Want to make your own homemade natural deodorant for you and your family? Here’s a simple all natural, vegan patchouli deodorant recipe that actually works. Plus, I’ve included a free download for printable deodorant labels you can print and customize.
My natural homemade lavender & patchouli deodorant recipeis made with aluminum free baking soda and certified organic arrowroot powder to help keep you dry while a combination of certified organic lavender essential oil, certified organic tea tree oil and patchouli essential help to combat odor causing bacteria. Ingredients like cocoa butter, shea butter, fractionated coconut oil, jojoba oil and rich vitamin E oil help keep skin feeling smooth and conditioned without feeling greasy. This natural homemade patchouli deodorant recipe has a light natural fragrance that is pleasant, not overbearing.
Natural Lavender & Patchouli Deodorant Recipe
Recipe Yields: 5 – deodorant tubes containing 3.4oz/96g net weight each
© Rebecca’s Soap Delicatessen (Printable PDF recipe and labels.)
Supplies:
Digital Kitchen Scale
glass bowl or large glass measuring cup
double boiler or microwave
plastic spoon
spatula
Graduated 3ml Plastic Transfer Pipettes
permanent markers
sticker label sheet
5 – 2.25oz. deodorant containers
Ingredients:
8 oz. aluminum free baking soda
4 oz. arrowroot powder
3 oz. cocoa butter
2 oz. fractionated coconut oil
.5oz. jojoba oil
.25 oz. shea butter
1/4 tsp. carnauba wax
2 ml lavender essential oil
1.5 ml patchouli essential oil
1 ml vitamin E oil
10 drops tea tree oil
Directions:
Weigh out the cocoa butter and place into a double boiler or glass container. Measure out 1/4 teaspoon of carnauba wax and add to the cocoa butter. Heat in double boiler or microwave until melted.
Now weigh out the shea butter and stir into the melted cocoa butter and wax until it melt completely.
Next, weigh out the fractionated coconut oil and jojoba oil and stir into the the melted butters and wax.
After that you can go ahead and add the dry ingredients by weighing out the baking soda and arrowroot powder and stirring into the liquified mixture. Mix well.
Using a pipette, you will measure out the lavender, patchouli and vitamin E, using a different pipette for each oil, and then stir into the liquid deodorant mixture.
Finally, using a pipette to contain the oil, add 10 drops of tea tree oil and mix well.
You can now slowly pour the deodorant into five 2.25oz. white lotion bar tubes or empty deodorant containers. Use the spatula to help get all of the deodorant into the containers if needed. Each container should hold a net weight of 3.4oz. of this product.
Allow your deodorants to cool completely, then cap and label.
To label, simply download and print out the natural deodorant labels onto blank sticker paper. You can customize the look of your labels by using permanent markers to color in the images. I used a combination of BIC Mark-It Colored Permanent Markers
in Polynesian Purple, Petal Pink and Cloud Nine Gray to “color” in the lavender flowers by simply dotting the colors in at random locations within the flower bunch.. I then used Pink Flamingo to color the ribbon on the “natural” label and the bow around the flowers. For the stems I used Lime Sorbet. Add more or less color to your liking or simply leave the labels a simple black and white. Now, using sharp scissors, simply cut out the labels and adhere to your deodorant containers.
If you are sensitive to baking soda and it gives you itchy raging red underarm rash, simply substitute the baking soda with magnesium hydroxide powder. It’s just as effective but without the irritation. And it provides your body with extra magnesium as it’s able to be absorbed through your skin!
Like the font I used for my labels? I created this font using my own handwriting! You too can create your own custom fonts easily and quickly. Simply visit My Script Fontand download and print the template provided. Fill in the alphabet with the corresponding squares, then scan into your computer and upload the file to MyScriptFont. Name the font, select the format you’d like to use and send the file. You can then save the font to your computer and install to your font program. Since I’m on a mac, my fonts are installed into My Font Book. (It should automatically prompt you once downloaded and opened.)
Also be sure to check out my all natural, handmade cream eye shadow recipe for an alternative to chemical laden cosmetics. For even more great DIYbath and beauty recipes, be sure to follow my boards on Pinterest.
