The BEST Homemade Deodorant (no rash!)
- Prep Time: 35 minutes
- Total Time: 35 minutes
- Yield: 1 deodorant stick (2.5oz) 1x
- Category: DIY, personal care
- Method: Double boiler
Ingredients
18g coconut oil (1 1/4 Tbsp)
18g Tallow from Grass-Fed Cows (1 1/4 Tbsp)
12g beeswax Beeswax (1 1/4 packed Tbsp) - decrease to 9 grams if putting into a mason jar and using your fingers to apply the deodorant.
37g arrowroot powder (4 1/2 Tbsp spooned and leveled)
12g baking soda (2 1/2 tsp)
3g Non-nano zinc oxide (1 packed tsp)
2g kaolin clay (1 packed tsp)
9 drops rosemary extract (1/8 tsp)
4 drops Non-GMO Vitamin E (1/8 tsp)
8-15 drops pure essential oils - (I use half pure vanilla oleoresin and half sweet orange essential oil). Make sure there's NO "fragrance" term used - a few trustable brands are Revive, Plant Therapy, Young Living. Lots of brands use fragrance, have poor ingredient quality, or harvest unethically.
Instructions
- Using a kitchen scale helps make the process faster and more precise, but standard measuring works too!
- Use a double boiler or a small pot sitting inside a big pot (bottom pot filled with water for double boiler method).
- Add the coconut oil, grass-fed tallow, and beeswax to the top pot and melt, stirring occasionally, over a little above medium heat until fully incorporated.
- In a small bowl, mix together the arrowroot powder, baking soda, non-nano zinc oxide, and kaolin clay.
- Add the mixed dry powder to the melted mixture and stir together to combine.
- Remove from heat and add the rosemary extract, vitamin E oil, and pure essential oils of choice and/or vanilla oleoresin. Mix to combine. It will have a spotted appearance because of the rosemary extract, and that’s totally fine!
- Let it cool for a couple more minutes then pour into a mini 4-oz mason jar or empty deodorant containers:
- If using a mason jar: Use a short mason jar that is easy to scoop from. Pour into the mason jar and do not put the top onto it until the deodorant is room temperature. You can either put the jar in the refrigerator for 2 hours, or leave at room temperature for 4-6 hours to harden.
- If using deodorant containers: Make sure the clear inner lid is on tight and the top is on. The deodorant tube will be upside down, then you want to pour through the bottom (not the top, unless you specifically have a top fill deodorant tube – MOST are bottom fill). Then after poured, do not put the bottom cap on the deodorant tube yet. Immediately place the deodorant in the refrigerator to harden for 2 hours, then put the bottom cap on, and remove from the refrigerator and let it finish setting on the counter for 4 hours or so. If using reusable deodorant containers, please be sure to save the clear round inner lid for your next batch because you’ll need it each time.
- I hope you love it!! Be sure to leave a review if you try it out!
Notes
Scent for men: For my husband, I use these essential oils: 7 drops bergamot, 7 drops sweet orange, and 2 drops eucalyptus. Sandalwood would also be amazing in mens! I also add a little less than 1/16 of a tsp of activated charcoal powder to his deodorant. It can help more with detoxing the armpits and also give a gray tinge to the deodorant, which he seems to like.
