Sensitive Skin Deodorant Recipe with Natural Probiotics

If you’ve been on the fence about switching to a natural deodorant, then you must try this sensitive skin deodorant recipe! Free of irritating baking soda, this all natural deodorant works hard at fighting odors without leaving you with an angry red rash.

Sometimes it’s hard to let go of your vanity for your health. Giving up antiperspirant was a huge challenge for me. I didn’t want to stink. Yet at the same time, I also didn’t want to sweat. The thing is though, we’re supposed to sweat. And clogging up your pores with sketchy ingredients and chemicals can be highly detrimental to your health – especially if you already have health issues.

I’m pretty sure that my quest for better health would have taken me a lot longer to start had it not been for the fibro. Chronic pain has a way of forcing you to search for answers that modern medicine seems to only want to treat the symptoms. The better option, I’ve found, is to start by first rooting out the underlying cause.

As a result of being diagnosed with fibromyalgia, I took the initiative to dig up alternative information to take charge of my health after I realized the medications I was being prescribed were actually making me more sensitive to pain over time. My goal was to completely come off the daily medications that did more harm than good.

Through my journey for answers I learned how to improve my gut health and eat better. These things in tandem with reducing stress, changing emotional responses and purging unhealthy skin care products from my life made all the difference.

So now I sweat. And I’m ok with that. Because not only am I conquering my health goals, I’m conquering life. Are you ready to join me on this journey?

If switching to a natural deodorant sounds good to you, but you aren’t yet ready to dive into the whole DIY thing, then I highly recommend Schmidt’s Sensitive Skin Deodorant. I use their deodorant if I run out of my own deodorant that I make myself.

It works really well and definitely a lot better than other natural brands I’ve tried. I also like that Schmidt’s Sensitive Skin Deodorant has magnesium hydroxide as the first ingredient.

Otherwise, you’ll find my natural sensitive skin deodorant recipe below. Crafted using magnesium hydroxide for its deodorizing properties, my sensitive skin deodorant recipe also contains arrowroot powder and Fuller’s Earth clay to help absorb excess wetness. The addition of probiotics then additionally helps to destroy odors caused by bad bacteria by contributing to the biodiversity and strength of your skin microbiome.

Sensitive Skin Deodorant Recipe

© Rebecca D. Dillon

Ingredients:

5 oz. magnesium hydroxide
4 oz. arrowroot powder
1 oz. Fuller’s Earth clay
2 oz. refined & deodorized cocoa butter
2.5 oz. fractionated coconut oil
.5 oz. refined shea butter
1/2 teaspoon beeswax pastilles (or 1/4 teaspoon candelilla wax)
3 capsules shelf stable probiotics
.15 oz. essential oil of choice

Instructions:

You’ll need a digital scale to weigh all of the ingredients for my sensitive skin deodorant recipe, except for the beeswax pastilles and probiotics. You will need a teaspoon measuring spoon to measure out the wax. For the probiotics, simply cut open three capsules and use the probiotics inside.

Begin by weighing out the cocoa butter and shea  butter into a large glass Pyrex measuring cup or glass bowl.

Next, measure out a level teaspoon of the beeswax pastilles and add it to your container. Melt these ingredients either in a microwave at 30% power or a double boiler until melted.

Once melted, weigh out the fractionated coconut oil. Stir the fractionated coconut oil into the melted butters and wax. (If needed, you can gently heat the deodorant mixture again then mix well to combine.)

While the deodorant mixture is still hot, weigh out and stir in the arrowroot powder, Fuller’s Earth clay and magnesium hydroxide. Mix well to combine.

Follow with the essential oil, if using, and stir it into the deodorant mixture until thoroughly incorporated.

Finally, pour your sensitive skin deodorant into your desired containers of choice. You can use either empty deodorant containers or jars. Once the deodorant sets up, it’s ready to use!

If you’d like to try some of my other natural deodorant recipes, you can find my entire collection of deodorant recipes here. You may also enjoy my collection of witch hazel skin care recipes.

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