Experimenting in the homemade: fast, easy, and chemical free
Sometimes a beard just gets dry and itchy. It’s no fun, but it’s part of the reality of sportin’ a beard. If you have suffered from a dry itchy beard or know someone who has here is a super quick, easy, and natural way to moisturize your beard and skin for a delightfully itch free beard with a coconut oil beard moisturizer.
Here’s how to use coconut oil as the perfect basic beard oil moisturizer….
Stinky breath is no fun. In my opinion, neither is the typical store bought mouthwash that incinerates your mouth in the name of good smelling breath. I wanted to see if could find a nice more soothing homemade mouthwash alternative to the nuclear option we typically pickup from the store. I wanted to find a recipe that would help control bad breath as well as leave my mouth feeling squeaky clean and minty fresh.
This simple to make homemade mouthwash using only water, baking soda, and some essential oils. Of course there are more complex mouthwash recipes out there, but if you are looking for a functional simple recipe that takes no time at all then read on! Here is how to make your very own homemade mouthwash….
I have a particularly large need for a good homemade pet cleaning spray as we have two sickly long haired cats. Both of our cats suffer from what multiple vets say is a virus that will never go away. The result of this is that both cat sneeze mucousy globs all over our house. Combine that with their love of licking and creating the largest hairballs they can possibly make, our need for a good homemade pet stain and odor spray is great and constant.
I got tired of buying expensive natural cleaning spray from the fancy pet store so I decided to make up a bottle of my own homemade pet cleanup spray to see if I could find a replacement that worked just as well without the cost.
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It’s summertime and the foot stink epidemic is running rampant. To help you fight those horrible smells here is a list of homemade shoe deodorizers to help you destroy shoe odor and keep your feet smelling fresh!…
I don’t have crazy stinky feet or anything, but having nice fresh smelling shoes is oh so nice! I’m always in the market for something that will make my world smell a bit better so I decided to try this new method for deodorizing shoes.
It turns out tea bags are a great solution for a simple homemade shoe deodorizer. The best part about using tea bags to deodorize your shoes is that you can pick any flavor, or should I say scent, of tea bag that you want. Apple spice, peppermint, or lavender scented shoes anyone? I say, yes please!
I figured I’d test out this new shoe deodorizing method with a few bags of mint tea since I’ve always got a few boxes of that laying around and, hey, minty shoes sound/smell pretty good to me!…
I’ve tried a couple homemade deodorant powders here on The Homemade Experiment. I’ve tried just using Arrowroot Powder as Deodorant which actually works well. I’ve tried a combination of Arrowroot Powder and Baking Soda Deodorant Powder which works really well.
For this recipe I’m taking it one step further and adding in some essential oils. We’re going beyond works well with this one into the realm of smells good too!
I’m not an essential oil expert, but I do know that depending on what essential oils you add you can get benefits ranging from wonderful scents to anti-microbial effects which can help cut down on the stink! So depending on what essential oils you use you can make the perfect deodorant powder with this recipe.
Without further ado, here’s how to make homemade deodorant powder with baking soda, arrowroot powder, and essential oils….