Homemade Deodorant-Aluminum Free from a shea butter mix

The main purpose of this video is to show how a shea butter mix that you may already be using as a moisturizer for your skin and hair can be modified for use as a very effective deodorant. It's a shealoe mix made with unrefined shea butter, virgin coconut oil and aloe vera gel/juice (the kind you can drink) with baking soda. Essential oils are optional, but you will need to use either tee tree oil or rosemary oil as a preservative (Thanks Desaundrea for that tip).

Edited 9/8/10 to add: I have added cornstarch to this mix. It seems to make the baking soda feel a lot less scratchy and darkening under the arm.




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[neeqness]

I noticed you said you have a lot of shea butter, but where I get mine, its fairly expensive so I was wondering if you had a source that was cheaper? Also I was wondering what your technique and/or recipe was for using baking soda to wash your hair. Thanks!

[msfullroller]

@neeqness I'll PM you the website where I got my shea butter from. Now I'm no longer using baking soda to wash with but when I was using it I put I think, a tbs of baking soda to 2-3 cups of water and put that in a spray bottle, sprayed that onto my locs and squeezed the mixture in to the locs.

[neeqness]

@msfullroller Thanks so much for the site, WOW! I paid $10 for 4oz!! Was really starting to think I might sub coconut oil instead next time. But never again thanks to you! :) Thinking of trying the baking soda, but now I'm curious why you stopped using it... Thanks again!

[msfullroller]

@neeqness Glad it helped! I stopped using the baking soda because it became a bit drying for my fine/thin hair.

[neeqness]

@msfullroller Did you use the apple cider vinegar to condition afterwards? I've been using 1 tbs per cup for both so far with no problem, but I don't have dreads so i was curious what worked for you because i know people who have dreads and are interested in this. I've also been hearing shea is good for hair too..

[msfullroller]

@neeqness I think I did but maybe it was not enough to counteract the alkalinity of the baking soda. Plus it was not helping my scalp issue. However, I currently use an herb infused ACV as my shampoo along w/ and herb infused coconut oil for leave-in conditioning and absolutely love it! My scalp is happy and my locs are softer than my loose hair ever was. Shea is great for hair but can be too hard to wash out for dreads.

[thepossessor]

aluminum is a cancer causing agent, and it's found in virtually all mainstream anti perspirants and deodorants, aluminum zirchonium, that stuff is getting absorbed through the skin via the armpits, anything absorbed through the skin in that area of the body gets picked up by the lymph system and gets picked up by the lymph nodes which first travel to the breasts, this is one of the reasons woman are getting breast cancer, most men have hair under there which protects it somewhat but woman shave

[gemini16th]

Good recipe, but a simpler mix is just using Witch Hazel(or rubbing alchol), 1/2 teaspoon of baking soda(or a baking soda/cornstarch mix), and 1-2 drops essential oil(Tea Tree, Lavender, or Eucalypus) in a small plastic spray bottle from Dollar Tree or Wal-Mart. Shake well each use.

[msfullroller]

@neeqness I'll PM you the website where I got my shea butter from. Now I'm no longer using baking soda to wash with but when I was using it I put I think, a tbs of baking soda to 2-3 cups of water and put that in a spray bottle, sprayed that onto my locs and squeezed the mixture in to the locs.

[Uberhilarious]

@thepossessor No it is not.

[magicmoonbeams]

Who cares if you smell. Retarded.

[msfullroller]

@arabcn Hi and thanks for watching! No it's not important. I love to modify what I'm already using for other purposes so the reaso for this video was to show folks who may be using a shea butter mix as a moisturizer for skin and hair that they can uses that same mixture as a base for a deodorant.