Back when i was in primary school, I remember getting a book out of the library about making skincare products at home and triumphantly finding, amongst its pages, a cure for my freckles. (As far as I remember, that involved painting my face with lemon juice. I thought the freckles were slightly faded after that but noone else seemed to notice.) Anyway, I had a flash-back to those days when I tried out a recipe this week for deodorant. Yep, that's right, homemade deodorant. I've never been a fan of the store-bought stuff (there's some fairly sketchy ingredients in it, but you probably already know that) and hadn't had much luck with the crystal/natural types either.
And then my clever friend Jenny shared with me her ingredients so I could make some myself (I think she ordered them locally here– which is the same place where i bought the supplies to make this soap last year.) She was inspired by this post at Angry Chicken and used a similar recipe. Here's Jenny's recipe version. Mine was pretty much the same, except I added some lavender essential oil because I probably need all the help I can get to smell nicer. Ha. I'm very pleased with it so far! And, of course, there is quite a satisfaction in knowing I made something so practical.
You might be wondering what that strange, unappetising brown stuff is in the photo above. Well that's my new body-scrub, also made from stuff in the pantry. I found the recipe in an old gardening magazine (in an article written by this lady), and it's just a mixture of 4 spoonfuls of brown sugar, 4 spoonfuls of olive oil and 3 of cocoa powder. It works really well as an exfoliater, and smells lovely, too, of course.
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