So easy and fast to make your own toothpaste and deodorant!
Time to stop buying plastic containers every time you need a refill. Re-purposed one instead!
The following recipes come from Famille zero-dechet‘s first book with additional inputs from the numerous zero-waste blogs and videos available online. Parentheses below provide french name in case (les mots en parenthese donnent la version francaise des ingredients).
Toothpaste (Dentifrice)
- 1 tbsp coconut oil
- 1 tbsp baking soda (bicarbonate de sodium)
- 3 tbsp clay (argile)
- 3-5 drops of peppermint essential oil (menthe poivree)
Mix all ingredients and fill up a re-purposed container.
Deodorant 1
- 2 tbsp shea butter
- 2 tbsp cornstarch (farine de mais)
- 1 tbsp baking soda (bicarbonate de sodium)
- 15 drops of essential oils
Heat up shea butter to liquid, then add all ingredients. Contain in re-purposed container.
Deodorant 2
- 40 g coconut oil
- 10 g bee wax
- 30 g baking soda (bicarbonate de sodium)
- 20 g arrow root or cornstarch
- 15 drops of essential oils
Heat up beewax and coconut oil to liquid, then add all ingredients. Contain in re-purposed container.
Which essential oils for deodorant? from Famille zero-dechet‘s first book
- palmarosa: against sweat smell
- lavender (lavande): soothing/healing
- clary sage (sauge sclaree): reduce excessive sweat
- tea tree: against bacteria
- peppermint (menthe poivree): refreshing
- ylang-ylang: my additional oil because I love the smell 🙂
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