My latest venture has been to experiment with homemade probiotic deodorant. I found a recipe on pinterest and was, of course, interested in why I would want to make my own deodorant and include probiotics in it.
Stinky Pits – Why Do Pits Stink?
Our pits smell, not because of sweat, but because of the bad bacteria that likes to collect in the dark area under our arms. I have read a few articles that say adding the probiotic to the deodorant helps to regulate the good bacteria which keep the bad bacteria from taking over and causing stink.
Are Antiperspirants Bad?
Our bodies are meant to sweat. It’s what keeps us from getting overheated. Antiperspirants work by clogging the pores underneath our armpits, which blocks the body from doing what it needs to do. Is this bad? I don’t know… I’m not a scientist, but it seems like our bodies should not be prevented from doing something they are supposed to.
Besides that little bit of information, there are many chemicals in store-bought antiperspirants that you probably don’t want touching your body and being absorbed into your skin.
For these reasons, I decided to try out a homemade version of deodorant. This deodorant has all natural and known ingredients! I have only used it a few days, but already love it. I haven’t done anything strenuous so I don’t know how it will hold up when truly put to the test. The true test will be labor and birth in a month or so.
Homemade Probiotic Deodorant
- 1 T cocoa butter
- 1 T coconut oil
- 1 T shea butter
- 1 T beeswax
- 2½ T cornstarch
- 1 T baking soda
- 15 drops vanilla essential oil (or oil of your choice)
- 2 capsules powdered probiotics
- In a small saucepan over low heat, melt cocoa butter, coconut oil, and beeswax.
- Remove from heat and stir in cornstarch and baking soda using chopsticks, until well combined and dissolved.
- Add essential oil
- Let mixture cool in the pan.
- Once cooled, and slightly thick like pudding, open capsules and add the probiotics to the mixture.
- Stir with a spatula quickly.
- Add mixture to an old, clean deodorant container and allow to cool and harden in the refrigerator.
The ingredients I used are listed below:
- cocoa butter
- coconut oil
- shea butter
- beeswax
- cornstarch
- baking soda
- vanilla essential oil
- probiotics
While these products may seem expensive at first look, they go a REALLY, really long way. I bought most of them for Christmas projects and have been using them for many things since then.
Wow, never thought to make my own deodorant but that looks neat!
That is awesome! I love homemade things and this sounds great! Thanks for the recipe!
I had no idea you could make your own deodorant! How cool!
Wow you made that? I knew people made their own soaps and stuff but deodorant is a new one for me. The vanilla sounds like it would be heavenly but I really don’t think I could get away with it. I have to use the clinical strength stuff and I’m still a sweaty mess.
OMG, I am so going to try making this!
I stopped using drugstore brands long time ago and I use an organic brand called Florere. However, I must try this sometime!
What a great idea! Where did you get the deodorant stick to put it into?
It was an old used stick.
That’s awesome!! I may have to give it a try.
You learn something new every day!! That is pretty smart.
This is so interesting, I had never heard of making your own deodorant before, and JUST this evening a friend of mine was telling me that she had made some too!
This sounds really interesting, and I bet it smells fabulous!!
Does it leave any kind of stains on your clothing? That would be the only thing I’d worry about.
Working at a dry cleaners, there are several “alternative” deoderants that leave terrible stains on certain types of clothing.
I may try this as commercial deoderants have not been working as well on me lately.
I haven’t had any stains on my clothes yet. But I also haven’t sweated that much. I’m pretty sedentary right now and it’s cold out. We’ll see this summer!
Awesome! I am sending this to my friend who keeps experimenting with homemade deoderant.
I will try this for the summer. My recipe……arrowroot flour, baking soda, coconut oil and tea tree oil. Made a medium sized container 6 months ago. Maybe 2 more months to go.
I have heard putting tea tree oil in it is also a good thing.
I made this recipe using cornstarch instead of arrowroot almost 2 weeks ago and love it! Like Jenny said though, summer will be the true test or at least when it is warmer out.
I’ve used this exact same recipe for three years now and I am totally in love with it. I workout daily and I’ve never experienced an odor afterwards. Once my body adjusted to the ingredients, I noticed that I don’t perspire as much as I did with the store bought brands. I will give you all a heads up secret on shorting your adjustment time and bringing your armpits to a normal level. I used apple cider vinegar as an astringent every morning and night to bring my under arms to its natural ph balance. Yes it stinks but the smell will go away once it’s dry and your homemade deodorant is applied.
Thanks for the tip!
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Very interesting. I sweat like crazy but the strong anti-perspirants clog my pores and make me break out. I wonder if something more natural will help, at least with the odor.
I have noticed no odor so far… except the sweet smell of vanilla.
It still hasn’t been not enough for me to see how it holds up with massive sweat.
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