Healthy, homemade toothpaste
Who would not want to make their own toothpaste? Commercial toothpaste contains a lot of ingredients that does more harm than good.
This homemade toothpaste is healthy for you and you can design it with herbs and flavor to suit your needs and preference. You can easily make this at home and who knows? Doing this with your kids might make them brush their teeth more often.
All you need is :
14 tbsp. coconut oil
6 tbsp. baking soda
50 drops of peppermint, spearmint, cinnamon or wintergreen essential oil
2 packets of stevia
1 1/2 tbsp. vegetable glycerin
1/4 tsp. xanthan gum
2 drops sage essential oil
1 drop clove
1 tbsp. black walnut extract
1 tbsp. white oak bark
Directions :
- Gather your ingredients and measure them.
- First, mix xanthan gum with glycerin.
- Add coconut oil.
- Then, sprinkle baking soda slowly making sure there are no clumps.
- Add stevia into the mix for desired sweetness.
- With your preferred flavor, may it be mint, cinnamon or wintergreen, combine it into the mixture.
- Add 2 drops of sage
- 1 drop of clove