Homemade Coconut Oil Deodorant!

Coconut oil, which had taken a backseat owing to the aggressive campaign towards saturated fats for the duration of the very last fifty years or so, is now back again in the limelight. This renewed fascination in coconut oil has arisen merely because of the new revelations scientific analysis has done about its therapeutic attributes and wellbeing gains, busting some myths about the popularly put to use polyunsaturated vegetable oils.

Hello all, I'm new here and I see that this is an old post . . . but I'm still going to comment, lol :) I am so sick of putting on deodorant and then having seriously wet pits in the next 15 minutes - it is sooooo embarrasing! I've tried all the natural store bought stuff and nothing works for me. So! Thanks for this recipe - I use coconut oil to make face & body scrubs and do hot oil hair treatments (with rosemary oil to help camoflauge my 7 gray hairs :) and I'm stoked to find yet another use for this amazing stuff! To the folks posting about ACV, please use the Bragg's brand! It's the best. I drink it every morning with green tea and honey and it has done wonders for me. I was having chronic yeast infections for some reason and my doc jst wanted to keep giving me crap; I started this regimen and have not had one for over a year (knock on wood!!!!); I also had really bad keratosis pilaris on the backs of my arms (small red bumps) and it totally made a huge difference - now it is working onthe scarring and it is fading more and more each day. This stuff is awesome. It makes your body more alakaline, although it is a vinegar and acidic, it turns alkaline when ingested and balances your body. This modern day diet wreaks havoc on our ph levels and creates all sorts of problems, ACV is a simple fix. I'm sorry this is so long, I jst wanted to share :) Thanks for the conversation ladies!

I LOVE the homemade deodorant!!! I was sweating pretty bad the other day and was worried, but NO smell!!!!!! How cool is that!!!

I don’t mix anything up, even. Just put coconut oil in a little dish, put some baking soda in another little dish, and I leave those on my bathroom counter. Every morning or so I tap my fingers on the oil, rub a little into each underarm, them tap my fingers on the baking soda, pat over the oil and voila! Even easier than mixing up something. It’s by far the best deodorant I’ve ever used. When I travel, I just put coconut oil and baking soda into two little screw-top jars to avoid spills if the oil gets over room temp and liquifies.

I am making this for my husband who has psoriasis. He gets red rashes under his arms, he says it's from the psoriasis, but I'm wondering if it's from the aluminum. I didn't know what essential oil to use for the smell of the deodorant so I used about 1 tsp of his old stuff to mix in. (I know it doesn't get rid of all the aluminum since I mixed some in but it's a start for me.) What oils should I use for that man smell, he typically likes the mountain rain and surf smells.

I don't use deodorant on my underarm because it can cost black under arm. I wipe alcohol after bathing.

It's my first day of coconut oil and baking soda pits and so far I love it!

Baking soda contains aluminum as an anti caking ingredient. I buy baking soda at the health food store guaranteed to be aluminum free. So even though you are making your own, it still has aluminum in it.

i have been meaning to email you and tell you how great this recipe is! ihave been using it for over 2 months and i love it! i sweat A LOT and sometimes i can go 2 days without putting anymore on! my husband loves it too. also, i feel so much more energized after using this deodorant! that is the only thing i have changed in my daily routine and i have read that if you eliminate aluminum in your diet or health products, it increases your energy! as soon as i stopped using commercial deodorant with aluminum and started using this, i feel great. thank you again!

If you google Coconut oil and read all about it you will be blown away by all the things it is good for! From skin and hair care all the way to cavity prevention and kidney pebble dissolving! It is a pretty amazing product!

hey i LOVE this idea and recipe!! i havent tried it out yet BUT i was wondering, i dont have essestnal oils but i do have fragrance oils for like candles and most of them same that they can be used with bath and body products...i know this would be considers a bath and body product would they be ok with this recipe?

I LOVE this recipe, I found it a few months ago and had to re google the recipe for measurements bc I just ran out. I nuke the oil in the microwave for a bit so its more liquidy that way it will pour into the empty containers better. Just make sure to put the oil in the microwave before mixing it with the soda/starch or it will get kinda funky. Hehe, I have lots of money maker deoderant in my cupboard too and am now wondering what the heck to do with it all.

P.S.~ Unrefined, Organic Coconut Oil is safe absolutely anywhere on the body (I don't know if I'd put it in my ears or eyes, but... lol)... ;). It has the same deodorizing, healing effects anywhere--at least for my super-sensitive, super-pale skin. I think that's the hardest kind to treat...!, <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3...!

