Tired of questionable substances in your deodorant? With just a few ingredients you can make your own deodorant cream in no time.
The days are getting hotter again and you start to sweat more. But reaching for deodorant can be detrimental to your health.
Because many commercially available products are unfortunately often a single chemical cocktail of countless ingredients.
Because we have no desire for aluminum, synthetic fragrances, preservatives or mineral oil products, we rely on deodorant cream make yourself.
Cream under the armpits instead of deodorant, that should work?
In fact, the DIY deodorant cream is as effective as the products from the drugstore - no, even better! It consists namely only of purely natural ingredients and is made really fast!
How you can make your own deodorant, we tell you here!
Table of contents
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What ingredients you need to make your own deodorant cream
There are all kinds of recipe ideas for deocremes. You can customize your cream a little. Because every person is different and of course has different needs.
Baking soda* and Coconut oil* are almost always part of the DIY deodorant, the rest can be varied.
We have chosen these ingredients. Surely you already have them all at home.
- Coconut oil* - has antiseptic properties and contains antiviral and antifungal agents. The Coconut oil* is a consistency generator.
- Baking soda* - neutralizes the smell of sweat due to its antibacterial effect
- Strength - is used as an excipient to make the cream gelatinize.
- Shea butter* - is also a consistency provider. It has a high content of triterpenes, oleic acid, triterpene charcoal, vitamin E, beta-carotene and allantoin. It has a nourishing effect especially on dry skin.
- Essential oils - make sure that your deodorant cream smells good.
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Tip: In the book, The Glow - Naturkosmetik selber machen, you will find many great instructions for DIY cosmetic projects. From creams, shampoos, scrubs, oils, you will find many step by step instructions with photos.
When I started to deal with the topic, I stumbled across the book. It offers a lot of great instructions for beginners and also advanced. And for every skin and hair type. I can highly recommend it to you and regularly prepare natural cosmetics with the book.
How to make your DIY deodorant cream
Important ingredients that you need for the recipe, I've picked out. You can find them on Amazon.
- Coconut oil*
- Shea butter*
- Baking soda*
- Cornstarch*
- essential oils
- Cream container*
Make deodorant cream yourself
Du benötigst
- 2 TL Coconut oil
- 1 TL Shea butter (Alternative: cocoa butter)
- 3 TL Baking soda
- 3 TL Strength
- 1-2 Drop essential oil
Equipment
- 1 pot
- 1 heat resistant bowl
- 1 Cream jar*
Anleitung
- Boil the cream jar in hot water and disinfect it.
- Let the shea butter and the coconut oil melt slowly in a water bath. Caution: The shea butter must not become too warm, otherwise it will no longer be solid.
- Mix the starch with the baking soda. Grind the ingredients a little finer in a mortar.
- Then add the starch and baking soda to the shea butter and coconut oil.
- Mix them all together well.
- If you find the mixture too grainy, you can grind it again finely with a mortar.
- Add the essential oil.
- Let the deodorant cream cool down and stir every now and then so that the baking soda does not settle.
- Then you can pour the mixture into the cream jar. Done!
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How to use the deodorant correctly
The application is just as easy as with a conventional deodorant. You take a pea-sized amount from the can with your fingertip and spread it in the armpit.
After a few minutes, the cream is completely absorbed. If necessary, you can apply the deodorant cream several times a day.
It also does not leave stains on clothes.
Attention: For freshly shaved or particularly sensitive skin can be Baking soda* have an irritating effect. If you notice that you do not tolerate the deodorant well, you should use less when making your own deodorant cream. Baking soda* use.
When you switch from conventional deodorants to natural cosmetics, your skin needs a while to get used to it.
So the deodorant may not work as well as it should right away. Give it a while. It can often take up to three weeks for your skin to get used to it.
How long the shelf life of deodorant cream
Of course, natural cosmetics do not last as long as the products from the drugstore. You should therefore use up the deodorant cream within 2-3 weeks.
But you can still make more of the deodorant cream yourself. The surplus you then simply freeze.
Tip: The Coconut oil* becomes liquid at approx. 25 degrees. It is therefore best to store your cream in the fridge in summer.
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Why you should make deodorant cream yourself
For every everyday problem there is a solution. Whether for skin or hair. However, the products contain a large amount of magic ingredients that are anything but healthy.
In deodorants, it is mainly the aluminum additives that cause illness. They ensure that the pores close and thus prevent sweating. However, they also enter our body through our skin.
And this is far from the only additive that is unhealthy for our body.
There are also other substances such as parabens, mineral oils, alcohols, silicones, preservatives and fragrances in the deodorants. So pretty much everything that the chemist heart desires ;)
But leaving home without a spray, roller or stick is almost unthinkable. Because no one wants to have huge stains under the arms and smell unpleasant.
Fortunately, you can make your own deodorant cream with just a few ingredients. You save money, waste, prevent animal testing and can safely do without the many chemical additives.
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Why you sweat and sweat smells so unpleasant
Sweating is an important bodily function. This is because sweat regulates body temperature, keeps the skin's protective acid mantle in balance, excretes metabolic products and gives us our individual body scent.
Sweat itself is odorless. But as soon as it is decomposed by skin bacteria, it begins to smell unpleasant.
The resulting odor depends on the type of bacteria that are present on the skin surface. Hormones also have an influence on the smell of sweat.
Because sweating is an important function of our body, you should not stop it completely. Instead, try to bring it under control and prevent the formation of odors.
With our deodorant cream you achieve exactly this goal. The ingredients reduce bacterial growth and neutralize odors.
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Our conclusion
We love our homemade deodorant cream! It is not only easy to apply, but also smells wonderful thanks to the essential oils and thus prevents odor and cares for the armpits. In addition, make your own deodorant cream is really anything but difficult!
Have fun trying it out!
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