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Coconut Oil Deodorant

February 8, 2012 by KerryAnn 15 Comments

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I have made my own deodorant for a while now and been quite pleased with it. Recently, I saw some posts about adding probiotics to your deodorant. I was skeptical that a probiotic could survive the temperatures and the long storage in coconut oil, which is supposed to be antibacterial. I filed it away in the back of my head to look at later.

I was recently looking through Green PolkaDot Box and I saw a coconut oil based deodorant with a probiotic ferment. It looked almost identical to my own recipe except for the probiotics and herbal extracts and they use a different essential oil combo. My curiosity was piqued and I saw an opportunity to perhaps move my husband away from commercial deodorant. He quit using antipersperant years ago, but he still uses commercial deodorant. He didn’t want to use my homemade deodorant because it was a paste that requires you apply it with your fingers and he prefers a stick. I decided to talk him into trying it, without telling him it was the same basic recipe as my own.

The brand is Nourish and they have two scents- Wild Greens and Orange Citrus. Jeff’s been using the Wild Greens and it has done well for him unless he’s doing manual labor. I’ve been using the Orange Citrus and it has held for me, even when I was doing manual labor. I tend to sweat more when I’m cold than when I’m hot, so this deodorant has gotten a workout since I received it a month ago and it’s done well.

The ingredients for the Wild Greens deodorant are:

Organic Theobroma Cacao (Cocoa) butter, Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Oil, Organic Beeswax, Organic Zea Mays (Corn) Starch, Organic Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter, Organic Saccharomyces Ferment, Organic Lavender, Organic Patchouli, Organic Vetiver Essential Oil Blend, Organic Silybum Marianum (Milk Thistle) Extract, Organic Hibiscus Tillaceus (Hibiscus) Flower Extract, Organic Spriaea Latifolia (Meadowsweet) Leaf Extract.

And the Orange Citrus contains:

Organic Theobroma Cacao (Cocoa) butter, Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Oil, Organic Beeswax, Organic Zea Mays (Corn) Starch, Organic Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter, Organic Saccharomyces Ferment, Organic Citrus Sinensis (Sweet Orange) Oil,Organic Citrus Aurantifolia (Lime) Oil, Organic Citrus Grandis (Grapefruit) Peel Oil.

I will consider it to be a good option for times when I’m too busy to make my own deodorant or when I don’t have the ingredients on hand. If you’re interested in trying your own deodorant but you’re hesitant to invest in the ingredients necessary as shea butter and essential oils can be spendy, this would be a good option to see if it would work for you without the upfront expense.

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I'm KerryAnn Foster, a crazy vibrant Jesus Freak with a heart full of hope. I'm not afraid to love on the least of these or get my hands dirty. This blog is my journey from ineffective, uptight, obese wallflower to a woman on fire for God and living the most vibrant, passionate life possible!

I live in the mountains of Western North Carolina with my husband, Jeff, and our two teens. I blog about self-confidence, health and home, homeschooling and living a vibrant, wide-open Jesus-centered lifestyle. I have over seventeen years of real food, natural lifestyle and health experience. We have homeschooled our children since birth and both Jeff and I run home-based businesses. We're crazy, we know it, and we love every second of it!

Read about my journey to health through celiac disease, PCOS, food allergies, obesity, adrenal fatigue and heavy metals.

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  1. Lea H says

    February 8, 2012 at 10:43 am

    Excellent post! I make my own as well, but I can see how this would be a convenient take-along deodorant, and also good for husbands 🙂

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  2. Jaime B says

    February 8, 2012 at 2:10 pm

    I actually bought the wild greens scent from GPB a couple weeks sago. Somehow, I missed the orange citrus scent. My husband loathes the smell of the wild greens- he calls me granola girl when I wear it! 🙂

    Interesting about the probiotic ferment. Making my own deodorant is on my list of things, but the up front cost has kept me from doing it for now.

    Reply
    • KerryAnn Foster says

      February 8, 2012 at 11:08 pm

      Jamie, I noticed that when something is out of stock, it disappears from their site entirely unless you have a direct link. I definitely like the orange, the wild greens is better for hubby. lol
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  3. megan says

    February 8, 2012 at 8:34 pm

    I’m excited to hear about the deodorant option you mentioned. Does your own recipe for it include baking soda? I get a rash when I use my recipe with baking soda, coconut oil, and arrowroot powder. I would love to make my own, but I may try this one too!

    Reply
    • KerryAnn Foster says

      February 8, 2012 at 9:14 pm

      Megan, my recipe does include baking soda but if you’re sensitive to it, you can use all arrowroot instead. I’ll post my own recipe as soon as I can scare it up. We’ve been re-arranging the house and I’ve got to unearth my binder.
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      • megan says

        February 9, 2012 at 8:19 am

        Thank you, KerryAnn, that would be great!

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  4. Sally says

    February 9, 2012 at 9:58 am

    Did i miss the recipe? i thought there was a recipe for the deodorant? i searched the recipe index and didn’t find it there either…

    Reply
  5. PJ says

    February 9, 2012 at 10:36 am

    Proper dosage of magnesium chloride and glycinate, transdermal and oral, and especially for those that are gluten or grain free, will literally eliminate the need for any kind of deoderant. Course, eating any refined foods will cause body to still break through 😉

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    • KerryAnn Foster says

      February 9, 2012 at 11:26 am

      PJ, unfortunately that doesn’t work for everyone. It hasn’t worked for me and some others I know. I do have a low tolerance for magnesium, though, and that might be the cause. Even with consistent supplementation, it pushes me into bowel problems. However, the only time I need it is when I’m mucking out the chicken coop or doing other heavy, manual labor so I’m not too concerned about it.
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      • PJ says

        February 9, 2012 at 1:46 pm

        That is why you have to use transdermal mag chloride too.

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    • megan says

      February 9, 2012 at 11:51 am

      I also have a hard time handling magnesium. I’ve tried transdermal and my skin itches terribly. Any suggestions?

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      • PJ says

        February 9, 2012 at 1:49 pm

        The itchier them more you need it, from everything I have read. Best solutions, are to make your oil in a lighter solution. try 25% flakes to 75% water.
        I prefer foot soaks though. To allay the cost issues, I place a few tbls of the oil in gallon size ziplock bags, and stick my feet in those. Leave them in there for 30 minutes. Read a good book, process messages, etc, while waiting. Allow to dry for awhile, and then wash your feet.

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        • megan says

          February 10, 2012 at 3:59 pm

          Thanks, PJ!

          Reply
  6. jpatti says

    February 9, 2012 at 10:37 am

    Corn starch is a good ingredient to SKIP in deodorants or powders if you have yeast issues as it feeds the yeast.

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  7. bdeneke says

    February 11, 2012 at 10:44 am

    I make my own deodorant as well, inspired by a family member having breast cancer x3. Your story is familiar to me. Of all the people who have tried my deodorant, my family members have been the only ones who had negative reactions, including the family member who had breast cancer x3 who still insists on using the toxic stuff from the drugstore! Breaking the molds our family wants us to fit in is very difficult stuff.

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