Diy Deodorant Stick Beeswax

It is also a lovely skin moisturizer and protector.

Diy deodorant stick beeswax. Add your coconut oil mixture to your melted beeswax butters and allow it to melt stirring occasionally. While it is still liquid add essential oils and pour into deodorant tube. You will need to play around with your ratio of beeswax butters to coconut oil. Ingredients for a natural homemade deodorant stick.

Melt all ingredients except essential oils in a double boiler over low heat. This homemade deodorant contains jojoba oil which is actually a wax. Beeswax is a popular ingredient in many natural skin care products and it has this magical property wherein liquid oils remain in a solid state at much higher temperatures when mixed with it. Shea butter gives this homemade deodorant stick a nice spreadable consistency.

Remove from heat and stir in baking soda cornstarch and arrowroot powder. Instructions weigh the beeswax coconut oil and shea butter into a glass measuring cup. Beeswax can be messy so i recommend stirring with a thin stick like a coffee stirring stick that you don t mind just tossing when you re done. If you reduce the coconut oil by half 1 4 cup and add 1 tbs of grated beeswax melted together you get a more shelf stable less runny oily consistency very similar to commercial stick deodorants.

Place in a small saucepan with a couple inches of water and simmer until the oils are completely melted. Jojoba feels less oily and gives this deodorant a more smooth and less sticky feel.