Why making your own deodorant could save your life?

Making your own diy natural deodorant is a perfect way to reduce your chemical intake. 

But it is way more than that! And this could save your life! Sounds dramatic? WelI I have found it the perfect way to stay in touch with my armpits and breasts. Sounds odd? Well I can tell you from a personal perspective that for years I have sprayed on my Deodorant every morning and night, not giving a single thought to the lumps and bumps going on  in that region. Every now and then doing a breast check. But NOW every morning that I apply my homemade chemical free deodorant paste, I am massaging and feeling what's going on around many important lymph nodes. I am not a naturopath or a medical practitioner. I am a Mother, a woman in her 40’s nearly 50 that runs her family's small business. But hands down I can say it made me very aware. I can tell what’s going on and exactly what has changed in that area day to day. I totally believe that using this deodorant or a deodorant paste could help with early detection of lumps and lightly massaging the paste in each morning helps.

Not only is it super easy to make, you will be doing yourself a huge favor. Although there's no solid evidence that aluminum-based antiperspirants or store purchased deodorants  lead to cancer and Alzheimer’s disease, there certainly are a lot of correlations. Have you ever read the ingredient list? Wow yuck! So try my super easy recipe. I guarantee there will be no going back.

So do we really need to use an antiperspirant? The simple answer is no, we are designed to sweat in fact it helps detox the body. Antiperspirants are basically designed to stop us sweating.

Will I smell? If you eat clean food and drink plenty of water you will not normally smell. In fact I think using commercial deodorants I smell more than using the natural diy one.

Do I need to detox my underarms? I didn’t, however I had tried approx. 6 different combos before this one. I had mixed results to say the least, red blotches, gritty paste the list goes on. I kept going back to my store to purchase chemical based deodorant till I made one important change. That was adding bentonite clay and an organic arrowroot powder.

Why is adding bentonite clay and Organic arrowroot starch, was the answer?  Centaur Packaging's Bentonite clay is mined here in Australia. It is a totally natural clay that has amazing detox benefits, however it makes the paste a beautiful creamy and soft texture with great health benefits. Originally I was purchasing my Arrowroot flour or starch from the supermarket until I realized that some of these flours have Aluminum in them! YES the whole reason that l was moving away from commercial deodorant.

Try Making your own with the following. Remember making your own requires trial and error for example if you want it firmer add more beeswax, Please note that it changes with the seasons too. In Winder it will be harder Summer softer. 

Homemade Deodorant paste

80 gms Shea butter

65 gms Solidified Coconut Oil

20 gms BeesWax

65 gms Arrowroot flour 

5 gms  Bentonite Clay

Method:

1. Combine ingredients overheat using double boiler method
2. Once well combined remove from the heat add essential oils
3. Transfer mixture to Jar
4. Place into the fridge or freezer to set this can help with the graininess over time

What  Essential oils do you use?

I normally use Tea Tree, Patchouli oil, and a ladies blend such as Whisper from doTerra or Lady Sclareol from Young Living.

I now use Woohoo Deodorant paste which is 100% Natural, 100% Toxin Free & 100% Vegan. I use Mellow, which is bicarbonate of soda free. My tip is to take a small pea size amount and work into a paste with fingertips and massage into each armpit. I then apply the balance to my short spiky hair followed with my morning essential oil routine.

Happy Living 

Michelle

We also stock a premade bicarb free deodorant