Big Green Genie

If you have been reading this blog at all you will know that I’ve been experimenting with homemade deodorant stick. And I’ve had some good luck with baking soda and cornstarch in a cocoa butter/coconut oil base.

Yesterday I changed the formula to create an even more stable product that would stand up better to increases in temperature.  So it seems that the new formula is going to be exactly what I want in solidity.

I’m really pleased that it is as stiff as it is… here’s my dilema:  I was so excited at the solidity that I tried to turn the knob on my recycled deodorant container too soon and broke the screw right off the knob.  So here I was with my freshly concocted solid in a container that I could no longer get it out of in a usable form.  Read the rest of this entry »

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OK,  so I have to tell you that I really like the deodorant I made a while back.  It was great until, after having a warm day two days ago and it melted a bit in the container and slumped to the side.  Which wouldn’t have been a problem except I am not used to using a microwave.

I put the container into the microwave thinking to warm it enough to allow the contents to melt back into original form.  And it probably would have worked except I, being “microwave challenged”, managed to melt it and pop the retaining seal off the bottom of the deodorant container.  There was my wonderful concoction all over the slightly dirty glass tray. Read the rest of this entry »

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