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Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Homemade Deodorant~Reposted

I wrote this post a while ago and think that it is a great reminder on how one can make many things on their own with just a few base products. Have a great day-

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it be so easy to make a product at home that is like what you buy at the store? Will the homemade product work? Is it hard to make? Is it really cost effective to make at home? The questions I have written go through my mind every time I research making something at home. In addition I have been researching making things that have limited preservatives or chemicals as I am unsure exactly what side effects they may cause me. I have been amazed at what things are in items that we use on a daily basis, and although I am neither a doctor nor scientist, wonder if the rise in cancer is the result of chemical overload.

I make my own toothpaste, hairspray, shampoo (not sold on its ease so still working on) hair gel, facial cleanser, soap, and as of today deodorant! Yes, I made my own deodorant today. I will confess that not wishing to smell has been the reason I have delayed making deodorant. I ran out of deodorant the other day, so I decided to get over my worries and just make it-pass or fail.

Wow, making deodorant has to be one of the easiest items I have ever made. The process took around 8 minutes, and 4 minutes was spent washing out my old deodorant container.


Empty deodorant container


The ingredients:
1/4cup corn starch
1/4 cup baking soda
1-2 TBSP coconut oil

Mix the dry ingredients first and slowly add the coconut oil mixing with your hands. The coconut oil is the bonding agent and you do not need too much to make the deodorant the same consistency as store bought. Then fill the empty deodorant container.


Here is the finished product! It has no smell and works wonderfully.
The total cost to make this:
coconut oil= around 10 cents
baking soda= around 5 cents
corn starch= around 10 cents
empty deodorant container=free
total= 25 cents! Amazing


And for the record the baking soda is the odor fighter, the corn starch keeping dry, coconut oil bonding agent-3 ingredients safe and simple.
(c)Double Nickel Farm
Jennifer

I wrote this post for my farm blog. You see for me prepping and living simple are the same thing. I am preparing on relying on my brain to make things for my family, if and when I can no longer go to the store anymore. Once I discovered the volume of chemicals and garbage in so many products, I threw myself into this full force. You see even if the world changes and our economy tanks I am still me and wish to maintain some normalcy. In any crisis, comfort items do make all the difference. Having clean clothes, being able to wash up are stabilizers for many of us. If you prep long term it becomes a lifestyle and then making every day items become a snap!

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Thanks for reposting this. I'm going to try making some this weekend. I enjoy your blogs!

Sooner Gal

Pat Mathews said...

Cool recipe! I've never seen that before. Thanks!

Pat in Albuquerque.

Humble wife said...

Sooner Gal thanks for stopping by, and good luck making your deodorant!

Pat- I am glad that I showed you something new!! ;)

It works wonderful and is easy to make!

Felinae said...

Thanks Jen!

I did not see this when you posted it before.

I am going to have to give it a try.
Now, if I wanted to add scent, is that a doable option? and would I just add it in along with the other ingredients?

Thanks again :D
Hugs~Fel~

Humble wife said...

Heya Fel! Yes you can add scents if you wish. I never have because I like it as is- but scents may be sweet:)

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