You’ll never believe how well this natural, chemical-free deodorant works until you try it for yourself. Cheap, easy, and free of aluminum, parabens, and synthetics, you’ll never want to buy your deodorant again.  Like most natural recipes that utilize essential oils, you have the freedom to customize your scent based on your preference, the season, or to match your mood! 

Mother Nature’s Chemical-Free Deodorant

Ingredients   

  • 1 tablespoon baking soda  
  • 3 tablespoons arrowroot powder  
  • 1 tablespoon unrefined virgin coconut oil, warmed slightly (but not melted) 
  • 1/8 teaspoon pure vitamin E oil   
  • 8-10 drops in total of your favorite essential oils  

Example Combinations:   

  • rosemary + peppermint + lemon 
  • grapefruit + ylang ylang 
  • bergamot + lime  
  • jasmine + chamomile  
  • tea tree + lavender 

 
Directions 

  1. In a small bowl, mix baking soda and arrowroot powder to combine. Stir in lightly warmed coconut oil (not melted). Mix very well, until a smooth consistency is reached.   
  1. Add essential oil.   
  1. Transfer to an airtight jar (although it does remain stable if exposed for quite a while.)   
  1. Using your finger or an applicator, gather a pea-sized amount and rub it under your arms as normal. After using your Mother Nature’s Chemical-Free Deodorant, apply your AnnieMak Clean Skincare.  

Note: Some people can be sensitive to baking soda. While this recipe uses a low amount, be sure to use it with caution.  

Enjoy! 
 
XOXO 
Annie 

If you loved this Mother Nature’s Chemical-Free Deodorant recipe, here’s another clean skincare recipe you can try: Healing Colloidal Shea Butter Moisturizer  

Highlights  

Check out the ingredient benefits for your skin!  

  • Baking Soda – is a natural antiseptic with antibacterial properties. Baking soda can help reduce bacteria that cause acne when applied topically. 
  • Arrowroot Powder – helps exfoliate and improve skin tone. It soothes rashes, sunburns, and other skin irritations. 
  • Coconut Oil – bolsters your skin’s protective barrier, locking moisture inside and keeping skin supple and hydrated. Reduces inflammation. Coconut oil has anti-inflammatory properties, making it beneficial for irritated, chafed skin. Bonus, it also increases collagen production. 
  • Vitamin E Oil – nourishes and moisturizes your skin. Vitamin E oil is also known to reduce hyperpigmentation and wrinkles. Vitamin E is anti-inflammatory and as several studies have supported its prevention of inflammatory damage after UV exposure. Topical vitamin E can reduce UV-induced skin thickness, skin swelling, and edema. 
  • Rosemary Essential Oils – with its potent antibacterial qualities, it fights acne bacteria from getting into your pores. With its non-comedogenic properties, rosemary essential oil both clears out pores and forms a protective barrier against future breakouts. 
  • Lavender Essential Oil – helps to calm inflammation in the skin and stress throughout your body. It soothes and diminishes blemishes and red bumps, while also detoxifying the skin. Lavender can help reduce the time needed to heal cuts, scrapes, or damage to the skin. 
  • Ylang Ylang Essential Oil – both antiseptic and contains anti-inflammatory properties. Because of this it is also frequently used to treat breakouts, wounds acne, eczema, and other skin irritations. Ylang Ylang has anti-aging properties and supports the health and youthfulness of the skin. 
  • AnnieMak Clean Skincare Restore Vitamin C Serum – With the highest concentration of vitamin C in the industry (26%), vitamin E, hyaluronic acid, and organic aloe vera, Restore Vitamin C Serum is designed to speed up your skin cell regeneration rate while flooding the layers of your skin with nourishing natural, pure, and organic ingredients that promote luminous, smooth, and even-looking skin. 
  • AnnieMak Clean Skincare Reverse Anti-Aging Serum – was scientifically formulated to flood the layers of your skin with natural, clean, and pure ingredients that support cellular structure and promote a luminous, smooth, and even-looking complexion. This anti-wrinkle serum is built on the perfect two-nutrient combination of organic tremella mushroom and argan plant stem cells, combined with patented anti-aging ingredients and nourishing skin oils rich in healing antioxidants. Reverse penetrates beyond the skin’s surface and works at a cellular level to keep skin hydrated and radiant while minimizing wrinkle depth and appearance. 
  • AnnieMak Clean Skincare’s Renew Eye Cream – The skin around your eyes is more fragile, more prone to dryness, and quicker to show age and fatigue than the rest of your face. That’s why you need an eye-cream-specific moisturizer if you’re going to get the best results. Renew Eye Cream is scientifically formulated to hydrate, smooth, brighten, and strengthen the skin around the eye. It contains only the very best clean and pure ingredients such as organic jojoba oil, organic witch hazel, manuka honey, and a highly advanced peptide technology that reduces eye puffiness, redness, dryness, and dark circles. The result is eyes that look younger and more vibrant than ever. It’s great for moisturizing lips and reducing the wrinkles around your mouth as well!