DIY Whitening Toothpaste

I used this whitening toothpaste for about a week. It really worked. I was surprised when it worked because a lot of recipes for natural things don't work as well or at all. The texture and taste of the toothpaste is definitely different from anything have tasted before. Annika has been using the second recipe for a few weeks now. She believes that the toothpaste doesn't taste the best, but it definitely works.

Ingredients:
        - 2 tablespoons baking soda
        - 1 tablespoon dried, finely ground sage leaf
        - Can add water for a consistency you want
        - You can add essential oils to flavor it
     

Alternate recipe
- fill a small container 3/4 of the way with baking soda
- add enough water to make it into a thick paste
- add a small amount of salt
- add a small amount of peppermint extract


I got this idea and parts of the recipe from:

http://www.diynatural.com/whitening-tooth-powder/ 

DIY Shampoo & Conditioner

Here are some recipes for homemade shampoo and conditioner. I have completely stopped using regular shampoo. You may be a little scared of doing this at first, I was too. I thought how could you clean your hair with just baking soda and vinegar? But trust me, this stuff really works. As long as you rinse your hair very well, it will not smell like vinegar at all. Although this may be slightly more expensive than store bought, I feel much better putting this in my hair.

Ingredients:

Shampoo:
- 1 cup water
- 1 tablespoon baking soda

Conditioner:
- 1 cup water
- 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar

Make enough of this to fill up whatever bottle you are putting this in.


Homemade Shampoo - A Simple and Natural Recipe

Homemade Conditioner For Hair

DIY Deodorant

 I did not follow any single recipe directly, but below I have linked the recipe I mostly based my deodorant off of. When I started working on this project, I  researched some products you commonly buy at the store, such as shampoo and deodorant. Although this project was originally on cleaners, we decided to include some personal care items to hopefully keep people from putting these things on their bodies. Many of the ingredients in most commercial deodorants have been proven to be quite bad for you. Aluminum, the main anti perspirant in most store bought deodorants, has been linked to breast cancer, and alzheimer's. Many of the other ingredients have been linked to cancers, birth defects, and other health problems. Just keep in mind, this is a deodorant, not an antiperspirant. Sweating is good for your body though, and all antiperspirants do is block your pores, which causes you to sweat more. I have been using this for quite some time now, and have found that even when I forget to wear deodorant (which admit it happens sometimes), I have been sweating much less. I find that this actually smells quite good, and you can customize the smell however you like, or make it unscented. I currently store this product in a cleaned out lip balm tube, but a small container or old, cleaned out deodorant container work as well.

Ingredients:
Baking Soda: this is what does most of the deodorizing
Coconut Oil: to hold it all together
Arrowroot powder: this is mostly for consistency, I used a little bit of cornstarch instead
Essential Oil: This gives it it's scent, if you want unscented then just leave this out
Shea Butter: You can add this to give it a harder consistency, especially if you live in a warm area, as coconut oil is a bit too melty for hotter areas.

Make sure that you test a small amount of this product before using a lot of it. Some people react to baking soda, and if that is the case, then there are some recipes out there that have no baking soda in them.


This is the link to the recipe I based mine off of, It also includes a bit more information on the ingredients in store bought deodorant.
http://www.thankyourbody.com/homemade-deodorant/

Intro to Our Blog

Hey guys! So this blog is for a project for science class. Our goal is to take recipes for environmentally friendly cleaner that we find in the internet, research the ingredients, cost, and other such things, and tweak the recipe if necessary. Disclaimer: we did not come up with the base recipe for most of these. We will include links to the recipes we used.