Me, I just discovered unrefined-organic coconut oil as an anti-fungal, anti-septic, anti-biotic, a few years back--I'd been sick, sick, SICK for years and the conventional treatments were just... useless (unless the goal was to harm my liver and kidneys--it worked great for THAT!). Anyways, the unrefined coconut oil not only helped my internal organs (weight loss--improved memory--all that kind of stuff, cos eating coconut oil lets our brains & cell-membranes be made of good stuff, instead of fake or hydrogenated crap where ya can't think or metabolize crapoli!), but... Right Out Of The Jar, it got entirely rid of this "psoriasis" I apparently "had" (my scalp was *bleeding*... and the sides of my nose were flaky :(...) along with any trace of dandruff. --AND, it murdalized a 12-year-old case of Athletes' Foot (that even M*yo Clinic's strongest medicines failed to help; in fact, it hurt) in a week or two--plus an old boyfriend-person-type's ringworm, on his arm! So, seeing alla *that*, I just followed the logic along and practically marinated myself in the unrefined coconut oils... and yeah, I haven't used any sorts of deodorants SINCE (hm, four years?--yes, four!). I just touch a little bit under each wing each day and I don't ever smell at-all. Anyone I ask agrees--even a couple I didn't particularly ask, lol. Like, boyfriends have thought (and said... hey, now) that I was some sort of alien from outer-space! =D One saw me not shower *or* use deodorant for a few days, when we were in super-dooper close-quarters... he'd sniff me and say, "Okay, why don't you smell like anything?!" haha... how glorious is this? So, no fancy recipes are in fact needed... nothing that will sting or burn you (poor boos). ...Though, now, you guys've done it. Omgosh, how I would love to try some beautiful Rose Oil... it sounds sooo delish! But yeah, just, do know that you don't *need* to concoct something every time (or any time, if you're me) to get the wonderful deodorizing (and HEALING--my old boils and abscesses [with TERRIBLE 'MRSA'--I'm talking gangrene-causing, life-endangering MRSA] are ***gone!***) effects of (always use unrefined~<3!) coconut oil! Thank you for getting the word out, ladies (and gents, if there be some, here)--this is *such* an encouragingly long thread of conversation. ...And this kind of conversation will change the world. It opens the mind to "one little thing" which makes us think about the rest... at least, that's what's happened for me, and my life has been saved. Just In Case & In A Pinch, "Birdy"...=)!.

I have been looking all over for an alternative to deodorant. I am a huge coconut oil fan and I cannot wait to try this out!!! I used coconut oil, baking soda and peppermint oil to make my own toothpaste when I found out all of the horrible things in toothpaste...so I can't wait to try this one out!

I love this stuff, and this recipe is my favorite. I used to sweat like crazy and have stains on my shirts from deoderants, but I have none of those issues now. And we've had the worst drought and high-heat EVER this summer.

The Coco. oil I have is liquiduified at our room temp here in FL. What can I do since the entire mixture is in liquid form? Thanks, GB

I tried this and decided that since you had some consistency problems I'd just make into a lotion and keep it in a lotion jar. However, when I try to apply it- I end up with globs of white on me. I've tried rubbing it in, to no avail. Anyone else with whiteness when they apply? Help?

I tried this, and it didn't work at all. Embarrassing smells aplenty. I think the problem is that the oil separates from the baking soda + corn starch and I end up rubbing only coconut oil on my arm pits. I can't be sure of this, though, since I can't see what's going underneath the ball on my roll on deodorant stick. Baking soda + corn starch by themselves worked quite well with me, so I'm convinced that it's the mixture/recipe that's at the heart of it not working.

I mixed up some of this deo a couple of days ago just to try it... I used it twice since with great results. Today I used it right before mowing my lawn which is quite large and takes about two hours to mow...In the 99-degree sun. I don't smell at all (where I applied the deo) and was very impressed. I had been using clinical strength deodorant which costs about $5+ for one container and sometimes even clinical strength fails to work for me. Will try your idea with using the deo containers. Thanks!

This absolutely works, cut a lime or a lemon in half and after you shower, squeeze the meat side along the armpit , then turn over the citrus fruit and rub the rind side along the armpit. Rinse the area after this application, towel dry. This will prevent smelly perspiration and after using a while you will no longer need deodorant at all. This also works for the foots as well as any smelly area of the body. You may need to apply the baking soda deodorant directly after the citrus rub until you are confident you no longer need deodorant. This a simple natural approach to combatting odor.

I have to tell I've been using this for MONTHS and it is fabulous! Absolutely zero smell. The ONLY time I've had a natural one without needing to reapply or smelling funny. I use 5 drops each of orange and peppermint essential oils in mine. LOVE IT!

I LOVE homemade deodorant!! I've been making it for a few years now and oh my goodness it is terrific! I think it works much better than store brand deodorants and it's so easy to make! :D

I LOVE COCONUT OIL! So versatile. I too live in Texas and I too have been using a bank-breaking natural deo (Crystal brand, love it). I'll have to try this out to save some bucks! Thanks for the tip girlfriend. xo

I have been using this recipe for quite some time now and LOVE it. It has diminished my sweating and I don’t ever get a metallic smell anymore, plus it washes off nicely, unlike store-bought deoderant. As we get closer to summer though, I’m noticing oil marks on my shirts during the day. It doesn’t stain, but it looks terrible! It’s so embarassing. Is there anything I can do?

I had used coconut oil & essential oils for deoderant before, but like this recipe better. Pick oils that are antibacterial. Really liked the batch I made with tea tree oil & lemograss oils. Coconut oil is great for bug bites! Got a bunch of chigger bites one summer in my arm pits-then sweated-yeeow! Put coconut oil in armpits-took a few minutes, but burning,itching & stinging went away & never came back! Now I keep some made up & put lavender in it,too for bites.

Great Recipe Thanks for sharing!

thanks for posting this... i know i'm a little late (like a year)... but i'm glad this came up in my search! i am definitely going to be using this recipe!!

Rachel, I have been reading about the benefits of virgin coconut oil for the past few months. Thought I have exhausted the long list...I don't have smell problems with my pits but there are a few family members who would appreciated this super easy, healthy deodorant.

Thank you for posting this! I know you posted it a while ago but I just discovered today that my Crystal deodorant is not free of aluminum after all :( Thankfully I stumbled across your posting and I am going to be making a batch of this deodorant this weekend! Until then I am just using baking soda and water because I tossed my Crystal one in the trash. Natural aluminum or non-natural aluminum does not matter - it's still aluminum.

Adding tea tree should help with smell. It has natural antibacterial and antifungal properties. I'd probably go for tea tree and lavender, but I can't STAND the smell of anything coconut, so I'll probably skip this one. :-(

I have never tried to make my own deoderant, but I do plan on trying. Thank you for the info and tips.

What a great idea! I'm going to try this out tomorrow. Thanks!