Well.. turns out there is a natural solution for that and it doesn't involve rock crystals, even more expensive "natural" deodorants, or any type of magic. Turns out.. this will probably be the easiest... and cheapest... thing you'll ever make at home.
Homemade Deodorant Powder
- 1 part baking soda
- 1 part corn starch
That's it. Mix them up in a flat, wide-mouth container and you have powdered deodorant. Whenever you put some on, you just tip two fingers (fore and middle, for example) in the powder.. you'll get enough of it caked on there to just go ahead and smear right under your armpit (or where ever else you put it on) and you're ready to get dressed!
This actually works, I kid you not. It lasts all day and keeps the smell away. It won't do anything for moisture, but it will keep you from stinking. If it can keep me from stinking, it simply has to work for others as well. Usually, I'd dab on a bit of lavender essential oil underneath my arms to create a pleasant smell.. you know.. just in case. I'd still recommend wearing perfume or a fragrance because smelling nice is well... nice. But it works!!
The only problem with this method is that it's a bit messy. It's a powder and that has a tendency to sorta get all over the counter. That's why there's a slightly more complicated version where you make this into a cream and I'll go into that in another post.
This is cheap and easy enough that I think it's worth a try (over the weekend) just for the hell of it. If you do, let me know how it goes.
Was going to email this to you, but thought I'd bring it up here as I'm wondering if the "Gel-making" aspect could be applied to making a sort of "gel deodorant" to solve the powdery problem. I actually started looking into the gel-making stuff to find a way to make large batches of the baking soda shampoo and ACV conditioners you posted about. What do you think?
ReplyDelete(This is to make Hair Gel, btw...but I've not tried it yet as I don't usually use hair styling products):
http://www.howtodothings.com/fashion-personal-care/how-to-make-scented-hair-gel
Oooh.. that looks like a good recipe for Hair Gel. I think I saw something like that before.
ReplyDeleteI don't think that it would work too well with deodorant though. Actually, what I do now is mix the powder with a cocoa butter cream and use it like that.. I'll write that up soon. So there's an easy solution there, just mix the powder with a thick lotion.
For the shampoo and ACV conditioner.. you know i've been trying to figure out how to make large batches myself and haven't come up with anything yet. Seems like that particular gel could create a sticky mess... and the solution as-is can be just made in large batches and kept in old shampoo bottles, but it's just so damned watery that it's hard to use that way. I'll look into it to see if I can find something...seems like there should be an easy solution... perhaps just somewhat watery gelatin? or using glycerin somehow?
I've read a lot of recipes that call for Castile Soap and I suppose that could work but I'll admit that when I used Castile Soap as a shampoo my hair turned into an utter nightmare. I'll look around tho :)
I found a few suggestions about the net including gelatin (used minimally), which is also taken orally to help strengthen hair. Glycerine or agar-agar were mentioned, but the interesting one is this stuff called "Simply Thick". It's meant to thicken liquids for people who have swallowing difficulties (not sure I understand the logic there, but anyway)-- it comes with directions on how much to enter to make it different viscosities. It's tasteless and odorless so I imagine it is similar to gelatin and wouldn't have any damaging effects on the hair, since it is also meant to be ingested.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.simplythick.com/