Follow this DIY milk of magnesia deodorant recipe to make a homemade deodorant that you’ll be very pleased with! It works effectively and smells great!
Milk of magnesia is the common name for magnesium hydroxide. It is a remedy for a wide variety of health problems including insomnia, constipation, heartburn, indigestion and more.
It can also be used as a deodorant all on its own! All you need to do is tilt the bottle containing milk of magnesia onto a cotton round then wipe it on your clean underarms! Many people, skeptical at first, have used milk of magnesia as an amazing deodorant that works!
If you combine milk of magnesia with other ingredients with deodorant properties, you can make a powerful DIY deodorant! Check out the recipe below!
DIY Milk of Magnesia Deodorant Recipe
What you need
- ¼ cup milk of magnesia (where to get it)
- 1/8 cup aloe vera gel (where to get it)
- ¼ tsp baking soda (where to get it)
- ¼ cup witch hazel (where to get it)
- 1/8 cup arrow root powder (where to get it) or corn starch (where to get it)
- 1/8 cup tea tree hydrosol (where to get it)
- 5 drops lavender essential oil (where to get it)
- 5 drops lemon essential oil (where to get it)
- 5 drops tea tree essential oil (where to get it)
- Bowl & whisk
- Roll-on bottles (where to get it)
Directions
- Into your bowl, add the solid ingredients first: baking soda and arrow root powder. Then add the aloe vera gel, witch hazel, tea tree hydrosol and milk of magnesia. Mix well to form a creamy consistency.
- Now add the essential oil and whisk again.
- Remove the roller balls from the bottles, fill each bottle with the mixture then firmly push back the roller balls. Store in a cool dry place. You can store the bottles in various places: the bathroom cabinet, your purse, your car, the gym locker, your office drawer, etc!
Go ahead and follow this DIY milk of magnesia deodorant recipe and come share your results!
I’ve looked at dozens of home made roll on deorderant recipes and I’ve finally found one with out needing wierd emulsifers and such like! I have every ingrediant in the cupboard except the roll on containers but they are in my wish list on Amazon so no problem. Not sure of the difference between tea tree hydrosol and tea tree oil but I shall look it up. Eager to try now but will wait until the end of March when I can try it at home without going to work. Hopefully I can find you again so I can report back 🙂 Thank you!
How much does this make please? Your link goes to 30ml bottles so is that the amount? I plan to make 50mls to start and grow to 100mls so need to know so I can scale up the ingrediants.
Sorry to post again. From what I have read, it seems the TT hydrosol is (basically) a watered down tea tree oil. I have no problem applying neat TTO to my skin so I shall try that first to save added exspense – in my arm pits be it!
Male here…fat, somewhat muscular guy…about a month ago I started with 1/3 cup Witch Hazel, 1/3 cup Cherry Milk of Magnesia, and 1/3 cup Baking Soda… Nothing else… apply about a nickle size amount under each arm covering a wide area… try to let dry for a bit before putting on a t-shirt, but sometimes I don’t… Works AWESOME! Will last for maybe 3 days without showering (tested for effectiveness) applying under one pit only with the other one nothing was applied… even tried applying over a slightly smelly pit and it actually removed odor for a day… even after showering and without re-applying will lessen odor for a day or two… Doesn’t do much to lessen wetness as I made it, but kills the odor, and that’s good enough for me… I am going to try making with just the Witch Hazel and Milk of Magnesia… Then might try a batch with some essential oils… thinking aloe vera and coconut oil might be adding a food source for bacteria, so don’t add those… thanks, your recipe is the most sensible one that I have come across…
Male here…fat, somewhat muscular guy…about a month ago I started with 1/3 cup Witch Hazel, 1/3 cup Cherry Milk of Magnesia, and 1/3 cup Baking Soda… Nothing else… apply about a nickle size amount under each arm covering a wide area… try to let dry for a bit before putting on a t-shirt, but sometimes I don’t… Works AWESOME! Will last for maybe 3 days without showering (tested for effectiveness) applying under one pit only with the other one nothing was applied… even tried applying over a slightly smelly pit and it actually removed odor for a day… even after showering and without re-applying will lessen odor for a day or two… Doesn’t do much to lessen wetness as I made it, but kills the odor, and that’s good enough for me… I am going to try making with just the Witch Hazel and Milk of Magnesia… Then might try a batch with some essential oils… thinking aloe vera and coconut oil might be adding a food source for bacteria, so don’t add those… thanks, your recipe is the most sensible one that I have come across…