Homemade Toothpaste

I love this recipe! I’ve been looking for a good home made toothpaste for sometime, one that doesn’t taste like baking soda and pleasing to children. I am going to make it with my own unscented castile soap. If you try this, come back and let me know how you like it, or if you have a favorite recipe, post it. I’d love to hear what you use Hannah K. ;)

Enjoy!

 

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Mom’s Homemade Toothpaste

3-4 T. vegetable glycerin (food grade) or coconut oil

6T. Baking Soda (aluminum free)

2 tsp. Dr. Bronner’s Baby Mild Liquid Castile Soap (unscented)

4 drops stevia or 1 tsp. xylitol (xylitol is supposed to prevent tooth decay!)

20 drops therapeutic grade peppermint essential oil

1-2 drops therapeutic grade Thieves essential oil blend

If using Xylitol as the sweetener, I mix it with the Castile soap first, so that it has a chance to dissolve. I don’t like my toothpaste to turn out grainy. However, it may be that it would dissolve anyway, I just haven’t taken the chance. Then I mix all the ingredients together with a whisk.

Pour it into a glass jar. Any glass jar will work, even a plain old mason jar; but, a decorative one will make you feel good. :-)

Okay, here is what slowed me down in getting this post up. I couldn’t find a convenient way of storing my homemade toothpaste. First, I tried a plastic squeeze icing bottle. Then a friend reminded me that it’s not a good idea to store essential oils in plastic. So, I found a really cute glass soap dispenser. Well, the toothpaste was too thick for it, and I almost ruined my dispenser!

I wanted healthy, but I also wanted convenient. Finally, I settled on a cute little glass jar from Hobby Lobby (a mason jar would work too), and I keep a jelly jar filled with Popsicle sticks right beside it for loading the toothbrush (so the contents of the jar don’t get contaminated with bacteria from your toothbrush).

 

Thank you Stacy!!