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Cream Deodorant

1/2 ounce cocoa butter
1/2 ounce beeswax
1 tablespoon glycerine
1 tablespoon rosewater

Melt cocoa butter and beeswax slowly in the top of a double boiler. Remove from heat, add glycerine and rosewater. Add several drops of one or more of the following deodorizing esssential oils: calendula, coriander, eucalyptus, lavender, lemon, rosemary, sage, or thyme. Stir before use if cream seperates.

Stick Deodorant

4 ounces cornstarch
2 ounces baking soda
1 ounces liquid chorophyll
2 ounces vodka
2 ounces distilled water
8 ounces beeswax
10-15 drops of honeysuckle, rose, coriander or essential oil of your choice.

Mix all ingredients except wax and chorophyll in a bowl, stir thoroughly. Melt wax in top of a double boiler over very low heat, remove from heat. Add the other ingredients and blend well. If the wax thickens too much to be workable, heat again. As the mixture begins to cool, but before it hardens, add the liquid clorophyll and essential oils. Pour into molds. Let harden. Remove from molds. Store in a tightly closed container away from heat to avoid shrinkage.

Herbal Deodorant Powder

2 parts powdered sandalwood (for fragrance and anti-microbal properties)
1 part powdered white oak bark (an astringent)
1 part powdered lovage root (for fragrance)
Pulverize herbs in a blender or food processor until they become a very fine powder. Transfer powder into a clean, dry iron skillet and very lightly pan-roast to set resins and scents. Fill muslin draw-string bags with the powdered herbs, or use handerchiefs tied with a string or ribbon. Pat bags under your arms or on feet.

Homemade Deodorant Cream

1/2 oz. cocoa butter
1/2 oz. beeswax
1 tablespoon glycerine
1 tablespoon rosewater
Melt the cocoa butter and beeswax slowly in a double boiler.
Remove from heat and add the glycerine and rosewater slowly, drop by drop, stirring all the time until the mix reaches room temperature and is the consistency of cream.
Now add several drops (let your nose be your guide) of one or more of the following essential oils with deodorising action: calendula, sage, rosemary, coriander, eucalyptus, lavender, thyme, lemon.
Store in a clean jar and use as a deodorant or a solid fragrance for our pulse points.
 
Deodorant powder
 
1/4 cup cornstarch
1/3 cup bicarbonate of soda
3/4 teaspoon finely pulverised lavender buds
15 drops pure lavender essential oil
 
Mix lavender with the pulverized lavender buds first.
Then add this mix to the other ingredients and allow it to sit in an airtight glass container away from any light for a day or two.
To use, lightly dust the underarms or apply to any other area of your body you wish to feel fresh.

An easy effective and very inexpensive deodorant

Place bicarbonate of soda in a container, use a shaving brush / powder or blush brush and lightly brush underarm area, very sparingly.

Citrus and spice deodorant

6 tablespoons witch hazel
2 teaspoons vegetable glycerine
2 drops clove essential oil
2 drops coriander essential oil
5 drops grapefruit essential oil
2 drops lavender essential oil
10 drops lemon essential oil
5 drops lime essential oil
5 drops palmarosa essential oil
 
Mix together the witch hazel and vegetable glycerine.
Add the essential oils and mix well.
Store in a glass bottle with a spray top.

Lavender and Rosewood Deodorant
 
80ml purified water
30ml apple cider vinegar
10ml benzoin tincture / a few drops of grapefruit seed extract
5ml myrrh tincture
25 drops lavender essential oil
20 drops rosewood essential oil
15 drops ylang ylang essential oil
 
Mix all ingredients thoroughly into a spray bottle.
Shake before use.
 

"No-Sweat" Tea

The following herbs, when brewed and drunk as a tea are reported to reduce perspiration within 2 hours of use with its effects lasting several days:
4 cups boiling water
1 teaspoon dried hops
1 teaspoon stinging nettle
1 teaspoon fresh cut rose petals
1 teaspoon fresh or dried strawberry leaves
1 teaspoon fresh walnut leaves
3 tablespoons of dried sage leaves
Combine all ingredients, cover and steep for an hour. Strain and sweeten with honey if desired.

Radish Deodorant

Extract the juice from about 2 dozen radishes, add 1/4 teaspoon of glycerine. Pour into a squirt bottle and keep refrigerated. Squirt under arms after a bath or pour some into the palm of your hand and rub under the arms.

Turnip Deodorant

Apply the juice of fresh raw turnips under the arms.

Deodorant foot bath for smelly feet

Soak the feet in the following solution:
1/2 cup white vinegar
5-6 tablespoons Epson salts
1 gallon warm water

Sage Deodorizing Foot Powder

1 tablespoon of baking powder
2 drops of Sage essential oil
Mix baking powder and oil in a plastic bag, shake well. Allow to dry. Break up any clumps that may have formed. Dust feet regularly with the powder and add a teaspoon in the shoes overnight.

Sage Foot Deodorant

Pulverize some dried or fresh sage, sprinkle the powder into shoes before wearing.

Do not use lavender oil during pregnancy.