This recipe is ridiculously easy. If you’re looking for a more natural toothpaste, it makes much more sense to make it than to buy it. Not many ingredients are needed and it takes about five minutes to make. It’s very easy.
The ingredients you need are:
20 drops of spearmint essential oil (more on essential oils below).
2 teaspoons of activated charcoal.
4 tablespoons of bentonite clay.
And 1 tablespoon of baking soda and 6 tablespoons of coconut oil. Sorry, no pictures there.
All you do is mix all of the ingredients together and store in a glass container (I use old mason jars). It is that easy!
A quick word on the essential oils. You don’t have to use spearmint. I do often because of personal preference. I’m not swallowing the toothpaste and I rinse very well, but any hesitation in adding any essential oil is understandable. You’re not to ingest essential oil and it is not necessary to make the toothpaste.
Another good choice would be thieves oil or anything geared towards killing unwanted bacteria. Bacteria causes bad breath, so killing it makes sense. Anything that is reputable for squashing bad breath is an option as well (think your mints, even ginger!).
I have been using this toothpaste for a few months and I’m pretty sure some of the staining on my teeth has been lifted because of the activated charcoal. My teeth stain very easily (thank you, tea), so this was a huge plus for me. Check below for the abridged version of ingredients and instructions as well as product recommendations of mine.
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon baking soda
- 6 tablespoons coconut oil
- 4 tablespoons bentonite clay
- 2 teaspoons activated charcoal
- 20 drops of essential oil or essential oil combo of your choice (look at comment above).
instructions
- Mix all ingredients together and store at room temperature.
If you want to use my favorite supplies and ingredients, check out the links below.
Bentonite Clay
Activated Charcoal–and this stuff lasts forever!
Spearmint Essential Oil
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I want to try this and I will make sure to let you know how it goes!
Please, do! I’ve been loving it so far.