside

Diatomaceous Earth

Diatomaceous earth helps to neutralize odors as well as absorb moisture. It also helps to pull toxins from the body as well as heavy metals. Such a great addition to this homemade deodorant.

Arrowroot Powder

Arrowroot Powder is also great at absorbing moisture; and it helps with the texture. It will leave your underarms nice and soft.

Baking Soda

Baking Soda helps to neutralize any odor causing bacteria in your armpits.

Shea Butter

Shea Butter gives this deodorant a soft spreadable lotion like texture. It also helps keep your underarms nice and soft!

Coconut Oil

Coconut oil is another player in the bacteria fighting game. It also adds a nice mild scent if you choose not to add essential oils.

Essential Oils

Essential oils are here for my scent loving friends. Making sure you get to enjoy all the wonderful smells without all the negative side effects of chemically scented body products.

Regular deodorant versus natural

For a lot of us we grew up just grabbing a deodorant off any store shelf without thinking twice about it. Never realizing we were clogging our lymphatic system with aluminum. For women this is especially concerning, because our lymph nodes in our armpit are so closely linked with our breast tissue. Antiperspirants are also designed to clog our sweat glands and prevent sweating. Sweating is a very important form of detoxification. These are only a few of the many reasons to switch to a natural deodorant!

When it comes to natural deodorant people usually have fear that it wont work, and for some on the market this is true. However, this homemade version works better then store bought! Although, it can take your body a little while to adjust. Some people might even need to do a armpit detox before they find natural deodorant will work for them. Also, applying it the night before seems to make it more effective. Just be patient, your body will thank you.

Baking soda can be harsh on the skin, for some people who are extra sensitive, so don’t apply right after shaving. Also the baking soda can darken your skin, if this happens switch to a baking soda free deodorant for a little while until the skin color turns back to normal. This natural deodorant is more likely to get on your clothes since there’s no chemical to make it invisible. But don’t fret it washes out super easy.

DIY Deodorant

Prep Time: 5 minutes

Active Time: 5 minutes

Additional Time: 10 minutes

Total Time: 20 minutes

Effective homemade deodorant

Materials

2 tbsp coconut oil
2 tsp shea butter
3 tsp baking soda
4 tsp arrowroot powder
4 tsp diatomaceous
essential oil (optional)

Tools

Small pot
Small glass jar with lid

Instructions

Over medium/low heat melt the coconut oil and shea butter together being carful not to make it to hot.
Once almost melted, add all the dry ingredients. Mix well. Rub a small amount between two fingers to make sure it is smooth and well incorporated.
Next, add in your essential oils of choice.
Pour into a small glass jar and place in the freezer to cool quickly. Cooling quickly helps everything to stay smooth and not form any lumps.
Once cooled it is ready to use. Apply a pea size amount to underarms and rub in.
For best results apply at night.