DIY Beauty: 1st homemade stick deodorant
Thursday, 8 October 2009
Yesh, my first homdemade stick deodorant! Since discovering that tea tree oil and baking soda make a wonderful deodorant, I’ve junked my commercial product. Although my earlier attempt was successful, it was a little troublesome as I preferred to make a fresh batch everyday. That was of course time consuming. So I decided to order supplies to make my own stick deodorant.
Mixing 5 ingredients together
After reading a few recipes, I decided to keep mine simple. I was not prepared to use more than 5 ingredients. So what I used for mine were:
- 1oz cocoa butter
- 1oz shea butter
- 2 tablespoons of baking soda
- 20 – 25 drops of tea tree essential oil
- 16 – 18 drops of rose geranium essential oil
Let the mixture set in the fridge
I heated up the shea butter and cocoa butter so that they melted a little. That made the mixing a lot easier. Then I just dumped all the ingredients in and mixed them up till the mixture became pasty. I threw out my commercial deodorant but kept the container so that I could pour my mixture into it. Then off to the fridge it went to set for a day before I started using it.
Too much baking soda may cause skin allergies
I was really worried about putting too much baking soda because I’ve read that some had reactions or redness after using to much of baking soda. But I think I might need more. Also, my recipe is lacking something because it’s kind of oily. So I definitely need to work on another better recipe the next round.
Somewhat effective deodorant with great smell
Of course the big question is, is this DIY homemade stick deodorant effective? Well, it’s 50% effective because it worked on one armpit and kept it odor free the entire day but it only worked on the other for half a day. It’s also a bit too oily! But I can still use this as it is somewhat effective plus it smells great! I also have no redness whatsoever using this. Only thing is I’ve to to wet a cotton pad and add three drops of tea tree essential oil for that particularly smelly armpit. Kinda troublesome there! The wet version of the homemade deodorant I made last round was much more effective for sure.
Still, I’m happy to have taken the leap to make this and have now embarked on a journey of no return because I am now very reluctant to wear those commercial deodorants anymore unless they’re of 100% natural formulation!
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October 8th, 2009 at 11:57 am
Cute idea. Very environmentally friendly too!
sesame Reply:
October 8th, 2009 at 1:59 pm
Yes it is! Great smell too…just that I need to tweak this more so that my armpits will smell great all day.
October 8th, 2009 at 1:07 pm
i wonder why did it work on one armpit but not the other? it’s the same body and same stick of deodorant? *curious*
sesame Reply:
October 8th, 2009 at 2:00 pm
I think it’s cos one of my armpits has got more active sweat glands. It’s the same with the other deodorants I use. One side always smell a little at the end of the day.
October 8th, 2009 at 2:57 pm
Amazing! Eco-friendly, I like! Though do you think it would work for people who are really active Sesame? Like working out or playing sports?
sesame Reply:
October 8th, 2009 at 6:34 pm
Nope, this won’t do. But my earlier one using baking soda and tea tree oil will. It smells okay if you add in rose geranium or lavender.
October 8th, 2009 at 3:21 pm
Great! Its such a nice idea to use all natural deo:)
sesame Reply:
October 8th, 2009 at 6:35 pm
Yes, I now can’t bring myself to use those commercial ones that are not natural.
October 8th, 2009 at 3:43 pm
That’s really cool! I like the idea of an all natural deodorant, extremely eco-friendly! Would love to hear any tweaks you make to this recipe! =)
sesame Reply:
October 8th, 2009 at 6:36 pm
I will if I’m successful. I think I need to add more essential oil. The quantity I put in is probably insufficient.
October 8th, 2009 at 3:45 pm
It’s really nice! I shall try it when my commercial one finishes.
sesame Reply:
October 8th, 2009 at 6:36 pm
Check around for other recipes too. This one ain’t perfect yet.
October 8th, 2009 at 5:06 pm
I love the look of this deodorant stick u made.. Frankly I am trying to steer clear of chemical filled deodorants too. I would so buy this if i saw it in a store!! If only u could fuse the effectiveness of the liquid one with the looks of this stick deo, it would be perfect sesame
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sesame Reply:
October 8th, 2009 at 6:38 pm
Yup…I’m lacking something. Stick versions are quite tricky and I’m not very certain of the proportion of stuff to put in. Must tweak some more…
October 8th, 2009 at 10:12 pm
O.O that’s a first for me
how long can it last before the next batch?
sesame Reply:
October 9th, 2009 at 10:40 am
It should be quite a while…maybe 3 months?
October 9th, 2009 at 7:51 am
Awesome recipe! I’ve found that DIY deodorants are a trial and error process. I made a batch a while ago and used a bit too much baking soda and started getting irritated after about a week. But I have never been so dry and un-smelly ever before! Just got to keep tweaking the recipe to find that delicate balance.
sesame Reply:
October 9th, 2009 at 10:44 am
Yes I agree…it’s quite hard to pin down the exact ingredients too. I’ll try with cornstarch another round.
October 9th, 2009 at 9:04 am
Wow~ this sounds so good.. u knw those commercial deo has this distintive smell, which tells everyone that u are wearing deo.. which i hate.. i tot deo are supposed to be quiet.. Glad tat u make this post.. please let me know if u succeeded in making a good 1.. i wish to get the formula from u~ hee.. please share~
sesame Reply:
October 9th, 2009 at 10:46 am
Okay I will!
October 9th, 2009 at 9:12 am
please to try some more, so that we can make it too!!! I was thinking of tossing out my commercial one, yet don’t know how to stop the smell…then u wrote this blog, this is great hahaha.
sesame Reply:
October 9th, 2009 at 10:45 am
Try the earlier one I made – baking soda with a bit of water mixed with tea tree essential oil. Add another lovely essential oil and the smell will be good. Can last a good day and I can even go deodorant free for a day or two after that.
October 9th, 2009 at 10:30 am
Wow, this is utterly cool. I’m looking forward to reading about your next attempt at this. Btw, this is something really funny about “advertising gimmicks”. http://www.truthinaging.com/body/dept-of-daft-moa-the-green-balm/
sesame Reply:
October 9th, 2009 at 10:46 am
I haven’t seen that…I’ll check it out! Thanks for sharing.
October 9th, 2009 at 6:37 pm
this is encouraging me to switch to natural deo as well! maybe u can mass-produce and we’ll get our supply from you haha..
sesame Reply:
October 9th, 2009 at 6:48 pm
Haha…I did think of that too! But I doubt I can concoct a consistent deo even for myself!
October 10th, 2009 at 11:36 am
I love the idea
Where can I buy cocoa butter and shea butter in the form you bought? 
Thanks!
sesame Reply:
October 11th, 2009 at 3:14 pm
Where are you based? I’m from Singapore and I got it from Yours Essentially but they’ve since closed shop.
October 10th, 2009 at 4:34 pm
great! i hope your other armpit wouldn’t be so problematic anymore too…
sesame Reply:
October 11th, 2009 at 3:18 pm
Haha…still a problem!
October 10th, 2009 at 8:39 pm
Aww it looks so cute! And it is a great idea, hope it starts to work a little better on your stubborn armpit! hehe
sesame Reply:
October 11th, 2009 at 3:28 pm
Nah…I need to tweak it for it to work on that stubborn armpit.
October 13th, 2009 at 1:28 pm
Sesame: Based in Singapore too…Would you know of any other places to buy it from?
Thanks.
sesame Reply:
October 13th, 2009 at 9:18 pm
You can also get it online via whoopeekiddies.com.
sesame Reply:
October 13th, 2009 at 9:18 pm
Forgot to add that you can get the baking soda from the supermarkets.