Making your own deodorant

I don’t wear much of anything, scent-wise, unless I feel the need, generally from a ‘needing some lavender in my life’ perspective rather than ‘everyone does it so I should do it’ type perspective. Heck I’ve even stopped shaving, suddenly couldn't see the sense in it, maybe that’ll change as the temperature warms, but you get my drift, the need for ‘natural’ and being ‘in one’s nature’ has set in. Blame lockdown, it gave a wonderful opportunity to explore more of simplicity and to enquire into the reason I was doing ‘things’ in the first place.

Anyhow, a lovely friend put me onto this recipe for natural deodorant. She had been making it for me for a while and then lockdown came in so I was tasked with making some for myself. That moment finally arrived and I was pleasantly surprised. It’s always empowering making your own ‘products’ and I thought some of you might like to give it a whirl too.

Here it is:

1 tbsp of Shea butter
1 tbsp of coconut oil
2 tbsp of cornflour
1 tbsp of baking powder
10 drops or so of Essential oils of your choice eg bergamot, lavender and lemon grass

Melt the oils together over a Bain Marie or in microwave, blend in the flour and baking powder, add the essential oils and pour into a screw top jar. Add Reiki and love too!

The recipe doesn’t ask you to pop the jar in the fridge but I did so anyway, to help the setting process. It smells wonderful! I will now smell of lavender and ylang ylang, my two favourite essential oils!

Give it a try if you can and be kind to those pits!

Love Emma x