Tipnut.com has a great page on all the different types of ways of making homemade deodorant.
Check it out.. it's all pretty easy.
TipNut.com: Making Homemade Deodorant
As an update... I recently ran out of my own HD. The way I make it is basically just mix the baking soda and cornstarch into store-bought cocoa butter moisturizer, melt the two together and store in a jar. Works really well! I haven't had any time recently to make a new batch so I've been using the store-bought commercial crap. That's right, I said crap. You know why? Because I can actually FEEL the difference.
Immediately after using the commercial crap,: my skin was drier, itchier, shaving became more difficult, i felt... sticker. This was basically my own personal experiment and I can definitely say that making your own is only cheap as hell and easy... it's actually just SO much better for your poor tortured skin.
One suggestion (learned from my own failed hubris)...definitely store in a jar. I had the bright idea to reuse an old store-bought deodorant plastic tube.
ReplyDeleteMostly....it just leaked out the bottom and made a mess. *facepalm*
But the mixture itself works great. :D